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Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.

Click here to learn more about Green Corps’ paid environmental organizing fellowship.

Our year-long program puts you in an intensive classroom training with people like Bill McKibben and other guest speakers. Then, you move to hands-on experience working with groups like Oceana, Corporate Accountability, The Wilderness Society and Mighty Earth to fight climate change, protect public lands and reform our food system. And when you graduate we will help you find a career with one of the nation’s leading environmental and social change groups.

The planet needs all the help it can get, especially now with so many protections under attack. To win now and build a strong foundation for lasting progress, we need people who know how to organize: to run organizations and campaigns that will inspire the support and action we need to save our planet.

We’re accepting the top 25 out of more than 1000 applicants for our 2019-2020 program. If you’re passionate about the environment and ready to learn and practice the craft of organizing, click here to apply.

Green Corps’ year long program begins in August 2019 with Introductory Classroom Training, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. Candidates must be willing to relocate.

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Applications are open for the Summer 2019 Cambridge OCS program! A public information session will be held this Thursday January 10th in Willis 203 at 5 pm. 

About the Program:

The Economics and European Studies Program in Cambridge takes its participants from Brussels to Cambridge and Manchester via the battlefields of Flanders. The courses that are part of the program will examine Britain’s relationship to Europe and the European Union and the development of the British post-war economy. We will also read famous political economists, visit battlefields and memorial sites of the Great War and monuments of the Industrial Revolution. We are hoping to attract students interested in Economics, Political Science, Political Economy, History, and European Studies, but students of all disciplines are encouraged to apply. The program is open to rising sophomores, juniors and seniors.

Program components:

ECON 221: Contemporary British Economy (6 credits, fulfills requirement for the Economics Major)

This course focuses on the theoretical and policy debates in British economics since the 1930s and the development of the structure of the British economy and institutions during that period.

EUST 231: Britain in Europe – Brexit and its Aftermath (6 credits, fulfills requirements for European Studies and Political Science)

This course will introduce students to the institutions of the European Union and of Britain through reading, discussion and on-site visits in Brussels and London. The institutions of European Union grew out of settlements between its original member states (without Britain) and in response to specific problems–the legacy of the world wars and of economic crises. It is with their fears of war and with their shared interpretations of the causes of war and crises that we must begin in order to understand Britain’s awkward tenure as a member of the EU.

EUST 232: The Great War in History and Memory (3 credits, fulfills requirements for European Studies)

The memory of World War I looms large in the European Project. While memory of the conflict has done much to unite European elites around the idea of shared governance, it also continues to divide historians and the general public. Beginning with a tour of the battlefields of the Somme we will be learning about the legacy left by this seminal conflict through  visits to the Imperial War museum in Manchester and to memorial sites on the European Continent, in London and in Cambridge.

EUST 233: Capitalism and Crisis – Political Economy from Marx to Hayek (3 credits, fulfills requirements for European Studies and Political Science/Political Economy)

Britain was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. That rapid economic growth unleashed by free competition brought with it the constant threat of crisis was an insight developed by Marx and later Keynes. Britain was home to capitalism’s cheerleaders as well as to its most important critics. Its economic dominance was accompanied by a tradition of tolerance, of open public discussion and free academic enquiry that made London and Cambridge attractive to students of political economy from Europe and across the world. Readings from the most important representatives will be supplemented by visits to industrial sites and museums in Manchester.

Students participating in the program will be required to take a leave of absence during winter term of the 2019-20 year. In the past participants have used this opportunity to do internships in the US and abroad, furthered their knowledge of other languages among other exciting things.

Faculty Director: Paul Petzschmann

Prerequisites: Econ 110 and 111

For further information see the program website https://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ocs/cambridge/2019/

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact OCS (Leighton 119, ocs@carleton.edu, 507-222-4332) or the faculty director, Paul Petzschmann, ppetzsch@carleton.edu. Cambridge Info Meeting Win19-1qeb3uv

BACKPACKING WITH A PURPOSE: 2019 APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN!

Discover the wider world and connect with change makers making a positive and lasting impact in their communities. Operation Groundswell is a non-profit organization that facilitates deeply immersive, educational, and volunteer experiences around the world. We dig into social justice issues while working in solidarity with local activists, non-profits, and communities. We want you to join us in our mission to create a more equitable, just, and sustainable world through travel. Apply by November 23rd! Financial assistance is available for all students on five- and six-week programs. 

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Can’t travel in the summer? Operation Groundswell travels all year long!

This Tuesday night, Nov 6th, is our Annual History SDAs’ Tamale night, 5:30 p.m., in Leighton 204, the History lounge. Anyone who would like to know more about becoming a History major or minor and all current History majors and minors are welcome to come and enjoy tamales and other delights!

Applications are open for the Summer 2019 Cambridge OCS program! 

Come to meet participants in last year’s program on Thursday, November 8^th, at 6 pm in  Leighton 236 for Pizza & Drinks!

About the Program:

The Economics and European Studies Program in Cambridge takes its participants from Brussels to Cambridge and Manchester via the battlefields of Flanders. The courses that are part of the program will examine Britain’s relationship to Europe and the European Union and the development of the British post-war economy. We will also read famous political economists, visit battlefields and memorial sites of the Great War and monuments of the Industrial Revolution. We are hoping to attract students interested in Economics, Political Science, Political Economy, History, and European Studies, but students of all disciplines are encouraged to apply. The program is open to rising sophomores, juniors and seniors.

Program components:

ECON 221: Contemporary British Economy (6 credits, fulfills requirement for the Economics Major)

This course focuses on the theoretical and policy debates in British economics since the 1930s and the development of the structure of the British economy and institutions during that period.

EUST 290: Studying Britain in Europe: from Great War to Brexit (2 credits, European Studies). The guided readings will prepare you for the trip over the during the Winter and Spring term prior to departure.

EUST 231: Britain in Europe: Brexit and its Aftermath  (4 credits, fulfills requirements for European Studies and Political Science)

This course will introduce students to the institutions of the European Union and of Britain through reading, discussion and on-site visits in Brussels and London. The institutions of European Union grew out of settlements between its original member states (without Britain) and in response to specific problems–the legacy of the world wars and of economic crises. It is with their fears of war and with their shared interpretations of the causes of war and crises that we must begin in order to understand Britain’s awkward tenure as a member of the EU.

EUST 232: The Great War in Poetry, History and Memory (3 credits, European Studies)

The memory of World War I looms large in the European Project. While memory of the conflict has done much to unite European elites around the idea of shared governance, it also continues to divide historians and the general public. Beginning with a tour of the battlefields of the Somme we will be reading some of the literature written by “trench poets” like Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves alongside visits to the Imperial War museum in Manchester and to Orchard House in Grantchester, immortalized in Rupert Brook’s poem.

EUST 233: Capitalism and Crisis – Political Economy from Marx to Hayek (3 credits, fulfills requirements for European Studies and Political Science/Political Economy)

Britain was at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. That rapid economic growth unleashed by free competition brought with it the constant threat of crisis was an insight developed by Marx and later Keynes. Britain was home to capitalism’s cheerleaders as well as to its most important critics. Its economic dominance was accompanied by a tradition of tolerance, of open public discussion and free academic enquiry that made London and Cambridge attractive to students of political economy from Europe and across the world. Readings from the most important representatives will be supplemented by visits to industrial sites and museums in Manchester.

Students participating in the program will be required to take a leave of absence during winter term of the 2019-20 year. In the past participants have used this opportunity to do internships in the US and abroad, furthered their knowledge of other languages among other exciting things.

Faculty Director: Paul Petzschmann

Prerequisites: Econ 110 and 111

For further information see the program website https://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/ocs/cambridge/2019/

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact OCS (Leighton 119, ocs@carleton.edu, 507-222-4332) or the faculty director, Paul Petzschmann, ppetzsch@carleton.edu

What kind of country turns a president’s teeth into jewelry? Must we dismember to remember? America has always struggled with how to publicize the past; in this course we’ll cover the theory and the practice of that struggle, with a focus on museums (Enola Gay: yes or no?), collections (from skulls to placemats), and monuments (both celebrated and contested). And the 19th Amendment turns 100 in 2020, so for civic engagement we’ll go beyond Carleton’s walls and work with the League of Women Voters on how to commemorate the event.

Hist 216. MW 9:50-11:00, F 9:40-10:40 am, Lei 236. 6 credits.