AAR Recognition Booklet 2023

Alumni Admissions Representatives 2022–2023

Dear AARs, We are immensely grateful to all our volunteers and could not do this work without you. The time you have dedicated this past year to thoughtfully connecting with prospective students to help them learn more about Carleton has been invaluable and inspiring. These past few cycles have required our volunteers to step up, actively listen, and engage in complex conversations. You have served as a critical resource to students who hope to call Carleton their future home.

Thank you for helping us to shape the impressive class of 2027!

BEST, CLAY KINGSBURY ’20 BOARD CO-CHAIR

Phyllis Dixon pdixon@carleton.edu Chris Leppink-Shands ’19 cleppink@carleton.edu Adam Webster ’00 aswebster@carleton.edu THE AAR FRONT OFFICE

In April, we welcomed over 700 students and their families to campus for Admitted Student Experience. All of your hard work made this possible, so thank you!

THANKS TO OUR AAR BOARD We would like to show our deep appreciation to Susie Pham ’12, Erika Drezner ’94, and Steve Maack ’90, for their dedication to the AAR board. They will be cycling off the board this year but their impact will remain.

All three of these volunteers have been vital to the progress of the AAR program for the last four years.

Susie took the role of chair and ran with it, helping to lead the board and bring ideas to life. Both Erika and Steve, as high school teachers, provided constant ideas, support, and laughs as vital voices in this space with a focus on putting the student first in all things AAR. All three will continue to be valued members of the AAR program, and we were lucky to have them on our team.

OUR BOARD CONTINUES TO GROW This year we welcomed four new AARs, spanning three different decades of experience at Carleton, to our AAR board: Ross Chavez ’01, Monica Welke ’10, Chase Garcia ’19, and Ella Peoples ’25. Recognizing that there is no singular Carleton experience, our new board members have leaned into the mission and volunteer objectives to expand our collective thinking about the direction of the AAR program. They have brought great conversations, laughter, and critical pushes. We are thrilled to have their leadership inform the goals and strategies of the AAR program for years to come.

SUSIE PHAM ’12 BOARD CO-CHAIR

2022–2023 AAR Board Nosipho Beaufort ’01

Steve Maack ’90

Ella Peoples ’25

nosiphobeaufort@gmail.com

steve.maack@gmail.com

peoplese@carleton.edu

Kevin Bui ’24

Susan Pham ’12

Monica Welke ’10

buik@carleton.edu

susan.t.pham@gmail.com co-chair

monicawelke@gmail.com

Jevon Robinson ’22

chaseagarcia254@gmail.com

Sally David Ellwein ’94 sally.ellwein@gmail.com Erika Drezner ’94 edrezner@gmail.com Clay Kingsbury ’20 kingsburyclay@gmail.com co-chair

robinsonj2@carleton.edu Taylor Valore ’06 taylor@taylorvalore.com Emily Wallace-Jackson ’87 ewallace-jackson@comcast.net

Chase Garcia ’19

Ross Chavez ’01 rchavez4492@gmail.com

Mission The Alumni Admissions Representative (AAR) Program partners enthusiastic alumni with the admissions office, to share our Carleton stories, to elevate the college’s national reputation, and to attract and recruit an applicant pool that enhances the character of Carleton in the quality, depth, and diversity of its student body.

Practice We promote alumni connections, to the college and each other, via individual and collective engagement with prospective students and their families. In addition to communicating our personal knowledge of Carleton to prospective students, we also provide students with resources that highlight experiences they may have or are seeking, even if different from our own.

In this way, AARs help prospective students understand how Carleton, one of the very best liberal arts colleges in the country, fits into their plan for achieving their life and career goals.

go.carleton.edu/aar aar@carleton.edu

AARS BUILD THE CLASS OF 2027

INCOMING CLASS AT A GLANCE

292

6,481 applications | 21.8% admit rate

students interviewed

40

college fairs

5,094

contacts made (postcards, emails, text, and phone)

1,417 active AARs

38.2% identify as students of color 19.3% Pell eligible 10.4% international 15.7% first generation 46 states, DC, & Puerto Rico & 29 countries represented

SPECIAL MILESTONE RECOGNITION

25

CYNTHIA BREMER ’90

25

HOWARD LOVETT ’79

30

DEB CARLSON WOOD ’82

25

CYNTHIA CAMPOS ’98

25

JENNY MINIER ’92

35

ANNE MARIE BRUNNER ’80

25

KIM CHEUNG ’70

25

SUZANNA NEWELL ’94

35

KATHY HINTZ ’88

25

BILL DEWEY ’85

25

BETH YOUNG ’89

35

JANET POLASKY ’73

25

BILL FREEDMAN ’68

25

JOHN ZIMBRICK ’60

35

STEVE OBAID ’73

25

LEAH GOLDEN ’86

30

DWIGHT ALEXANDER ’84

35

ROB SPENCE ’88

25

MEREDITH HOPPIN ’72

30

JODI DEEB ’83

35

AMY WILSON ’92

25

DEE JOHNSON ’58

30

ANNETTE KURTZ ’86

45

NAOMI RUBIN ’77

25

MICHAEL KRISCHER ’70

30

JOHN SHARRY ’73

50

NANCY HAMLIN ’55

25

KENT LINDQUIST ’89

30

KIRK WEIDNER ’85