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.
2022–2023 AAR Board
Nosipho Beaufort ’01 nosiphobeaufort@gmail.com
Kevin Bui ’24 buik@carleton.edu
Sally David Ellwein ’94 sally.ellwein@gmail.com
Erika Drezner ’94 edrezner@gmail.com
Clay Kingsbury ’20 kingsburyclay@gmail.com co-chair
Steve Maack ’90 steve.maack@gmail.com
Susan Pham ’12 susan.t.pham@gmail.com co-chair
Jevon Robinson ’22 robinsonj2@carleton.edu
Taylor Valore ’06 taylor@taylorvalore.com
Emily Wallace-Jackson ’87 ewallace-jackson@comcast.net
Ella Peoples ’25 peoplese@carleton.edu
Monica Welke ’10 monicawelke@gmail.com
Chase Garcia ’19 chaseagarcia254@gmail.com
Ross Chavez ’01 rchavez4492@gmail.com
SUSIE PHAM ’12 BOARD CO-CHAIR
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 students interviewed
40 college fairs
5,094 contacts made (postcards, emails, text, and phone)
1,417 active AARs
6,481 applications | 21.8% admit rate
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
CYNTHIA BREMER ’90
CYNTHIA CAMPOS ’98
KIM CHEUNG ’70
BILL DEWEY ’85
BILL FREEDMAN ’68
LEAH GOLDEN ’86
MEREDITH HOPPIN ’72
DEE JOHNSON ’58
MICHAEL KRISCHER ’70
KENT LINDQUIST ’89
HOWARD LOVETT ’79
JENNY MINIER ’92
SUZANNA NEWELL ’94
BETH YOUNG ’89
JOHN ZIMBRICK ’60
DWIGHT ALEXANDER ’84
JODI DEEB ’83
ANNETTE KURTZ ’86
JOHN SHARRY ’73
KIRK WEIDNER ’85
DEB CARLSON WOOD ’82
ANNE MARIE BRUNNER ’80
KATHY HINTZ ’88
JANET POLASKY ’73
STEVE OBAID ’73
ROB SPENCE ’88
AMY WILSON ’92
NAOMI RUBIN ’77
NANCY HAMLIN ’55
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