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1. Our Location 2. True Learning 3. A Head Start 4. Professors’ Passion 5. Career Prospects 6. Tools for Tomorrow 7. Feels Like Home 8. Passport Stamps 9. Be a Champion 10. The Value
See your future on the horizon?
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Located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Carthage stands midway between Chicago and Milwaukee. With those neighbors, we share the shoreline of one Great Lake.
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It’s OK to stare. We never get tired of the view, either. To Carthaginians, Lake Michigan is a built-in stress reliever, research lab, air conditioner, and artist’s muse. Covering 22,000 square miles, it’s also a reminder of the infinite possibilities ahead of you.
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reasons to love our location
1. The View Think classes on the shore and sunrises from your bedroom window!
2. Internships and Jobs North, south, and right here in our own backyard, pick from a long list of employers like Abbott Laboratories, Uline, and Johnson Controls.
3. Major Metropolitan Area Head south for an hour to Chicago or drive 45 minutes north to Milwaukee. Both cities have great food, music, art, and pro sports scenes.
4. Freshwater Research Roll up your pant legs, get to work, and make some striking scientific discoveries in and around campus, or on the Pike River.
5. The Food This region is known for frozen custard, Friday fish fry, kringle, brats, and 50 pizza places within 20 miles.
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6. Our City The fourth-largest city in Wisconsin, Kenosha is full of activities to fill up your weekends: outdoor festivals, shopping centers, farmers markets, and even a downtown trolley ride.
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in scholarship and grant assistance awarded each year
LUCI KRENZKE ’18 neuroscience major, racine, wis. “My favorite spot on campus is sitting in the comfy chairs by the big windows overlooking the lake in Straz. When you’re studying or just eating lunch before class, it is always so peaceful and beautiful to sit right there.”
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1. Connect with Professors They’ll learn your name, what captivates you, and how to guide you to your destination. “Having Corinne Ness as a mentor and vocal professor has changed my life and trajectory as a performer. She runs our program with grace and passion while still managing to take care of each of her students’ individual needs.” – Macee Jo Mueller ’16, Theatre Performance major (Music Theatre emphasis), Greeley, Colo.
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2. Lively Discussions Speak up comfortably in our classes.
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Let’s get the numbers out of the way: You’ll need 138 credits to graduate. But there’s much more to a Carthage degree than a checklist. Receiving individual attention from professors, not teaching assistants, for one. Or tackling topics from multiple directions through the Carthage Symposium. Like examining the foundations of today’s societies and, ultimately, by conducting original research and communicating your findings to others with a senior thesis.
Here, we measure knowledge in both depth and width. A Carthage liberal arts education digs deep into your major and stretches across a wide cross-section of topics — not to make you a trivia champion, but to equip you for whatever the increasingly complex, interconnected, fluid world throws at you. Found your passion already? One of our 50+ areas of study probably covers it. Still searching? With the help of your first-year advisor, you can explore options and still graduate on time.
what passion looks like Our faculty members have credentials. In fact, 90 percent of them hold the highest degrees possible in their fields. They bring years of real world experience. But those aren’t the things that will draw you to your professors. What matters more is they care. They will encourage you as often as they challenge you. Just don’t expect any easy A’s.
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“What I’m trying to do is bring out the best in my students,” says Eric Pullin, associate professor of history and Asian studies. “Precisely because you get to know them and they trust you, students are willing to accept an extraordinarily high criticism of their work.” Known for his spot-on impressions and affinity for assigning nicknames, Prof. Pullin goes the extra mile to convey history’s lasting messages. “He’s hilarious,” says Lizzie Wenzel ’19, who took a study tour to World War II landmarks in Europe with Prof. Pullin. “Everyone says he makes class fun, even if it’s really hard.”
Embrace
your impatience. Why drift along while you “pay your dues”? Get your feet wet at Carthage, starting soon after moving in. As a freshman, you can use an electron microscope that other schools reserve for graduate students. Or audition for an original production by a Tony-winning playwright. Carthage students are really involved, and they like it that way. Meet one of them: NATE LEE ’18 physics major, mathematics and computer science minors skokie, ill.
j-term in hong kong Delved outside his major for study tour in international finance, economics, and law. Gave presentation to business executives.
asian pacific american coalition of carthage
Founded as freshman, still president. APACC open to all students, puts on cultural events.
men’s golf team
Three-year NCAA Division III competitor. Serves as co-captain.
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signature academic opportunities
1. NASA For a full decade, NASA has selected our students for research up to 35,000 feet high. Lately, the stakes have risen. A team of underclassmen is grinding to prepare a tiny but powerful Earth-imaging satellite for launch to the International Space Station.
summer undergraduate research experience Examined drones’ academic research potential with close guidance from professor. The following summer, continued aerospace work.
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Likes fraternity brothers’ diverse interests. DU mission is “Building Better Men”.
campus jobs
Office intern at Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. Physics tutor. Admissions student ambassador.
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Lake Michigan Launchers rocket team member. Flew in zero-g. Helping to develop fuel gauging technology that’s now in NASA testing for Mars lander.
2. Honors Program As a freshman in the highly selective Honors Program, learn how to gain expertise in anything from music to forest ecology. After that, tackle a contemporary social, economic, or political problem. If you like, even live on an honors-only floor.
3. Original Research How does 10 weeks of one-on-one mentoring sound? Through our Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, you could get paid to do research with a professor on anything from lightning to bias in the labor market.
4. Classroom Hours Looking to teach? Count on becoming a familiar face in local schools, where Carthage education students accumulate 135 hours before their student teaching semester. Make that 450+ for those entering our new urban teacher program.
5. New Play Initiative Oscars. Emmys. Tonys. Golden Globes. The playwrights we’ve brought in have them. Each year, Carthage Theatre commissions an original script for its New Play Initiative. Our students work with the writer to stage it.
6. In-House Agency Build a portfolio without leaving campus. Students run Velocity Consulting, which works with business and nonprofit clients. You don’t have to major in business; the full-service agency hires for a mix of roles.
For the love of
teaching
It’s impossible to measure in gigabytes, amperes, or dollars, but you will recognize our passion to teach when you see it. When class ends and your professor refuses to leave until you get it. When her lunch break turns into your mock interview. When you miss class and find a concerned email in your inbox. Best of all, it’s highly contagious. Our professors’ excitement becomes your excitement.
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classroom boredom busters
If you picture yourself slumped in a chair at the back of a classroom while some tweed-wearing professor lectures uninterrupted for an hour, well, let us give you a happy jolt of Carthage reality. Here are a few techniques our faculty use to connect with students and make their lessons come to life.
1. Replay History, Then Revise It Simulations are a popular staple in Carthage history classes. The setting might be the Continental Congress in 1774 or India’s push for independence in 1945. Students portray figures with differing goals and motives, so the outcome inevitably strays from the historical reality — and that’s OK.
2. Why Magic Fools Us Winner of four national magic competitions, Professor Tony Barnhart performs rope tricks, coin tricks, and card tricks to demonstrate the psychological principle of inattentional blindness. “You know exactly what’s happening, and you still fall for it every time,” says Alison Mackey ’17.
3. Flip the Classroom
jennifer madden, management and marketing In a single year as a consultant, Professor Jennifer Madden helped nonprofits win $9 million in grant funding by creatively attacking “wicked problems” — the kind so complex that solving them often creates other obstacles. While earning her Ph.D., Prof. Madden came away with a strategy called business design that hammers wicked problems from several angles. She’s proved it works for community groups, but you could easily apply it to almost any career. And we’ll help you. Carthage now offers a Master of Science in business design and innovation. With Prof. Madden as the program director, students with a bachelor’s degree can add a master’s in just 10 months.
Computer science students watch Professor Mark Mahoney’s recorded lectures in their free time so he can be nearby “when they do their real learning.” He has company: Physics professor Brant Carlson’s quantum mechanics video playlist has been viewed more than 170,000 times.
4. Si, Oui, and .mp3 Professor Pascal Rollet writes songs that highlight grammar points in French and Spanish. He uses software to merge synthesized instruments, guitar, and vocals into tunes a college audience can tolerate.
5. Pitch Your Business In Business to Business Marketing, students brainstorm an original product or service, study its feasibility, and carry out a marketing plan. Like on TV, the entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of experts — led by Professor J.J. Shields, who cut his shark teeth at Miller Brewing and ABB Robotics.
6. Brunch Time On the last day of the Frank Lloyd Wright course, professors Tom and Linda Noer hold class at their house. After 20-some days of field trips to architectural sites and discussions around a circular table, they serve a homemade breakfast and let students unveil their creative projects.
Graduate at the intersection of
skills and experience.
Carthage cultivates the skills that employers value most, like critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, and communication. Because you’re likely to graduate in four years, you can even grab a head start in the job market. “Where do you picture yourself in 5, 10, 20 years?” Long before hiring managers pose those questions, we can help you to fill in that destination — and design a map to get there. Sift through potential majors, explore careers you didn’t know existed, pick the brain of an alumni mentor in your field, and convert what you’ve learned to 3-D with a great internship. So, when it’s time to target that job, graduate program, or overseas fellowship, you can confidently aim high.
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of Carthage graduates earn their degrees in four years
of our alumni report they have secured a job or are continuing their studies six months after graduation
of employers say critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills matter more than your major when it comes to career success (Association of American Colleges & Universities survey, 2015)
internship central Abbott Laboratories BMO Harris Bank Boldt Construction C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. Chicago Bears Chicago Board Options Exchange Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago Children’s Theatre Chicago Cubs City of Kenosha Covance Deloitte FedEx Goodman Theatre Grant Thornton Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Hydrite Chemical Co. Jockey International Johnson Controls Kenosha Unified School District Keshet KPMG Kohl’s Milwaukee County Zoo Pfizer Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Republican Governors Association Shanghai E-Star Groups Limited Solo Cup State of Wisconsin The Rep U.S. Department of State U.S. House of Representatives Valence Health
Thanks to a nearly $350,000 grant, dozens of students are soaking up on-the-job experience through the Great Lakes Career Ready Internship Program.
JONATHON BAUGHER ’10 owner of jb tax, accounting, and payroll llc “The way I see it, Carthage, in a way, is investing in my business and in me … and I am more than eager to pay that forward to a Carthage student.”
$15 Million Career Investment Our future career center will strengthen the bridge from Carthage to the “real world”. Imagine technology for virtual networking and space for mock interviews (or, better yet, real ones). The investment also promises more options for students like you to gain experience, as we build on our flourishing internship programs.
An innovative atmosphere with
the tools to match Although nothing can out-sparkle the backdrop of Lake Michigan, you might notice how many things on campus look new. Since 2000, we’ve invested more than $200 million in the places where students take classes, study, live, eat, exercise, and hang out.
STOCKED FOR SCIENCE Our Science Center (2015) houses technology-enhanced classrooms, lab equipment in pioneering research specialties, and a greenhouse. A whiteboard wall, a lake view, and a cushy chair just steps from your professor’s office add up to a formula for learning.
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1. Corporate Dress Rehearsal Other than Starbucks, the most prominent spot in the A. W. Clausen Center for World Business (2004) might be the Troha Boardroom. Designed to replicate a corporate director suite, it lets you polish those presentation skills so you’ll be confident for the real thing.
2. The Place to Go for Help Immediately after renovations to the Hedberg Library (2016), our tutors and writing coaches saw an uptick in appointments. Coincidence? More like the allure of onestop shopping, now that three academic support offices line the same hallway.
almost human Two years in, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing is one of Carthage’s fastest-growing programs. In February 2017, the 3,000-square-foot Nursing Learning Laboratories opened to classes. Simulation has become the cornerstone of the profession, and the high-fidelity mannequins in our labs can be programmed to breathe, sweat, respond to light, and even give birth. There’s also a video debriefing room where students can assess how they did. Combine the technology with the human touch of professional, patient-centered faculty, and your prognosis in the healthcare field is extremely good. “This is not just a degree; this is a profession. Our students aren’t just learning things for the sake of getting a BSN; they’re learning how to be professionals. When these students graduate, get licensed, and have ‘RN’ behind their name, they have a huge amount of responsibility on their shoulders almost from Day 1. They must have a deep understanding of the profession of nursing and its expectations. That will come from the faculty,” says Frank Hicks, Carthage Director of Nursing.
3. Remote Presence Beyond the campus boundaries, dinosaur fossils are prepared at the Carthage Institute of Paleontology (2004) in Kenosha. A lengthy pterodactyl flight away, Finca Esperanza (2013) serves as base camp for J-Term medical and water quality missions to Nicaragua.
4. Concussion Protocol Since 2008, our athletic training students have used the newest diagnostic tools to study concussions. Overseen by a leading brain trauma expert from the Medical College of Wisconsin, the research helps doctors determine when athletes are healthy enough to return.
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ways to make friends at carthage
1. Room with Someone You Don’t Know That worked for Lucas Dykstra and Garrett Fales, both 2016 Carthage graduates. Coming from different states and backgrounds, they quickly bonded anyway. Garrett says they “basically did life together all four years”, as classmates, interns, wingmen, and pranksters. Both environmental science majors, they even secured their first jobs at the same conservation district.
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outside the classroom. In college, there’s something liberating about downtime. Instead of a bell ringing to alert you where to go next, you get to decide. How will you spend the hours you aren’t in class?
2. Go to the Organization Fair 3. Participate in Greek Life Choose from 15 sororities and fraternities.
4. Get a Campus Job 5. Join Residence Life 6. Go to Campus Events Each month brings musicians, comedians, and movies to campus. Join the Carthage Activities Board and have a say in the entertainment choices.
7. Cheer on Our Lady Reds and Red Men Get in to Carthage athletic events free with your student ID.
CODY HOUZENGA ’15 nursing major, milwaukee, wis. “Friends are everywhere at Carthage, and they’re just a text message or short walk away.”
2,600 students to meet
120+ ways to get involved Besides clothes and furniture, you bring years of accumulated hobbies, tastes, beliefs, causes, and culture. With more than 120 active student organizations at Carthage, it’s simple to connect with others who share those interests. Plus, they’ll introduce you to new ones.
wake up, fuel up, catch up You’re going to need brain fuel. Grab a morning coffee and a snack at Starbucks or Einstein Bros. Bagels. Later, meet friends at “The Caf”, where the specials change daily but the staples are constant, or swing through “The Stu” for wings, a burrito, or a sub. A new option, Carthage Cash, even covers some off-campus meals.
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spiritual sounding board Here, find the support to calibrate your moral compass, wherever your spiritual journey leads you. Rooted in the Lutheran tradition, Carthage welcomes students in all belief systems. The Center for Faith and Spirituality coordinates worship services, interfaith programs, and service projects for those whose needs cut across religious divisions.
break in that new building Scheduled to open in fall 2018, a new residential tower will offer suite-style housing and two floors of shared campus spaces for gaming, cooking, group meetings, or quiet studying. From the all-female Tarble Hall to the villa-style Oaks Residential Village, each Carthage residence hall maintains a distinct feel.
70% of our students live on campus
picture yourself at home. Want to sample a slice of campus life before visiting? Check out My Carthage, a student-controlled Instagram account. Students take turns documenting their daily lives, from the ordinary to the extraordinary.
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The world awaits.
choose your next adventure. get a deeper experience All modern languages majors study abroad, but they aren’t the only ones. Through affiliations with reputable partners, Carthage gives you access to academically rigorous study abroad programs around the globe. In recent years, our students have spent a semester or more on every continent except Antarctica.
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wedge your foot in the chicago door Each fall, the Carthage in Chicago program lets students hold an internship, take classes, and join friends for organized outings — all while living in the heart of one of the world’s most dynamic cities for a full semester. And there’s no need to learn a new language, unless you count the train schedule.
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Students run down a sand hill on the 2017 study tour “Namibia: A Sociocultural Journey.”
Spending time in another country frames all of those discussions about global issues in a blindingly new light. You get to know the people and their customs. What they value. How their view of the world differs from yours. Even the most articulate Carthage students returning from abroad struggle to put their transformative experiences into words.
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short-term stay, lifelong memories Carthage is consistently ranked a top school in short-term study abroad, thanks to its faculty-led study tours during J-Term. It’s OK to leave your major behind; an art major could observe the state of Caribbean ecology by scuba diving in Honduras, just like an athletic training major is welcome to meet business executives in Sweden. “From Bogotá, Colombia, to Havana, Cuba, to the countless excursions throughout the greater Chicago area, he has enriched my views of the world and taught me the values of consideration and inclusion.” – Owen Myers ‘18 (about Professor Jeff Roberg), Political Science / IPE, Monticello, Ill.
take an academic stay-cation With an entire month devoted to a single class, J-Term is a requirement that doesn’t feel like one. Dozens of on-campus courses let you explore new academic territory without packing a suitcase. Like Mathematical Knitting, offered for the first time in January 2017. Who knew so many advanced math concepts came into play while knitting a scarf or a pair of socks? Well, Professor Sara Jensen ’08 did. As she explained, “Math is everywhere, if you want to see it.”
travel in summer instead Some study tours are offered in the summer months. (Officially, J-Term stands for January, so we can still get away with the “J” in June and July. Phew!). Dig for dinosaur bones in Montana with a worldfamous paleontologist or excavate a Roman temple complex in Israel.
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Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Lacrosse Soccer Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field (indoor and outdoor) Volleyball
Women’s Basketball Cross Country Golf Lacrosse Soccer Softball Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field (indoor and outdoor) Volleyball Water Polo
carthage scoreboard 2016-17 Regular Season Conference Championships 1. Men’s Soccer 2. M en’s Swimming and Diving 3. Men’s Basketball 4. Men’s Volleyball
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CoSIDA Academic All-District Selections: Abigail McGowan, Women’s Volleyball Morgan Harris, Women’s Basketball
Sure, our well-stocked trophy case might suggest otherwise, but that hardware doesn’t come easily. Carthage’s NCAA Division III sports teams regularly test their limits in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin and the national arena. It demands supreme effort, considering we take the term “student-athlete” seriously. That makes the payoff even sweeter.
for the weekend (and weeknight) warriors… You don’t have to make varsity headlines to stay competitive here. One-third of our students play intramural or club sports, and the rest find other ways to burn calories — either in the N. E. Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center or around campus.
Club Sports Bowling (Men’s and Women’s) Ice Hockey (Coed)
Intramural Sports
student. athlete. rising star. Morgan Young ’17 has managed to stand tall among both throwers and techies. Between indoor and outdoor seasons, she reached seven straight NCAA Division III track and field championships and made the 2016 indoor All-America team in the shot put. Still, the computer science major from Mahomet, Illinois, would rather talk about her Academic All-America awards. Morgan conducted summer research on campus in the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology. That led to an internship with a web firm during the semester-long Carthage in Chicago program — and an award-winning app.
Basketball (Men’s and Women’s) Flag Football (Men’s and Women’s) Soccer (Coed) Softball (Coed) Volleyball (Coed) – Sand/Indoor
Indoors Known as the TARC, our rec center is home to a 16-lane swimming pool, multipurpose courts surrounded by a 200-meter track, two racquetball courts, a rockclimbing wall, a dance studio, and a fitness center. Group fitness classes are offered throughout the school year.
Outdoors Most warm days, you can round up a group to smack a volleyball on our sand courts. Test your forehand across the street at the Smeds Tennis Center. Or take the scenic route and ride or run on the Pike Bike Trail, a paved 10-mile route that follows the river at the edge of our campus.
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competitive scholarships
Listed below are some of our competitive scholarships. Visit carthage.edu/scholarships for additional listings. Call 800-351-4058 or send an email to admissions@carthage.edu for scholarship information and specific fees for tuition and room and board. Carthage participates in federal and state education assistance programs and offers student employment opportunities.
Presidential Scholarship Program Up to 35 renewable awards. Several tiers of scholarships are awarded at the competitions. The awards range from 75% of tuition up to full tuition, room, and board.
Business One renewable scholarship covering full tuition, two renewable 75% tuition scholarships
Chinese Two renewable 75% tuition scholarships
We’ll help you focus on the value of college.
not the cost.
Fine Arts Renewable scholarships ranging from $500 to $10,000 per year available to majors, minors, and other students with talents in vocal and instrumental music; majors and minors in theatre; and majors in communication, graphic design, music theatre, public relations, and studio art
French Two renewable 75% tuition scholarships
German
The road map to finance a college education can be complicated. That’s why we’re here to help. More than 90% of Carthage students receive financial aid, with $14 million annually coming in scholarships and grants — the kind you don’t have to repay.
Two renewable 75% tuition scholarships
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Japanese Two renewable 75% tuition scholarships
Math and Science One renewable scholarship covering full tuition, two renewable 75% tuition scholarships Awarded to applicants who exhibit exemplary leadership qualities and potential, as well as commitment to actively contribute to the diversity of Carthage through campus activities
Spanish Two renewable 75% tuition scholarships
To explore our net price calculator and learn more about the affordability of Carthage, visit
carthage.edu/afford
Tarble Renewable scholarships of up to $27,000 per year for California residents
Transfer Fall and spring competitions award one renewable full-tuition scholarship, and one renewable 75% tuition scholarship