College Overview The Carthage Mission world by immersing them in an College Overview educational experience that offers Seeking truth, building strength, inspiring exposure to the full breadth of existence service—together. About Carthage on Earth. STATEMENTS OF PRINCIPLE The Carthage Mission Carthage prepares students for lives of SEEKING TRUTH service, and progression to leadership, Religious Life Carthage is a college of the Evangelical by providing opportunities to give of Lutheran Church in America, espousing themselves and help others locally, Library and Information and expressing the Judeo-Christian nationally, and internationally. Services tradition. Carthage models and promotes the art of stewardship, enjoining respect for life in Accreditation Carthage honors God's love for all people and celebrates the rich diversity all of its various forms and cultures. The Undergraduate Degree of creation. Carthage embraces scholarship and TOGETHER The Graduate Degree teaching that are grounded in respect for Carthage is a college community that Intercollegiate Athletics truth, the possibilities and limitations of spans generations and bridges individual perspectives, and personal ideologies, nurturing lives of service, Special Programs accountability. work, appreciation, and understanding. ROTC Programs Carthage recognizes that the quest for Carthage affirms that Truth, Strength, truth is a life-long journey, and that and Service intertwine beneficially About Carthage knowledge, experience, and throughout life, and encourages Carthage is a four-year, liberal arts college understanding, gained through a love of members of the community to follow affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran learning, are the surest guides. paths that incorporate all three. Church in America. Located in Kenosha, Carthage promotes personal, Carthage embraces traditions that lift up Wis., a thriving city of almost 100,000, professional, and social relationships the community and increase its relevance strategically situated midway between characterized by truth, honesty, and and prestige. Chicago and Milwaukee, the College offers integrity. Carthage encourages community the bachelor of arts and master of education members to challenge and support one degrees. Carthage classes meet on the four- BUILDING STRENGTH another, to accept responsibility and one-four academic calendar. Carthage challenges all members of the require accountability, and to collaborate Founded in 1847 in Hillsboro, Ill., the community to seek excellence in every in serving the best interest of students. College later moved to the state capital, endeavor. Springfield, and moved again in 1870, this Carthage provides the resources, tools, Religious Life time to the rural, west-central city of and facilities necessary to attract and Carthage is affiliated with the Evangelical Carthage, where the College acquired its develop committed students, faculty, Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and present name. In 1962, Carthage relocated to staff, and trustees. welcomes students of all faiths. Although the Kenosha, and launched an era of exciting majority of our students are Lutheran or Carthage strives for robustness growth. In the decades since that move, the Roman Catholic, the Carthage community throughout its educational experience, College has progressed from a small school represents a rich variety of Christian providing students with opportunities to with fewer than 500 students and financial denominations and world religions. The core grow in all facets of life. assets of less than $3 million, to an values of Judeo-Christian traditions are institution with an enrollment of 2,500 full- Carthage seeks breadth and depth of embedded in campus life. This faith time students and total assets exceeding cultural experience from faculty and foundation helps all our students prepare for $168 million. Similar achievements in students, building a foundation for careers by encouraging and nurturing curriculum development and faculty informed, courageous, and effective personal spirituality, strong social ethics, an recruitment continue to advance the action in the larger world. appreciation of religious diversity, and a academic stature of the College. Carthage collaborates with advisors and sense of vocation and purpose in life. partners who help increase the relevance, Since moving to its new campus, Carthage The Carthage Chapel Series brings members vibrancy, and resilience of the blended the old with the new — of the community together for dialogue, educational experience. distinguished academic heritage with modern devotion, and reflection throughout the educational facilities. Carthage offers the Carthage is a responsible steward, week. The Lutheran Student Movement traditional aspects of a college experience investing in and preserving resources in offers small-group study and dialogue, and adds the benefits of a beautiful lakeside service to current and successive service opportunities, and personal support setting within an hour's travel time of two generations of students. guided by the affirmation of inclusiveness. great metropolitan centers. The Kenosha Wednesdays and Sundays provide location not only makes Carthage easily INSPIRING SERVICE opportunities for worship services that offer accessible, but also enables students to take Carthage affirms that the privilege of the best of Lutheran traditions with an advantage of the many cultural and social education is accompanied by the ecumenical flavor. Catholic Mass is also opportunities available in the "hub of the responsibilities of social awareness. celebrated every Sunday evening. Fridays are Midwest." reserved for quiet reflection. Carthage challenges students to become builders of a just and compassionate Major campus and community events take place in Siebert Chapel. Small groups also 2 Carthage 2012-2013 Catalog College Overview gather in the beautiful environment of Ehrler Hedberg Library resources and make suggestions for Chapel, Fritsch Meditation Chapel, and our Named for Donald Hedberg, a 1950 resources not currently owned. newest worship space, the Joan C. Potente Carthage graduate, Hedberg Library supports Chapel located near the Oaks Residence the educational program of the College Academic Computing Services Halls. Each chapel bears a name that through providing students and faculty with Carthage provides an extensive campus-wide connects the Carthage community with the materials, services, support, and the network. All students, staff and faculty are stories of love, devotion, and generosity. inspirational space that they need to pursue issued a network user ID, allowing them to their course assignments and research. In communicate by e-mail with each other both Chapel addition to the Saemann Curriculum on- and off-campus. The campus network The Carthage community sets aside 25 Resource Center, Hedberg Library has allows users to search the library catalog and minutes on Mondays, Wednesdays and several technology enhanced classrooms as databases, and to access the Internet. Fridays, at 10:30 a.m., for worship, dialogue, well as the 75-seat Niemann Media Theater. Computer labs are located in academic and meditation in the A. F. Siebert Chapel. There are also numerous group and buildings, providing more than 230 public This Chapel Series has three distinct themes. individual study rooms. The Staubitz access computers. On Mondays, the students, faculty and staff Archives exists to document the life of The majority of courses at Carthage are are invited to lead discussions called Bridges Carthage College by collecting, preserving, offered in media- and technology-enhanced To Peace. These conversations explore and providing access to records and artifacts classrooms. In addition, many instructors various concepts and visions of peace from representing Carthage's rich history, the utilize the e-Racer course management the perspectives of faith, culture, academic publications of faculty and staff, and the system to provide class resources discipline, and personal experience. On activities of the Carthage community. The electronically for anytime, anywhere access. Wednesdays, the Dean of Siebert Chapel Brainard Writing Center is staffed by trained Rooms in the residence halls have both leads Morning Prayer, a celebration of writing fellows who provide assistance for wireless and direct Ethernet network access Christ through preaching, liturgy, prayer, and any written assignment. Donna's Bytes, a connections. Students interested in bringing song. On Fridays, the chapel offers an cyber café, provides food, beverages, and a their own computers and other digital Invitation to Meditation and provides a safe relaxing atmosphere for students to unwind devices should consult the LIS web page for space for introspection and prayer. This is a and enjoy discussion with friends. options and requirements. time of quiet reflection, and for many Hedberg Library contains a carefully students it is an important resource for Media Services spiritual renewal. selected collection of books, periodicals, video recordings, microforms, and various Situated in the Hedberg Library, Media On Sunday mornings, Lutheran Services of other materials. The growing collection of Services attends to the academic multimedia Holy Communion are scheduled regularly. resources contains more than 135,000 print needs of the Carthage community. On Sunday evenings, Roman Catholic and over 65,000 electronic volumes, and Production and presentation resources, such