Carleton College

Okay, let me start with just a little bit about who I am and what I've done in my career.

I spent most of my career as a professor of religious studies at Carleton College, small, very selective liberal arts college in Minnesota.

I was there, had a wonderful career teaching wonderful students and working with wonderful colleagues.

During my time there, I became the director of the Learning and Teaching Center at Carleton and then one of the associate deans of the college where I oversaw our academic advising program.

I retired from that position four years ago when I then published my book, Thinking Critically in College, The Essential Handbook for Student Success.

And now I work as a private college success coach.

Wow, parents, did you hear all of that? Carleton College, amazing school.

I wasn't privy to this until one of my consultants really did a deep dive and shared with me that it might be small, but it's very mighty.

Early in his career, he spent nearly a decade leading hedge fund research at CTC Consulting and worked as a proprietary options and futures trader.

Rex holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Carleton College.

He has also shared his capital markets expertise with the community by serving as an adjunct instructor teaching finance courses.

Hi, Rex.

I thought I was going to be an architect for quite a while.

And then when I went to college, I thought, and this is kind of the other side of my brain, I think.

When I actually went to college, I went to Carleton College, a small liberal arts college in Minnesota.

I actually thought I was going to be a math major.

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Think about the concordance tables aren't that helpful anymore.

You know, the concordance tables are eight years out of date.

ACT and College Board are working on new concordance tables.

These days, I just use percentiles.

It's hard to say whether colleges are using concordance or percentile tables.

And I think you're going to really enjoy that as well.

So without any further ado, let's transition to Nathan Graub, professor of Carleton College Economics.

talking about demographics and what we can learn from the shifts and trends in demographics going on in the country right now.

And now this week's interview with a special guest.

All right, friends, part one of my interview with Nathan Grawe, which colleges will struggle as the number of students declines.

Part one, Nathan shares his backstory.

Nathan talks about the courses he teaches at Carleton College.

Nathan and I talk about the colleges that are thriving and the ones that are going to struggle over the next few years.

That transformation is the work of the CMO Group.

Today's guest is Dr. Michael Suk, a multi-talented, multi-dimensional orthopedic surgeon and physician executive, Dr. Suk is a proud graduate of Carleton College in Minnesota, where he majored in history before earning a medical degree from the University of Illinois and a law degree along with a master's in public health from Boston University, all before completing his residency training in orthopedics.

Throughout his career, Dr. Suk has held multiple regional and national leadership roles, including the role of chief physician officer at Geisinger Health.

Most recently, he co-founded MD Envoy, a physician representation company built around the idea that doctors, much like professional athletes, should have advocates helping them navigate contracts and build successful long-term careers.

Don Rawitsch.

Rawitsch? Rawitsch? A senior at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, taught an 8th grade history class as a student teacher.

He recruited two friends and fellow student teachers, Paul Dillenberger and Bill Heinemann, to help with his student teaching project.

Bill Heinemann used HP Timeshare Basic, running on an HP 2100 minicomputer, to write the original Oregon Trail.