From new buildings to new international relationships, Carleton grew rampantly in 2011 and is poised to continue that trend in 2012, said Carleton president Roseann Runte.
“In 2011, faculty, staff and students worked together to realize our enrolment targets and were so successful that we surpassed our targets,” Runte said via email.
“Of particular note would be the fact that our physics department is the most highly quoted physics department in the country and the work in Sudbury and Switzerland has brought international recognition.”
Runte highlighted Carleton’s seemingly endless campus development as a positive, including the completion of the Canal Building, the near-completion of the River Building and the opening of the new residence and cafeteria.
“For 2012, we continue work on achieving the goals iterated in the strategic and academic plans,” Runte said.
“We will also be building an extension for science, a model home for environmental/energy research, and an extension to Alumni Hall, which will house both increased space for all students working on machines and locker rooms for the football team,” she said.
However, with such ambitious plans in uncertain economic times, Runte said some cuts may be in order.
“Since we anticipate continued economic pressures and concerns about the pension plan deficit, we will be concentrating on ways to reduce expenditures without affecting quality,” she said. “We will have to be very creative and consider . . . new curricular design to meet this challenge” she said.
