The 2019 calendar year was one to remember for the Carlson School. From centennial celebrations around the world to Mexico’s Ambassador to the United States visiting the school, take a look back at the year that was at the Carlson School.
![Centennial U.S. Bank Stadium Best of Centennial U.S. Bank Stadium](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-centennial.jpg?itok=qn74_4U5)
The Carlson School of Management's centennial celebration is held at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn.
![Carlson Day Football Best of Carlson Day](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-carlsonday.jpg?itok=4-ZoAnLg)
University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel watches with Carlson School students and veterans before being honored at halftime at the Gophers football game at TCF Bank Stadium.
The Carlson School celebrated 100 years of business leadership with an event so large the school needed two days and two stadiums to contain it.
More than 1,200 Carlson School alumni and friends gathered September 13 on the field of U.S. Bank Stadium to commemorate the school’s impact and innovation. The event provided the Carlson School an evening to come together and mark just how far it has come from an original graduating class of 14 students to an alumni network that is 55,000 strong. The following day marked Carlson School Day for the Gophers home football game at TCF Bank Stadium. The school hosted a special family-friendly tailgate, and members of the Carlson School were honored in an on-field presentation during the game.
The Carlson School celebrated 100 years of business leadership with an event so large the school needed two days and two stadiums to contain it.
More than 1,200 Carlson School alumni and friends gathered September 13 on the field of U.S. Bank Stadium to commemorate the school’s impact and innovation. The event provided the Carlson School an evening to come together and mark just how far it has come from an original graduating class of 14 students to an alumni network that is 55,000 strong. The following day marked Carlson School Day for the Gophers home football game at TCF Bank Stadium. The school hosted a special family-friendly tailgate, and members of the Carlson School were honored in an on-field presentation during the game.
![Centennial Photobooth Best of Centennial Phototbooth](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-centennialphotobooth.jpg?itok=ozZqYxjq)
Carlson School centennial year kickoff celebration
![2019 College Day Best of College Day](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-collegeday.jpg?itok=DCuGIsoC)
Students are greeted as they arrive to campus at the Carlson School.
![Alumni Farewell Best of IA Farewell](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-cupcake.jpg?itok=cZvD1ErG)
Students attended the Farewelcome Fair at the Carlson School atrium. The fair is held to celebrate graduating students and provides a way for them to stay engaged and to share information amongst the alumni community.
![2019 Fall Campus Best of Fall Campus](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-fallcampus.jpg?itok=WNB1Ztj-)
Fall day on the campus of the Carlson School of Management.
![mark bergen and rand park mark bergen presenting at state fair](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/bergen-rand-state-fair.jpg?itok=3GwxYE3j)
Professor Mark Bergen and Senior Lecturer Rand Park presenting at the Carlson School booth at the Minnesota State Fair.
![Priyanka at graduation Best of graduate commencement](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-graudatecommencement.jpg?itok=P3rB4bXr)
Carlson School commencement graduate speaker Priyanka Singhal Gandhi and her daughter.
![2019 MBA orientation Best of MBA orientation](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-mbaorientation.jpg?itok=WadG-fyA)
Faculty members are welcomed during full-time MBA student orientation at TCF bank stadium.
![Visit from Mexican Ambassador Best of Visit from Mexican Ambassador](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-mexicanambassador.jpg?itok=oKQsyWH3)
Mexico's Ambassador to the United States Martha Bárcena Coqui meets with faculty, staff, and others after her appearance at the Carlson School of Management.
![MN Cup 2019 Best of MN Cup 2019](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-mncup.jpg?itok=ml2tnAAl)
2019 MN CUP award winners event at McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota.
![2019 MS SCM Graduation Best of 2019 MS SCM Graduation](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-msscm.jpg?itok=kLo8M4XG)
MS SCM Commencement 2019.
![2019 PAWS on campus Best of PAWS on campus](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-paws.jpg?itok=fPvmV4i2)
Students pet dogs during a PAWS event at the Carlson School. PAWS (Pet Away Worry & Stress) sessions feature registered therapy animal teams—including dogs, bunnies, cats, chickens and other therapy animals.
![2019 College Day with Sri Best of 2019 College Day](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-sricollegeday.jpg?itok=8MAH9n85)
Dean Sri Zaheer speaks to the incoming class of students at the Carlson School.
![2019 MN State Fair Best of MN State Fair](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-statefair_0.jpg?itok=7jj7MrPH)
Carlson School of Management booth visitors spin a prize wheel at the Minnesota State Fair.
![WAM Best of WAM](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-wam.jpg?itok=Q9JvGjLR)
The popular image of finance is numbers and charts, comprehensible only to those initiated in the craft. But numbers are expressions of stories we live with, and stories that drive finance are also driving our wellbeing, present and future. In this unique collaboration, artists Rachel Breen and Vienne Chan will work with Susanna Gibbons of the Carlson School of Management and her students at the Carlson Funds Enterprise to learn together how to combine financial and artistic thinking to imagine a shared positive story of the future. Artists will participate in the program alongside students and inject creative elements into the class that will challenge traditional financial decision making and deepen discussions of social contexts, values, and consequences of financial investments, enhancing everyone’s sense of social responsibility for decisions in class and in the “real world.”
![Wintery Campus Best of Winter](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-winter.jpg?itok=xZAfTFXR)
Snow falls on the Carlson School of Management campus.
![Centennial U.S. Bank Stadium Best of Centennial U.S. Bank Stadium](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-centennial.jpg?itok=qn74_4U5)
The Carlson School of Management's centennial celebration is held at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn.
![Carlson Day Football Best of Carlson Day](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-carlsonday.jpg?itok=4-ZoAnLg)
University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel watches with Carlson School students and veterans before being honored at halftime at the Gophers football game at TCF Bank Stadium.
The Carlson School celebrated 100 years of business leadership with an event so large the school needed two days and two stadiums to contain it.
More than 1,200 Carlson School alumni and friends gathered September 13 on the field of U.S. Bank Stadium to commemorate the school’s impact and innovation. The event provided the Carlson School an evening to come together and mark just how far it has come from an original graduating class of 14 students to an alumni network that is 55,000 strong. The following day marked Carlson School Day for the Gophers home football game at TCF Bank Stadium. The school hosted a special family-friendly tailgate, and members of the Carlson School were honored in an on-field presentation during the game.
The Carlson School celebrated 100 years of business leadership with an event so large the school needed two days and two stadiums to contain it.
More than 1,200 Carlson School alumni and friends gathered September 13 on the field of U.S. Bank Stadium to commemorate the school’s impact and innovation. The event provided the Carlson School an evening to come together and mark just how far it has come from an original graduating class of 14 students to an alumni network that is 55,000 strong. The following day marked Carlson School Day for the Gophers home football game at TCF Bank Stadium. The school hosted a special family-friendly tailgate, and members of the Carlson School were honored in an on-field presentation during the game.
![Centennial Photobooth Best of Centennial Phototbooth](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-centennialphotobooth.jpg?itok=ozZqYxjq)
Carlson School centennial year kickoff celebration
![2019 College Day Best of College Day](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-collegeday.jpg?itok=DCuGIsoC)
Students are greeted as they arrive to campus at the Carlson School.
![Alumni Farewell Best of IA Farewell](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-cupcake.jpg?itok=cZvD1ErG)
Students attended the Farewelcome Fair at the Carlson School atrium. The fair is held to celebrate graduating students and provides a way for them to stay engaged and to share information amongst the alumni community.
![2019 Fall Campus Best of Fall Campus](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-fallcampus.jpg?itok=WNB1Ztj-)
Fall day on the campus of the Carlson School of Management.
![mark bergen and rand park mark bergen presenting at state fair](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/bergen-rand-state-fair.jpg?itok=3GwxYE3j)
Professor Mark Bergen and Senior Lecturer Rand Park presenting at the Carlson School booth at the Minnesota State Fair.
![Priyanka at graduation Best of graduate commencement](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-graudatecommencement.jpg?itok=P3rB4bXr)
Carlson School commencement graduate speaker Priyanka Singhal Gandhi and her daughter.
![2019 MBA orientation Best of MBA orientation](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-mbaorientation.jpg?itok=WadG-fyA)
Faculty members are welcomed during full-time MBA student orientation at TCF bank stadium.
![Visit from Mexican Ambassador Best of Visit from Mexican Ambassador](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-mexicanambassador.jpg?itok=oKQsyWH3)
Mexico's Ambassador to the United States Martha Bárcena Coqui meets with faculty, staff, and others after her appearance at the Carlson School of Management.
![MN Cup 2019 Best of MN Cup 2019](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-mncup.jpg?itok=ml2tnAAl)
2019 MN CUP award winners event at McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota.
![2019 MS SCM Graduation Best of 2019 MS SCM Graduation](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-msscm.jpg?itok=kLo8M4XG)
MS SCM Commencement 2019.
![2019 PAWS on campus Best of PAWS on campus](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-paws.jpg?itok=fPvmV4i2)
Students pet dogs during a PAWS event at the Carlson School. PAWS (Pet Away Worry & Stress) sessions feature registered therapy animal teams—including dogs, bunnies, cats, chickens and other therapy animals.
![2019 College Day with Sri Best of 2019 College Day](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-sricollegeday.jpg?itok=8MAH9n85)
Dean Sri Zaheer speaks to the incoming class of students at the Carlson School.
![2019 MN State Fair Best of MN State Fair](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-statefair_0.jpg?itok=7jj7MrPH)
Carlson School of Management booth visitors spin a prize wheel at the Minnesota State Fair.
![WAM Best of WAM](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-wam.jpg?itok=Q9JvGjLR)
The popular image of finance is numbers and charts, comprehensible only to those initiated in the craft. But numbers are expressions of stories we live with, and stories that drive finance are also driving our wellbeing, present and future. In this unique collaboration, artists Rachel Breen and Vienne Chan will work with Susanna Gibbons of the Carlson School of Management and her students at the Carlson Funds Enterprise to learn together how to combine financial and artistic thinking to imagine a shared positive story of the future. Artists will participate in the program alongside students and inject creative elements into the class that will challenge traditional financial decision making and deepen discussions of social contexts, values, and consequences of financial investments, enhancing everyone’s sense of social responsibility for decisions in class and in the “real world.”
![Wintery Campus Best of Winter](/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/styles/slide/public/best-of-winter.jpg?itok=xZAfTFXR)
Snow falls on the Carlson School of Management campus.