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Annual Fund giving sets record
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| Thirty-nine percent of alumni gave to Macalester's Annual Fund last fiscal year, an increase of one percentage point over last year. |
Macalester's fiscal year ended on May 31. Thanks to the generosity of alumni, friends, parents, and others, giving to the Annual Fund set a new record of $3.4 million and alumni participation increased one percentage point to 39 percent, which is nearly 400 additional alumni donors.
"Your generosity will touch each student. Thank you," said President Brian Rosenberg. "The growth in giving to the college suggests that more alumni understand how critical the Annual Fund is to ensuring Macalester can enroll a diverse student body and give them an exceptional experience and education."
Alumni giving is important not only for students' benefit, but also because it is one measure foundations and others use to gauge the strength of the college. At Reunion 2010, Rosenberg issued a challenge to engage 50 percent of alumni to give each year, explaining that in doing so, Macalester would be an even stronger college for future generations.
Overall giving to the college, including Annual Fund and designated gifts, also increased over fiscal year 2009. To date, Macalester's Step Forward campaign has raised $125 million towards its goal of $150 million by the end of 2011.
· Learn more about Macalester's Annual Fund
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Two recent grads receive Fulbright awards
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| Amanda Janoo '10 and Colin Williams '10 received Fulbright awards. Colin's photo taken by Alberto Rios de la Rosa '11. |
Amanda Janoo '10 and Colin Williams '10 received awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Both will use their awards to travel abroad.
Janoo will travel to India to investigate the economic competitiveness of the SEWA (Self Employed Women Associations) Trade Facilitation Center, an export-oriented grassroots textile cooperative in Ahmedabad. Her research will try to answer the question: "How do developing countries like India compete in global markets while preserving social rights for workers?"
Williams will live in Germany and teach American Studies courses and English language at a German high school. He hopes the experience helps him be a teacher who can adapt to any classroom and help students live what they study.
Williams and Janoo are two of 1,500 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2010-2011 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.
· Read more about Amanda Janoo '10
· Read more about Colin Williams '10
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President Rosenberg hosts Macalester reception in Jerusalem
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| Can you dig it? President Brian Rosenberg, in blue, is visiting students and faculty at the Omrit site where Macalester has led excavations since 1999. |
Alumni, parents, and friends of Macalester are invited to join President Brian Rosenberg, members of the Macalester Board of Trustees, Professor Andy Overman, and current Macalester students at a reception at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 20, at the
American Colony Hotel in East Jerusalem. President Rosenberg will provide an update on the college and Professor Overman will speak on the archaeological excavation that he and Mac students have conducted at Omrit, Israel. Refreshments will be served.
To attend, please email Krista Miller by Thursday, June 17. If you know other Macalester friends
in the Israel or Palestinian Territories, please forward this invitation to them.
· Read a 2007 story about the Omrit excavation
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Three Macites elected to Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees elected three new members at their May meeting: Susan Dunst Schwartz '71, Michael J. Klingensmith 'P'10, and Carrie Norbin Killoran '94.
Schwartz, an attorney, is a senior writer at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, Inc. in Chicago, a leading, worldwide provider of tax and business law information and software solutions.
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| Michael J. Klingensmith 'P'10 |
Klingensmith is the publisher of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, former managing director of AdMedia, and before that, executive vice president for Time Inc.
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| Carrie Norbin Killoran '94 |
Killoran, an attorney, is vice president and chief compliance/integrity officer for Aurora Health Care, Inc. in Milwaukee, the largest integrated health system in Wisconsin.
Eight trustees were re-elected to the board for three-year terms ending in 2013: Peter W. Ahn '87; Melvin E. Collins '75; Ruth Stricker Dayton '57, P'87; David J. Deno '79, P'11; Patricia R. Hurley '82, P'10; John C. Law '72; Michael E. Sneed '81; and Per von Zelowitz '94.
· Read more about the three new trustees
· See a complete list of all Macalester trustees
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Rabbi Bernard Raskas dies at age 86
Rabbi Bernard Raskas, former Macalester faculty member, died Saturday, June 12. He was 86.
Raskas was already an esteemed rabbi and Talmudic scholar when he joined the Macalester faculty in 1985 to teach classes on ancient and modern Jewish life. He was the curator of the permanent exhibit, "The Ten Commandments in Ten Versions." His students, however, are likely to remember Raskas, not for his honors or degrees, but for his profound and sincere interest in their ideas and their lives.
· Read the obituary for Rabbi Raskas at StarTribune.com
Open positions at Macalester
President Rosenberg recently announced that Kathleen Alford, assistant to the President and secretary to the Board of Trustees, is retiring after 18 years of service. That position has been posted. As well, the college has three open development positions, two focused on securing major gifts and one on the Annual Fund. Qualified alumni are encouraged to consider these positions and/or share with qualified candidates you may know. For full descriptions, visit Macalester's Employment Opportunities page. There, you will also find all other open positions at the college.
· View job openings at Macalester
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