Reunion 2005, June 2-5
This year 1,300 people attended Reunion. The class of 1970 won the award in attendance, with 22 percent of their class at Reunion. The Class of 1955 contributed more than $1.5 million to Macalester, a record for any class. Watch for the Macalester Today supplement for more reunion information to be mailed in August.

Alumni awards were presented to eight alumni.

Distinguished Citizens
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Harry Drake '50
Robert C. Hoisington ’50
Carole Mae Brandt Olson '55
June Noronha '70
Edward Wilson '70
Young Alumni Award
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Lyungai Mbilinyi '95
Catharine Lealtad Service to Society Award
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Geoffrey Maruyama '72
Alumni Service Award
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Stephen Cox '76

Scots' Pride Happy Hour

On May 19, alumni met at Harvey's on Castro Street in San Francisco for drinks and appetizers.

Visit the Scots' Pride web page for more information about upcoming events or how to start a chapter in your area.

Update on State Grants Program
The State Grant Program, which provides scholarships to 78,000 low-and moderate-income private and public college students in Minnesota, was funded at the same level as the last biennium under the recently passed Higher Education Funding Bill.

The program provides $140 million each year of the two-year biennium. Last year, 129 Macalester students received a total of $430,000 in state grants.

Macalester appreciates students, staff, alumni and faculty who wrote letters and went to the Capitol on behalf of the grant program. The efforts paid off.

Kendrick Brown and students present at psychology conference
Associate Professor Kendrick Brown, Psychology, with Marietta Hoogs '05, Heather Kimmel '06, and Julie Phelps '06, presented a research poster at the 17th annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Los Angeles on May 28. The poster entitled "The Effects of Identity Incongruence on Monoracial and Multiracial Individuals' Mental Health," focused on the psychological consequences of experiencing discrepancy between one's self-identified ethnicity and the ethnic categorization of others.

Thomas P. Bonner named vice president
Thomas P. Bonner, vice president for university relations at the University of the South, will become Macalester's new Vice President for Advancement. "He has an outstanding record of fund-raising and leadership at the University of the South, where he is currently leading a $180 million capital campaign. His breadth of experience, inspiring leadership and sense of teamwork will help Macalester," says President Brian Rosenberg.

Faith and Values
American's 'voted their values' in the 2004 election, it was often said--meaning, for the most part, religious values. Is there a role for religion in the political process? How separate must church and state be. Read the article in the Macalester Today.

Win a Macalester sweatshirt
Macalester Today will give away five Macalester sweatshirts to readers who answer the most questions correctly on this year's history quiz. In the event of ties, five winners will be chosen in a random drawing from the highest scorers. Winners will be announced in the fall issue. Take the quiz.

What are you doing after graduation?
The Institutional Research Office annually surveys parents to ask specifically what advanced degrees their graduates have pursued after leaving Macalester.

Once again, the survey shows about half of Macalester graduates have either pursued or attained an advanced degree within 3 years of leaving Macalester. This is consistent with other survey data which show that 60 percent of Mac grads enroll in graduate or professional programs within 5 years of graduation. Read the results

Thank You!
Forty-four percent of Macalester graduates, 8,685 alumni--the most of any year--led the Annual Fund to a record total of more than $3 million in contributions. They were joined by hundreds of parents, friends and organizations. Macalester thanks all Annual Fund participants for a great year.

New web site
Macalester's homepage has a new look. The campus Web Management Team has been planning a design refresh for the homepage and for a number of top-level section pages, including the alumni web site. The college's homepage includes a rotation of 15 pictures. View the pictures.