Peg Olson, Associate Director for Residential Life, 651-696-6215

Peg recently completed her first year as the Associate Director of Residential Life at Macalester and looks to helping students as they come to live and learn while in the Residence Halls.  Her position involves supervising the Residence Hall Director staff and overseeing the student staff in the halls as well as the programming/educational pieces of Residence Hall living.  Her position involves the overall running of the Residential Life program.  Peg's Bachelor's is from Minnesota State University, Mankato and she obtained her Master's Degree from Central Missouri State University in College Student Personnel Administration where she was also a Residence Hall Director.  She worked for 11 years at St. Olaf College in Northfield in a variety of Residence Life positions both living on and off campus.  Most recently, she worked as the Director of Residential Life at the College of Saint Benedict.  She makes her home in St. Paul with her husband Troy.  She looks forward to meeting Macalester students and helping create a strong community within the Residence Halls.

Kathy McEathron, Operations Manager, 651-696-6059

Kathy McEathron has worked in campus residential Life for over 11 years. She's been employed at Mac since 1999. You'll find her in the Residential Life office available to answer your housing questions throughout the year. Her goal is to help students enjoy a positive, memorable campus living experience.

Charles Greene , Residence Hall Director- GDD, GCA, Cottages, Veggie Co-op, Language Houses, 651-696-6951

Macalester has become the newest location in a long list of places that Charles has called home - other homes for Charles have been Osaka, Japan; Cleveland, Ohio; Storrs, Connecticut; Menomonie, Wisconsin; Aurora, Illinois; and arguably Berlin, Germany.  Throughout those travels, Charles has held a wide variety of jobs including previous stints as Hall Directors/Coordinators, a bookseller, an English teacher in Japanese junior high schools, a Caribou barista and a DJ in a gaijin bar.  But now he is very excited to be here and is already enjoying working with the Macalester students.

Drew Hatton, Residence Hall Director- Dupre Hall, 651-696-6954

More good information coming soon.

Michael Klitzke, Residence Hall Director, 30 Mac, Bigelow, & Wallace Halls, 651-696-6952
A Minnesota native, temporarily displaced in Iowa, Michael is excited to return and begin his first year at Macalester.  Michael began his college career at the University of Northern Iowa and later transferred to Minnesota State University, Mankato where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics.  After graduation he moved to England to work for St. Cloud State University on their Alnwick study abroad program as the Assistant Residential Coordinator.  This will also be Michael’s first year as a graduate student at the University of St Thomas pursuing his Masters in Leadership in Student Affairs.  He looks forward to meeting the Macalester community and helping to make this year a great one!

Joe Kaufman, Residence Hall Director - Doty-Turck Halls, 651-696-6953

Originally from Wausau, Wisconsin, Joe now calls the Twin Cities home. He holds his B.A. in Catholic Studies and Economics from the Uniniversity of Saint Thomas. After his undergraduate career he decided to continue his education at Saint Thomas and completed his Master of Arts in Leadership in Student Affairs. This is Joe's second year at Macalester College in the department of Residential Life.