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May

Groundbreaking May 16th for Macalester Building Seeking LEED Certification Daytons and Davises commit $4 million - May 9, 2008, – Groundbreaking for the new environmentally sustainable Macalester College Institute for Global Citizenship (IGC) building is scheduled for 11:45 a.m., Friday, May 16, 2008, on the northwest corner of Grand and Snelling Avenues.   more»

Macalester Alum Peter Berg to Deliver Commencement Address - May 9, 2008, – Peter Berg ’84, the Hollywood director, writer, producer and actor will be the keynote speaker at Macalester College’s 119th Commencement at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, on the lawn outside Old Main.  more»

April

Four College Choirs to Perform in Annual Spring Choral Concert Final Concert for Director Robert Peterson - April 21, 2008, – Robert Peterson, Macalester College’s Director of Choral Activities for the past four years, will retire after he conducts his final Spring Choral Concert at 8 p.m., Saturday, April 26, 2008, in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Concert Hall.  The concert is free and open to the public.   more»

Mayor Presents Second Sustainable Saint Paul Awards to Local Leaders in Environmental Action Schools, students, individuals, community organization receive recognition - April 16, 2008, – Following the recognition the City’s first environmental stewardship and action awards brought to recipients in 2007, Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and the City Council presented the City’s second Sustainable Saint Paul Awards on Wednesday. Mayor Coleman established the Sustainable Saint Paul Awards to honor outstanding achievements of individuals, businesses and organization that are protecting and restoring the environment in Saint Paul. more»

Macalester College Theater and Dance Department Presents “The Witness Project: Three Plays About Power and the State” April 25-27 and May 1-3, 2008, – Macalester College Theater and Dance Department presents "The Witness Project: Three Plays About Power and the State,” in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Main Stage Theater, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Tickets are $7 general admission and $5 for seniors and groups. Performances are Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, and Thursday through Saturday, May 1-3, at 7:30 p.m. There is also a 2 p.m. performance on Sunday, April 27. For more information call (651) 696-6359.  more»

Minneapolis Student Wins 2008 MN State Geographic Bee – April 4, 2008 - The Cody DuBois, a seventh-grade student from Emerson Spanish Immersion Learning Center in Minneapolis, Minn., won first place in the 2008 Minnesota finals of the National Geographic Bee held today at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. DuBois received a $100 cash prize and a globe. His teacher, Elizabeth Eposito, received a world atlas and a globe for the school.  more»

Macalester Hosts 2008 MN State Geographic Bee Friday, April 4th 101 Fourth – Eighth Graders Vie to go to Nationals in May – The Minnesota State Geographic Bee Finals will once again be at Macalester College at 11:30 a.m., Friday, April 4th, in the Concert Hall, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn.  The winner will receive $100 and represent Minnesota in Washington, D.C., at the National Geographic Bee, May 20-21, 2008.  more»

March

March 6 -- Macalester College Receives $13.5 Million Gift to Support International Students– Macalester College today announced that it will receive a gift of $13.5 million from Philanthropist Shelby Moore Cullom Davis. Davis’s gift will provide scholarship support for international students and is the largest donation for this purpose in the college’s history. more»

March 6 -- Macalester College announced the members of the Global Advisory Board of its Institute for Global Citizenship– Macalester College today announced the members of the Global Advisory Board of its Institute for Global Citizenship. The board, which had its inaugural meeting today on campus, includes distinguished diplomats, businessmen, scholars and policy makers.  more»

February

February 26 -- Media Alert “Racism in the Name of Science” The Ninth Annual American Studies Conference at Macalester – Harriet A. Washington, journalist, editor, and bioethicist, will give the keynote address “American Apartheid: Medicine, Research and the Historical Prism of Race.” more

February 18 -- Macalester College Theater and Dance Department Presents
"THE THREEPENNY OPERA," by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
Feb. 29, March 1 - 2 and 6 - 8, 2008 – Macalester College Theater and Dance Department presents "The Threepenny Opera" by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Main Stage Theater, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Tickets are $10 general admission and $7 for seniors and groups, except for the Thursday, March 6 performance which will be “pay what you can,” and the matinee performance on March 2 will be $5 for everyone. Performances are Friday and Saturday, Feb. 29 and March 1, and Thursday - Saturday March 6 - 8 at 7:30 p.m. There is also a 2 p.m. performance on Sunday, March 2. Guest artist Gary Briggle directs. This play is recommended for mature audiences. more»

January

January 18 -- Macalester Is Ranked 16th Among Small Colleges for Peace Corps Volunteers – Macalester ranked 16th among small colleges in the number of graduates currently serving as Peace Corps volunteers around the world, the Peace Corps announced this week. There are 17 alumni in the Peace Corps. more»

November

November 28 -- Kids Judge! at Macalester Neuroscience Fair Sat., Dec. 1 –Elementary school children from the Twin Cities will judge Macalester College students’ exhibits and presentations during the sixth annual Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair beginning at 9 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Olin-Rice Science Center, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minn. more»

November 27 -- Macalester College Theater and Dance Department Presents
“Gods and Monsters” December 7-9, 2007 –“Gods and Monsters,” the 2007-08 theme for Macalester College’s Theater and Dance Department, provides the creative impulse for the Fall Dance Concert. The concert, at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7 & 8, and 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 9, is in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Main Stage Theater, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn.  General admission is $7, senior and group rate $5; children 13 and under are free. Call (651) 696-6359 for more information.  more»

November 20 -- FRAMING THE BLACK PANTHERS: THE SPECTACULAR RISE OF A POWER ICON - by Macalester College Professor Jane Rhodes – When former Black Panther Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver died in the summer of 1998, he received more press attention than many heads of state. On the front pages of The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle, Cleaver was eulogized as a major icon of black nationalism as well as sixties culture and history. The Black Panthers have undeniably captured a place in the national imagination; four decades after the party’s demise, the group continues to inspire new stories, hip-hop artists, reality television, and enough films to justify a Black Panther Film Festival.  more»

November 20 -- Four College Choirs to Perform - Annual Macalester Music Department Choirs’ Concert Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 p.m. Robert Peterson, director of choral activities, will be conducting works by Mendelssohn, Nystedt, Pärt, Hassler and others at the annual choirs’ concert, 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1.  The concert is in the Concert Hall, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minn.  Admission is free and open to the public. more»

November 6 -- Chicano Messengers of Spoken Word to be performed at Macalester College Fri. Nov 9th –In a collaborative effort; the Macalester College Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, Tru Ruts/Freestyle Theater,  and The Loft /Equilibrium Series  Present Chicano Messengers of Spoken Word Performing Their Unique Combination of Spoken Word and Theater Around Latino Identity. Def Poets Amalia Ortiz, Paul S. Flores and National Poetry Slam Champion Marc Pinate Set the Standards for New Spoken Word  Performance in Chicano Messengers of Spoken Word  Which Seamlessly Combines Hip-hop Style Poetry with Experimental Theater.  more»

November 2 -- Fred Pearce, British journalist and author of When the Rivers Run Dry – Nov. 6th at Macalester –Fred Pearce is a British journalist who has reported from 64 countries over the past 15 years about environmental, developmental and demographic issues.  He’s an environment consultant to New Scientist magazine and leading contributor to the London Daily Telegraph, Manchester Guardian, Popular Science, Time and the BBC. He lives in England. He will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 6, in Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel. more»

November 1 -- Macalester College Theater and Dance Department Presents
“Lysistrata” by Aristophanes November 9-11 and 15-17–Macalester College Theater and Dance Department presents “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes, in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Main Stage Theater, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minn. Tickets are $7 general admission and $5 for seniors and groups. Performances are Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 and 10, and Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 15-17 at 7:30 p.m.  There is also a 2 p.m. performance on Sunday, Nov. 11.  Macalester Visiting Instructor Cheryl Moore Brinkley directs. more»

October

October 29 -- Democrat Donna Brazile and Republican Ron Christie Debate the
Future of the American Presidency – Nov. 1st at Macalester – Oxford-style debate between Donna Brazile and Ron Christie who will answer the question, "Will electing a Democratic presidential candidate restore American prestige around the world?" Thursday, Nov. 1, 6:30 p.m. in Alexander G. Hill Ballroom, Kagin Commons more»

October 29 -- During Nov., Macalester hosts “A Reason to Remember: Roth, Germany 1933-1942” Former Roth Resident to Speak Monday, Nov. 12th – “A Reason to Remember: Roth, Germany 1933-1942,” tells the personal story of the five Jewish families who lived in the small village of Roth and brings history to life in an intimate and personal way through photographs, documents and eyewitness testimonies.  During the month of November, Macalester College is hosting the exhibit which introduces the families as they lived in 1933 and details what happened to them during the Nazi era. Herbert L. Roth, who was born in Roth, Germany, will speak at Macalester Monday, Nov. 12th, at 7 p.m. in Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel.  more»

October 4 -- Macalester’s Fourteenth Annual International Roundtable “The Musical Imagination in the Epoch of Globalization” October 11-13 – Macalester College presents its 14th annual International Roundtable titled, “The Musical Imagination in the Epoch of Globalization,” Thursday – Saturday, Oct. 11 – 13, 2007, in Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minn.  more»

September

September 21 --Karl Marx Tours America to Clear his Name and Advocate Social Change – Macalester College will host the Twin Cities only performance of Howard Zinn’s play, “Marx in Soho” at 3 p.m. Sun., Sept. 30, 2007, Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minn. The play, which is free and open to the public, runs 75 minutes. A post-show panel discussion will follow the performance. The play is sponsored by Macalester’s History Department and Academic Programs Office.  more»

September 1 --Award-winning Irish filmmaker to present– “One Man's Story: Philip Agee, Cuba and the CIA”Bernie Dwyer, award-winning Irish filmmaker, will present her latest work, “One Man's Story: Philip Agee, Cuba and the CIA,” at 2 p.m., Sun., Sept. 23, 2007, in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, John B. Davis Lecture Hall, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minn.  more»

August

August 29 -- Dynamic New Exhibit Brings Lake Street to St. Paul ‘Right on Lake Street’ Opens Sept. 18 – Take a fun, funky trip through the heart and history of Minneapolis’ most vibrant neighborhood. It’s Lake Street as you’ve never seen it before! “Right on Lake Street,” a collaborative exhibit developed by the Minnesota Historical Society and Macalester College, with design work provided by In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, opens at the Minnesota History Center on Sept. 18 and runs through March 9, 2008. more»

August 29 -- A Mideast Summit: Challenges to Peace” with Palestinian Hanan Ashrawi, Israeli Yossi Beilin and Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale – Two Mideast peace advocates, Palestinian Hanan Ashrawi and Israeli Yossi Beilin, will discuss possible solutions to conflicts that divide the Middle East in a panel discussion titled “A Mideast Summit: Challenges to Peace,”  Mon., Sept. 17, 2007, Alexander G. Hill Ballroom, Kagin Commons, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. 4:30 p.m.  The panel is free but tickets are required and available in a limited amount beginning Sept. 13 at the Macalester College Campus Center.  Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale will moderate. more»