{"id":61,"date":"2017-10-11T03:13:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T03:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-american-studies\/departmentnews\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T15:23:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T15:23:35","slug":"departmentnews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/about\/departmentnews\/","title":{"rendered":"Department News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">American Studies Majors, Class of 2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2019\/03\/IMG-5369-e1553719649243-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2019\/03\/IMG-5369-e1553719649243-225x300.jpg 225w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/551\/2019\/03\/IMG-5369-e1553719649243-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Department related news<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Environmental Justice at Macalester: A Toolkit.<\/strong> Prof. Kiri Sailiata&#8217;s Environmental Justice class is launching a toolkit that is the culmination of collective inquiry into systems of power&nbsp; that have caused environmental harm. &#8212; December 2, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/the-missing-piece\/\">Mandi Masden, Theater, English, and American Studies major (\u201908), launched Apostrophe Puzzles, which showcases contemporary artists of color.<\/a> &#8211; April 21, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:6939717957853859842\/\"> Congratulations to Kyera Singleton, Class of 2011, who was a recipient of a 2022 Alumni Award. The Catharine Lealtad Service to Society Award is given to alumni of color who have used their education to distinguish themselves in service to the&nbsp;community.<\/a> &#8211; June 11, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k3a7_V_yHU4\/\"> Join American Studies major Louie Siegel &#8217;24 for his morning breakfast, a trip to class, on to clarinet practice and then capping off the day with some late night TV. All this, and more in this latest &#8220;Day in the Life&#8221; installment.<\/a> &#8211; May 26, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/three-students-receive-fund-for-education-abroad-awards-to-help-with-travel-expenses\/\"> AMST major Ikran Noor (Class of 2024) receives Fund for Education Abroad award<\/a> &#8211; April 12, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/themacweekly.com\/2017\/04\/new-history-american-studies-course-to-visit-national-museum-in-d-c\/\"> American Studies Course To Visit National Museum In D.C.<\/a> &#8211; May 15, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2018\/05\/presidential-leadership-awards-dinner\/\">Presidential Leadership Awards Dinner<\/a> &#8211; May 10, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tcdailyplanet.net\/community-voices-learning-from-movement-elders-and-reflecting-on-the-antiwar-movement\/\">Community Voices: Learning from elders and reflecting on the antiwar movement<\/a> &#8211; May 31, 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"more www\" href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2015\/05\/graduating-senior-selected-for-udall-congressional-internship\/\">American Studies graduate selected for Udall Congressional Internship<\/a> &#8211; May 18, 2015<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mnprivatecolleges.org\/newsletter\/december-2012-newsletter\/collegiate-black-men-build-support-network\">Collegiate black men build support network<\/a> &#8211; December 2012, MPCC newsletter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2012\/11\/19\/arts\/art-hero-wing-young-huie\/\">Art Heroes: Photographer Wing Young Huie goes beyond appearances<\/a> &#8211; November 19, 2012, MPR article, <em>American Studies students featured in slide show<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/themacweekly.com\/2015\/02\/governors-council-mlk-breakfast-held-at-mac\/\">Governor\u2019s Council MLK breakfast held at Mac<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; February 6, 2015, The Mac Weekly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/themacweekly.com\/2015\/02\/governors-council-mlk-breakfast-held-at-mac\/\">Dr. Christina Greer speaks about &#8220;Race and Immigration&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; February 27, 2015, The Mac Weekly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.walkerart.org\/visualarts\/2015\/03\/05\/radical-presence-looking-back-holding-court\/\">Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art <\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;<\/em> March 5, 2015, The Walker Art Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/spokesman-recorder.com\/seeing-black-feminism-prime-time-tv\/\">Are we seeing Black Feminism on prime time TV?<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; March 23, 2015, MSR Online&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/themacweekly.com\/2015\/02\/governors-council-mlk-breakfast-held-at-mac\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themacweekly.com\/2016\/11\/71662\/\">The Flag is Bleeding &#8211; Duchess Harris<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Studies Majors, Class of 2019 Department related news The Flag is Bleeding &#8211; Duchess Harris<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":523,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/523"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/american-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}