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Imagining America

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The Imagining America consortium (IA) brings together scholars, artists, designers, humanists, and organizers to imagine, study, and enact a more just and liberatory ‘America’ and world. Working across institutional, disciplinary, and community divides, IA strengthens and promotes public scholarship, cultural organizing, and campus change that inspires collective imagination, knowledge-making, and civic action on pressing public issues.

Macalester has been an institutional member of IA since 2001, with participation coordinated primarily through the Community Engagement Center:

Project Pericles

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Project Pericles is a consortium of colleges and universities that promotes civic engagement within higher education. Project Pericles is at the forefront of civic engagement and social responsibility in areas including faculty and course development, curricular coherence, and research into best practices. 

Macalester was one of the original four campuses invited to join Project Pericles as a founding member. 

Macalester Periclean Faculty Leadership Grantees

Debating for Democracy (D4D)

For additional information about Periclean initiatives including Debating for Democracy (D4D) and the Periclean Faculty Leadership (PFL) Program, please contact Project Pericles Program Director, Ruth Janisch, [email protected].

Campus Compact

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Campus Compact is a coalition of colleges and universities committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education. Macalester is involved in the following initiatives through the work of professional staff and students:

Paul Nguyen,’26 is studying Political Science and Economics and is a Bonner Community Scholar at Mac advocating for community-based issues. His passion for social justice focuses on housing justice, community engagement, and youth opportunities. Paul has worked to improve opportunities for youth communities by serving on the Saint Paul Youth Commission where he advocated for resources to youth. Off campus, Paul uses his skills to work with the City council to advocate for social issues that affect the neighborhoods around him, including working with a local elementary school 8-10 hours per week through his work as a Bonner. He has designed presentations for Council members to review and compiled data on social issues affecting Saint Paul neighborhoods.
Paul Nguyen,’26 is studying Political Science and Economics and is a Bonner Community Scholar at Mac advocating for community-based issues. His passion for social justice focuses on housing justice, community engagement, and youth opportunities. Paul has worked to improve opportunities for youth communities by serving on the Saint Paul Youth Commission where he advocated for resources to youth. Off campus, Paul uses his skills to work with the City council to advocate for social issues that affect the neighborhoods around him, including working with a local elementary school 8-10 hours per week through his work as a Bonner. He has designed presentations for Council members to review and compiled data on social issues affecting Saint Paul neighborhoods.