Macalester News

Engaging the Cities

Each summer, 12 Chuck Green Fellows partner with local organizations throughout the Twin Cities to study civic engagement and get involved.

Words of Wisdom on Life at Mac

Returning students offer their best tips to the Class of 2022.

Creating Lifelong Learners with the Support of Mellon Grants

Macalester students and professors engage with communities through photography, poetry, drawing, and film.

Zeena Yasmine Fuleihan ’18 Honored by Nick Adams Short Story Contest

A Macalester senior's short story took home the Honorable Mention in this competitive writing contest.

Sixty Years of Chanter

Editor-in-Chief Zeena Fuleihan reflects on her experience anthologizing Macalester's longest-running student literary magazine.

Professor Penelope Geng Receives Prestigious Fellowship

Professor Geng will spend a semester probing the rare collections of the Huntington Library in San Marino, Calif.

Powers of Observation

Out in a field on an early spring day with snow still on the ground, students look for birds as part of their coursework in Ornithology.

The Nature of Sculpture

Stanton Sears's sculpture class "Basic Sculpture with a Dose of Hot Metal" features creativity, concentration, and a little danger.

Engaging in the Digital Age

The course “New Media Theories and Practices” explores contemporary media trends.

Family Fest Photo Booth 2018

Macalester Moment Campaign Launch

This campaign focuses on building support for the college in four key areas: financial aid and scholarships, faculty and academic support, program support, and the Macalester Fund.

Fall Job and Internship Fair

More than 55 employers attended.

Beyond Blood and Skin

Macalester students lead many panels at the International Roundtable. This year, that includes one on what it means to be Native in 2018.

Standing up to Sexual Violence

This fall Ethan Levin '20 was honored nationally for launching a program that teaches consent and sexual violence prevention techniques to high school student-athletes.

First Thursday Fall 2018

Featured speaker was Claudia Rankine

Class of 2022–Welcome to Mac

Classes began on September 4, 2018

The Class of 2022

From Minnesota to Mauritius, the incoming class represents a breadth of places and perspectives.

Words of Wisdom on Life at Mac

Returning students offer their best tips to the Class of 2022.

Start-up Life: Meet Four MacNest Interns

These entrepreneurial MacNest interns spent their summer embedded at fast-paced start-ups and nonprofits across the Twin Cities.

Class of 2018—What’s Next?

As the Class of 2018 prepares to head off into the world, here's a preview of what a few have planned.

Startup Guru

Longtime Silicon Valley business developer Roya Ansari ’83 is working hard, having fun, and giving back to Macalester.

The Poetry Promoter

Dylan Garity '12 shares how he turned an English major into a career in the arts with Button Poetry.

Comic Timing

With late-night comedy ratings soaring, Ariel Dumas ’05 has found the perfect time to succeed in show business.

Storyteller

Native American journalist Brian Bull ’91 reports on the stories others might miss.

MacNest Interns Test Their Wings at Startups

It's a win-win when students and startups work together, sharing skills and experience as part of MacNest.

MacConnect in Washington, D.C.

Students network with alumni in Washington, D.C.

The Infinite Variety of Internships

College in a first-rate city means endless opportunities for meaningful internships.

Start-up Life: Meet Four MacNest Interns

These entrepreneurial MacNest interns spent their summer embedded at fast-paced start-ups and nonprofits across the Twin Cities.

Making “Organic Metals”

Fernando Marquez's chemistry research seeks to replace toxic metals in electronics.

Seeking Treatment for a Progressive Lung Disease

Supported by the Academic Health Sciences Summer Research Program, Aidan Tirpack researched a progressive and fatal lung-scarring disease.

Long-term Research into Immune Response

Rohit Kamath is part of a long-term immunology project in Professor Devavani Chatterjea's lab. His summer research was supported by a Professor Jan Serie Research Fellowship.

Fish, Crocodiles, and Dinosaurs

Max Deckman '19 went to Montana to collect microfossils--but that wasn't all he found.

International Investigative Journalist

Celia Heudebourg '18 shares the highlights of her student journalism career––from the Mac Weekly to the New York Times.

Seeking a Better LED

In the Professor James Heyman's lab, Dona Pantova researched a new material for LEDs for tech firm Lightwave Photonics.

Inspired by Research

As an HHMI Young Researcher, Melissa Kingue '20 learned her way around two labs--developmental biology and immunology.

The Infinite Variety of Internships

College in a first-rate city means endless opportunities for meaningful internships.

The Macalester Moment

This targeted fundraising campaign builds on the access and excellence that define Macalester’s foundation.

Start-up Life: Meet Four MacNest Interns

These entrepreneurial MacNest interns spent their summer embedded at fast-paced start-ups and nonprofits across the Twin Cities.

Alum Leads Men’s Hoops

Now the youngest head coach in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), Abe Woldeslassie ’08 will hit the recruiting trail this summer to build his first class of student-athletes.

Alumni Award Winners

Around the world, Mac alumni reach out, speak up, build bridges, and solve challenges. Alumni Awards—presented each year at Reunion by Mac’s Alumni Board—honor those who exemplify that spirit.

Lecture Notes: Philosophy of Technology

Philosophy professor Diane Michelfelder considers how we shape technology—and how technology shapes us.

Intergenerational Learning

Anthropology professor Dianna Shandy asked her students to partner up for a semester-long assignment—not with one another, but with women 80–95 years old.

Global Citizens

Three seniors—Kevin Xiong, Tasneem Issa, and Miranda Harris— received the college’s Global Citizenship Student Award this spring

Kofi Annan and Brian Rosenberg in Conversation

During his recent campus visit, Kofi Annan ’61 reflected on current global challenges, leadership, and his own journey.

A Slice of Olin-Rice

All summer, Mac’s science center bustled as professors and students dug into collaborative research.

Capturing Citizenship

What does global citizenship really look like? Students share photos from around the planet trying to answer that question.

Volunteering in Buenos Aires

Isabela Escalona and Emmet Hollingshead enriched their study abroad experience by volunteering.

Spring 2018 IGC Photo Contest Winners

The four winners of this year's contest are shown here.

At the Summit: Studying Away in the Alps

Makaya Kekoa Resner '19 shares her reflections about the first few weeks of studying abroad in Geneva, Switzerland.

Softball Team Tours South Africa

The softball team spent two weeks in South Africa in January.

Postcards from Seoul

Rachel Wong '19 learned far more than coursework required during her semester in Seoul.

Food, Agriculture, and Female Farmers in Burkina Faso

Julia Morgan ’18, Millie Varley ’18, and geography professor Bill Moseley researched food security and diet diversity in Burkina Faso.

Institute for Global Citizenship Photo Contest Highlights

Study Away Family Connections

Two Mac students chose study away countries where they had family cultural associations.

Engaging the Cities

Each summer, 12 Chuck Green Fellows partner with local organizations throughout the Twin Cities to study civic engagement and get involved.

Beyond Blood and Skin

Macalester students lead many panels at the International Roundtable. This year, that includes one on what it means to be Native in 2018.

Out and About

A sampling of the many ways Mac students learned from and engaged with the Twin Cities community this semester.

Solving Sustainability

From solar gardens to electric cars, Macalester alums are working on energy solutions for a more sustainable future.

Global Citizenship Awards 2018

Three graduating seniors are recognized for their commitments to service and civic engagement at home and abroad.

Youth Climate Trailblazers

Akilah Sanders-Reed ’16 and Margaret Breen ’20 are using the courts to address the proposed Line 3 pipeline.

Volunteering in Buenos Aires

Isabela Escalona and Emmet Hollingshead enriched their study abroad experience by volunteering.

Giving High School Students a Voice

Through spoken word poetry, Kiante Miles '20 teaches high schoolers the power of storytelling.

MacNest Interns Test Their Wings at Startups

It's a win-win when students and startups work together, sharing skills and experience as part of MacNest.

Mahmoud El-Kati Distinguished Lectureship with Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

This year is with Dr. Marc Lamont Hill

Macalester Launches $100 Million Fundraising Campaign to Invest in Access and Excellence

The campaign priorities reflect the college’s strategic plan and include: The Macalester Fund, Financial Aid, Faculty and Academic Support, and Program Support.

“U.S.-Cuban Relations, Past, Present and Desired Future”–October 22

Miguel Fraga, the first Secretary of the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., will talk on Monday, October 22, in Olin-Rice 250.

“Minding the Wild: An Evening of Poetry and Discussion” with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gary Snyder

The 2018 Engel-Morgan-Jardetzky Distinguished Lecture on Science, Culture and Ethics – Wednesday October 17

The 2018 International Roundtable: October 11–13

Macalester College presents its 25th annual International Roundtable with the theme, “Beyond Blood and Skin: The Global Production and Consequences of Race and Racisms”

Inaugural Lecture of R. Brooke Lea as DeWitt Wallace Professor of Psychology

The talk is titled, “The Red Wheelbarrow: An English Major’s Trip from Poetry to Psycholinguistics and Back.”

Nine tenure-track professors join Macalester faculty this fall

The new tenure-track faculty members are: Matthew Burgess, English, Brianna Heggeseth, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Mary Heskel, Biology, Morgan Jerald, Psychology, Abigail Marsh, Lauren Milne, and Leslie Myint, all Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Robin Shields-Cutler, Biology, and Morgan Sleeper ‘11,

Claudia Rankine to speak at First Thursday

First Thursday is 11:30 a.m., September 6, 2018, in the Leonard Center’s Alumni Gymnasium.

Macalester student awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to Study Abroad

Marie Crane ’20, from Tunis, Tunisia, is one of 835 American undergraduate students from 310 colleges and universities across the United States selected to receive the scholarship to study or intern abroad during the fall of 2018 or the 2018-2019 academic year.