College Newswire - News - Macalester College

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.

August 6 2018

Five Macalester alumni and one student receive U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships (CLS)

"Critical" languages are those that are less commonly taught in U.S. schools, but are essential for America’s engagement with the world.

June 21 2018

Macalester student receives Boren Scholarship

Gianna Brassil ’20 will be studying Azerbaijani at the Azerbaijan Language University in Baku, Azerbaijan, next year for six months on a full government scholarship.

May 11 2018

Alumni to be honored at Macalester Reunion in June

Reunion 2018 will be held on campus June 8-10

May 3 2018

Five seniors receive 2018 Fulbright Awards

Russell Fillmore-Brady and Carsten Haas both received an English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Fulbright to Germany, Jennifer Chung received an English Teaching Assistant Fulbright to Brazil, Andrea Kvietok received a Research Fulbright Grant to Senegal, and Caroline Peters received an English Teaching Assistant Fulbright to Colombia.

May 3 2018

Fred Swaniker, Founder of African Leadership University, to speak at Macalester Commencement

Commencement will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 12, at the college.

May 1 2018

images of Minnesota Campus Compact and Campus Compact award winners (from left to right): Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Principal Dr. Bryan Bass, Professor Christie Manning, Professor Roopali Phadke, Maya Swope '18, and Avik Herur-Raman '20.

Macalester Community Members Receive Awards from Minnesota Campus Compact and Campus Compact

Macalester community members have received three Presidents' Awards from Minnesota Campus Compact.

April 26 2018

Brad Belbas, Academic Information Associate for Social Sciences, Receives the Staff Outstanding Service Award

In celebration of the ways your work has shaped Macalester’s classrooms and supported departments, faculty members, and students across campus, we are proud to offer you the 2018 Staff Outstanding Service Award.

April 17 2018

Anthropology Professor Olga González Receives Jack and Marty Rossmann Excellence in Teaching Award

The award recognizes “a faculty member who has been identified by colleagues and students as exemplifying the teaching goals of Macalester College.”

April 17 2018

Spanish & Portuguese Professor Galo F. González Receives Thomas Jefferson Award

The award was established in 1961 by the Robert Earll McConnell Foundation to honor faculty members who exemplify the principles and ideals of Thomas Jefferson.

April 10 2018

Macalester Theatre and Dance Department presents its 2018 Spring Dance Concert, Perennial, April 27 and 28

All performances will take place in the Frey Theatre at St. Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, Minn. 55105.

March 30 2018

The Macalester College Theatre and Dance Department presents Dirk (and others still with us)

There are only two performances, Friday, March 23 and Saturday, March 24, both at 7:30 p.m. Performance is off campus at: Dreamland Arts LLC, 677 Hamline Ave. No., St. Paul, Minn.

March 17 2018

View of field area in Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument

Macalester Professor Discovers Parasites Plagued Dinosaur-Dominated Ecosystems

Fossils collected from the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument in Montana provided a rare opportunity to track parasite infestation.

March 1 2018

The Inaugural Lecture of Sarah West as the G. Theodore Mitau Professor of Economics

An award-winning teacher, West has supervised many prize-winning honors theses and has co-authored publications with Macalester undergraduates.

February 26 2018

Macalester College Among Peace Corps’ 2018 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges & Universities

Since 1961, 381 alumni from Macalester have traveled abroad to serve as volunteers.

February 21 2018

Modern Dickinson Concert Thursday, February 22

This concert is free and open to the public.

February 12 2018

Macalester alumnus Kofi Annan returns to Macalester for Institute renaming in his honor

Annan, a member of the Macalester class of 1961, will be visiting the campus in May.

February 7 2018

The Prevalence of Ritual: Baptism Romare Bearden, 1964

The 19th Annual American Studies Conference with Associate Professor Yuichiro Onishi

The conference will take place at 7 p.m., Thursday, February 22, in the Campus Center's John B. Davis Lecture Hall

January 29 2018

Three Macalester Faculty Members Receive Tenure

Macalester College has granted tenure status to the following three faculty members: Lesley Lavery, Political Science, Michael McGaghie, Music, and Kari Shepherdson-Scott, Art History.

January 26 2018

The 37th Annual G. Theodore Mitau Endowed Lecture with Prof. Jill Locke

The lecture, at 4:45 p.m., Thursday, February 8, in the John B. Davis Lecture Hall, is free and open to the public.

January 25 2018

Brahms’ Viola Quintet: Macalester Faculty Chamber Music Concert

The Macalester Music Department presents its second faculty chamber music series featuring masterworks for strings by Mozart, Dvorak and Brahms at 7 pm, Sunday, January 21, in Mairs Concert Hall.

January 10 2018

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