Category: College Newswire

Gloria Perez ’88, president/CEO of Jeremiah Program, is First Thursday – Opening Convocation speaker

First Thursday - Opening Convocation is 11:30 a.m., Thursday, September 7, 2017, in the Leonard Center’s Alumni Gymnasium.

August 14 2017

Sociology Graduate Receives National Paper Award

The American Sociological Association's Section on Racial & Ethnic Minorities has awarded recent grad Mahala Miller the 2017 Joe Feagin Distinguished Undergraduate Student Paper Award.

July 19 2017

Macalester receives $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The grant is to expand multicultural, international, and transnational perspectives across campus.

June 27 2017

Macalester president signs “We Are Still In” statement supporting Paris Climate Accord

President Brian Rosenberg has joined many college and university presidents in signing the “We Are Still In” statement, declaring their continued support of the Paris Climate Accord.

June 5 2017

Three Macalester students receive U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships

Gianna Brassil ’20, from San Francisco, Calif., Grey Micah ’17, from Gillsburg, Mississippi, and Angelo Bautista Perez ’19, from Chicago, Ill., have been awarded the scholarships.

May 11 2017

Nine alumni to be honored at Macalester Reunion in June

Two medical doctors, a former pharmaceutical executive, an activist, and an artist, are five of nine alumni to be honored

May 4 2017

Two Macalester students undertake projects to promote peace in Senegal and Mozambique

The students’ grants are from the Davis Projects for Peace initiative funded by the late philanthropist Kathryn Wasserman Davis, who launched Projects for Peace on the occasion of her 100th birthday in 2007.

April 27 2017

Nancy Bostrom, Assistant Director of Assessment, Receives the 2017 Staff Outstanding Service Award

In celebration of the ways in which her work has shaped Macalester and strengthened departments and programs all over campus.

April 26 2017

Physics Professor James Heyman Receives Jack and Marty Rossmann Excellence in Teaching Award

For superb work in front of the classroom and in the lab, inspiring countless students and colleagues.

April 26 2017

Four seniors and one alumna receive 2017 Fulbright Awards

Seniors Gretchen Greene received a Research/Study Fulbright to Switzerland, Jonah Lazarus, an Arts Fulbright to Brazil, Catriona Leckie and Christina Moore, English Teaching Assistant Fulbrights to Germany, and Rachel Rostad '15, an English Teaching Assistant Fulbright to Korea.

April 21 2017

The Macalester College Theatre and Dance Department presents Eclipsed, the 2017 Spring Dance Concert

Performances are April 28 and 29 at 7:30 pm and April 29 at 2 pm in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, Main Stage Theater.

April 14 2017

Macalester receives three Presidents’ Awards from Minnesota Campus Compact

Macalester College has received three Presidents’ Awards from Minnesota Campus Compact for 2017.

April 13 2017

Religious Studies Professor James W. Laine Receives Thomas Jefferson Award

James W. Laine, the Arnold H. Lowe Professor of Religious Studies, has been awarded the 2017 Thomas Jefferson Award.

April 11 2017

Macalester professor receives NEH grant as part of larger humanities projects and programs nationwide

Andrew Latham’s grant, called a summer stipend, is intended to "support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to humanities scholars, general audiences, or both."

April 6 2017

Macalester Student Receives Honorable Mention for Goldwater Scholarship

Theodore Jacobson ’18 from San Diego, Calif., He is a double major in Physics and Mathematics.

April 6 2017

For second year in a row, two Macalester seniors have received the Watson Fellowship

Kava Garcia Vasquez, from The Bronx, N.Y., and Ngan (Jasmine) Nguyen from Hanoi, Vietnam, have each been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship

April 5 2017

The Macalester College Theatre and Dance Department presents Acute Care: Performing Emotional Labors

Performances are April 6-8 at 7:30 pm, April 8 at 8 am and 11:30 pm, and April 9 at 2 pm in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center

March 28 2017

Macalester Sociology major receives Honorable Mention in international student paper competition

She will be recognized during the international meeting of the Law and Society Association this June in Mexico City.

March 27 2017

Wilhelmina Wright, United States District Judge and former Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, to speak at Macalester Commencement

Commencement will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, May 13, at the college.

March 10 2017

Macalester students to document Rondo community’s treasures

Macalester College and Rondo Avenue, Inc. have partnered to produce the second Remembering Rondo History Harvest project on Saturday, April 1.

March 2 2017

Macalester holds fifth Macathon and second Funkathon ~ Feb. 24 – 25

One hundred fifty-four (154) Macalester students making up 33 teams will work more than 24 hours non-stop during Macalester’s fifth Macathon and its second Funkathon

February 8 2017

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