Category: College Newswire

Macalester mourns the loss of Art Professor Gary Erickson

Gary Erickson, a visiting assistant professor of Art and Art History who came to Macalester in 1995, has passed away at the age of 60.

Two professors, a retired Foreign Service officer, a pastor, and an artist and entrepreneur, are five of nine to be honored at Macalester Reunion in June

Macalester Reunion 2016, June 3-5.

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

Three students have been awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) to study Indonesian, Arabic, and Korean this summer.

Graduating senior named 2016 American Humanity in Action Fellow

Gage Garretson ’16, has been named a 2016 American Humanity in Action Fellow, one of 48 recipients this year out of a pool of 513 applicants.

Macalester student receives research award from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists

Senior Anthropology major Cecilia Mayer has been awarded the American Association for Physical Anthropologists 2016 Sherwood Washburn Prize for Exemplary Student Research for her poster presentation.

Macalester student is Udall Foundation 2016 Scholar

The Udall Foundation has selected Macalester student Henry Kellison ’17 (Austin, Texas) as one of 60 students from 49 colleges and universities to be a 2016 Udall Scholar.

Macalester named a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education

Creating Diverse Communities

Macalester African Music Ensemble Spring Concert

Join us for a night of traditional African music and dance, featuring Ghanaian dancers Patience Serwoh and Patience Boni, and the Ensemble alumni.

Research Led by Macalester Professor Kristi Curry Rogers Reveals New Insights into the Lives of Baby Dinosaurs

Research led by Macalester College Professor Kristi Curry Rogers published in "Science" sheds the first light on the life of a baby Rapetosaurus, whose 67-million-year-old fossil bones were found in Madagascar.

The Macalester College Theatre and Dance Department presents Awake, the 2016 Spring Dance Concert

Chemistry Professor Thomas D. Varberg Receives Thomas Jefferson Award

David L. Blaney Inaugural Lecture as the G. Theodore Mitau Professor of Political Science

Macalester sophomore to receive Congressional Gold Medal this summer in Washington, DC

The Macalester College Theatre and Dance Department presents Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie

Actress and Playwright Danai Gurira ’01 to join Gary Hines ‘74, Sounds of Blackness Music Director and Producer, as Macalester’s Commencement Speakers

Two Macalester Seniors Receive Watson Fellowships

The fellowship, a one-year grant for international exploration, independent study and travel outside of the United States, is awarded annually.

Macalester to host symposium, April 28-30, on the Vietnam Antiwar Movement

In 1970, Macalester College hosted pivotal conference forging People’s Peace Treaty

Stony Brook University professor and artist George Hart to unveil sculpture at Macalester on March 22

Gary Hines ‘74, Sounds of Blackness Music Director and Producer, to speak at Macalester Commencement

Gary D. Hines, Music Director and Producer of the three-time, Grammy Award-Winning Sounds of Blackness and a 1974 Macalester graduate, will be the 2016 commencement speaker at the Macalester College graduation ceremony.

Macalester to rename Alumni House to honor Mary Kay Briggs