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Two seniors, alum receive 2021 Fulbright awards

Kayla Togneri ’21, Anisha RajBhandary ’21, and Essie Schlotterbeck ’13 were awarded scholarships.

Sounds of Blackness to perform at 2021 Billboard Music Awards

The Grammy-award winning group, which was formed at Macalester 50 years ago this year, will appear remotely from Prince’s Paisley Park.

Macalester College Names Dr. Lisa Anderson-Levy Executive Vice President and Provost

Dr. Lisa Anderson-Levy will become the college’s Executive Vice President and Provost. She will begin her new role on July 6.

Macalester earns top ranking in zero waste competition

The results of the National Wildlife Federation’s 2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition are in, and Macalester emerged as one of the top-performing higher education institutions in the nation.

Professor, alum named 2021 Bush Fellows

Dr. Brian Lozenski, associate professor of urban and multicultural education, and Dr. Dziwe Willard Ntaba ‘95, a physician and assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, have been selected as 2021 Bush Fellows.

Recent Mac graduate, professor publish study on children’s movies and morality

Rachel Gehman '19 and psychology professor Steve Guglielmo recently published two peer-reviewed studies in PLOS ONE.

Tips on how to find that first job after college

Mindy Deardurff, dean of Career Exploration, offers some advice and reassurance, plus a helpful reminder that one of the many perks of being a Macalester alum is a lifetime of career support.

Maccolades for April 2021: Fulbright to France, NEA grant, and new books on salvage tourism and Shakespeare

Coco Du receives 2021 Staff Outstanding Service Award

Prof. Karín Aguilar-San Juan receives 2021 Jack and Marty Rossmann Excellence in Teaching Award

Three students receive Global Citizenship Award

Presented annually to graduating seniors who demonstrate a commitment to the ideals and practice of high academic performance, internationalism, multiculturalism, and community engagement.

Shelf Conscious: Fatiya Kedir ’21

What are some of the student government president's formative reads?

All Charged Up

Electric boat motors are the wave of the future—and Steve Trkla ’83 is leading the way.

Get Out the Vote

Lisa Hu '15 traveled from California to Georgia to advocate for Senate candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

Education Illuminated

As the pandemic amplifies challenges in K–12 education, where do we go next?

Mac Entrepreneur: Samantha Strong ’98

Strong is owner, broker, and general contractor at Metamorphosis Realty & Design-Build in Minneapolis.

Making Beauty

Dakota elder Walter “Super” LaBatte Jr. ’70 is an artist, historian, and culture bearer.

The Writing Life

Twin Cities journalist Mary Ann Grossmann ’60 has been penning stories for 60 years.

Seniors Look Back

The Class of 2021's seniors channel their Mac experiences into haiku or advice for new students.

Freedom From Certainty

What does it take to acknowledge the validity of other perspectives—or even admit that you might be wrong?

Books: Spring 2021

Books recently published by Macalester alumni, faculty, and staff.