Videos

Commencement 2011 Senior Speakers

Video of Emily Schorr Lesnick '11 and Matt Kazinka '11 delivering the senior class speech at Commencement 2011 on May 14.

May 25 2011

Brian Rosenberg at Commencement 2011

Macalester President Brian Rosenberg delivered these opening remarks at Commencement 2011 on May 14.

May 25 2011

Lois Quam ’83 at Commencement 2011

Video of Macalester alumna Lois Quam '83, executive director of the Global Health Initiative (GHI) and former trustee, delivering her Commencement 2011 address titled, 'Entering the World.'

May 25 2011

Mac DNA – Off to Yale

Emma Locatelli '11 heads off to Yale University to earn a PhD in invertebrate paleontology. Here she discusses how Macalester helped her get into this prestigious program.

May 11 2011

Mac DNA – Morgen Chang

Morgen Cheng '11 received third place at the 48th Annual Midwest Sociological Society Student Paper Competition. She was also the lead in the fall production of Cabaret at Macalester.

May 10 2011

What’s Your Major?

For this installment of Scots on the Spot, Collin Calvert '13 asks students about their major.

May 5 2011

The Chickens Have Arrived

MULCH (Macalester Urban Land and Community Health) is beginning a new project to bring backyard chickens to campus!

May 4 2011

Jamila Humphrie Receives Fulbright Award to Brazil

Jamila Humphrie, of Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Brazil. Humphrie will graduate at Macalester College’s 122nd commencement on May 14, 2011.

April 28 2011

Biological Anthropology

Anthropology professor Scott Legge takes us on a tour of his office while explaining his field of study, biological anthropology.

April 5 2011

Peeps Contest

Student Colin Calvert '13 gets the grusome details on this year's Peeps Contest.

April 5 2011

A Private Life

Retired Macalester Religious Studies Prof. Cal Roetzel has been translating Civil War letters for 20 years.

April 4 2011

Discovering Antiquity

Professors led a group of students to Egypt and Rome during January break.

March 10 2011

Finding Art in Liberal Arts

Pei-Hsaun Wang talks about how the liberal arts has informed her work as an artist.

March 3 2011

Why I Like Teaching

Macalester professors talk about what makes teaching students at Macalester rewarding.

March 1 2011

What’s Your Favorite Mac Tradition?

Collin Calvert '13 hits the Macalester 'streets' to ask students, 'Who is your favorite professor?'

February 18 2011

Interview with Author Charles Baxter ’69

Author Charles Baxter ’69 talks here about his most recent book, Gryphon: New and Selected Stories (Pantheon, 2011), which is the common reading for Macalester Reunion 2011. Baxter, who also wrote the National Book Award-nominated novel Feast of Love, is the Edelstein-Keller Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Minnesota. For more information, visit charlesbaxter.com.

February 11 2011

Cultural Survival

The week-long January seminar, led by Professor Molly Olsen, Department of Hispanic Studies and Paul Schadewald of the Civic Engagement Center, explored the challenges and cultural strategies of resistance in New Orleans neighborhoods in the wake of disaster and in the midst of economic adversity. Participants toured the city and met with a number of community partners, scholars and activists.

February 11 2011

What gift would you give the world?

Collin Calvert '13 hits the Macalester "streets" to ask students, "What are your plans for winter break? And, what gift would you give the world?"

December 21 2010

What Are You Thankful For?

Collin Calvert '13 hits the Macalester "streets" to ask students, "What are you doing for Thanksgiving and what are you thankful for?"

November 18 2010

Who’s Your Favorite Professor?

Collin Calvert '13 hits the Macalester 'streets' to ask students, 'Who is your favorite professor?'

November 12 2010

Inside Sarah Boyer’s Office

Mite Harvestmen, Gummy Tape Worms, Crabs - They're All in Sarah Boyer's Office

October 27 2010

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