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Academics News
First-Year Firecrackers
Four highly motivated astronomy classmates were awarded REU fellowships as first-year students
Fascinating Fall Courses
What's coming up in Macalester classrooms this semester?
The Advocate
Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarty '86 is working to eliminate racial bias in the judicial system.
The Mac List of Life-Changing Books
From War and Peace to Watership Down, Macalester faculty and literary alums discuss books that showed them the world in a whole new way.
Liberal Education is Vocational
A new book by Randall Stross ’76 argues why a liberal arts degree is practical as well as desirable.
No Guarantees
Life isn’t that simple.
Faculty Focus: Ethics, Investments, and Pine Trees
From financial statements to a rock band's business plan, students explore it all in Professor Jeff Evans’s accounting courses.
Chemistry Superstar
When Anneliese Gest ’17 encountered chemical biology, she discovered her future.
Faculty Focus: Christy Hanson
Global health professor brings real-world experience into the classroom.
Student Life News
Second Week of Classes Fall 2017
Second week of classes and campus life is busy.
First Week of Classes Fall 2017
Everyone came to campus in time for classes to begin on September 5.
Letter to My Sister
From the perspective of a senior, Adrianna Jereb gives her first-year sister Jenna some advice.
First Day of Classes
School started on September 5.
Game Day Pep Rally
A game day gear up and pep rally was held before the men's home soccer game vs. Claremont McKenna on Friday.
Macalester welcomes Class of 2021
Classes start on September 5
To You, Class of 2021
The Class of 2017 offers some advice for the new Class of 2021.
A Day in the Life of Arnold
A day in the life of student, dancer, friend, and building manager Arnold Sanginga ’19.
Summer Send Off Events
New Student Orientation begins Thursday, August 31.
Career Development News
Building a Career
The unconventional career path of Tinbete Ermyas ’08 brought him to magazine editing in Addis Ababa by way of NPR.
The Advocate
Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarty '86 is working to eliminate racial bias in the judicial system.
Liberal Education is Vocational
A new book by Randall Stross ’76 argues why a liberal arts degree is practical as well as desirable.
Transit Man
As Wired magazine’s transportation editor, Alex Davies ’10 moves seamlessly from analyzing New York City’s subway problems to test-driving Teslas.
An Actor’s Life
From Guys and Dolls at Mac to King Lear at the Guthrie, Stephan Yoakam '75 has always valued a strong artistic community.
Faculty Focus: Ethics, Investments, and Pine Trees
From financial statements to a rock band's business plan, students explore it all in Professor Jeff Evans’s accounting courses.
Helping While They Learn
Through internships, Mac students gain real-world experience, from market research for startups to working in public health with refugee populations.
Preserving Native American Culture
Abaki Beck ’15 works to preserve the traditional medicine of the Blackfeet Nation.
Class of 2017—What’s Next?
The Class of 2017 is ready to take on the world. See what some of them have planned for after Macalester.
Internships News
Helping While They Learn
Through internships, Mac students gain real-world experience, from market research for startups to working in public health with refugee populations.
Capitol Classroom
On campus and off, Legislative Politics students learn how legislatures work and why legislators do what they do.
MacConnect: Networking with Alumni
MacConnect trips help students network with alumni in Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
Student Investors
Macalester Investment Group teaches undergraduates to be stock analysts.
Four Different Internships
Four Mac students talk about the fun and the value of gaining real-world experience through internships in the Twin Cities.
Networking Success
Future McKinsey consultant Sunakshi Wadhwa ’17 took every opportunity to meet and learn from Macalester alumni on her way to graduation.
Development vs. Environment
Three Macalester Sustainability Fellows worked with the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness to research sustainable development in the Iron Range.
Apple Strata to Financial Statements
Jacob Burke was exposed to all aspects of the business when he interned at Buddy’s Kitchen under alumnus Dave Smith ’80, CEO.
Career Insights
Four Mac students talk about the fun and the value of gaining real-world experience through internships.
Alumni News
Building a Career
The unconventional career path of Tinbete Ermyas ’08 brought him to magazine editing in Addis Ababa by way of NPR.
The Advocate
Hennepin County Chief Public Defender Mary Moriarty '86 is working to eliminate racial bias in the judicial system.
The Mac List of Life-Changing Books
From War and Peace to Watership Down, Macalester faculty and literary alums discuss books that showed them the world in a whole new way.
Fighting Scots
When life knocked them down, these Macites responded with remarkable resilience
Admissions Renewal
Grandstand essay by Morgan Roe ’09.
Things I’m Seeing Without You
An excerpt from the highly anticipated new novel by English professor Peter Bognanni ’01
Transit Man
As Wired magazine’s transportation editor, Alex Davies ’10 moves seamlessly from analyzing New York City’s subway problems to test-driving Teslas.
An Actor’s Life
From Guys and Dolls at Mac to King Lear at the Guthrie, Stephan Yoakam '75 has always valued a strong artistic community.
2017 James Wallace Society Dinner
The 28th Annual James Wallace Dinner took place on June 1.
Study Abroad News
Study Away Family Connections
Two Mac students chose study away countries where they had family cultural associations.
Refugee Responders
Two students involved in refugee work while abroad have brought their activism home.
Colorful Mexico
When Adrianna Jereb '18 studied in Mexico, she experienced the quiet mornings and rowdy nights of her temporary home.
Observing COP22
Two students are on study away in Morocco and are using Macalester's observer credentials to attend the UN Climate Negotiations.
Global Cardiac Care
Mac Sustainability Ambassadors Travel from India to Malaysia Exploring the Work of a Twin Cities-based Health NGO.
Bookstores of London
An English major explores the bookstores of the UK.
A Semester in French Publishing
A Mac student's literary adventure living and working in France.
Chilean Conservation
While studying abroad, geology major Sarah Jonathan ’16 did field research for Chile’s national parks.
Spring Study Away and Field Trip Photos
Extra field trip and study away photos.
Civic Engagement News
A Voice on Community Desires and Sustainable Technology
Environmental studies professor Roopali Phadke has become a local and national voice on community engagement and sustainable energy technology.
Helping While They Learn
Through internships, Mac students gain real-world experience, from market research for startups to working in public health with refugee populations.
Faculty Focus: Christy Hanson
Global health professor brings real-world experience into the classroom.
Sustainability Checkup
Find out how Macalester is doing on its pledge to become carbon neutral and achieve zero waste.
Charting Immigration History
A research team of Macalester students built a digital project for the International Institute of Minnesota.
Take Action!
Our get-ready guide to getting involved in public life.
Global Citizenship Awards 2017
Three highly accomplished graduating seniors are recipients of Macalester's 2017 Global Citizenship Student Awards.
Mac First Aid
Trained students provide campus emergency medical services.
Refugee Responders
Two students involved in refugee work while abroad have brought their activism home.
College Newswire
2017 International Roundtable: “Empathy and Its Discontents”
Every October since 1994, Macalester’s International Roundtable has brought diverse communities together to dialogue around a single theme.
Four tenure-track professors and one tenured professor join Macalester faculty this fall
Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento (Theatre and Dance Department), Erika Busse-Cárdenas (Sociology), Felix Friedt (Economics), Getiria Onsongo (Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science), and Serdar Yalcin (Art and Art History).
Macalester Names Julie Hurbanis AVP for Marketing and Communications
She comes to Macalester with 20 years of public relations and integrated marketing leadership experience, working with corporate and nonprofit clients.
Two Macalester alumni receive Princeton in Asia Fellowships for 2017-2018
Stephanie Martinez-Fernandez '17 and Jake Speirs '16 have received the fellowships.
Macalester Theatre and Dance Department presents “Venus in Fur”
Performances are Friday, September 8 and Saturday, September 9 at 7:30 pm in the Black Box Theatre, in the basement of the Theatre Building.
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.
Macalester professor receives NEH grant as one of 245 humanities projects totaling $39.3M nationwide
German Studies professor Brigetta (Britt) Abell is also Director of Writing for the Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching.
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.
Macalester receives $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The grant is to expand multicultural, international, and transnational perspectives across campus.