{"id":29035,"date":"2026-01-07T16:27:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-news\/?page_id=29035"},"modified":"2026-09-09T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T13:55:08","slug":"news-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Macalester News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"home-featured-stories\"><h2>Featured Stories<\/h2><div class=\"home-featured-story\"><div class=\"entry-title-container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"entry-header-cat-date\"> <div class=\"entry-date\">September 08, 2026<\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/welcome-macalester-class-of-2030\/\">Welcome, Macalester Class of 2030!<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"subhead\">A new chapter begins at Mac as the Class of 2030 has officially arrived on campus.<\/p><div id=\"entry-header-author-tags\"><div class=\"entry-header-tags\"><ul><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"entry-header-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/welcome-macalester-class-of-2030\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/09\/20260908_NSO_2030ClassDrone_002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Class of 2030 stands together in an M shape on the football field\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/09\/20260908_NSO_2030ClassDrone_002.jpg 1500w,   https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/09\/20260908_NSO_2030ClassDrone_002-300x169.jpg 300w,   https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/09\/20260908_NSO_2030ClassDrone_002-1024x576.jpg 1024w,   https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/09\/20260908_NSO_2030ClassDrone_002-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"home-featured-story\"><div class=\"entry-title-container\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"entry-header-cat-date\"><div class=\"entry-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/category\/college-newswire\/\">College Newswire<\/a><\/div> <div class=\"entry-date\">August 31, 2026<\/div><\/div><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/marlon-jamess-latest-novel-womens-football-champion-stage-and-screen-success-and-more\/\">Marlon James\u2019s latest novel, women\u2019s football champion, stage and screen success, and more<\/a><\/h3><p class=\"subhead\">Maccolades is a monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community. 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