{"id":31459,"date":"2026-03-12T18:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-news\/?p=31459"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:51:14","slug":"macalester-recognized-as-gilman-program-25th-anniversary-top-producing-institution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/macalester-recognized-as-gilman-program-25th-anniversary-top-producing-institution\/","title":{"rendered":"Macalester recognized as Gilman Program 25th-Anniversary Top Producing Institution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Macalester College has been recognized as one of the top twenty-five small colleges and universities producing Gilman Scholars over the twenty-five-year history of the Gilman Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Department of State\u2019s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program provides merit-based scholarships to talented American undergraduate students with significant financial need, enabling them to study or intern abroad for academic credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>127 Macalester students have received Gilman awards since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/03\/gilman-scholar-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Gilman Scholars 25th Anniversary logo\" class=\"wp-image-31461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/03\/gilman-scholar-logo.jpg 600w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/653\/2026\/03\/gilman-scholar-logo-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This recognition reflects Macalester\u2019s commitment to providing students with international experiences that foster competitive career skills and global networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMacalester students are tenacious,\u201d said Alainna Swenson, assistant director of finance and operations in the Center for Study Away. \u201cThis recognition is a testament to their drive to succeed, their passion for learning, and their commitment to contributing to their local and global community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through its history, the Gilman Program has reshaped study abroad, making it more accessible and inclusive for American students by providing scholarships to outstanding undergraduates who might not otherwise have the opportunity due to financial constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gilman Program is administered by the US Department of State, funded by the US government, and supported in implementation by the Institute of International Education (IIE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A full list of top producing institutions is available at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gilmanscholarship.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=369352f2c5a55cc9e1befd901&amp;id=8e27fa3bd6&amp;e=a51f63ccff\">www.GilmanScholarship.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recognition reflects Macalester\u2019s commitment to providing students with international experiences fostering competitive career skills and global networks.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":31463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[649],"class_list":["post-31459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-newswire","tag-fellowships-and-scholarships"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"fields":{"main_feature_story":"","custom_image":false,"custom_link_url":"","custom_feature_title":"","custom_feature_caption":"","custom_markup":"","custom_markup_link":"","custom_markup_title":"","custom_markup_caption":"","byline":"","article_type":false,"post_thumbnail_style":"default","flickr_photoset_id":"","youtube_id":"","square_thumbnail":false,"press_downloads":false,"press_photos":false,"story_title":"","story_caption":"","rotations":false,"maps":false,"marker_title":"","marker_text":"","geographic_location":false,"feature_embed":"","news_icon_name":"","image_options":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31465,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31459\/revisions\/31465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}