Returnee Resources

Returnee Resources

• Community Engagement Center

  The Community Engagement Center: Find ways to connect with your experience studying away through involvement in the local community – this could be through volunteering or pursuing an internship.

• The Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice

  The Lealtad-Suzuki Center for Social Justice: Share and/or process your experiences with students and staff in the various areas or participate in programming, build community, or utilize resources that are relevant to you. Such programming could include but is not limited to:

  • • In particular, the LSC’s signature programs, such as the Allies Project, Identity Collectives, Pluralism and Unity Program, SPEAK! Series, Trenzas, or the C-HOUSE Arts Open House.

  • • The Gender & Sexuality Commons (GSC): The GSC, which, “is hosted by the Department of Multicultural Life as part of our mission to integrate and affirm the peoples, discourses, thoughts, and experiences of marginalized people into the fabric of the Macalester community” provides many links to on- and off-campus resources, people, and communities.

• Career Exploration

  Career Exploration: Explore ways that your time and experiences studying away could connect to potential internships, career paths, work opportunities, or vocations.

• Student Organizations

  Student Organizations: Did you develop any new passions, hobbies, or communities while studying away that you may want to continue back at Macalester? Browse through the list of student organizations to connect with a Macalester student organization.

• Laurie Hamre Center for Health and Wellness

  Laurie Hamre Center for Health and Wellness: If you are experiencing challenges or are feeling anxiety or depression or you have some health concerns that are arising from your time studying away – our health and wellness staff are here to help you as well. The Center for Health and Wellness also offers a number of groups to help students address mental health concerns, connect with others, and build new tools and skills. You can see a current list of groups and meeting times on the CHW website.

• Sexual Violence Support Resources

  Sexual Violence Prevention and Support:

  • • Resources for survivors of sexual violence (sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, and dating violence)

  • • Resources on how to support a friend or a significant other who has experienced sexual violence

  • • Confidential resources at Macalester whom you can contact from away/abroad:

      • • Health and Wellness Center medical and counseling staff: +1 651.696.6275
      • • Macalester Chaplains:

          • • Rev. Dr. Hannah Adams Ingram
              [email protected]
            • Rev. Kelly Stone: +1 651.696.6298, [email protected]
          • • Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman: +1-651-696-6117, [email protected]
          • • Rev. Marc Anderson: +1-651-696-6298. [email protected]
          • • Sister Jill Underdahl: +1-651-696-6298. [email protected]

      • • Macalester Health and Wellness Center: https://www.macalester.edu/healthandwellness/counseling/

  Sexual violence happens here and away.

  Sexual violence can happen anywhere—but another layer of complexity is added onto an already difficult situation when students are confronted with these issues while studying away.

  Beliefs about gender, sexuality, and violence vary in different local contexts. Members of your host community during study away may have different ideas about what constitutes assault, harassment, and even consent.

  The limited research available on sexual violence during study away found that rates of unwanted sexual experiences were higher when students studied away than when they were on campus. The majority of incidents were perpetrated by local residents who are not students.

  If you are sexually assaulted, it is never your fault.

  • • No behavior or choice makes it okay for someone to assault another person.

  • • In a study away context, some students who have been assaulted start to believe that they made an error in judgment that allowed an assault to happen. Common reactions include: “I should have understood the cultural context better;” “Maybe that type of behavior is considered acceptable here;” or “Am I being culturally insensitive?” While these reactions are understandable, it’s important to remember that regardless of where sexual violence happens (home, Mac, or away), it is still not your fault.

  Pathways to Safety International:

  • • A resource created to specifically address the needs for prevention and response to American sexual assault survivors abroad—or those who may experience sexual violence while studying away.

  • • To call from within the U.S. or Canada, simply dial: +1 833.723.3833

  • • To contact the toll-free crisis line from outside of the U.S. or Canada:

      • • Find the AT&T USADirect access code for the country you are currently in (you can find this access code at https://pathwaystosafety.org/get-help-now/)
      • • Dial the access code for the country you are currently in
      • • At the prompt, dial: 833.723.3833

  • • Email: [email protected]. All crisis emails will be responded to within six hours.

  o Live chat online: https://pathwaystosafety.org/web-chat/

  • • Sexual Misconduct Policy & Resources:

      • • Macalester Title IX and Sexual Misconduct Policy: https://www.macalester.edu/titleix/sexualmisconductpolicy/
      • • Regina Curran, Title IX Coordinator & Nondiscrimination Officer:

          • • Email: [email protected],
          • • Phone: +1 651.696.6258