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Students sit in a circle on the Great Lawn during an orientation session. The Bell Tower is visible in the background.
An orientation leader talks to a group of students as they cross in front of the Janet Wallace Fine Arts building.
Four students chat while they wait at a Light Rail stop in front of the Minnesota State Capitol.
Two students wearing lab coats work in a psychology lab with their professor.
Two students holding paintbrushes talk with their professor.
Four Macalester students walk past Allianz Field in St. Paul
Students sit in a circle on the Great Lawn during an orientation session. The Bell Tower is visible in the background.
An orientation leader talks to a group of students as they cross in front of the Janet Wallace Fine Arts building.
Four students chat while they wait at a Light Rail stop in front of the Minnesota State Capitol.
Two students wearing lab coats work in a psychology lab with their professor.
Two students holding paintbrushes talk with their professor.
Four Macalester students walk past Allianz Field in St. Paul

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Shigeru Ochi ’49 with young relatives in Miyajima Island, Japan, after atomic bombs were detonated over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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The Twin Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Just minutes from campus, students find a wide range of internship, research, cultural, and volunteer opportunities.

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The top-ranked liberal arts and sciences education at Macalester prepares students to think critically and creatively, expanding their opportunities and widening perspectives.

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Students at Mac nurture their talents, passions, and interests in endless ways. Student organizations, community engagement, athletics, and activism are just some of the ways students develop their skills and forge lifelong connections.

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Driven to make a positive impact, students at Mac are changemakers, innovators, collaborators, and explorers. Apathy is not in our ethos.

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