Scotland: Landscapes, Lochs & World Pipe Band Championships
August 10-18, 2024 (9 days)
Celebrate Macalester’s Sesquicentennial in Scotland!
Join Dr. Kelly MacGregor, Macalester College Professor of Geology, plus an expert Scottish guide on this special trip celebrating Macalester’s 150th anniversary. The trip will end with the World Pipe Band Championships, where Macalester’s President Suzanne M. Rivera will join you all to celebrate and cheer on our Scots
Highlights
- Explore spectacular Highland scenery of lochs and mountains that are dotted with castles and charming towns.
- Learn about the geology and cultural history of Scotland.
- Enjoy a 150th anniversary happy hour reception with our pipe band members and fellow alumni.
- Attend the world-famous Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo at Edinburgh Castle.
- Visit the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the British Royal Family’s official residence in Scotland, and visit The Royal Yacht Britannia.
- Visit Edinburgh and Cawdor Castles as well as Stirling Castle, whose steep cliffs are even more impressive than those at Edinburgh Castle.
- Look out for “Nessie” during a cruise on famous Loch Ness.
- Explore Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, which houses one of Europe’s great art collections.
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Faculty Leader:
Dr. Kelly MacGregor
Dr. Kelly MacGregor is a Professor of Geology at Macalester College, where she has been teaching since 2003. She has a B.A. in Geology (and almost Art History!) from Williams College, and a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from UC Santa Cruz. Professor MacGregor is a geomorphologist – someone who studies the dynamic forces that shape the Earth’s surface – and has an interest in how humans interact with landscapes. Her expertise in glacier dynamics and subglacial erosion has brought her to work and live on glaciers in Alaska, British Columbia, Montana, and Argentina. Professor MacGregor once spent eight weeks on an Alaskan glacier without leaving (and without a shower). She was a postdoctoral fellow at the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park, CA, where she studied the impact of dams on water and sediment transport in the Columbia River Basin.
Professor MacGregor is currently working on several projects, including using lake sediment cores to understand climate and environmental change in Glacier National Park, Montana, over the past 18,000 years, and examining interactions between sediment and native mussels in rivers and lakes in Minnesota. Her recent work is focused on landscape changes over the last century in response to anthropogenic changes. Professor MacGregor teaches courses in Environmental Geology, Geomorphology, Dynamic Earth and Global Change, Geocinema, Surface and Groundwater Hydrology, and Art and Science of Landscapes. She enjoys reading YA and vampire romance novels, gardening, sweating in her backyard sauna, running, cooking, and cross-country skiing.
Itinerary
Saturday, August 10, 2024: Fly to Edinburgh, Scotland
Sunday, August 11: Arrive Edinburgh | Edinburgh: Walking tour, Edinburgh Castle | Transfer to hotel | Welcome dinner
Monday, August 12: Edinburgh: Palace of Holyroodhouse, The Royal Yacht Britannia | Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
Tuesday, August 13: Speyside: Whisky distillery | Cawdor Castle and Gardens | Inverness
Wednesday, August 14: Culloden Battlefield | Loch Ness cruise | Inverness
Thursday, August 15: Scenic drive to Dunblane
Friday, August 16: Stirling Castle | Glasgow: Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum | 150th anniversary reception
Saturday, August 17: Glasgow: World Pipe Band Championships, Optional city walking tour | Farewell dinner
Sunday, August 18: Fly home
Tour Prices (7 Nights)
Per Person/Double Occupancy
18-20+ Participants $7,495
15-17 Participants $7,995
Single Supplement (limited availability) $1,599
We currently have enough rooms reserved for a maximum of 20 participants. This space is available on a first come, first served basis. Once those spaces are filled all other reservation requests will be on a case-by-case basis, subject to availability, so call for your space today!
Single room supplement will be charged when requested or required. With fewer than 15 participants, a small group surcharge may be added.
Additional Information
To reserve your space using an online form, click here.
For reservations or for more information, download the detailed brochure, contact Eos Study Tour at 1-800-856-8951 or email [email protected]
Celebrate 150 years with Macalester in Scotland!