Student Opportunities

Davis Projects for Peace

Alice Bruno ’23 – Sicilia conSenso: Making Peace with Our Bodies by Teaching Consent Sicily

Alessandra Rosa Policarpo ’24, Andrea Vijil Morin ’24, Nibia Becerra Santillan ’25, Marcela Saavedra ’24 – Expanding peace in the Latine Community through Financial Inclusion Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota

Iris Fokam Signe ’26 – Music for Peace Cameroon

Valeska Kohan ’23 and Amanda de Souza ’25 – Seeds of Peace: Fighting Racism in Rio de Janeiro by Empowering Public School Teachers Brazil

Davis Projects for Peace is an initiative for all students at the Davis United World College Scholars Program partner schools to design their own grassroots projects for peace that they themselves will implement anywhere in the world. Through a nationwide competition, projects are selected for funding at $10,000 each and completed during the summer.

Global Citizenship Student Award

2024 GCSA: Hufsa Ahmed, Anika Brennan, Uditi Chandrashekhar

2023 GCSA: Victor Wright, Tema Zulu, Tala Tabishat

2022 GCSA: Juan Galicia Diaz, Maya Lawnicki, Alexander Thomas

2021 GCSA: Chiagoziem Anigbogu, Wanda Barradas, Ana Gvozdic

The Global Citizenship Student Award (GCSA) is presented every April by Macalester College and the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship to the graduating seniors who best demonstrates a commitment to the ideals and practice of high academic performance, internationalism, multiculturalism, and civic engagement. This may be demonstrated through student work in a broad range of majors and disciplines, and the selection committee hopes the applicant pool will reflect diverse representation from the Humanities, Sciences, Fine Arts, and Social Sciences. Candidates must be nominated by a Macalester faculty or staff member.  However, students who feel they are strong candidates may approach a faculty or staff to discuss their interest and request a nomination for the award.

Action Fund

The Action Fund supports civic engagement projects proposed and led by students in direct collaboration with local community-based organizations. The projects all have action components, fulfilling unmet needs of Twin Cities’ communities, as well as an education component that promotes reflection and sharing of lessons learned. Students may apply for up to $1,000 for their project.