Student Opportunities
Opportunities
Prizes and Awards
Prizes are awarded annually to history students in recognition of scholastic achievements, accomplishments and proficiency
Honors Program
Honors projects provide an opportunity for students to integrate their education and focus it via a significant research and writing project, including a challenging oral defense.
Study Away
The History Department strongly encourages History majors to study off campus. In 2016-7, more than half of our graduating seniors followed up on their study away experiences in their senior capstone research projects; recently, students have also been inspired by off-campus public history experience to procure museum internships and apply to graduate programs. Because so many Study Abroad programs offer unique opportunities to study regional histories in depth, the History Department does not have recommendations of particular programs at this time. Our majors have taken advantage of Macalester’s diversity of off-campus opportunities (most recently studying overseas in Turkey, Scotland, Denmark, Argentina, Greece); they have also enrolled in domestic programs such as the ACM Newberry Program in Chicago, which offers opportunities for students pursuing fields such as Native American Studies to research in a new setting. If you are interested in studying off campus as a History Major, we suggest that you speak to the History Department Faculty Liaison about your particular chronological and regional interests, especially if those interests involve an area that does not currently have coverage in the Macalester History curriculum. Our Faculty Liaison can help you locate a suitable program and also put you in touch with recent alumni or returning students who can offer firsthand opinions about how the programs they attended have contributed to their History major and their lives post-Macalester.
Research Funding
The History Department has funding available to help defray expenses incurred by students for their research projects.
Opportunity Updates
Our department is often asked to share information from other organizations with our students. We consolidate that information and send it out to our students in a weekly email bulletin. Opportunities generally fall into one of the below categories. If you would like to submit opportunities to share with our students, please email them to [email protected].
For a list of prior opportunities, visit the archives.