Archive: 2021

The State of Clay

In the course Wild Clay, students worked on group installation and performance projects as well as creating their own individual performative sculptures

New Minn. Art Exhibition Includes Work By Four Macalester Professors

When the Minnesota Museum of American Art’s new exhibition Many Waters: A Minnesota Biennial opens on July 24, it will include work produced by Macalester professors Ruthann Godollei, Megan Vossler, Tia-Simone Gardner, and John Kim. 

Mac student wins first-ever award for aspiring paleontologists of color

Sun Tun '22 is the first student in the nation to receive the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s (SVP) inaugural Futures Award and the $5,000 summer research stipend and professional mentorship that come with it. 

Finding the Rhythm

By developing their listening skills, students learn to understand and appreciate classical music. 

Students create first-ever online guide for Twin Cities’ Russian-speaking community

Students in Prof. Julia Chadaga's Advanced Russian class produced the map to connect the Twin Cities Russian-speaking community.

Mac student selected for inaugural economics program at U of Chicago

Five Macalester students receive State Dept. Critical Language Scholarships

Helen Radovic ‘22, Marley Prichard ‘24, Carter Rutherford ‘23, Alexander Hamann ‘22, and Sarah Acheson-Field ‘24 are among the nearly 700 American college and university students who received a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for the 2021 summer. 

Being Latinx in the U.S.

This introductory course teaches students about the complex issues of being Latinx in America.

Studying Health in a Pandemic 

A medical anthropology course grapples with propositions such as “Racism is bad for our health” and “Stigma is deadlier than Ebola.” 

Record number of Macalester students awarded State Dept. scholarship to study abroad

The 20-person cohort is the largest number of Macalester students ever to receive the prestigious and highly competitive scholarship in one application cycle since the award’s inception in 2001. 

Maccolades for May 2021: painting for Pride, food security fellowship, and remembering 100 years of subversion

Maccolades is a monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community.

Life on Mars and Beyond

A student seeks to find life elsewhere

Setting the Stage

Students learn the art of scenic design in this advanced theater course.

Two seniors, alum receive 2021 Fulbright awards

Kayla Togneri ’21, Anisha RajBhandary ’21, and Essie Schlotterbeck ’13 were awarded scholarships.

Sounds of Blackness to perform at 2021 Billboard Music Awards

The Grammy-award winning group, which was formed at Macalester 50 years ago this year, will appear remotely from Prince’s Paisley Park.

Commencement 2021 – 4 p.m. Grad Walk

Commencement 2021 – 9:30 a.m. Grad Walk

Macalester College Names Dr. Lisa Anderson-Levy Executive Vice President and Provost

Dr. Lisa Anderson-Levy will become the college’s Executive Vice President and Provost. She will begin her new role on July 6.

Macalester earns top ranking in zero waste competition

The results of the National Wildlife Federation’s 2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition are in, and Macalester emerged as one of the top-performing higher education institutions in the nation.

Professor, alum named 2021 Bush Fellows

Dr. Brian Lozenski, associate professor of urban and multicultural education, and Dr. Dziwe Willard Ntaba ‘95, a physician and assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, have been selected as 2021 Bush Fellows.

Recent Mac graduate, professor publish study on children’s movies and morality

Rachel Gehman '19 and psychology professor Steve Guglielmo recently published two peer-reviewed studies in PLOS ONE.