Home News 2025 April Archive: Apr 2025 Macalester senior awarded 2025 Watson Fellowship Meira Smit ’25 will be traveling to Canada, Ecuador, Germany, India, and Kenya to investigate how small-scale farms are responding to the increasing threats posed by global climate change. Macalester junior awarded 2025 Goldwater Scholarship Frances McConnell '26 is the ninth student from Macalester to receive the prestigious award since the scholarship’s inception. Professor Beth Severy-Hoven receives the 2025 Jefferson Award Dr. Beth Severy-Hoven, professor of the Classical Mediterranean and Middle East, was selected by a committee of past Jefferson Award winners. Music icon Bob Mould to deliver keynote address for 2025 Commencement Mould, who formed the punk rock band Hüsker Dü with two friends during his first year at Macalester in 1978, will also receive an honorary degree. From bagpipes to recorder Macalester switches from bagpipes to recorder. Previous Next
