Category: Featured College News

Professor Bill Moseley elected to lead American Association of Geographers

Professor Bill Moseley first elected leader from a non-R1 institution in American Association of Geographers

World Championships Up Next for Speed Skating Star

Two years after missing the Olympics, Conor McDermott-Mostowy ʼ24 is still grinding for the 2026 games—with a quick stop at the Speed Skating World Championships

Macalester College named a top producer of Fulbright US students

Macalester College was again named a top producing institution for Fulbright US students for 2023-2024

New book from International Studies professor explores Iceland’s booming data storage industry

Dr. Alix Johnson is the author of Where Cloud is Ground: Placing Data and Making Place in Iceland (University of California Press, 2023)

Maccolades for December 2023: Praise from VP Harris, documenting Himalayan flooding and Minneapolis history, and more

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

Seven Macalester professors awarded tenure

The seven faculty members represent a broad range of disciplines.

U.S. Dept. of Education recognizes Macalester as national model for access to contraception

Vice president of student affairs Dr. Kathryn Kay Coquemont was among the six featured panelists at the U.S. Department of Education’s convening on access to contraception for college students.

Maccolades for November 2023: Teacher of the Year, undergraduate competition success, an NSF grant, and more

Maccolades is a monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community. Below are highlights from November 2023.

Maccolades for Summer 2023: Roaring lion and beaver research, showstopping support for faculty artists, and more

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

Two Macalester alumni named 2023 Bush Fellows

Kim Park Nelson ‘93 and Owen Duckworth ‘06 are among the 24 individuals who have been selected for 2023 Bush Fellowships.

Announcing the Flemming Scholars Initiative

Beginning this fall, a new initiative will expand the web of institutional support and remove those roadblocks in order to foster a sense of belonging for the college's highest-need students.

Maccolades for May 2023: A flurry of success in forensics, Fulbrights, creative writing, sustainability, and more

Maccolades is a monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community. Below are highlights from May 2023. 

Macalester earns top marks for sustainability efforts in national competition

The college ranked #1 among small schools in three categories: Zero Waste, Food Organics, and Diversion. 

Two Macalester students awarded $10k grant to empower teachers in Brazil

Macalester students Valeska Kohan ‘23 and  Amanda de Souza ‘25 have been awarded $10,000 from Davis Projects for Peace.

Eleven new tenure-track professors join Macalester’s faculty

Eleven new tenure-track faculty members representing a broad range of disciplines will be joining Macalester in the coming months.

Nine Macalester students and recent graduates receive 2023 Fulbright awards

Macalester student receives Phi Beta Kappa scholarship

Macalester junior Holiday O’Bryan ‘24 received Phi Beta Kappa’s (PBK) undergraduate Key into Public Service scholarship.

Record number of Macalester students selected for U of Chicago’s summer economics program

The Expanding Diversity in Economics program is designed to "identify and support talented undergraduate students from a broad range of backgrounds who are interested in the study of economics."

Two Macalester professors receive fellowships to develop senior leadership skills

Professors Andrea Kaston Tange and Duchess Harris are among 10 faculty from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) to be designated as inaugural ACM Mellon Academic Leadership Fellows.

Maccolades for April 2023: Dazzling feats in poetry, human rights, statistics, chemistry, and more

Maccolades is a monthly round-up of the most recent accolades and accomplishments earned by members of the Macalester community. Below are highlights from April 2023. 

Jan Beebe receives 2023 Staff Outstanding Service Award

Jan Beebe, department coordinator for the English and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies departments, has been awarded the 2023 Staff Outstanding Service Award.