by Matea Wasend in News
Macalester saw the addition of the Institute for Global Citizenship's building on campus this year, but there are many students who have yet to set foot inside.
"Just last week there were probably three students who came in for the first time," said Ricardo Millhouse '13, who works at Markim Hall's front desk.
Almost twice as many ACTC students choose to study at Macalester as Macalester students choose to study at consortium schools
by Emma WestRasmus in News
Dana Bloomquist seems like the typical Macalester sophomore.
She can be found in Olin-Rice and the Humanities building most weekdays, where she takes classes for her linguistics and neuroscience double majors and classics minor. She dates a Macalester senior, prints off homework assignments from the Dewitt Wallace library and meets with Macalester professors for career advice.
by Hunter Bradley, Sarah Krumholz in News
Peeps, timers and dice are the newest outreach tools in the history department. They are part of a campaign to help educate and encourage the student body to participate in their on-campus activities.
A revival of an older program, the department launched a new History Club this semester that aims to promote "community building and socializing outside of the classroom for history majors," History Club member Cecily Castle '10 said.
by Sidney Ainkorn in News
The fourth GEOFEST event to be held at Macalester comes to campus on Saturday, Oct. 24. The GEOFEST conference is sponsored by the Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education or MAGE, an organization based here at Macalester. The purpose of the conference is to bring together geography teachers, pre-service teachers and students planning on going into teaching, to exchange ideas and learn new techniques, strategies, and applications for teaching geography.
by April DeJarlais in News
In the first century C.E. King Herod of Judea built three temples, two of whose locations are known today. The third temple is thought to be at Omrit, Israel, and is being excavated under the direction of Classics professor Andrew Overman, whose work has received recent media attention, including an article in the Jerusalem Post.
