Macalester College

06/18/2026

06/16/2026

We are proud to announce that five Scots have received Fulbright US Student Program awards for the 2026–2027 academic year from the US Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.��

- Carmen De Souza Bronshteyn ’26 will teach English in Taiwan.
- Sophia Diliberti ’26 will teach English in Peru.
- Liv Whitmore ’26 will teach English in Latvia.
- Lia Sánchez Valles ’25 (not pictured) will teach English in Mexico.
- Leyden Streed ’25 will teach English in Indonesia.�

For four consecutive years, Macalester has been recognized as a Fulbright Program Top Producer.��

“We are very proud of these five students and we hope their Fulbright experiences will be deeply meaningful,” said President Suzanne Rivera. “Their participation in the program is part of a long tradition at Macalester, which is a top producer of Fulbright recipients.” ��

As Fulbright alumni, their careers are enriched by joining a network of thousands of esteemed alumni, many of whom are leaders in their fields. Fulbright alumni include sixty-three Nobel Prize laureates, ninety-three Pulitzer Prize recipients, and ninety-three MacArthur Fellows.

06/12/2026

We caught our alumni at and asked them: What class would they want to retake if they could? ��

Which classes would you retake? Would you commit to singing in a homemade dinosaur costume? Let us know below!

06/11/2026

Each year, a group of Macalester seniors delve deep into original research guided by faculty advisors, with these projects providing students the opportunity to contribute scholarly work within their field of choice.

��From collecting data from plants in the Arctic and analyzing Renaissance tapestries in Florence, to using data science to help improve emergency wait times, read about the amazing work our seniors conducted this past academic year here: https://bit.ly/4opfXzC
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06/08/2026

1600 Grand never truly leaves you

What an amazing weekend we had. With over 1,400 celebrating, including our twelve alumni award winners, Reunion 2026 was one for the books.

While our alumni may have stepped off of campus, they hold a piece of Macalester wherever they go. We can’t wait to do it all over again next year!

What were your favorite moments this weekend? Let us know below!

06/05/2026

It was a joyful day of reconnection and celebration on campus as we kicked off yesterday! From food trucks and lawn games, to incredible musical performances and the special celebration of our newest Golden Scots—it’s been a full and heartwarming day.

06/02/2026

Picture this: in 48 hours, you'll be scenes like these on the Great Lawn with old friends.

Yep—it's that time of the year: Reunion is only two days away!

Alumni, we are so excited to see you again at 1600 Grand. See you soon! https://www.macalester.edu/reunion/

05/20/2026

Makol J. Chuol ’27 has secured a $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant as part of efforts to promote peace and build stronger communities worldwide.

This summer, Chuol will lead the Voices of Amani project in Kenya, addressing ethnic conflict in the Kakuma Refugee Camp by empowering teachers as “Peace Champions.”

Through training in empathy, dialogue, and conflict resolution, the project aims to reach over three hundred students, fostering cross-cultural understanding and sustainable reconciliation of one of Kenya’s long-standing refugee communities.

“It feels like a full circle moment, but not the end of the story; it feels like a beginning,” says Chuol. “It reflects what it means when a place like Macalester believes in you and gives you the opportunity to return and create change where you once felt limited. I am returning not as someone who escaped the story, but as someone ready to help rewrite it.”

The work is especially meaningful to Chuol, who grew up in the same refugee camp.

“I have experienced, witnessed stories of pain and resilience in Kakuma that have stayed with me like a song in my head, moments where I wished I could do more,” Chuol said. “This grant is not just support—it is permission to act on the voices I could no longer ignore.”

Chuol overcame significant obstacles at a young age, living without his family since the age of twelve and eventually traveling to Minnesota to study computer science.

“I remember long lines for water and food that was never enough, and classrooms where learning often meant listening closely and making sense of what you could,” says Chuol. “Yet even in those moments, there was laughter and community, and those experiences shaped me into someone who values resilience and purpose. I did not have the easiest childhood, but it gave me a reason to make things better for someone else.”

Through it all, Chuol has prioritized giving back to others. Despite his busy schedule as a student-athlete on Macalester’s track and field team, he still dedicates time to teach children in Kenya online, connecting with them from thousands of miles away.

Now, the children in Kakuma will soon have even more of his attention, along with the financial backing of the Davis Projects for Peace.

Chuol will lead the Voices of Amani project in Kenya, addressing ethnic conflict in the Kakuma Refugee Camp by empowering teachers.

05/18/2026

The Class of 2026’s Commencement ceremony opened to a sound that Macalester seniors have gotten to know well over their last four years—the sound of bagpipes. An annual tradition, the Macalester College Pipe Band led the processional in full regalia, with dozens of pipers and drummers leading this year’s graduates into the Leonard Center Field House on Saturday, May 16.

Before the ceremony was through about 475 students would cross the stage and receive their diplomas. It was a celebration marked by reminders of their resilience, the strength of community, and calls to carry Macalester values into an uncertain world.

Physician-scientist Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and bioethicist Dr. Christine Grady delivered a joint keynote address after receiving honorary degrees from the college. Together, they encouraged graduates to strive for excellence in service to society and to be daring in the face of adversity.
https://www.macalester.edu/news/2026/05/celebrating-the-class-of-2026-at-commencement/

05/16/2026

The last four years were a blur for us, too! Congratulations Class of 2026!