Macalester College

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MACALESTER COLLEGE

 

1600 Grand Avenue

Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105

www.macalester.edu

 

CAMPUS AT A GLANCE

Macalester is committed to being a preeminent liberal arts college with an educational program known for its high standards for scholarship and its special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and civic engagement.

 

At Macalester College we believe that education is a fundamentally transforming experience. As a community of learners, the possibilities for this personal, social, and intellectual transformation extend to us all. We affirm the importance of the intellectual growth of the students, staff and faculty through individual and collaborative endeavor. We believe that this can best be achieved through an environment that values the diverse cultures of our world and recognizes our responsibility to provide a supportive and respectful environment for students, staff and faculty of all cultures and backgrounds.

 

KEY FACTS

Location: 4 miles from downtown Saint Paul and 7 miles from downtown Minneapolis

Enrollment: 1889 students

Other interesting tidbits:

     *12% of Macalester students come from 75 countries

     *Over half of campus participates in some kind of civic engagement services

     *Noted by The Princeton Review as #1 for Quality of Life among 366 colleges

 

BONNER PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Name of Campus-Wide Center: Civic Engagement Center - www.macalester.edu/cec/

 

Type of Program: Bonner Community Scholars

Year Began: 2007

Bonner Program website: www.macalester.edu/cec/programs/bonner.html

 

Number of Bonner Leaders: 40

Active in Learn & Serve CBR: Yes

Active in Policy Options: Yes

 

KEY CONTACTS

President: Brian Rosenberg

Center Director: Karin Trail-Johnson trailjohnson@macalester.edu

Bonner Directors: Ruth Janisch Lake janischlake@macalester.edu

                          Consuelo Gutierrez-Crosby gutierrezcrosby@macalester.edu

Bonner Senior Intern: Kayla Richards '10- krichards@macalester.edu

Bonner Congress Representative:  Ariel Currie '12 acurrie@macalester.edu

                                                  Michael Manansala '12 mmanansa@macalester.edu

CBR & Policy Options: Paul Schadewald schadewald@macalester.edu

 

MORE ABOUT US

Our partners

  • Expo for Excellence Magnet
  • Highland Park Junior High School
  • Linwood A+ Elementary
  • Monroe Community School
  • Ramsey Junior High School

 

Trips

  • Pre-Orientation Retreat: Koinonia and YMCA Camp
  • Winter Retreat: Twin Cities Compass and Jeremiah Program
  • First Year Trip: New Orleans Katrina Relief

 

 

STUDENT LEADERSHIP PLANNING

 Click here for Congress Leadership Plans: Macalester Congress Action Planning

 

ANNUAL REPORTS

 

 

SPRING 2009 INITIATIVES

Serve 2.0

  • Staff Point Person for project: Consuelo Gutierrez-Crosby  (gutierrezcrosby@macalester.edu)
  • Student Point Person for project:  Michael Manansala (mmanansa@macalester.edu)
  • Planning to submit mini-grant proposal:  yes
  • Bonner Program or Campus-Wide Wiki status: in development but not public yet
  • Participating in Bonner Video Project:  yes 
    • Student BVL (Bonner Video Liaison) contact info posted on link: Bonner Video Liaisons
    • Need a Flip Cam? (we can provide one per campus): yes
  • See useful links:  Serve 2.0 Resource Wiki   |   Mini-Grant RFP

 

BWBRS

  • Using BWBRS 3.0: yes (struggling to get students to use)
  • Need for additional training:  yes. For Bonner Staff and Senior Intern.
  • See useful links:  BWBRS 3.0 Help Guide

 

Bonner AmeriCorps

  • Please list the contact information of the staff and student interns who manage your AmeriCorps Paperwork: Not using Americorps.
    • Note:  due to the audit and the transition to BWBRS 3, all current AmeriCorps Managers will be scheduled for an AmeriCorps Management Training for 2009 within the first few weeks of the semester. Please schedule this phone call with your Foundation Program Associate as soon as possible.
  • Spring Enrollments 2009:  Please complete this survey right away: AmeriCorps Survey
  • Please note: This survey is for the Spring semester slots only. It does not matter if your campus had previously requested slots and have "left overs." Please fill out this survey to specify how many members your campus will enroll this semester. If you do not want slots, they should fill it in with zeroes. We will be sending out a Summer and Fall request as well, so this is only for this semester. 

 

Issue-Based Research

 

PHOTOS

 

 

 

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