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Mac students build house with Habitat for Humanity in Berea, KY

Over spring break a group of eight Macalester students visited Madison and Clark counties in Kentucky, helping to build affordable housing with the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity. The trip consisted of Finn Odum ’21, Emily McPhillips ’19, Zoelle Collins ’21, Zully Maya ’22, Lily Jenssen ’21, Miranda Moulis ’22, Grace Reardon ’21 and…

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Empty Bowls: civic engagement through ceramics

On Sat. Feb. 9, Macalester students, staff and local community members streamed into the ceramics studio in Janet Wallace to attend the Empty Bowls workshop, where they were given one task: to make bowls. Empty Bowls will hold its second workshop of the semester this Saturday, March 9. Empty Bowls is an organization that makes…

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MCSG Overseer: Free bus passes to support student internships

This week’s MCSG meeting began with a vote on a bill written by Students Services & Relations Committee (SSRC) member Fabian Bean ’18 to fund a transit subsidy program for Macalester students. The bill would allocate $3,000 to purchase 150 bus passes for students with off-campus internships. These students would receive a $40-value bus pass…

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Mac hosts civic engagement training

On Saturday Jan. 23, students and staff from Macalester and Carleton College gathered in Weyerhaeuser Boardroom for an annual civic engagement training called Debating for Democracy. Debating for Democracy workshops are designed to “introduce a systematic framework to help participants identify solutions to problems they are concerned with and then build winning strategies to make…

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Mac students build house with Habitat for Humanity in Berea, KY

Empty Bowls: civic engagement through ceramics

MCSG Overseer: Free bus passes to support student internships

Mac hosts civic engagement training

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