Anna Dolde ‘18, a Geography major, from Seattle, Washington, has been working with the nonprofit ReConnect Rondo, which engages with the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, since last summer. She recently defended her honors project, titled “Why Is There Always a Winner and a Loser?” Participatory Insights and Recommendations to Promote Housing Resiliency in the…
The Study Away program at Macalester is very popular, and offers a plethora of countries to study in and various subjects to study. The experience can be rewarding, but also trying. Hannah Bonestroo ’17 and Sarah Hendrickson ’17 shared the highs and lows of their study away experiences from the past year, along with their…
This fall, for the second year in a row, Macalester students were able to register for “Engaging in the Twin Cities and Seattle,” an immersive learning course which touches upon contemporary urban issues and challenges that cities face in the 21st century. The two-credit course, which is cross-listed in the Geography and American Studies departments,…
“We are asking a lot of questions. We have no proof that this is actually going to work the way the donors suggest it will. Is this really going to help the nutrition of the women and children in the family?”
This week I am publishing a more personal narrative than I typically do with this column. This piece is part of my comprehensive reflective portfolio as part of my Urban Studies Colloquium class this fall. For our portfolios we each came up with three themes that are meaningful to us within the field of urban…
If you ever have the chance to escape Minneapolis-St. Paul and take a trip to Northern Minnesota, you should jump at it. Two weekends ago, Amy Lebowitz (The Mac Weekly’s Editor-in-Chief and, most importantly, the inspiration behind LoveThyNeighborhood) and I went on the Regional Geography of U.S. and Canada’s field trip across Northern Minnesota. Unlike…
Tell me a little about your teaching style and the mark you’ve made here. I came here to start the Urban Studies Program, and in 1969 the future of the inner cities was in doubt. There were two years of riots and lots of hostility developing and there was an issue about how to make…
