Some matches are made to last. Caroline Peters ’18 and Morgan Malatesta ’18 were randomly paired as roommates their first year and they’ve been living together every semester since – study abroad aside. This week The Mac Weekly sat down with these housemates and best buds as they looked back on three and a half…
Hannah Gray is a senior from Pasadena, California, a city “right across the bridge from LA” She’s a linguistics major with minors in German, computer science and art. For our interview, we met on Sunday afternoon for tea at Sencha on Grand Avenue. Over the next half hour, Gray’s royal tea latte with pearls cooled…
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…
While it is difficult to capture the entirety of experiences while abroad, there are always some that stick out. The ones that do stick out often involve munching on some new discovery that will make you never want to go back to a country gone rampant with frozen pizzas. This week I’ll be giving you…
From learning how to open a pomegranate without staining my white t-shirt bright red, to experimenting with cuts of meat I had never tried in the United States, studying abroad really expanded my culinary palette. Instead of sticking to simple options at Cafe Mac such as a piece of grilled chicken or the regular option…
Approximately three and a half percent of U.S. college students study abroad for a semester or longer, according to a survey by the Institute of International Education. At Macalester, sixty percent of students study abroad — about seventeen times the national average. Over half of Macalester students leave campus during their college career, but what…
Every week, The Mac Weekly sits down with a senior arts major. This week we caught up with studio art major and psychology minor Ariana Zaia. She hails from Austin, Texas. We talked portraiture, Zumba, and post-grad plans. What kinds of art do you do? It depends on what classes I’m taking. I’ve been dabbling…
On Dec. 5, sophomore students submitted their study away applications to the Macalester International Center. Over J-term, the Study Away Review Committee (SARC) reviewed these applications and sent out decisions. By the beginning of Spring semester, the majority of sophomores had firm plans for their study away experiences. The earlier application deadline is one of…
I will be concluding my three-part series on study abroad tips with a discussion on how to approach funding your time abroad. By now you’ve probably figured out where and when you want to go, but how to pay for all of this may still seem like some mysterious gray area. Fortunately, as long as…
