Student Staff

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Civic Engagement Center
Contact us:
Markim Hall, Third Floor
651-696-6040
651-696-6030 (fax)


Hours
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  • Jasmine Ball, Issue Based Organizer, College Access. Ball is from Orland, California, and is majoring in Education & Psychology. "I'm so excited to be able to make college seem more accessible to students, especially first-generation college students."
  • Zack Avre, Program Coordinator. Avre is from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and is majoring in Geography/Urban Studies. "I'm excited to work with engaged and passionate peers and develop a relationship with a new community in the Twin Cities"
  • Cecilia Martinez-Miranda, Program Coordinator. Martinez-Miranda Manilla, Phillipines, and is majoring in International Studies and Education. "I am most excited about exploring opportunities for student involvement with Human Rights and Global Justice within the Twin Cities. I can't wait to work with Macalester students to see how we can connect the global with the local in a way that benefits the larger Minnesota community."
  • Rachel SwansonRachel Swanson, Issue Based Organizer, Spanish Language. Swanson is from Lexington, Kentucky with intended majors of Anthropology and Hispanic Studies. "I am so excited to grow the Spanish Language issue area, to work with really cool non-profits, and to collaborate with passionate co-workers."
  • Bethany BattafaranoBethany Battafarano Issue Based Organizer, Arts for Social Change. Battafarano is majoring in Music and is from Omaha, Nebraska. "I'm looking forward to creating spaces of discussion on campus where the arts are salient social forces, and sharing this learning process with the other CEC workers!"
  • Brian MartinBryan Martin, Issue Based Organizer, Economic Justice. Martin is from Iowa City, Iowa, and is majoring in Economics and Political Science. "I'm looking forward to working with other CEC staff and helping students connect to the Twin Cities."
  • Hannah TrostleHannah Trostle, Office Assistant. Hannah is from Outing, Minnesota, and is majoring in the Classics (Latin & Greek). "I'm so excited to meet everyone and to see how much the CEC will grow this year."
  • Harry KentHarry Kent, Lives of Commitment Coordinator. Kent is from Columbus, Ohio and is majoring in Geography. "As LoC Student Coordinator, I have to say I am most excited about getting to know the new group of LoC students and helping them get started on what I hope will be a fantastic four years!"
  • Laura Levinson Laura Levinson, Issue Based Organizer, Immigrants and Refugees. Levinson is an Environmental Studies major/Dance minor from Denver, Colorado."I am incredibly excited to be working with a new team of people! I think the energy around the office will be very different, and very strong. I am also anticipating using the resources of this position to do more long-term projects focused on broad social changes, rather than gearing so much of my effort towards direct-service volunteerism alone."
  • Adriana Lein Adriana Lein, Issue Based Organizer, Gender and Sexuality. Lein is from Athens, Ohio and is majoring in Political Sciencewith a Community and Global Health concentration. "I am most excited that we have a mostly new group of students working in the office so I think there will be a lot of energy and new ideas driving our work this year."
  • Sean RyanSean Ryan, Issue Based Organizer, Youth and Tutoring (community based). Ryan is from Livonia, Michigan and an English major."I'm excited to be expanding definitions of civic engagement, learning more from kindergarteners than professors, encouraging students to explore/enjoy the Twin Cities, AND keeping an eye on Sarah O'Connor to make sure she doesn't work too hard."
  • Jennie KimJennifer Kim, Issue Based Organizer, Youth and Tutoring (school based). Kim is from San Ramon, California, and is majoring in Ed Studies/Psych, with a Community Global Health Concentration. "I'm excited to help people get in contact with tutoring opportunities in the Twin Cities and encourage people to get off campus to do good for the community!"
  • SarahOConnorSarah O'Connor, Issue Based Organizer, Environment and Sustainability."I am so excited to strengthen Macalester's commitment to environmental sustainability on campus, develop relationships between Macalester and sustainability-focused organizations in the Twin Cities, and facilitate connections among campus projects of environmental sustainability and other related issues."
  • Analiese SigelkoAnaliese Sigelko, Issue Based Organizer, Global Justice. Sigelko is from Madison, Wisconsin and majoring in International Studies. "I'm looking forward to forging connections between organizations in the Twin Cities and the Macalester community."
  • Abass NoorAbass Noor, Issue Based Organizer, Public Policy. Noor is from Qoryooley, Somalia and a major in Biology, with a minor in Chemistry and a Concentration in Community and Global Health. "I'm excited about life in general. It is a beautiful era we live in."
  • Tsesa Monaghan Tsesa Monaghan, Bonner Program Assistant. Monaghan is from Mankato, Minnesota and is majoring in Political Science and German. "I'm really excited about my new position with Bonner and I'm also very excited to work alongside so many new student-workers in the CEC!"
  • Stacey Murrell, Office Assistant. Murrell is majoring in History; Political Science; Educational Studies and is from Littleton, Colorado. "I'm looking forward to learning more about all the involvement opportunities and helping people find the ones that fit them best so as many people as possible can be active in the community."
  • Suzanne Oh Suzanne Oh, Bonner Program Assistant.
  • Rosie Glenn-Finer Rosie Glenn-Finer, Issue Based Organizer, Health and Welness. Glenn-Finer is a Chemistry major from San Francisco, California.