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Received May 2007 from Benjamin Achtenberg,
Class of '07
Ben will teach in the graduate program in education at Mills College
in California
Received from Leslie Albers, class of '74
Leslie is about to graduate with a MS in Community Counseling
from Winona State University. She has worked for the university
for about six years and from time to time receives requests to
tutor in French.
Received from Craig Arnold, class of '85
Craig is living in Fresno and just accepted a position as Membership and Development Coordinator at the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science. The museum is located in a beautifully restored 1922 building in downtown Fresno. He is very excited about this new challenging and creative position. The website for the museum is www. fresnomet.org.
Received from Adeline Awantang, Class of '03
Adeline is currently working as a Research Analyst for CoStar Group in Bethesda, MD.
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Received January 2008 from Helen Baker, class
of '04
After graduating from Macalester in 2004, I worked as an English
Assistant in Guadeloupe in the French West Indies. I was placed
at the IUFM (Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres).
My job was mainly to have conversation classes with the student
teachers. I lived in the dormitory at the IUFM, so had the opportunity
to get to know student teachers from Guadeloupe, Martinque, St.
Martin, Guyana and the Métropole (mainland France). I traveled
to Trinidad and Tobago with my students and also had the opportunity
to visit 10 other islands while working in Guadeloupe.
Following my year in Guadeloupe, I completed
an MSc in Demography and Health at the London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).
In June 2007, I started my two years as a Community
Health AIDS Prevention Peace Corps volunteer in Togo. I am posted
in Dapaong, which is the regional capital of the Savanes region
of Togo. I work with the Togolese Red Cross, but also have been
helping with a women’s weaving cooperative on their business
and marketing skills. Some highlights of my service so far have
been helping with relief work with the Red Cross following the
flooding in the Savanes region and biking the length of Togo to
help raise money for girls scholarships. .
Received from Terry Walker Barbouche, class
of '68
Terry is a Quality Analyst at Datacard in the Twin Cities.
Received from Jean Butcher Beccone, class
of '68
Jean is currently a Library Specialist at Macalester College.
Received from Delaney Berg
Delaney is currently living in Palaiseau, France where she lives with her husband Philippe and two children Nathalie and Caroline.
Received from Susan Boinis, class of '80
Susan is a Sign language interpreter. She also teaches sign language in St. Paul, MN.
Received May 2006 from Adrienne Boire, class
of '99
Adrienne is a Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry at Tufts University
School of Medicine. She is currently president of the Graduate
Student Council at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences.
Received from Bonnie Bougie, class of '69
Bonnie is a French Teacher in the Moundsview School District.
Received May 2006 from Kate Bredeson, class
of '98
Kate is a doctor of Fine Arts candidate and a teaching fellow
at Yale University School of Drama..
Received from Justine Broberg, class of '63
Justine is a French teacher at Jefferson Independent Day School
in Joplin, MO.
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Received from Luis Carrillo, class of '93
Luis is currently Vice President, Equity Capital Markets for Latin America and Europe at Santander Central Hispano Investment in New York City.
Received from Antionio Chiarelli, class of '91
Antionio is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Union University
in Jackson, TN. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Northwestern.
Received from Robert Cohanim, class of '80
Robert is an Entrepreneur, President of Historical Remedies Medicines Co., manufacturer of Street Mints and other homeopathic products.
Received from Ruth Copp, class of '68
Ruth is an English Professor in Midland, MI.
Received from Rachel Coyne, class of '98
Rachel is an attorney at Miller Law Office in Wyoming, MN, practicing
in the areas of municipal law and land use law. She has a five
year old son, Sidney, who will start Kindergarten this year and
is the best thing to ever happen to her. She is still writing
novels and stores and has some projects forthcoming - notably
a novel titled Whiskey Love from Ruminator books. The book
should be out September 2004.
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Received from Catherine Davies, class of '99
Catherine is an Executive Assistant for the Plymouth Music Series.
Received from Anne Derse, class of '76
Anne has spent most of her adult life in the foreign service. Anne is a member of the senior foreign service and a Minster-counselor for Economic Affairs at the US Mission to the European Union where she directs a staff of 14.
Received May 2006 from Vanessa Doriott, class
of '04
Vanessa received a fellowship in the graduate program in French
at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where she completed
an M.A. She then received a J.B. Duke Fellowship to pursue a Ph.D.
in French Studies at Duke University
Received from Sarah Dotson, class of '94
Sarah is currently completing a dual degree program, Master of Public Administration and Master of Arts International Relations at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She studies globalization & development policy, particularly as it affects Third World women. She'll complete her degrees after a 6-week internship in Geneva this summer and expects to graduate in August. Sarah hopes to stay and work for an IGO or INGO, but if that doesn't work she'll come back. Either way, she'll expects to be working in international policy to (hopefully) humanize First World "development" policy.
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Received May 2005 from Tiffany Eagar, class
of '05
Tiffany will be taking some time off from school before entering
Physician Assistant School.
Received May 2007 from John Ellis-Guardiola,
class of '02
John is an Associate Producer for the Tokyo Broadcasting System
in New York.
Received from Sarah Erickson, class of '93
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Sarah has enrolled in a graduate program in Modern French Studies at the University of London. |
Received from Laura Eying, class of '98
Laura was married on December 27, 2003. Laura and her husband currently live in Chicago, Il.
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Received from Stephanie Farrior, class of '74
Stephanie is a Professor at Dickinson School of Law, Penn State University.
Received from Anna Foxen, class of '91
Anna is a French teacher at Cleveland Middle School.
Received from Sondra Decker Fruzzetti, class of '71
Sondra received a Master's degree in Social Work and is currently working with refugees in St. Paul, MN.
Received from Adriane Frye, class of '97
Adriane has been working in children's publishing for the past five years as an editor of children's books. She is planning to complete a masters degree in Early Childhood Special and General Education (dual certification). Her goal is to move into reading specialization.
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Received May 2005 from Nicholas Grodin, class of '05
Next year Nicholas will study jazz and teach French in Paris followed by a masters program in jazz composition at the New England Conservatory in Boston.
Received from James Gaither, class of '90
James is a French teacher in Casper, WY.
Received from Camilla Grahn, class of '82
Camilla is a teacher of French and ESL in Minneapolis, MN.
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Received May 2008 from Shathel Haddad, class
of '08
Shahtel will be working as a Software Engineer at Thomson West
in the Twin Cities.
Received from Jane Echternacht Hallas, class
of '70
Jane is Director of Sales and Marketing for a Twin Cities based
domestic and international business.
Received January 2008 from Amanda Healy,
class of '05
Amanda is currently serving as an Americorps member with Admission
Possible, a college access program for low-income high school
students.
Received May 2007 from Emily Hedin, class
of '07
Emily received a Fullbright Scholarship and will examine how microfinance
impacts the growth of democratic efficiency and gender equality
in Senegal.
Received from Sarah Henderson, class of '91
Sarah is a special education teacher at Como Park High School in St. Paul, MN.
Received from Erin Hereford, class of '98
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Erin recently finished two years of the Peace Corps in Cote d'Ivoire and is currently teaching French, Spanish, and a course on Africa at an all boys' high school in Boston. |
Received from Anne Herisson-Leplace, class of '83
Anne is Director of the Alliance Française de Milwaukee, WI.
Received from Christopher Holden, class of
1988
Christopher is Dean of Students at Valley View Middle School in
Edina, MN; former French immersion teacher in Edina.
Received from Christina Houghton, class of
2006
Je sais que ça fait longtemps depuis que l'on a parlé,
mais j'ai vu cette article dans le journal aujourd'hui et elle
m'a fait pensée à vous. (J'étais une de vos
étudiants dans votre cours de cinéma africain).
Après avoir réçu mon diplome, j'ai démenagé
à New York, où j'habite maintenant. Je travaille
pour une compagnie qui fait du conseil et des relations publics
pour les musées d'art (Resnicow Schroeder Associates).
J'espère que tout va bien à Saint Paul et dans le
departement de français à Macalester.
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Received May 2005 from Erika Jerme, Class of '05
In September, Erika is headed to francophone Africa for a two-year agriculture assignment with the Peace Corps.
Received from Lisa Dykstra Jarosinski, class
of '86
Lisa has lived and worked in the Baltimore Maryland area since graduation where she has worked in the banking industry since graduation. She managed bank branches and then moved into Cash Management services for businesses. She married in 1995 to Mark. They met through a dating service. Yes, it's true, they do work. They had their first child , Hannah Lee, June 1999. Lisa decided to quit working in December 1999 because she wanted to spend more time with their daughter and the commute was getting to be a pain. Their son, Austin Mark, was born August 2003. She is home with a 4 year old and an infant. She is a very busy lady! Mark and Lisa also have a tax business. Mark and his father had the business before her father-in-law decided to let someone else help. So, I took and H and R Block course and here we are. Her father-in-law started the business about 55 years ago and have about 400 clients.
Received May 2006 from Andrea Johnson, class
of '06
Is working in Paris at communications and media advertising leader
Havas.
Received from Carolyn Johnson, class of '64
Carolyn is a retired French teacher in Roseville, MN. She is currently
subbing in the public schools of the area.
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Received from Robert-Charles Kahn, class of
'85
Robert-Charles Kahn is living in Geneva, Switzerland area with
his wife Cécile and two children, Juliette (4) and Adrien
(2). Both Robert and Cécile manage their own public relations
and communications consulting company called RC Komm SA (www.rckomm.com).
Robert is also a faculty member at Management Centre Europe where
he teaches integrated marketing communications. Kahn's latest
book is entitled, "The HR Guide to European Mergers and Acquisitions"
and can be obtained at Gower Publishing at the following link:
http://www.gowerpub.com/BookSearch.asp
Received May 2007 from Andrew Kessel, class
of '07
Andrew is headed to Francophone West Africa to work in the Peace
Corps.
Received May 2006 from Taous Khazem, class
of '03
Taous completed the two year certificate program at the French
Dramatic Art School Jacques Lecoq in Paris. She works as education
coordinator for Stepping Stone Theater in Saint Paul, MN, and
performs in the Twin Cities with various theater companies.
Received April 2006 from Emilia Klayn, class
of '05
Emilia is pursing a PhD in French and French Studies at New York
University.
Received May 2006 from Hande KolcakKostendil,
class of '03
Hande received an M.S. in Political Sociology ’04 from the
London School of Economics and Political Science.
Received May 2006 from Jan Kozak, class of
'03
Jan is pursuing an M.A. degree in international peace studies
at the UN University for Peace in Costa Rica.
Received May 2007 from Arda Kruan, class
of '05
Arda pursued a masters of Sciences in International Security in
Bristol, UK and returned to Cyprus to take a position as Political
Affairs Assistant to the Secretary of Political Affairs.
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Received from Jane Law, class of '82
Jane teaches at Harding High School in St. Paul, MN. She has a maîtrise from the University of Aix-Marseille.
Received from Katie LaZelle, class of '04
Katie will attend Lund University in Lund, Sweden, to obtain a Masters Degree in European Affairs.
Received from Annelies Lindemans
Annelies completed her master's degree in international management from the University of St. Thomas in 1997. She moved to California in 2000 to take a job with Agilent Technologies, a company which spun off from Hewlett-Packard and which is located in the heart of Silicon Valley. She is currently the company's Senior Immigration Specialist, and uses her French on occasion when working with foreign national employees.
Received from Doug Little, class of '91
Doug is a professional saxophonist and composer. He has released
numerous CDs and performed around the world. Doug won a 1998 McKnight
Fellowship for Composing and a 1999 Minnesota State Arts Board
Fellowship.
Received from Kelly Loughman, class of '01
Kelly is enrolled in a Master's program at the Center for Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College in Boston.
Received from Randi Lyders, class of '83
Randi is a certified financial planner (CFP), working with individuals and families to achieve their retirement, investment, protection, tax and estate planning goals. She and her husband, Scott Kindrick, have their own financial planning practice, having been associated with American Express Financial Advisors for the past 14 years.
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Received from Golnar Mahmoudi, class of '78
Golnar is a Manager of Research and Service Quality at the National Bank of Kuwait.
Received May 2008 from Kalii Massey, class
'08
After graduation, I will be teaching English at the LMC Learning
Center in Ilsan, Korea. The contract lasts for a year, after which
I intend to return to Saint Paul to get my certification in Teaching
English as a Foreign Language, in the hopes of increasing my qualifications
and broadening job opportunities for a successful and rewarding
career in ESL worldwide.
Received May 2006 from Lyungai Mbilinyi
’95
Lyungai received an M.S.W, ’98 and Ph.D., ’03 from
the University of Minnesota. She is a Project Director at the
Innovative Programs Research Group, School of Social Work, University
of Washington-Seattle.
Received from Virginia McBride, class of '77
Virginia is an Artist in St. Paul, MN.
Received from Katherine McMillan, class of '00
Katherine is a Citizens Assistance Analyst for the Consumer Division of the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.
Received from Mark Mertens, class of '85
Mark is a Spanish and former French teacher in Robbinsdale, MN.
Received May 2007 from Luis Mesa-Martinez,
class of '07
Luis will be attending the University of Granada, in Spain where
he'll work towards a masters and PhD in Musicology.
Received from Kimerly Miller, class of '72
Kimerly is the Owner of a travel business, France at your Fingertips and works with language immersion education.
Received from Ruth Milanese Lippin, class
of '65
Ruth has taught French on and off over the years. Now, she attempts to read French every day. She meets with a French friend as often as possible to bavarder. With her husband, Ken she plans a trip to France every two years. This year they have rented an apartment above an antique shop in Uzes. They both are looking forward to spending time in Languedoc and Provence.
Received from Ironelly Mora, class of '00
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Ironelly graduated from Macalester in 2000 and has been working with refugees ever since. She manages an Individual Development Account (IDA) Program at World Relief in Nashville, TN. The program helps low-income refugees and asylees understand the American financial system and save money to purchase a house, start a business, buy a car, attend post secondary education or buy a computer. Aside from this rewarding work where she interacts with people from all corners of the world, she also facilitates domestic violence prevention and anger management classes as part of a project with TN Correctional Services. She is grateful that her study and love of languages have been so useful in reaching out to both Latinos and west Africans in Nashville. In her spare time she volunteers with the Nashville Peace and Justice Center and serves on two advisory boards: Conexion Americas (a local non-profit that serves the Hispanic community) and the Institute for Social and Economic Development (based in Washington, DC). |
Received from Linell Gray Moss, class of '78
Linell is a Choir director at St. Lawrence University.
Received from Kimerly Miller
Kimerly is thrilled be a part-time Enrichment specialist with L'Etoile du Nord. After so many years as parent and advocate it is wonderful to know that the hard work paid off and we have one of the most popular schools in the St. Paul system. Who says Americans don't want to learn languages? Just give them a change! Kimerly also is Editor, American Council on Immersion Education Newsletter Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition.
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Received May 2006 from Paul Navratil, class
of '91
Paul earned an M.B.A. from the International School of Management
in Arizona and works as an energy trader for the European Market
in London.
Received from Megan Newell, class of '00
Megan is a Peace Corps volunteer teaching ESL in Bénin,
West Africa.
Received from Erica Nielsen, class of '03
Erica is pursing her MFA in Dance at Arizona State University.
Received from Jayne Niemi, class of '79
Jayne is the Registrar at Macalester College.
Received May 2006 from John Nimis
John is pursuing a Ph.D. in French Studies at New York University.
He received a fellowship to spend 2006-07 in Kinshasa
Received from June Noronha, class of '70
June is Dean of Multicultural Education of St. Catherine's College.
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Received May 2007 from Jacob Odland, Class
of '05
Jacob is pursuing a graduate degree in Library and Information
Science at the University of Illinois.
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Received May 2006 from Tafadzwa Pasipanodya,
class of '01
Tafadzwa received a Masters in Public Affairs ’04 degree
in Development Studies from Princeton University’s Woodrow
Wilson School. She is a Root-Tilden Scholar at the New York University
School of Law, class of 2008.
Received May 2006 from Helen Peil, class
of '06
Helen will be working in the Philippines for a year with
the Presbyterian Church (USA) Young Adult Volunteer in Mission
Program.
Received from Alice (Perrin) Lyon, class of
'52
Alice minored in French and was a SPANer to France in 1951. Alice
just heard the new opera on "Le Petit Prince" and was
transported back to the days of reading it in class at Mac. It
was lovely!
Received November 2007 from Sarah Peterson,
class of '04
Sarah is an Executive Assistant for the CEO at the Aga Kan Foundation
USA in Washington, DC. She is planning to further her studies
in Public Administration.
Received from Phil Platt, class of '71
Phil works in marketing and public relations for a high-speed
internet service provider, gofast.net, in the Twin Cities.
Received from Mary Podevin, class of '76
Mary is a licensed translator/interpreter in Avignon, France.
Received from Kathy Potter, class of '00
Kathy is in the Peace Corps in Nepal.
Received August 2006 from Anna Przbylski,
Class of '04
Anna is teaching 3rd grade at L'Etoile du Nord French Immersion
in St. Paul, MN.
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Received from Nicole Ray, class of '91
Nicole is a Management Consultant in Bangkok, Thailand.
Received from James Ries, class of '89
James is a Teacher of French in Massachusetts.
Received May 2008 from Clare Ryan, class
of '08
I will be a Teaching Assistant for the French Ministry of Education
next year.
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Received from David Smail
David, has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Worldwide General Counsel at Hasas S.A., the global advertising and communications group based in Paris.
Received from Jan Solberg, class of '75
Jan is an Associate professor of French at Kalamazoo College.
Received from Rick Sollom, class of '88
Rick is a former senior program associate at Physicians for Human Rights. Rick also worked for the UN in the area of human rights. Rick plans to return to teaching French.
Received from Cindi Stanton, class of '79
Cindi is the Director of Evaluation and Research for the Maternal/Neonatal Health Project at Johns Hopkins University.
Received from Nancy Startz, class of '80
Nancy
is a French immersion teacher in Columbus, OH.
Received from Valerie Stetson, class of '78
Valerie is a Consultant for International Development Agencies in Nairobi, Kenya.
Received from Cathy Stidwell, class of '90
Cathy is working in brand management for Johnson & Johnson in London, England.
Received from Lizzie Kilb Stofferahn, class of '81
Lizzie is an Attorney for Hennepin Country Attorney's Office.
Received from Barb Gregg Stuart, class of '71
Barb is the United States Trustee for Region Twelve (supervises the administration of consumer and business bankruptcy) under the office of the US Attorney General.
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Received May 2006 from David Tallmann, class
of '00
David worked as an intern in Senator Tom Daschle’s office
in Washington, D.C. before receiving his J.D. in international
law at Georgetown University Law Center. He is an Associate at
Thacher, Proffitt and Wood in Washington, DC.
Received from Bruce Tillitt, class of '75
Bruce is a French Teach at Tanana Middle School in Fairbanks,
AK.
Received from Toni Tindillier (Rymabowski),
class of '81
Toni runs a cooking school and gîte with her husband
Jean-Claude in Northern Burgundy.
Received May 2006 from Maïmouna Toliver,
class of ’02
Maïmouna is completing a dual Master’s Degree in
International Affairs and Development, and Public Health at Clark
Atlanta University and Morehouse School of Medicine, in Atlanta
Georgia.
Received from Rick Treece, class of '73
Rick is a Liaison between the Language Center and the Dept. of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota.
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Received from Laura Vargo, class of '93
Laura teaches ESL at Bruce Vento Elementary School in St. Paul, MN.
Received May 2 from Seth Viebrock, class of
'04
Seth will be taking classes at the University of Minnesota next year and plans on applying for graduate studies in Public Policy the year after.
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Received May 2006 from Jessica Wade, class
of '94
Jessica received an M.F.A. in theater scene design
from the University of Connecticut, a career path which began
during study abroad in Paris and when she worked at the Theatre
de la Jeune Lune in Minneapolis, MN.
Received from Mark Walden, class of '93
Since Macalester I've married and landed in Chicago, where
I work for a small graduate school of urban ministry, the Seminary
Consortium of Urban pastoral Education.
Received May 2007 from Laura Wertheim, class
of '07
Will be attending Christie's Education graduate program in Modern
Art, Connoisseurship, and the History of the Art Market.
Received May 2005 from Keon West, class of
'06
Received a Rhodes Scholarship and will attend Oxford to pursue
a graduate degree in Experimental Psychology.
Received September 2007 from Shruti Wilson,
class of '02
Shruti is a resident intern for Internal Medicine in Boston
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Received September 2007 from Omar Zgheib,
class of '02
Omar is completing his doctoral dissertation in Chemistry. He
conducted most of his recent research at the University of Geneva
in Switzerland.
Received May 2006 from Stephanie Ziebell,
class of '01
Stephanie works at the United Nations Development Fund for
Women in New York.
Received from Tom Ziebell
Tom is a teacher of French and a former administrator and teacher both in the US and Cameroon.
Received from Linda Zieghan, class of '70
Linda is the Chair of Intercultural Relations MA program at McGregor School, Antioch University, Ohio.
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