Home News Alumni Category: Alumni 2017 James Wallace Society Dinner The 28th Annual James Wallace Dinner took place on June 1. Reunion 2017: Saturday Events Reunion 2017 took place June 2-4. Reunion 2017: People Reunion 2017 took place June 2-4. Reunion 2017: Friday Reunion 2017 took place June 2-4. From Weyerhaeuser to the White House On the long and honorable political odyssey of Walter Mondale ’50. Researching the Great Apes of Borneo Cecilia Mayer ’16 reports from the Tuanan Orangutan Research Station in Indonesia. Preserving Native American Culture Abaki Beck ’15 works to preserve the traditional medicine of the Blackfeet Nation. Dear Class of 2017 Our alumni—ranging from the Class of 1967 to the Class of 2016—share their best advice about navigating life after Mac. MacConnect: Networking with Alumni MacConnect trips help students network with alumni in Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Four Different Internships Four Mac students talk about the fun and the value of gaining real-world experience through internships in the Twin Cities. Networking Success Future McKinsey consultant Sunakshi Wadhwa ’17 took every opportunity to meet and learn from Macalester alumni on her way to graduation. Mac Sweethearts Plenty of Mac romances turn into lifelong partnerships. We asked Mac couples from five decades to tell us how they fell in love at 1600 Grand. History Through an African American Lens While earning a PhD in history from Harvard, Tsione Wolde-Michael ’08 became a major contributor to the groundbreaking new African American museum in Washington, D.C. Ground Level Firat Taydas ’92 built his career from a “DNA-level” understanding of coffee and an entrepreneurial spirit. Monarchs Forever Two alums have built a career displaying and helping preserve an iconic North American butterfly. Bad Bad Hats Three students found each other at Mac—and founded a band that has taken off. When Mac Was Rad Looking back at the 1980s at 1600 Grand. Award-Winning Public Radio Reporter Native American journalist Brian Bull ’91 reports on stories others might miss. Wall Street Journal Reporter From his Manhattan desk, journalist Eliot Brown '06 draws on his Mac history and geography education. Death Row Investigator Alumna Ellen Brady ’15 uses what she learned at Macalester to help inmates facing the death penalty. From Macalester to Mosul Aid-worker Rick Latham Lechowick ’04 has a newfound commitment to a beleaguered ethnic group in Northern Iraq. Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 11 Next
