Category: Career Development

Helping While They Learn

Through internships, Mac students gain real-world experience, from market research for startups to working in public health with refugee populations.

Preserving Native American Culture

Abaki Beck ’15 works to preserve the traditional medicine of the Blackfeet Nation.

Class of 2017—What’s Next?

The Class of 2017 is ready to take on the world. See what some of them have planned for after Macalester.

MacConnect: Networking with Alumni

MacConnect trips help students network with alumni in Seattle, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

Student Investors

Macalester Investment Group teaches undergraduates to be stock analysts.

From Macalester to Mosul

Aid-worker Rick Latham Lechowick ’04 has a newfound commitment to a beleaguered ethnic group in Northern Iraq.

Life in the State Department

From South Korea to Pakistan, Isabelle Chan ’06 works to make the world a safer, more equitable place.

Speculating About the Future

African American Lit professor andré carrington ’03 looks to science fiction, fantasy and related genres for clues to the cultural politics of the future.

Returning Musicians

Three members of the Class of 2013 come back to campus for a residency and concert.

Job Accelerator

Meet Mindy Deardurff, the energetic new dean of the Career Development Center.

Resurrection in the Heart of New Orleans

Historic St. Paul's Church in New Orleans was in danger of fading away, but Andrew Greenhaw '06 thought the church still had a lot to give.

International Intern

International studies major Emily Elkins ’16 helps refugees become U.S. citizens.

Class of 2016—What’s Next?

Macalester's Class of 2016 is off to make their mark in the world. Here's where some of them are headed.

Neuroscience Advancer

Michael Lee ’85 is helping us understand Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases.

Honest Messaging

How cancer and a single greeting card helped Emily McDowell ’98 start a thriving gift company.

Young Alumni Entrepreneurs

Fashion, clean energy, home brewing. Young alumni create new enterprises by combining ideas, initiative and determination with the willingness to take a chance.

The Class of 2015: After Mac

We checked in with a few members of the Class of 2015 to see what their first year out of college looks like.

Healthcare Consultant

An information session with Macalester alumni inspired Jyothi Dhanwada ’15 to pursue a career in healthcare consulting; today she works with Optum Consulting at UnitedHealth Group.

Leading the Loft

Economic Consultant

Ha Song Pham ’15 discovered an affinity for data and learned how to make them reveal their truths.

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