Home News Career Exploration Category: Career Exploration Interns to Employees: Part Two Two students from the Class of 2022 share how they turned internships into full-time jobs. Eleven Months Later: James Bellitto ‘21 What's like after graduation? James Belitto shares. Eleven Months Later: Hannah Whipple ’21 What's life like after graduation? Hannah Whipple shares. Interns to employees Two students from the Class of 2022 share how they turned internships into full-time jobs. Work Wisdom: Laura Rasmussen ’85 Rasmussen shares lessons she's learned as co-owner of yarn and needlepoint shop 3 Kittens Needle Arts. Hometown Organizer Sami Banat ’24 is part of a St. Paul commission reenvisioning emergency response in the city. From Stage to Set How improv at Mac inspired Hannah Rehak '15 and Nina Slesinger '14's creative pursuits. Tips on how to find that first job after college Mindy Deardurff, dean of Career Exploration, offers some advice and reassurance, plus a helpful reminder that one of the many perks of being a Macalester alum is a lifetime of career support. Virtual Explorations Students used winter break to gain career skills and collaborate on solutions for healing border communities in crisis. Career Exploration team featured in new book by New York Times columnist The Price You Pay for College by Ron Lieber features a conversation with Career Exploration Dean Mindy Deardurff. Six Months Later: Class of 2020 From delayed Fulbrights to “quarantine pods,” the first six months out of college looked vastly different for this year’s Macalester grads. We caught up with five of them to learn about life after Mac. Exploring careers Every summer the Macalester Summer Internship Grant supports students while they work Mixing liberal arts with investment banking Theo Nsereko brings his liberal arts experience to Wall Street. Serving with the Red Crescent For her summer internship, Karinna Gerhardt ‘20 is working with the Red Crescent on public health campaigns in Jordan. Empowering Women in Palestine Donia Kraishi '21 is spending the summer working on two projects for the United Nations. Foreign Service Alexander Young Williams ‘20 is getting a taste of government life this summer through his internship at the U.S. Embassy in Benin. Class of 2019—What’s Next? As the Class of 2019 prepares to head off into the world, here's a preview of what a few have planned. Spring Break Destination: Career Exploration Students headed both east and west to participate in Macalester's MacConnect trips. Networking in the nation’s capitol Students met with alumni and organizations in Washington,D.C. during the January MacConnect program Mac Across the Country Every year, the MacConnect program flies select students to meet with alumni in a variety of fields all over the country. Six months later: Alex Gordon Six months after Alex graduated from Macalester, we asked him what life looks like now. Previous 1 2 3 4 Next
