Macalester Today - FALL 2016 - Features - Job Accelerator 10

Oct 3, 2026

Macalester Today FALL 2016 presents feature stories and campus community highlights from Macalester College, including an overview of the Mac Startups program and profiles such as the Job Accelerator, the new dean of the Career Development Center, and other alumni-driven narratives. The issue also includes sections like Departments and Letters, along with staff and publication information. It emphasizes student entrepreneurship, professional career development, community engagement, and alumni life.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLifestyle

FormatPDF

Pages52

Reading Time1 h 20 min

AccessFree to download

Features

Job Accelerator 10

Her Day in Court 12

An Insider’s Election Guide 16

Summer Start-ups 22

Joyful Innovator 28

All Rise 30

Gallery for the People 34

Departments

Letters

Household Words

Class Notes

Mac Weddings

In Memoriam

Grandstand

Macalester Today FALL 2016 Entrepreneurial Excellence Mac Startups program gives students a summer crash course in growing a business. PAGE 22 MacalesterToday FALL 2016 Features Job Accelerator 10 Meet Mindy Deardurff, energetic new dean of the Career Development Center Her Day in Court 12 Amy Hagstrom Miller ’89 was the lead plaintiff in this generation’s most critical abortion rights decision. An Insider’s Election Guide 16 Summer Start-ups 22 Seven fledgling businesses spread their wings in a remarkable entrepreneurial incubator. Joyful Innovator 28 With three jobs and plenty more to accomplish in medicine and business, Collin Mothupi ’00 is an idea generator. All Rise 30 The inspirational life and career of Judge Michael Davis ’69 Gallery for the People 34 Art meets community in Tricia Heuring’s Northeast Minneapolis space. ON THE COVER: The young entrepreneurs behind Polyglot (from left): Gloria Odoemelam ’19, Becky Githinji ’18, and Lilian Vo ’18 / Photo by David Turner PHOTO: DAV ID J . TURNER 4 Departments Letters 2 Household Words 3 Summit to St. Clair 4 Mussels, Zika, and the Kardashians Class Notes 36 Mac Weddings 40 In Memoriam 46 Grandstand 48 40 Staff EDITOR Lynette Lamb [llamb@macalester.edu](llamb@macalester.edu) ART DIRECTOR Brian Donahue CLASS NOTES EDITOR Robert Kerr ’92 PHOTOGRAPHER David J. Turner CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Rebecca DeJarlais Ortiz ’06 Jan Shaw-Flamm’76 ASSISTANT VP FOR COMM/PR David Warch ACTING DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT Stephanie Mulcahey MACALESTER COLLEGE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES Jerry Crawford ’71 PRESIDENT Brian Rosenberg MACALESTER TODAY (Volume 104, Number 4) is published by Macalester College. It ismailed free of charge to alumni and friends of the college four times a year. Circulation is 32,000 . FOR CHANGE OF ADDRESS , please write: Alumni Engagement, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave. , St. Paul, MN 55105-1899. Or call (651) 696-6295. Toll-free: 1-888-242-9351. [Email: alumnioffice@macalester.edu](Email: alumnioffice@macalester.edu) TO SUBMIT COMMENTS OR IDEAS , Phone: 651-696-6452. Fax: 651-696-6192. [Email: mactoday@macalester.edu](Email: mactoday@macalester.edu) [Web: macalester.edu/alumni](Web: macalester.edu/alumni) Macalester Today is printed on Rolland Enviro 100, a 100 percent recycled paper. Our printer, Bolger Printing of Minneapolis, is FSC® certified. Letters Miss Wood School Thank you so much for the fine article about Miss Wood’s School (“Pioneering Preschool,”Summer 2016) . I was privileged to graduate from Miss Wood’s School in 1945, so I knew her and took her classes. When the school be- I read with great interest and nostalgia the last issue of Macalester Today (Summer 2016), which had the lengthy article on Miss Wood's School, which I always knew as Miss Wood’s Kindergarten. I was one of those children who in 1945 helped the Bryant Avenue school Correction A photo of the Class of 1965 that appeared in the most recent issue (Class Notes, Summer 2016) was accompanied by the wrong caption. Below is the photo and the correct caption: Greetings from Fairbanks, Alaska! Twentyfour members and friends of the Class of 1965 spent 12 glorious days exploring Alaskain June 2016. The invitation to come north was presented at our 50th Reunion in 2015.Judy Anderson Tolbert ’65 arranged “Mac ’65’s Amazing Alaskan Adventure” through Summer Sessions of the University of Alaska–Fairbanks.The adventure began with a welcome in Judy's backyard performed by the Red Hackle Bagpipe Band. Mt. Denali was visible as the group drove south through Denali National Park. Whales, eagles, and otters were companions during the Resurrection Bay cruise out of Seward, culminating the trip/class reunion. The Mac ’65 logo even appeared on our welcome cake! came a part of Macalester, I had several student teachers from Macalester who worked with me at the St. Paul Neighborhood House

FAQs

What is the Mac Startups program described in the issue?

The Mac Startups program gives students a summer crash course in growing a business and is highlighted as an entrepreneurial incubator.

What is featured under “Job Accelerator 10”?

“Job Accelerator 10” introduces Mindy Deardurff, the energetic new dean of the Career Development Center.

Which departments and recurring sections appear in this issue?

The issue includes Departments such as Letters, Household Words, Class Notes, Mac Weddings, In Memoriam, and Grandstand.

Oct 3, 2026

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