Ole Career Volunteer

Connect with students who have a broad range of interests in the arts!

If you work or are involved in the arts or in a museum setting of any kind, we would love to include you in this event.

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Connect with students who are exploring a variety of career paths within Business.

Alumni from any size of business, type of role, and stage in their career are welcome to attend.

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Connect with students who are exploring a variety of career paths within Business.

Alumni from any size of business, type of role, and stage in their career are welcome to attend.

Check back soon for Registration Information!

Alumni engage in a variety of meaningful ways as employers:

• Share a job or internship opportunity: Submit this quick form or email HireOles@stolaf.edu
• Host an internship for a St. Olaf student
• Host a work site visit or an event in the Twin Cities
• Connect with students virtually, or in conjunction with an upcoming Connections Trip

Please contact Bryan Shealer (shealer@stolaf.edu), Senior Associate Director of Employer and Alumni Relations, or see our Employer Resources page  for more information.

Share opportunities with fellow alumni! Do you have a job opportunity that requires more experience than current students can offer? Share your job opening with the St. Olaf alumni community by emailing HireOles@stolaf.edu OR post it directly in the St. Olaf College Alumni Group on LinkedIn.

Internships are critical to student career development, offering an opportunity to build skills, gain experience, explore career paths, and make connections.

Internships can take place year-round, but demand is highest during January and over the summer months, based on the academic calendar.

Please contact Bryan Shealer (shealer@stolaf.edu), Senior Associate Director of Employer and Alumni Relations to begin a conversation about what may be a good fit for you, your company/organization, and the needs of students.

Job shadowing allows students to learn first-hand about the work setting and career paths, and to build professional connections in a field of interest.

Job shadowing is most in demand in healthcare and law settings.

Please be in touch if you may be able to offer job shadowing, or would like to discuss this possibility:

• General contact: Kristi Kehrwald Adair <kehrwa1@stolaf.edu>
• Healthcare Shadowing opportunities: Dana L Rechtzigel <rechtz1@stolaf.edu>
• Law-related Shadowing opportunities: Leslie Moore <moore1@stolaf.edu>

Individual conversations can have a tremendous impact on students! Here are some of the ways St. Olaf alumni and students are connecting 1:1:

• Virtual Alumni-Student Speed Networking Events – see the full schedule of events and register above!
• Alumni Career Chats – 20 minute conversations between students and alumni are scheduled at various times throughout the academic year. If you would like to consider connecting with students on campus or virtually please reach out!
• Job Shadowing Opportunities, particularly in Health & Law career fields – students need to gain experience in the field to help shape their path and to prepare to apply for further education.
  • Healthcare Shadowing opportunities: Dana L Rechtzigel <rechtz1@stolaf.edu>
  • Law-related Shadowing opportunities: Leslie Moore <moore1@stolaf.edu>
  • General contact: Kristi Kehrwald Adair <kehrwa1@stolaf.edu>
• Assist an Entrepreneur – Support entrepreneurially minded students by providing feedback and mentoring students prior to the the Ole Cup pitch competition. Contact: Meghan McMillan <mcmill2@stolaf.edu>
• Individually arranged 1:1 conversations – Students and alumni often reach out to one another directly, by referral or via LinkedIn. Thank you for supporting Oles who reach out to you! By replying to messages, lending insight or sharing resources, and connecting with individuals to the extent that you’re able to at any given time you help shape the career paths of students and fellow alumni!

Contact: Kristi Kehrwald Adair (kehrwa1@stolaf.edu), Associate Director for Alumni Career Engagement

Share your career and industry knowledge with students.  In a facilitated format, panelists share their career path, and provide advice based on their industry, occupation, educational path, and/or lived experience.

Various in-person and virtual alumni panels take place each academic year. Panels are curated with the intention of representing a broad range of viewpoints in terms of industry area, alumni identity, educational path, and other characteristics. If you are interested in serving on a future alumni panel, please be in touch!

Contact: Kristi Kehrwald Adair <kehrwa1@stolaf.edu>

Engage with students in your city!

Each Fall Break, January Break, and Spring Break a group of students travels to a different part of the country to explore careers, learn about the city itself, and to connect with alumni. Volunteer as a work site host, share your industry knowledge during an alumni panel, or help students explore the city alongside other alumni volunteers.

Program cities include: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Madison, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, D.C.

Regional cities include: Twin Cities and Rochester, MN

Contact: Kristi Kehrwald Adair (kehrwa1@stolaf.edu)

Explore 27,000+ alumni profiles on the St. Olaf College LinkedIn page.

Join the St. Olaf College Alumni Group to stay in touch with the Ole community, find out about upcoming events and opportunities, and to share employment opportunities with fellow alumni!

Find contact information and connect with Oles by using the St. Olaf Alumni Directory.

Navigating your career path is an ongoing process! Many career resources for alumni are available on our Alumni Career Services website, including details about how you can meet with the Piper Center’s alumni career coach for 1:1 vocational and career support.

Handshake is a job search tool available to students and very recent alumni.

To obtain your login information, please contact the Piper Center at piper.center@stolaf.edu.