Alumni-Student Career Connections & Volunteering

As a St. Olaf alum, you are able to offer students a unique perspective into the world of work and life beyond the Hill. You may be aware of internships and job opportunities that could help students as they explore and launch their career.

Share your career insight and engage with students in partnership with the Piper Center for Vocation and Career through the opportunities outlined below.

Your insight is also appreciated as you volunteer on an informal basis, anytime a student reaches out to you via LinkedIn or upon referral!

(Seeking vocational and career support from the Piper Center as an alum? Please see Alumni Career Services.)

Alumni and students at a panel conversation

Share your career and industry knowledge with students. In a facilitated format, alumni panelists can 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>

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

Share your city by exploring alongside a small group of students, host a group of students at your place of employment, and/or speak on a panel to provide students with your vocational insight.

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

Support entrepreneurially minded students by providing feedback on their business pitch at the Ole Cup pitch competition. Or, support student entrepreneurs as a mentor.

Student-winners receive start-up funds and mentoring expertise in the following areas: accounting & finance, fundraising & investors, legal services, marketing & social media, payroll & human resources, web & technology.

Contact: Meghan McMillan <mcmill2@stolaf.edu>

Add your name to the list of St. Olaf alumni and parents who would be willing to offer job shadowing opportunities to aspiring pre-health (e.g. medicine, occupational therapy, physical therapy, dentistry, veterinary science, etc.) or pre-law students.

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

Pre-Health: Dana L Rechtzigel <rechtz1@stolaf.edu>

Pre-Law: Leslie Moore <moore8@stolaf.edu>