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Implementation Groups

During the 2024-25 academic year, the following groups and committees are meeting regularly to advance elements of the Imagine, Macalester strategic plan:

Strategic Plan Implementation Committee

  • Paul Overvoorde, Provost’s Office, co-chair
  • Jeff Allen, Admissions and Financial Aid, co-chair
  • Laurie Adamson, Center for Student Leadership and Engagement, co-director of First Year Experience (former co-chair of Student Ready Campus and First Year Experience working groups)
  • Louisa Bradtmiller, Environmental Studies, Associate Dean for Advising, co-director of First Year Experience (former co-chair of the Employee Well-being and Advising working groups)
  • Deb Ekeren, Human Resources (former member of Employee Well-being working group)
  • Jen Guyer-Wood, Career Exploration, co-chair of High Impact Practices working group
  • Duchess Harris, American Studies, co-chair of Curriculum Implementation Committee (former co-chair of EPAG ad hoc Curricular Committee)
  • Bethany Miller, Institutional Research and Assessment
  • Rebecca DeJarlais Ortiz, Communications and Marketing
  • Catie Gardner Smith, Engagement (former co-chair of Immersing Alumni in the Intellectual Life of the College working group)
  • Sara Suelflow, President’s Office
  • Dan Trudeau, Geography, co-chair of Curriculum Implementation Committee (former member of EPAG ad hoc Curricular Committee)

Curriculum Implementation Committee (2024-2027)

  • Duchess Harris, American Studies, co-chair
  • Dan Trudeau, Geography, co-chair
  • Nancy Bostrom, Institutional Research and Assessment
  • Amy Damon, Economics
  • Angi Faiks, Library
  • Brianna Heggeseth, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
  • Victoria Malawey, Music
  • Paul Overvoorde, Provost’s Office
  • Joslenne Peña, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
  • Beth Severy-Hoven, Classical Mediterranean and Middle East
  • Lina Solh, ‘28, student representative

High Impact Practices Working Group

  • Jen Guyer-Wood, Career Exploration, co-chair
  • Dennis Cao, Chemistry, co-chair
  • Shanti Freitas, Center for Study Away
  • Adam Johnson, Institutional Research
  • Minerva Muñoz, Institutional Equity
  • Paul Overvoorde, Provost Office
  • Hui Wilcox, Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship

First-Year Experience

  • Laurie Adamson, Executive Director of Center for Student Leadership and Engagement, Co-director
  • Louisa Bradtmiller, Environmental Studies and Associate Dean for Advising, Co-director

Academic Year 2023-2024

Academic Year 2022-23