Mac Community Engagement Center

Health & Wellness

Students at Macalester interact with health and wellness through many different pathways. Maybe you're following a pre-med track and are interested in spending time in clinics and hospitals, learning how doctors and nurses do their jobs. Maybe you’re interested in public health and advocacy and want to be involved in health education or connecting people to the resources they need. Maybe you plan to study psychology or neuroscience, and want to work with children or adults with developmental disabilities. Connect to get a sense of the broad range of health-related work happening in the Twin Cities, and to help you start thinking about ways you might want to get involved.

Engagement Opportunities

Click an opportunity below to learn more and express interest
Org NameNameThemesTimeframe
HealthPartnersNeuroscience, Digestice Care, Surgery
Health & Wellness
M-F 9:30-12:30, or 1-4pm
HealthPartnersRegions Hospital
Health & Wellness
5:30-8:30pm, weekdays (possible weekend shifts available as well)
Lyngblomsten- Perspective Collective: Dialogue with Elders
Dialogue
 Health & Wellness
Tuesday afternoons
Open Arms of MinnesotaPrep food for people with life-threateging medical conditions
Health & Wellness
 Housing
Open Cities Health CenterAssist with preventative health outreach
Health & Wellness
Planned Parenthood North Central StatesClinic Escort
Health & Wellness
United Hospital- Assist in a weekly shift in a hospital unit.
Health & Wellness
Weekly 3-4 hour shift.
It takes a month on average to go through intake process and get started. A 60-hour commitment required (longer than a semester)--but flexible with schedule changes, summer, etc.

Contact us at cec@macalester.edu or stop by the third floor of Markim Hall with any questions