Alumni Blog

Month: September 2010

  • Alex Brakke Sedlmayr ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Alex Brakke ’10 and Jeff Sedlmayr were married on August 14, 2010 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. They were married at Pettibone Park Gazebo in LaCrosse and are now living in Alma, Wisconsin.

  • Jessica Behrends ’02

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    Erin Wilken

    In June, I started a new job as the Grant & Per Diem Liaison/Homeless Outreach Social Worker at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center.

  • Jared Chapman ’07

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    Erin Wilken

    Jared Chapman, class of 2007, is currently working towards his masters of teaching degree at the University of Minnesota. He is also coaching varsity football with Nick David, class of 2007, at Montgomery Lonsdale High School.

  • Brad Maiers ’07

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    Erin Wilken

    Brad Maiers, class of 2007, from Bloomington Jefferson, will be completing his Masters of Business Administration in May 2011, from St. Thomas University.

  • Adam Strand ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Currently, I am a little over a month into the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine. It’s an incredible amount of work, but it’s very rewarding. One thing I am certainly missing is music. While at GAC, I was very involved in the music program, using music as a means to balance my…

  • Tera Johnson White ’90

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    Erin Wilken

    Tera works as an Occupational therapist with Blankenheim Services in the field of work hardening and Ergonomics. She returned to work in August after 2 years at home with her children.

  • Karin Hedstrom Hogen ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    I am now employed at Lincoln International High School in Minneapolis, MN as a full-time English/language arts teacher.

  • Erin Hirschey and Ian Wolff

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    Erin Wilken

    Erin Marie Hirschey ’09 married Ian MacNamara Wolff ’08 on August 27, 2010 in Deephaven, MN.

  • Julie Dee Weisenhorn ’85

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    Erin Wilken

    Currently, I am the state director for the University of MN Extension Master Gardener Program and an extension educator in horticulture and sustainable landscape design. My husband, Karl, and I live in Mound, MN. I am fortunate to be part of a group of Gustie women who gather annually for a long weekend. 2010 will…

  • Jea Bjorling Young ’70

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    Erin Wilken

    We’re still here in northeastern Ghana, manning Saboba Medical Centre, an 80-bed, soon to be 100 – bed mission hospital where I am the only doctor. (Go to Saboba Medical Centre on Facebook or check out Saboba’s Hope on the Net.) Sorry I won’t be able to join all of you but I’ll be thinking…