Alumni Blog

Month: February 2011

  • Yoshikazu Suzuki ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Yoshikazu Suzuki ’08 has formally accepted his full-funding offer for the Ph.D. program at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota.

  • Leandra Peak ’83

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    Erin Wilken

    Leandra Peak ’83 has long been a favorite as half of the Minneapolis-based folk duo Neal & Leandra (with husband Neal Hagberg ’81). Now she steps out front with her first solo recording, The Honeysuckle Vine: Lullabies for Everybody. Lullabies have been a musical thread throughout Leandra’s life. She remembers her mother singing to her…

  • Bob Engstrom ’60 Memorial Fishing Event

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    pkauffma

    A group of ’60 grads gathered on Lake Vermilion on northern Minnesota to participate in the first annual Bob Engstrom Memorial fishing event. Participants are from left to right: Jim Anderson, Steve Lundgren, Bill Shogren, Dave Carlson, Joel Wiberg and Dennis Johnson.

  • ’67 TMTs gather

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    Erin Wilken

    February 2011, six TMTs from the class of ’67 enjoyed a few days together at the home of Karen Gruber Pagel ’67 & Jack Pagel on Sanibel Island, Florida. With all living in various parts of the country, connections have been maintained by means of a Round Robin letter package since 1968. From left: Jane…

  • Sarah Zierke Solyntjes ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Sarah Zierke Solyntjes was recently hired as the Quality Assistant for August Schell Brewing Company in New Ulm.

  • Matt Swenson ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    Matt Swenson was recently hired as Deputy Communication Director for the Minnesota Department of Commerce.

  • Chelsea Kramer ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Chelsea Kramer ’10 will be working as a Conservation Associate Intern at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic.

  • Alex Nelson ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    Alex Nelson ’06 married Amy Have on Feb. 6, 2010.

  • Katelyn Pedersen ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Katelyn Pedersen is working as a Registered Nurse at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, WI on the Cardiac Progressive Care Unit.

  • Marisa Mancini Rothrock ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    Marisa Mancini Rothrock ’06 married Brian Rothrock on July 24, 2010. We are both working as Middle School teachers (Brian–Art; Marisa–English/Language Arts) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.