Alumni Blog

Month: October 2011

  • Rhonda Fischer Krueger ’04

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    Erin Wilken

    Rhonda Fischer Krueger was married to Luke Krueger on September 24, 2011. They live in rural Eagle Lake, just east of Mankato. Rhonda is a Revenue Agent with the IRS in Mankato.

  • Anne Johnson ’84

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    Erin Wilken

    Anne Johnson ’84 of Arlington, Virginia was recently promoted to Assistant Director in the Natural Resources and Environment Team at the Government Accountability Office in Washington, D.C.

  • Chad Bigalke ’00

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    Erin Wilken

    Chad Bigalke ’00 graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation.

  • Megan Johnson Friedrich ’05

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    Erin Wilken

    Hailey Renee Friedrich was born to Megan Johnson Friedrich and Luke Friedrich on 9-10-2010.

  • Anjeanette Perkins ’89

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    Erin Wilken

    Anjeanette Perkins ’89 is the senior pastor of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Nevada, Iowa starting the first Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27, 2011.

  • Dorea Ruggles ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    Dorea Ruggles ’06 completed her PhD at Boston University and is now working as a post doctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota.

  • Danielle Dryke ’03

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    Erin Wilken

    My story about deciding to join the Peace Corps after graduation from Gustavus while traveling with the Center for Vocational Reflection to the Inward Bound Conference was selected for Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness. This is the first piece I have ever submitted for publication. The book will be released on October…

  • Katherine Hoffman Anderson ’04

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    Erin Wilken

    Katherine Hoffman Anderson ’04 started working for Mankato Clinic as a family medicine physician in August of 2011.

  • Chris Bacon ’07, Noemi Lopez ’08, and Maria Bryan ’13

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    Erin Wilken

    Chris Bacon ’07 and Noemi Lopez ’08 spent the summer traveling in South America. While on an excursion deep in the Amazon rainforest of Ecuador, we came across Maria Bryan ’13, a fellow Gustie who was spending time volunteering at a hospital in Quito! This picture was taken after emerging from the Amazon, in which…

  • Debbie Curran McGarity ’91

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    Erin Wilken

    Hi, I recently had an audience with Mrs. Obama. I was in Washington DC attending a luncheon sponsored by the National Partnership for Women & Families, an advocacy organization I work with through my position at Sanofi US as Senior Director of Chronic Disease Prevention & Wellness. Mrs. Obama was the keynote speaker at the…