Archive for October, 2011Page 2

Anjeanette Perkins ’89

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. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Dorea Ruggles ’06

Dorea Ruggles ’06 completed her PhD at Boston University and is now working as a post doctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Danielle Dryke ’03

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

Katherine Hoffman Anderson ’04 started working for Mankato Clinic as a family medicine physician in August of 2011. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

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

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

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 […]

Amelia Greiner Safi ’02

Amelia Greiner ’02 and Basil Safi were married in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 3, 2011. Amelia also completed her Ph.D. in Social and Behavioral Sciences from the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health this past June. She will begin as an Assistant Professor in Rutgers’ Bloustein […]

Adam ’08 and Laura Kojetin Ingalsbe ’07

Grace Elaine Ingalsbe was born on September 4, 2011. The proud parents are Adam Ingalsbe ’08 and Laura Kojetin Ingalsbe ’07. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Tessa Carlsen Wolff ’07

Tessa Carlsen Wolff ’07  is now the North American Marketing Manager for the Professional Graphics division at AMD (Advanced Micro Devices). This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Class of ’71 looked great for their 40-Year Reunion

Here are some pictures from the Class of 1971. They had a terrific weekend full of hugs, memories and good times! Thanks to all who attended and made it a terrific Homecoming/Reunion Weekend!

Class of 1981 knows how to “Celebrate Good Times!”

The Class of ’81 had quite the 30-Year Reunion! Flash mob, good times, and laughter all rolled up into one great Homecoming/Reunion Weekend. Thanks to all who worked hard to make it a good one!

Students and Alumni Connect over Nobel Luncheon

In conjunction with the 47th Nobel Conference “The Brain and Being Human”, the Office of Alumni Relations and the Center for Servant Leadership collaborated to host a Mentoring Luncheon to connect current students with an interest in neuroscience with alumni who work in related fields. The luncheon was held on the first day of the […]

Paul Batz ’85 is asking, “When’s the last time you pulled your ‘fun-muscles?'”

Don’t miss this interesting, passionate, and tug-at-you-heartstrings blog post written by Paul Batz ’85 (co-founder of What Really Works) all about Gustavus and Homecoming! Here is a little piece of the blog. Read the whole article at www.paulbatz.com. “I’m glad it’s Tuesday morning. Seriously, there’s a couple thousand proud Gustavus Adolphus College people — from […]

Mike Metzger ’02

May 19th, 2011 my third child, Andrew Bailey Metzger was born. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!