Alumni Blog

Year: 2011

  • Angelica Matthes Yackel ’10 and Andrew Yackel-Juleen ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Andrew Yackel(-Juleen) ’10 and Angelica (Matthes) Yackel ’10 were married at Gustavus on June 4, 2011. They highly recommend that any and every Gustie be married at Gustavus–it was perfect.

  • Blake Davis ’89 and Paul Laird ’88

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    Erin Wilken

    Warden Blake Davis (89) and Assistant Director Paul Laird (88) recently lead the first Department of Justice international treaty exchange between United States and Russia. During their diplomatic mission, they met with prison officials from the Russian Ministry of Justice and facilitated the first exchange of prisoners between the two countries. The Gustavus grads took…

  • Charlotte Pratt Nordstrom ’86

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    Erin Wilken

    Charlotte Nordstrom, a counselor at Century College in White Bear Lake, MN received the college’s Outstanding Faculty Award for 2010-2011 for her work “above and beyond to serve students.” She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Henrik ’88 and children Nils, 11 and Ebba, 6.

  • Megan Backer Kelley ’03

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    Erin Wilken

    Megan Backer Kelley ’03 married Ian Kelley on May 21, 2011, in Sturgeon Lake, MN.  

  • Linda Bergstrom ’73

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    Erin Wilken

    I recently received a nice honor from my professional association. I was named a “Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives.” Below is the brief bio sketch I submitted which will be published in the Sept issue of the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. JMWH short bio Linda Bergstrom graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College,…

  • Stacey Lindell ’00

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    Megan Myhre

    Stacey Lindell, a graduate of Gustavus Adolphus College, is starring in the area premiere of a Broadway musical opening on Friday, June 10, in downtown Minneapolis. Lindell received her Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Gustavus in 2000. The area premiere of the musical comedy, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will be performed by the Minneapolis Musical Theatre…

  • Matt Lindholm ’10 and Morgan Bollinger ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Morgan Bollinger ’08 and Matt Lindholm ’10 are happy to announce their engagement to be married. The Forest Lake natives plan to be married in June of 2012. (Bollinger ’08 left, Lindholm ’10 right)

  • Mark Sallmen ’73

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    Erin Wilken

    I am a licensed Finnish tour guide, guiding tours in Pietarsaari/Jakobstad where I live. It is a hobby of mine. I guide in both Finnish and English though my Swedish comes into use also. I love showing the church from the middle ages as well as the cottage of our national poet Johan Ludwig Runeberg…

  • A Hamlet Reunion This May

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    Megan Myhre

    The Department of Theatre and Dance at Gustavus presented the timeless classic Hamlet in Anderson Theatre this May 5-14, 2011. The matinee on May 8th was a particularly special performance because a few alumni and members of the cast from the 1966 performance of Hamlet attended that performance. Linda Gulder Huett ’66 played the role…

  • Travis Lange ’96

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    Erin Wilken

    I’m designing really big lasers (though, sadly, not putting them on the heads of sharks) for Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and living in Oakland, CA.