Alumni Blog

Year: 2011

  • Chris Stavenger ’03

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    Erin Wilken

    Chris Stavenger is a PA-C at Sanford Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Fargo, ND.

  • Ron Ackerman ’68, Gary Rettke ’65, Al Muehlhausen ’69, and Dave Johnson ’66

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    Erin Wilken

    At the recent NCAA Division I Wrestling Tournament in March in Philadelphia, 4 former Gustie Wrestlers from the MIAC Championship Wrestling Team of 1965 re-united. From left to right: Ron Ackerman ’68, Gary Rettke ’65, Al Muehlhausen ’69, and Dave Johnson ’66

  • Justyn Dow ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Justyn Dow, class of 2008, is a singer/songwriter based out of Minneapolis. On February 15, 2011, he released his debut album, titled Dim Light Shining. The name came from a band he and four other Gusites formed during their tenure on top of the hill. The EP is currently available for purchase on iTunes. On…

  • Kristin Garland ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    Kristin Garland, class of 2006, is a current M.A. candidate in Sport Management at the University of Minnesota. She has been named a prestigious Fulbright Scholar and is the 2011-12 winner of the University of Minnesota Graduate School’s Fulbright Scholarship exchange program with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. Garland is…

  • John Blair ’66

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    Erin Wilken

    John D. Blair ’66, married Grace Allison on March 5, 2011r in Lubbock, TX, where he is the Gracie G. and William B. Snyder Professor in Management in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University. Grace moved from Dallas and is the host of her internet radio show “Be Your Own Superhero.” John’s…

  • Allison Hawley March ’03

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    Erin Wilken

    Allison Hawley March ’03 is managing editor for Rainbow Rumpus children’s magazine (www.rainbowrumpus.org), and works in communications for the Minnesota Department of Health’s Office of Performance Improvement.

  • Laura Natwick ’09

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    Megan Myhre

    Laura Natwick ’09 was accepted into the doctorate program for nurse anesthesia and will start in the fall at the University of Minnesota Minneapolis.

  • Holger (Fritz) Kilander, Jr. ’59

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    Erin Wilken

    In Memoriam Holger (Fritz) Kilander, Jr. ’59, Hackensack, MN, on March 26, 2011. He was a retired artist and inventor and is survived by his wife, Bernadette, daughter Heather Stonacek ’86, one son, one stepson, and sister Carole Griggs ’56.

  • Alison Oppenheimer ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    Alison Oppenheimer ’06 is teaching 7th grade writing at Abe Hubert Middle School in Garden City, Kansas.

  • Greg Carlson ’07

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    Erin Wilken

    Greg Carlson ’07 is a patient financial representative for psychiatric services in the Department of Finance, Revenue Cycle at Mayo Clinic Rochester.