Alumni Blog

Month: October 2012

  • Josh Drinkall and Joy Reese ’02

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    Erin Wilken

    Joy Reese ’02 married Josh Drinkall (assistant men’s basketball coach) on 5/19/12.

  • Stefanie Arndt Sumner ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    Stefanie Arndt Sumner ’06 married Robert Sumner on May 12, 2012 and am employed at the University of MN Duluth as an Athletic Trainer.

  • Berta Lanterman Landin ’70

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    Erin Wilken

    Berta Lanterman Landin ’70 lives in the Rocky Mountains in western Colorado. She is treasurer, records manager, one of the webmasters and a board member for Colorado Pug Rescue. For fun when she’s not working, Berta skis in the winter and does a little RV traveling in the summer.

  • TROY! A Musical and Gustie Alumni

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    Erin Wilken

     Maggie K. Sotos ’09, is happy to announce the official remount of her original 2012 MN Fringe Festival smash hit show titled “TROY! A Musical” in December at The Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis. Love, war and jazz hands! This musical retelling of the Trojan War follows lovers Paris and Helen through ten years of war…

  • Anne Ellingson Scheetz ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Anne Ellingson Scheetz ’08 married Brett Scheetz on October 13th, 2012.

  • Jared Lee ’05

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    Erin Wilken

    Jared Lee ’05 graduated with his Ph.D. in Meteorology from Penn State University in August 2012. In October 2012 Jared moved to Monterey, California, to start a National Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at the Naval Postgraduate School.

  • Kurt Elling ’89 in Concert

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    Erin Wilken

    Gusties enjoyed a great concert by Grammy Award winner Kurt Elling ’89 at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis on Tuesday, October 23. Pictured are Liz Scheer Kelley ’89, Trish Zimmerman Beckman ’89, and Kurt Elling ’89.

  • 1964 Grads back in the Caf for Nobel 2012

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    Erin Wilken

    ’64 grads back in the caf for Nobel 2012. Gary Kenning, Joanna Carlson Swanson, Sharon Peterson Robinson, Tom Hirsch, Sonja Hirsch ’60, Rick Hokanson, Peggy Lawrence GA friend, Helen Brostrom Ihrig, Linda Leonardson Hallman, Gary Rude GA friend & Nobel regular. Photo by Carolyn Rude, another Nobel faithful.

  • Jessica Prody ’05

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    Erin Wilken

    Jessica Prody ’05 began working as an Assistant Professor of Performance and Communication Arts at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY.

  • Eric Miller ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Eric Miller ’08 is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota. This past August Eric published a scientific article on my thesis research. Below is the citation and abstract: Mol Pharmacol. 2012 Aug;82(2):333-43. Epub 2012 May 17. Differential modulation of drug-induced structural and functional plasticity of dendritic spines. Miller EC, Zhang L,…