Alumni Blog

Year: 2012

  • Amanda Marotz Roemer ’00

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    Erin Wilken

    Amanda Marotz ’00 married John Roemer on July 21, 2012 in Gretna, NE.

  • 2005 Gusties

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    Erin Wilken

     Classmates from the class of 2005 met for dinner in Seattle in May 2012. Lots of fun catching up with old friends on the west coast! From left – Adam Miller, Megan Wille Miller, Andy Leaf, Jon Mueller, and Katrina Fortney.

  • Gustie Alumnae volunteer at the Royal Visit!

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    Erin Wilken

    Gustie Alumnae volunteer at the Royal Visit! From Left: Megan Myhre ’11, Erianna Reyelts ’12, Melissa Aune ’12, Maria Lofstuen ’12, Anna Swenson ’12, Keshia Betcher ’12, Bergit Nerheim ’11, Mary Dierkes ’12, and Rachel Schmitt ’11

  • Kathy Reid Walker ’80

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    Erin Wilken

    Kathy Reid Walker ’80 has recently opened a private practice as a professional/pastoral counselor. Milwaukee Integrative Counseling is located within an office complex that houses 30 holistic healing practitioners. This summer, Kathy’s article, “The Misunderstood Pastoral Counselor: Knowledge and Religiosity as Factors Affecting the Client’s Choice”, was published in VISTAS, the online journal of the American…

  • Kerstin Blazina ’02

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    Erin Wilken

    Kerstin Blazina ’02 has a cat. His name is Catstevens.

  • Jon Bakken ’78

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    Erin Wilken

    Jon Bakken ’78  is following another Gustie Jeff Weiland ’89 as President of the Minnesota Football Coaches Association.

  • Emily Bulling Bryan ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    Emily Bulling ’09 married Austen Bryan in Lincoln, Nebraska on August 11, 2012.

  • Vanja Duric ’00

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    Erin Wilken

    Vanja Duric ’00 of Urbandale, Iowa, was recently hired as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology at Des Moines University in Des Moines, Iowa.

  • The Sixty Chicks, Class of 1969

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    Erin Wilken

    The Sixty Chicks, class of ’69, reunited to celebrate their 65th birthday in Park City, Utah. Shown here from left to right are Cathy Carlson Jacobson, Chris Pearson Floss, Darlene Gustavson Nielsen, Karen Alrick Jafvert (seated), Julena Lind, Jeanne Taylor Erickson, Sue McNamara Showalter (hidden), Mary Sue Hanson Taylor, Dianne Johnson (seated), Chris Frommelt Nelson.…

  • Nikki Green ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    For the next year (till mid-August 2013) I’ll be traveling throughout the midwestern/western US with a youth ministry team called Captive Free (Central Plains team) sponsored by a non-profit organization called Youth Encounter. I will be sharing Christ through music and testimonies with four other team members. My team is one of 4 national teams.…