Alumni Blog

Month: October 2013

  • Heidi Rossow ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    My second year in Goodyear, AZ is off to a great school year of teaching second grade, especially when I have some current Gusties joining me. Through the education program at Gustavus, it is giving three seniors an opportunity to student teach down here at Canyon Breeze Elementary School. This is the school that I…

  • Anna Swenson ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    Anna Swenson ’12 recently accepted an Accounting Supervisor position with Cargill in Lincoln, Nebraska. Anna moved to Lincoln at the end of September.

  • Spencer Bonnerup ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    Spencer Bonnerup ’12, has been accepted to St. George’s University’s School of Medicine in St. George, Grenada. Class commencing January 2014.

  • Jean-Paul Noel ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    After spending the summer in Minneapolis and getting so see many wonderful Gusties, Jean-Paul Noel ’12 is back in Switzerland for a second year. This time he is a Research Associate at the Center for Neuroprosthetics at the Swiss National Institute of Technology. Life is good and Jean-Paul can’t wait for the ski season to start!

  • Anthony Mefford ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    Anthony Mefford ’12 is a medical student at University of California Davis.

  • Shawna MullenEardley ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Shawna MullenEardley ’08 is now an Active Transportation Coordinator for the Healthy Duluth Area Coalition and the Duluth YMCA in Duluth, MN. It is an advocacy and policy position working to make Duluth more bicycle and pedestrian friendly.

  • Korrina Pope Haack ’11

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    Erin Wilken

    Korrina (Pope) Haac ’11, married Bradley Haack of St. Peter on October 5th at Gustavus Adolphus College.

  • Brit Barkholtz ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    Brit Barkholtz ’12 has been hired as the Director of Music Ministry at Living Waters Lutheran Church in Lino Lakes, MN. She will start the position in November, just in time to start Advent planning and Christmas season excitement!

  • Sarah Volz ’04

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    Erin Wilken

    In July 2013, Sarah Volz ’04 started a Neonatology Fellowship at the University of Rochester, NY, after graduating from her Pediatric Residency program at Good Samaritan Hospital on Long Island, NY.

  • Gustie Educators at Twin Cities Live

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    Erin Wilken

    Gustavus Education Department grads and professors gathered on Friday, August 15 at KSTP-TV in Saint Paul to be a part of the audience for Twin Cities Live. Elementary Education major Mike Marcotte ’08 teamed up with faculty Jill Potts to connect grads from the department. The special group was acknowledged by the hosts during the…