Alumni Blog

Month: October 2013

  • Scott and Heather Nierengarten Nienow ’99 ’00

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    Erin Wilken

    Scott ’99 and Heather ’00 Nienow announce the birth of their son Isaac, born June 26, 2012.

  • Rachel Blunk ’04

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    Erin Wilken

    Blunk Elected To NCAWA Board BURLINGTON N.C. — Wishart Norris Henninger & Pittman, P.A. attorney Rachel M. Blunk was elected to the board of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys for a 1-year term. She will be the 2012-2013 Nominating & Public Service Awards Committee Chair, and will serve on the Education Committee. The…

  • Chelsea Kramer ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Chelsea Kramer ’10 recently accepted a position as the Academic Advisor for the High School Upward Bound program at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. High School Upward Bound is a college-access and academic support program. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income backgrounds who aim to be among the first generation in their families to…

  • Linda Leonardson Hallman ’64

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    Erin Wilken

    Join our 1964 class at Cocktails at the Castle on Oct. 31, 2013. It will be an evening of Halloween at American Swedish Institute (2600 Park Ave, Minneapolis). Wear a mask or maybe a costume…. buy tickets online at http://asimn.org/.

  • Eva Gustafsson Lindh ’84

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    Erin Wilken

    Eva Gustaffson Lindh ’84 won a bronze medal in European Veterans Table Tennis Championships in womens doubles 40 in Bremen, Germany – May 2013. At work she is Director for End User Support at Volvo Information Technology – a global organization providing first line support to Volvo and external customers.

  • David Miller ’71

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    Erin Wilken

    David Miller ’71 returned from teaching at a Christian Missionary School in Costa Rica called Glory Christian School San Pedro de Barva. “An excellent experience, best year of my life.”

  • Rebecca Holte ’95

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    Erin Wilken

    Rebecca Holte ’95 was recently promoted to Documentation Analyst at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

  • Matt Christenson ’98

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    Erin Wilken

    In November of 2012 we built a home in Arden hills, MN. Our sales associate from Pulte Homes nominated us to be a featured family. Parade of Homes ended up selecting us as the cover family. They came this past summer to interview our family and did a photo shoot. They took some amazing photos…

  • Andrew Dufresne ’01

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    Erin Wilken

    Dr. Andrew Dufresne, B.A. ’01, has joined the law firm of Michael Best and Friedrich. Dr. Dufresne is an associate of the Intellectual Property group in the firm’s Madison office.

  • Fred Palm ’99

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    Erin Wilken

    Fred Palm ’99 was appointed Associate Vice President for Academic Planning at Columbia University in the City of New York.