Alumni Blog

Year: 2013

  • Matt Busacker ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Matt Busacker ’08 married Amber Fletcher on June 29, 2013 in Afton, MN.

  • Jennifer Lopez ’02

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    Erin Wilken

    After ten years as an Early Childhood Educator Jenni Lopez ’02 has decided to pursue a career in Translation. She has just opened Lopez and Lopez Translations in Mora, MN and is enjoying working with clients from around the world.

  • Billy Hauer

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    Erin Wilken

    Billy Hauer ’12 has accepted a 2 year, long term substitute math teaching position at Chaska High School. He will be teaching 4 sections of Algebra 2 and an Algebra 2 lab/support class for the 2013-2014 school year.

  • Sarah Purnell Wakefield ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    Sarah Wakefield ’09 graduated with honors from Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions in May 2013 with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. She has accepted a position as a pharmacist with Walgreens in Mankato, MN.

  • Melissa Bruninga-Matteau ’90

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    Erin Wilken

    Melissa Bruninga-Matteau ’90 is an Assistant Professor of History at Martin Methodist College in Pulaski, TN.

  • Alison Dunn Hach ’04

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    Erin Wilken

    In May, Alison Dunn Hach ’04 relocated back to Minnesota from Chicago and now work as an HR Business Partner at Digital River in Minnetonka. Alison also married Robert Hach Jr. on June 22nd, 2013.

  • Class of 1978 Gathering

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    Erin Wilken

    Five members of the Class of 1978 visited John Bergstrand in New Ulm for a tour: (L to R) John Bergstrand ’78, Eric Zilley ’78, Bill Satterness ’78, Jon Hachfeld ’78, Brad Bostrom ’78

  • Libby Larson ’15 and Debbie Richards Griffith ’89

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    Erin Wilken

    Libby Larson ’15 is currently working as an intern with the Detroit Lakes newspapers, and one of the reporters recently wrote an article about Debbie Richards Griffith ’89, a Gustie grad who’s directing a production in the Fargo/Moorhead area. Debbie is from the class of 1989 and was a speech communication and theater art major. http://www.dl-online.com/content/bringing-oklahoma-f-m-stage

  • CIRCE: A Musical Odyssey by Maggie K. Sotos ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    Maggie K. Sotos ’09 turns Homer’s “Odyssey” upside down and inside out with “CIRCE: A Musical Odyssey”. After becoming the fastest-selling ticket of the 2012 MN Fringe Festival with “TROY! The Musical”, as well as earning a 5-Star Must See rating by the Pioneer Press and the TC Daily Planet, Sotos and an army of…

  • Robert Ryan ’78

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    Erin Wilken

    It is with great sadness that I write to let you know that Robert M. Ryan (Bob), a graduate of Gustavus Class of 1978, passed away at his home in Houston, TX on 6/22/2013. Attached is a photo of him and of him with his family.