Alumni Blog

Month: May 2014

  • Melissa Barkalow ’02

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    2013 was a year of big changes for me. The changes started when a friend and I decided to go out on our own and start our own Real Estate Brokerage. Our new firm is called; R&R Residential Brokerage and we are licensed in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia and help customers find homes to…

  • Kristy Howell-Streckert ’99

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    Kristy Howell ’99 married David Streckert on November 30th, 2012. She continues to work as a Services Specialist, now focused on Foster Home Licensing Recruitment and Retention, at the Department of Human Services in Iron Mountain, Michigan.

  • Alec Sonsteby ’02

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    Alec Sonsteby ’02, a reference and instruction librarian at Metropolitan State University, Saint Paul, MN, since 2009, was granted tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professor.

  • Joel Beachey ’08

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    Joel Beachey ’08 graduated May 10, 2014 with his Doctor of Medicine from the University of North Dakota. He will begin residency training this June in Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Joel is pictured below with wife and fellow Gustavus alum, Erin Beachey ’08.

  • Charlotte Van Zee ’07

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Charlotte Van Zee ’07 was recently admitted into Mt. Holyoke’s post-baccalaureate pre-medical program, starting the journey to become a physician.

  • Nancy Egeberg Kukovich ’74

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    Nancy Egeberg Kukovich ’74 assumed the CEO job of Adelphoi USA on Jan 1. Adelphoi is a $40m/840 employee, 40 yr old non-profit organization serving delinquent, abused and neglected children -located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Home of the banana split, Mr. Rogers and Arnie Palmer!

  • Karis Rieke Gust ’90

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    Karis Rieke Gust completed a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree through South Dakota State University’s Accelerated Nursing program in 2013, and is now working as an RN at Sanford Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD.

  • Samantha Engh Chadwick ’06

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    Samantha Engh Chadwick ’06, her husband Matt, and their 17 month old daughter Evey have moved to Sweden for the summer!

  • Joyce Anderson DeGrande ’68

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    After 31 years of their family owned unfinished wood furniture store, Joyce Anderson DeGrande ’68 and her husband Skip are retiring. This May is the anniversary of Joyce’s brain surgery, which has proven to be benign… and continues to. “Time for Carpe Diem.My head may be lumpy from my titanium bolts, but I am alive…

  • Gusties at Maranatha Christian Academy

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    Maranatha Christian Academy is not a big school. As a matter of fact, there are only about 650 students in pre-kindergarten through Grade 12. While this is true, this school, located in Brooklyn Park, MN, has four Gusties on staff. – Steve Higley, High School Science, Class of 1974 – Paul Obinger, High School Social…