Alumni Blog

Year: 2015

  • Walt Awada ’68

    Walt Awada ’68

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    Gustie Phi Alphs gathered to celebrate the induction of Walt Awada ’68 into the Humboldt Hall of Fame. Pictured with Walt (front center) are (from left) Jay Fogelberg ’67, Dave Showalter ’69, Alan Dale ’67, Rube Kompelien ’68, Rick Rosen ’68, Bob Appleton ’67, John Ahlstrom ’68, Bobby Wright ’69, Dana Marcelius ’68, Stan Amidon ’69, Bruce…

  • Mitchell Johnson ’76

    Mitchell Johnson ’76

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    Five ’76 classmates Gusties celebrated their IES Vienna 40-year reunion in October 2014. From left are Dennis Murphy, Judy Tynila-Murphy, Kevin Walli, Kathy Amundson, and Mitchell Johnson.

  • Lisa Gault ’83

    Lisa Gault ’83

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    Lisa Gault ’83 was presented with the 2015 Women Celebrating Women award at the 12th annual event held in St. Peter, MN. She was recognized for her contributions and inspiration to the St. Peter community and especially to women. Gault has worked at Nicollet County Bank of St. Peter for thirty years and has been…

  • Gregg “Spike” Carlsen ’75

    Gregg “Spike” Carlsen ’75

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    Gregg “Spike” Carlsen ’75 graduate has released his fifth book Cabin Lessons: A Nail-by-Nail Tale: Building Our Dream Cottage from 2x4s, Blisters and Love (Storey Publishing). The book chronicles a two year journey he, his wife and their blended family of five undertake while building a cabin on Lake Superior. “It began as a how-to book…

  • Thomas Einberger Jr. ’12

    Thomas Einberger Jr. ’12

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    Thomas wrote: “Within the past year I have been working on various projects in Moorhead, MN including house surveys along the Red River, soil excavation and oversight on a former gas station site, and soil boring work, but the main project was demolition of a former power plant. I am doing the environmental monitoring and…

  • Kimberly Assad Hardy ’05

    Kimberly Assad Hardy ’05

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  • Mandy Olson Petersen ’05

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    Mandy (Olson) Petersen ’05 is a Research Associate at the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation in St. Paul, MN.

  • Brenda Bennett Weyhrauch ’93

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    Brenda Bennett Weyhrauch, Class of 1993, teachers language arts at Steilacoom Highs School in Steilacoom, WA

  • Charles Schultz ’84

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    Charles Schultz President and CEO of Steinhaus Desigh LLC announces presence in the Twin City Interior Design Market.

  • Abby Travis ’10

    Abby Travis ’10

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    Abby Travis is now Engagement Coordinator at Milkweed Editions in Minneapolis, MN. Milkweed Editions is a nonprofit, independent publisher of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and serves to identify, nurture, and publish transformative literature, and build an engaged community around it. Milkweed Editions is the publisher of the late Bill Holm ’65. Travis first encountered books…