Alumni Blog

Year: 2015

  • Joe Mundell ’05

    Joe Mundell ’05

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    Gustavus Alumni

    In June, Paul Kienberger ’05, Joe Mundell ’05, James Sorenson ’05, and Brent Magnusson ’05 participated in the Lutsen 99er mountain bike event along the North Shore in Minnesota. Paul and Joe completed the 39-mile race while James and Brent completed the 99-mile race.

  • Grant Boulanger ’97

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    Robyn Rost

    Grant Boulanger ’97, a Spanish teacher at Skyview Middle School in the North Saint Paul, Maplewood, Oakdale District (ISD 622), has been selected as the recipient of the Minnesota World Language Teacher of the Year Award for 2015 from the Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures (MCTLC).This is one of the organization’s highest…

  • Chris Van Hoven ’05

    Chris Van Hoven ’05

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    Brent Kath ’04, Andrea Wellmen Kath ’04, and Chris Van Hoven ’05 pose with their event belt buckles, following the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race Summer of 2015, in Leadville, Colorado.  

  • Kyia Knutson Hedershott ’12

    Kyia Knutson Hedershott ’12

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    Robyn Rost

    Kyia Knutson ’12 married Jack Hendershott ’12 on August 29, 2015. There was a patio full of Gusties in attendance.

  • Mitchell Engel ’08

    Mitchell Engel ’08

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Mitchell Engel ’08 joined has joined the Tort group at Shook. He received his J.D. summa cum laude from Creighton University School of Law in 2013. While in law school, he was a staff member of the Creighton Law Review and earned eight CALI Excellence for the Future Awards. Prior to joining Shook, Engel was a…

  • Rebecka Arbin ’06

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Rebecka Arbin ’06 writes, “In May 2015 I passed the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) exam. The AICP is the American Planning Association’s professional institute, and promotes ethical planning, professional development, planning education, and standards of practice. I’ve been a civil servant for the State of Hawaii for 2 1/2 years now.”

  • Song Thao ’08 and Brady Schmidt ’05

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    Gustavus Alumni

    The InnerCity Tennis Foundation (“ICT”), a  Twin Cities non-profit youth development organization, has two Gusties as part of their new leadership team. Song Thao’ 08 was promoted to Education and Outreach Program Director and Brady Schmidt ’05 serves as the organization’s Communications and Marketing Director.

  • Bree Lindenberg Ryan ’09

    Bree Lindenberg Ryan ’09

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Bree Lindenberg ’09 married Patrick Ryan on September 19, 2015, in Faribault, MN.

  • Rodney Hokenson ’53

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Since 2009, updating some of that news: son Jim died at 52, in 2012, and had a celebration of his life befitting a wonderful man, especially his gift of music that blessed communities and churches and schools all over SE Michigan. We seem to have gotten older with all the rest of you, with all…

  • Tania Schueller Delehanty ’09

    Tania Schueller Delehanty ’09

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Tania Schueller ’09 married Jack Delehanty on August 29, 2015 in Minneapolis, where they currently reside.