Alumni Blog

Month: February 2017

  • Joel Walters ’80 named head of the Missouri Department of Revenue

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    Gov. Eric Greitens named Joel Walters ’80, a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, as the new head of the Missouri Department of Revenue Tuesday morning.  Walters currently serves the global business auditing firm’s tax leader on inbound tax practices where he helped non-American businesses operate within American tax schemes. He previously worked as the corporate finance director for Vodafone, overseeing…

  • Hillary Sabourin ’15

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    Hillary Sabourin (2015) and Joseph Dipple (2013), will marry on October 8, 2017. On this day, Maid of Honour, Karlye Smith (2015) and Best Man, Ben Dipple (2016) will stand by their side in Desjardenville, Québec, Canada.

  • Sheldon Wagner ’94

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    Sheldon Wagner ’94 is a lecturer/athletic trainer at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in      La Crosse, WI.

  • Karrin Daniels ’00

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    Karrin Daniels ’00 is a operations systems analyst at Food Lifeline in Seattle, WA, where she supports the organization with reporting, data and systems analysis.  Food Lifeline is a food bank distribution center which connects food resources to food banks and meal programs throughout western Washington. They provide more than 91,000 meals per day via…

  • Three Gusties in Cuba

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    On a recent Yoga Retreat in Havana, Cuba, Kathryn Day ’78 and her sister, Barbara Day ’75 ran into a 3rd Gustie in their small group of 20!!  Left to right:  Isabel Cifuentes ’96, Kathryn Day and Barbara Day.

  • Alan Brew ’89

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    Dr. Alan Brew ’89 is the new executive director of the Sigurd Olson Institute  Dr. Brew holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1999) as well as holding an M.A. from UNC, and a B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College.  Dr. Brew’s professional career can be characterized as centered…

  • Becky Carlson ’09

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    Becky Carlson ’09 is a career services coordinator/student advisor at University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy in Minneapolis, MN.

  • Megan (Myhre) Myhre Grace ’11

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    Samuel Grace ’11 and Megan Myhre Grace ’11, were married on 12/31/2016 in Bloomington, MN.  Nine years after meeting their freshman year at Gustavus, Sam Grace ’11 and Megan Myhre Grace ’11 had a Gustie-filled wedding celebrating the new year!

  • Paula (Glynn) Lammers ’87

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    Paula Glynn Lammers ’87 is a teaching artist at MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis, MN.  MacPhail Center for Music is one of the nation’s oldest and largest community-based music education non-profits. Paula joined the MacPhail faculty in May, 2016.  In addition to teaching private voice lessons at their Apple Valley site, she has been…

  • Kristi (Petersen) Paulsen ’97

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    Kristi Petersen Paulsen ’97 is a senior analyst in Health Informatics at HealthPartners.