Alumni Blog

Year: 2017

  • 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.

  • Jon Hachfeld ’78

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    Jon Hachfeld ’78 is a certified financial planner at Ameriprise Financial, Inc in Arden Hills, MN.  He was recently awarded the Five Star Professional award for the 10th consecutive year and is beginning his 30th year of practice as a financial planner in the Twin Cities area.

  • J-term Gusties in Seattle

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    J-term students as well as local alumni who showed up to volunteer at Mary’s Place on Jan. 15, as part of their January term class. We had a fun day of helping out around the place as needed including playing and doing arts and crafts with the kids in the playroom. The people from left…

  • Karen (Jones) Wojahn ’79

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    A group of ’79 education majors gathered in Red Wing, MN to celebrate 40 years of friendship and marked the occasion with a professional photo session.  Clockwise from top: Kim Anderson Schutt, Joy Peterson Sietsema, Deb Vetter, Heidi Palmquist Larson, Karen Jones Wojahn, Mary Anne Carlson Korsch.

  • Gerald Huebschman ’99

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    Brooklyn will soon get its first museum which will present the history of the Holocaust with special emphasis on the values and perspectives of religiously observant communities. The Amud Aish Memorial Museum is founded by Elly Kleinman, and it is scheduled to open somewhere between late 2016 and early 2017. The rebranded museum will include…

  • Lauri (Odegaard) Garbo ’86

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    Lauri Odegaard Garbo ’86 received her Doctor of Education degree from Florida Gulf Coast University on Sunday, December 11, 2016.  Her research study is entitled, Technology integration: A mixed methods study of veteran secondary teachers’ beliefs, attitudes, and classroom practices.  Dr. Garbo is a Specialist in Advanced Studies for Collier County Public Schools in Naples,…

  • Sarah Lippert ’04

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    Sarah Lippert ’04 is a financial coordinator at The Institute for Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago in Chicago, IL.  “I made a big jump from The College at the University of Chicago to The Institute for Molecular Engineering, working on the administrative side as financial coordinator.  In addition to reviewing and approving purchases…

  • Cynthia (Holmes) Carlson ’80

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    Cynthia Holmes Carlson ’80 is a Director of Congregational Life at St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth, MN.