Alumni Blog

Year: 2018

  • Xiong ’17 – Thao Wedding

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    Wedding – Jamey Xiong ’17 and Test Thao were married on 06/02/2018 in Spring Lake Park, MN.

  • Mary Doby Baker ’80 has retired

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    Mary Doby Baker ’80 retired from Minnesota State service in 2017 and moved to British Columbia, Canada. She now works part-time as a sub/assistant preschool teacher and volunteers at a children’s thrift store.

  • Brita (Hansen) Burke ’02

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    A group of us gathered in NYC in 2018 to celebrate the 20 years since we met as Gustavus freshmen in Norelius 4A in 1998!  Pictured left to right are Sara Hultgren Blazek, Katie Linde Robinson , Molly Brusman Moede, Erin Halligan-Hanson Tait, Brita Hansen Burke, Anne Nelson Sheridan, Angela Lundeen Wold.

  • Amy Berger ’01 is communications specialist

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    Amy Berger ’01 is a communications specialist for the Organizational Change Management Department at Patterson Companies.

  • Katie Peterson ’10 receives entomological award

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    In November 2018 Katie Peterson ’10 traveled to Vancouver, BC, to attend the Entomological Society of America conference and to receive an award. While there she met a fellow Gustie, Jule Carlson Cameron ’60!

  • Lois (Langer) Thompson ’83

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    Lois Langer Thompson ’83 Marysville, WA,  is a executive director at Sno-Isle Libraries in Snohomish and Island Counties Washington.

  • Get to Know a Gustie: Paul Tillquist ’63

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       Current Company/Organization: Retired Grad Year: 1963 Major: History and Communications  Hometown: Belle Plaine, MN  Current City: St. Paul, MN What is your first Gustavus memory?  As a Boy Scout from Belle Plaine, my first memory is swimming in the Gustavus pool. The pool was a far cry from the large pool in Lund Center. As a first…

  • Get to Know a Gustie: Grady St. Dennis ’92

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    Current Company/Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College Job Title: Chaplain and Director of Church Relations Grad Year: 1992 Major: International Management, Japanese Hometown: Minneapolis, MN Current City: Edina, MN What is your first Gustavus memory? Driving up the College Avenue hill and arriving early for the tryouts for the Gustavus soccer team. What was your favorite class and/or professor and…

  • Get to Know a Gustie: Tracy Bahl ’84

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    Grad year: 1984 Major: Exercise Physiology Hometown: Faribault, MN Current City: Greenwich, CN Current Company/Organization: OneOncology Job Title: President and CEO What is your first Gustavus memory? Visiting Gustavus as a high school senior and feeling the “Gustie Spirit” first had. What was your favorite class and/or professor and why? Athletic Training taught by Gary Reinholtz. It inspired me to serve…

  • Get to Know a Gustie: Marissa Haeny ’16

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      Grad year: 2016 Major: Biology and Political Science, emphasis on conservation and environmental politics/policy Hometown: Minnetonka, MN Current City: Mankato, MN Current Company/Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College Job Title: Assistant Director of Alumni and Parent Engagement What is your first Gustavus memory? I was driving up the hill with my mom for a junior visit…