Alumni Blog

Author: Gustavus Alumni

  • Charlotte Nielsen Gunnufson ’94

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    Charlotte Nielsen Gunnofson ’94 forwarded the following press release, sharing her good news: “Cedar Rapids Author Honored by National Children’s Magazine Charlotte Gunnufson receives Pewter Plate Award from Highlights magazine July 28, 2015 (HONESDALE, PA) – Highlights magazine has honored author Charlotte Gunnufson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for her verse titled “Seven Sailors,” which was published…

  • Matthew Hentges ’06

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    Matthew Hentges ’06 shares, “I recently completed a fellowship in foot and ankle deformity correction at the International Center for Limb Lengthening at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. I was hired as an attending foot and ankle surgeon at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. My family and I will be relocating to Pittsburgh, PA in…

  • Rachel Willson-Broyles ’02

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    Rachel Willson-Broyles ’02 writes, “I got married on June 13, 2015, to Laura Bru. This summer I am relocating to St. Paul, where I will continue to work as a freelance translator, translating literature and drama from Swedish to English.”

  • Lisa Dahill ’85

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    Lisa Dahill ’85 shares, “I am leaving my present position this summer (teaching worship and spirituality at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH), and joining the Religion faculty of California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA. My teaching areas will be eco-theology and spirituality.”  

  • Margaret Fagerholm ’75

    Margaret Fagerholm ’75

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    Margaret Fagerholm ’75 retired as clinical professor of radiology on July 3, 2015, thirty years after beginning her career at the Univ. of Wisconsin. In May of this year, she was recognized as a 2015 Champion in Women’s Health by the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation.

  • Amy Springer Riegelman ’04

    Amy Springer Riegelman ’04

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    Amy Springer ’04 married Jed Riegelman on February 14, 2015.

  • Megan Trapp Henschen ’03

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    Megan Trapp Henschen ’03 is working at Best Buy as a Senior Training Specialist.

  • Emilie Scott ’14

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    Emilie Scott ’14 writes, “I will be starting a new job at Richfield Dual Language School teaching elementary for the 2015-2016 school year! The Dual Language School teaches students both in Spanish and English and includes native Spanish speakers as about half of their student population.”

  • Grant Boulanger ’97

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    Grant Boulanger ’97, world language teacher at Skyview Middle School, is co-directing and will be one of the Learning Lab Teachers at the 4th annual International Forum on Language Teaching (iFLT). The iFLT conference, to be at Tartan High School in Oakdale, MN, in July 2015, is a progressive language teaching conference which focuses on best-practices in second…

  • Brandon Hirdler ’12

    Brandon Hirdler ’12

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    Brandon Hirdler ’12, Julio Zelaya ’12, & Chelsea Siewert ’12 explored Colombia where Julio and Chelsea teach English. Here they are after climbing the Rock of Guatape in the small town of Guatape, Colombia, near Medellin.