Alumni Blog

Author: Gustavus Alumni

  • Jean Andreasen ’81

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    Jean Andreasen ’81 is a Program Administrator at NCR-SARE. NCR-SARE is one of four regional offices administering the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program (part of USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture), a nationwide grants and education program to advance sustainable innovation in American agriculture.

  • Ben ’14 and Kallie (Poirier ’15) Orpen

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    Ben Orpen ’14 and Kallie Poirier ’15 were married on 08/21/2016 in Barnesville, MN.

  • Ava Goepfert ’14

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    Ava Goepfert ’14 is attending Colorado State University for her master’s in communication studies, as well as teaching public speaking courses.

  • Jason Scherer ’11

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    Jason Scherer ’11 is a Creative Blogger at EssayVikings.com – The Best Tutoring Company.  (http://essayvikings.com/ company)

  • Kelly Biondich Small ’05

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    Kelly Biondich Small ’05 accepted the position as Assistant County Attorney for Carver County in Chaska, MN, in June doing criminal prosecution.

  • Alyssa Ringdal Nissen ’12

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    Alyssa Ringdal Nissen ’12 is a 4th Grade Teacher at New Ulm School District.  This fall she will start as a 4th grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School.

  • Peter Ford ’84

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    Peter Ford ’84 is a Olympic Security Coordinator at State Department, Diplomatic Security in Rio De Janeiro.  He is a Special Agent with Diplomatic Security, which is the security arm of the U.S. Department of State.  He was a senior U.S. representative, representing 23 different U.S. federal agencies, responsible for developing, coordinating, and implementing all…

  • Jane Swanson ’78

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    Jane Swanson of Carbondale, Illinois, will spend approximately three weeks partnering with African communities to provide fresh water sources to more than 2500 villages in remote areas of Malawi, Zambia & Tanzania. Swanson will leave for Africa on September 16th, her second mission trip with Marion Medical Mission. Forty U.S. volunteers will work in remote…

  • Matt Swenson ’06

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    Matt Swenson ’06 is a Press Secretary for the United States Trade Representative at Executive Office of the President of the United States in Washington, DC. • There he will plan and implement earned media strategies to inform the public and press about the United States’ trade activities, objectives, and policies • Serve as spokesperson…

  • Jackie Hunt Christensen ’86

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    Jackie Hunt Christensen ’86 recently attended the 4th World Parkinson’s Congress, where both of her books [THE FIRST YEAR: PARKINSON’S DISEASE and LIFE WITH A BATTERY-OPERATED BRAIN:  A PATIENT’S GUIDE TO DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION] were featured in the Congress’ Book Nook.