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Author: Erin Wilken

  • Alecia Gooch Braun ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Alecia Gooch Braun ’08 married Thomas Braun in Minneapolis on October 11, 2013.

  • Lindsay Hadtrath Mancini ’04

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    Erin Wilken

    Lindsay Hadtrath Mancini ’04 is now a partner at Woods & Thompson, P.A. law firm in Minneapolis, and on the adjunct faculty of William Mitchell College of Law.

  • Molly Nemes Hamer ’01

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    Erin Wilken

    Molly Nemes Hamer ’01 is now a Communications Manager for EFS Advisors.

  • Nate and Callie Christensen Ruff ’09 ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    Callie (Christensen) Ruff ’09 and Nate Ruff ’09 were married on August 11, 2012.

  • Megan Mahn ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Megan Mahn ’08 recently moved out to Boston. She is now a Senior Staff Accountant at the Home for Little Wanderers in Boston, MA.

  • Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson ’69

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    Erin Wilken

    Cynthia Blomquist Gustavson ’69 has been elected to a 6 year term on the church wide ELCA church council. She will also be the Church Council liaison to the Lutheran magazine .

  • Sara Scholin ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    Peace Corps volunteer Sara Scholin of Pine City, Minn., recently collaborated with two teachers from the local primary school in her Macedonian community to host a three-day Halloween celebration for nearly 500 students in grades five through eight. During the celebration, students learned about the basic history of Halloween and participated in traditional Halloween activities. “A…

  • Gusties in Seattle

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    Erin Wilken

    Unable to celebrate their 10-year reunion on campus, these 2003 Gusties formed their own gathering in Seattle in October. Bethany Mueller ’03 is a Clinical Social Worker at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle. Ambryn Melius ’03 is completing her master’s thesis, which details her work on the phenomenon of vicarious trauma…

  • Thomas Oelfke ’10 and Serena Elthon ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    On August 16, Thomas Oelfke ’10 got engaged to Serena Elthon ’12. They will be married in August 2014 at Christ Chapel. Thomas is employed as an Associate Laboratory Technician at WuXi AppTec in St. Paul, MN.

  • Allie and Benjamin Carlson-Stehlin ’11 ’11

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    Erin Wilken

    Allie Carlson-Stehlin ’11 and Benjamin Carlson-Stehlin ’11 were married on August 31 at Harriet Island in St. Paul in the presence of some of their favorite Gusties. Some of them are pictured here, doing the macarena.         Allie and Ben are now living in St. Paul. Allie works at Planned Parenthood Minnesota,…