Alumni Blog

Author: Erin Wilken

  • Advice for the Class of 2011 Part 1

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    Erin Wilken

    We asked alumni 10 years out, What is your essential Gustavus experience? — The Gustavus Class of 2011 have only a few short weeks before commencement. What do you think they must do before they graduate? Here are some of the great responses we received. 2010 Sneak onto the football field, walk by the goal…

  • Brett A. Johnson ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    Brett A. Johnson ’09  just graduated in May with a degree from the University of Minnesota School of Civil Engineering .

  • Katy Srnec Zeier ’01 and Jared Ehtessabian ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    Katy Srnec Zeier ’01 and Jared Ehtessabian ’06 have graduated from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy as Doctors of Pharmacy. Katy will be a PGY1 pharmacy practice resident at the Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chillicothe, OH. Jared has accepted a job as a staff pharmacist with Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque,…

  • Mollie McFaggen ’07, Sonya Hysing ’07, Kristin Kaplan ’07 and Becky Palermo ’07

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    Erin Wilken

    Gustie Grad’s Mollie McFaggen ’07, Sonya Hysing ’07, Kristin Kaplan ’07, and Becky Palermo ’07 gather to celebrate their graduation from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy Class of 2011.

  • Jessica Prody ’05

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    Erin Wilken

    Jessica Prody ’05 will receive her PhD in Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota on May 24th and has accepted a position as the Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Rhetoric and Public Address in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric at Colgate University for the 2011-2012 school year.

  • Kendall Baumgartner ’03

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    Erin Wilken

    Kendall Baumgartner ’03 completed a Master’s in Nursing degree from the University of Pennsylvania in August of 2010 and then moved to Dallas, TX with her husband to start a new job and career as a Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner with Children’s Medical Center Dallas this past December.

  • Isabel Rogan ’88

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    Erin Wilken

    This past year has been a busy one! Last summer, I and several colleagues were awarded a grant from Sigma Theta Tau International (the nursing honor society) and Assessments Technologies Institute (ATI) to conduct research related to the use of standardized nursing assessments in a BSN program. I have presented this research at ATI’s 2nd…

  • Debbie Curran McGarity ’91

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    Erin Wilken

    Debbie Curran McGarity ’91 was recently elected a member to the Board of Directors of Bonds of Courage, a NJ-based a community organization. Below are links to the online article as well as to Bonds of Courage website: 1) http://thealternativepress.com/articles/mcgarity-takes-leadership-role-in-troop-support–2 2) http://www.bondsofcourage.org/ Also, below is the Q&A article that was recently published in the company’s…

  • Kathryn Glaeser Johnson and Donley Johnson ’66

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    Erin Wilken

    Donley and I will be returning to Gustavus for our 45th class reunion week-end and also our 45th wedding anniversary. We have 2 children, Christopher & Erin, both Gusties, that are partners in their law firm in Forest Lake. We have 5 grandchildren whom we spend a lot of time with in our retirement. We…

  • Molly Nemes Hamer ’01

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    Erin Wilken

    Molly Nemes Hamer ’01 is now working at Ameriprise Financial as a Program Coordinator.