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Job Title: Physical Therapist Grad year: 1983 Major: Biology Hometown: Brainerd, MN Current City: North Oaks, MN What is your first Gustavus memory? How friendly Owen Samuelson was during the recruitment process during my senior year of high school. What was your favorite class and/or professor and why? John Lammert:  He was a great teacher…

Current Company/Organization: Treehouse (Chaska, MN) Job Title: Youth Outreach Associate Grad Year: 2018 Major: Political Science Hometown: Bujumbura, Burundi Current City: Saint Louis Park, MN What is your first Gustavus memory? My first memory was receiving an e-mail about Gustavus in December 2013 and marveling at the idea that I could one day attend such a prestigious institution. What was your…

Current Company/Organization: Jeffers Pond Elementary School in Prior Lake, MN Job Title: 4th Grade Teacher Grad Year: 2016 Major: Elementary Education Hometown: Decorah, IA Current City: Minneapolis, MN What is your first Gustavus memory? I first toured campus with my mom and fell in love with it. She suggested we wait a bit before making…

Current Company/Organization: Gustavus Adolphus College Job Title: Visiting Instructor of Communication Studies Grad Year: 2014 Major: Honors Communication Studies and History Hometown: Fairbanks, AK Current City: St. Paul, MN What is your first Gustavus memory? Wouldn’t everyone’s be the feeling they had when they stepped on campus? It felt like home. What was your favorite…

  Current Company/Organization: Northside Achievement Zone Job Title: Family Achievement Coach Grad Year: 2016 Major: Psychological Science & Sociology and Anthropology Hometown: Stillwater, MN Current City: Saint Paul, MN What is your first Gustavus memory? The first memory that pops into my head is finding out who my first-year roommate would be! I was nervous,…

       Current Company/Organization: St. Mark Lutheran Church, Circle Pines, MN Job Title: Senior Pastor Grad Year: 2006 Major: Religion, minor in Communication Studies Hometown: Minneapolis, MN Current City: Ramsey, MN What is your first Gustavus memory? Learning the Gustie Rouser with the girls on 4th floor Sorensen during first year orientation followed by the…

   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…

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…

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…