Alumni Blog

Category: Submitted

  • Richard Vallery ’90

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    Erin Wilken

    Richard Vallery ’90 has been awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI. He has also been appointed chair of the Department of Physics.

  • Dick Bubllitz ’54

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    Erin Wilken

    Dick Bubllitz’s ’54 company, FIBRENEW-WeFixLeather, is a member of the Woodland Hills-Tarzana Chamber of Commerce and Bublitz ’54 is on the Board of Directors & V.P. Marketing. Dick was named 2013 Member of the Year’ for this 700 member organization. In an annual Daily News ‘READERS BEST CHOICE’ Award voting, FIBRENEW-WeFixLeather won in the Upholstery Services…

  • Rachel Willson-Broyles ’02

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    Erin Wilken

    Rachel Willson-Broyles ’02 received a PhD in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August 2013 and is working as a freelance translator of Swedish to English.

  • Jill Rykken ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    Jill Rykken ’12 got engaged to Hans Link in April 2013. The wedding is set for September 2014.

  • Glenn Kranking ’98

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    Erin Wilken

    Glenn Kranking ’98 was a Study Leader for Smithsonian Journeys, giving a series of lectures for a tour group around Scandinavia. He also got engaged over the summer.

  • Karl and Janet Kamerud Emerson ’84 ’84

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    Erin Wilken

    Karl ’84 and Janet Kamerud Emerson ’84 will be moving to Strasbourg, France in September, where Karl will be pastoring the Trinity International Church of Strasbourg. Other big news, they recently became grand-parents for the first time.

  • Jack and Judith Jagusch Johnson ’65 ’69

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    Erin Wilken

    While visiting Skansen Park in Stockholm this past August, Jack Johnson ’65 and Judith Jagusch Johnson ’69 just happened upon the Jussi Bjorling Memorial Concert. What a delightful surprise! After Sweden, they went on to tour Denmark and Norway, but the Bjorling concert was one of the highlights of their trip.

  • Deborah Hanson McMurray ’75

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    Erin Wilken

    Deborah Hanson McMurray ’75 and Glen Davison, got married July 13, 2013 in Dallas, TX.

  • Gusties at a Wedding!

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    Erin Wilken

    Gusties gathered for the wedding of Karla Nelson ’02 and Daniel Wolf in Grandjean Idaho on August 24th, 2013. L to R: Ambryn Melius ’03, Joey Schueler ’02, Krista Churness ’02, Karla Nelson ’02, Bethany Mueller ’03, Erinne Goodell ’03, Sharene (Gossen) Watsen ’02, Michelle Maczka ’02.

  • Dianne K. Johnson ’69

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    Erin Wilken

    Dianne K Johnson, ’69 married Eugene Hallberg, March 27, 2013, in Park City, UT. Residing in Forest Lake, MN.