Alumni Blog

Category: Submitted

  • Whitney Peterson ’08

    Whitney Peterson ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Whitney Peterson ’08 has been deployed since May and is currently serving in Iraq/Kuwait as a Platoon Leader in charge of 40 Soldiers and $6.5 million worth of equipment. They are part of the main effort protecting convoys as they bring supplies out of Iraq.

  • Lane Nelson ’10 and Julia Lawant ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    Lane Nelson ’10 and Julia Lawant ’12 are getting married in Minneapolis, MN on June 2nd 2012.

  • Rebecca Smith ’01

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    Erin Wilken

    Becky Smith ’01 married Alex Lipka on Dec. 3rd, 2011 at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Ithaca, NY

  • Christine Dornbusch ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    Christine Dornbusch ’09 is in her second year as a graduate student at Minnesota State University, Mankato working on a Master’s degree in Counseling and Student Personnel with an emphasis in College Student Affairs. She works at both the Career Development Center and International Programs Office on campus and is excited to start her professional career in international education upon her…

  • Stephanie Janacek ’07 and Andrew Aplin ’08

    Stephanie Janacek ’07 and Andrew Aplin ’08

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    Megan Myhre

    Stephanie Janacek ’07 and Andrew Aplin ’08 got married on October 8, 2011 in Woodbury, MN, joining the statistic that 20% of Gusties are married to each other. They took a “Gustie photograph” with 27 total alumni and 1 current Gustie.

  • Jessica Sussman ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    Jessica Sussman ’09 is am living in Denver, Colorado where she is working as a clinical research coordinator at a dermatology clinic. Jessica is also working on her masters degree in public health from the University of Colorado at Denver.

  • Jayme Arezzo ’02

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    Erin Wilken

    Jayme Arezzo was married on Sept. 3, 2011 to Andrea (Jakubek) Arezzo (not a Gustie) in Duluth, MN. He has also taken a new position within Target and is now on an expat assignment in Bangalore, India as Group Manager of Corporate Real Estate responsible for Target’s overseas office portfolio.

  • Julia Lawant ’12

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    Erin Wilken

    Lane Nelson ’10 and Julia Lawant ’12 are getting married June 2, 2012 in Minneapolis, MN

  • Erin Larson ’08 and Jay Bang ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    Erin Larson ’08 and Jay Bang ’08 were married on Nov. 12, 2011 in Minnetonka, MN.

  • Molly Fink Flaspohler ’89

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    Erin Wilken

    I just published my first book, Engaging First-Year Students in Meaningful Library Research: A practical guide for teaching faculty, published by Chandos Publishing.