Alumni Blog

Category: Submitted

  • Leighanne (Lee) Houserman Holmes ’86

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    Erin Wilken

    Medical director for Soulstis Med Spa in Baxter, MN and for Essence Skin Clinic in Rochester, MN. Continue to be active in Performance Driving at Audi Club events. Joined Chump Racing team and participated in my first car race at Iowa Speedway last summer, a 24 hour enduro race. I continue to try to get…

  • Kelly Bangstad Wilz ’01

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    Erin Wilken

    Kelly Wilz is an Assistant Professor of Communication/Theatre Arts at UW Marshfield/Wood County. She recently published “Rehumanization through Reflective Oscillation in Jarhead,” in the winter edition of the journal Rhetoric and Public Affairs 13:4 (2010). Her book chapter, entitled: “Models of Democratic Deliberation: Pharmacodynamic Agonism in The Daily Show” will be featured in the book:…

  • Ava Lambrecht ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    I just completed my tenure as an AmeriCorps Volunteer and received the AmeriCorps Education Award.

  • Newell Nelsen ’62

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    Erin Wilken

    Greetings from retirement on Greenville South Carolina! More time with family and friends . . . we miss the snow and ice and cold . . . but, only for a few minutes of memory . . . Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Newell S. Nelsen 1962

  • Amanda Capelle ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    This December I graduated from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs with a Master’s of Public Policy.

  • Ross Smith ’02

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    Erin Wilken

    Fellow Gusties/Co-Workers, Ross Smith ’02 and Andrew Johnson ’08 in Boston for the Vikings/Patriots game on 10/31/10.

  • Lindsay Larson Abraham ’03

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    Erin Wilken

    I traveled to Manila, Philippines for a total of 12 weeks in 2010 to train new employees at the new Manila office of Thomson Reuters Legal.

  • Leah Hogdal ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    Leah Hogdal ’09 is enrolled in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences program at Harvard University in Boston, MA.

  • Susan Luhman Michael ’83

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    Erin Wilken

    2010 was a great year for the Luhman-Michael household. Susan (Luhman) ’83 and Stefan celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and their son Sheehan’s high school graduation. Sheehan also received the rank of Eagle Scout. He is now a freshman at the University of Connecticut. Sue’s brother Greg Luhman ’87 visited with his boys to celebrate…

  • Robert and Kelsey Schmidt ’09 ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Kelsey Jentink ’10 and Robert Schmidt ’09 were married on July 31, 2010.