Entries tagged with ‘1978’

Gustie Shine with USA Bandy Team

On December 22 the USA Women’s National Bandy Team and men’s elite team Bandolier played their second annual holiday game. The Bandolier have 7 former Gusties – The WNT has 8 former Gusties – Coach of both Bandolier and WNT is a Gustie – The Head referee is a Gustie – The founder of USA […]

Peter Ruggles ’78

Peter Ruggles ’78 celebrated 30 years in ordained ministry in the ELCA. He has been serving at Good Shepherd Lutheran, Marshfield, WI for 22 yrs. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Jill Meyer ’78

In 1990 Donna Salisbury and Jill Meyer (both ’78) rode in the MS TRAM (The Ride Across Minnesota to raise money for MS). They decided it was time to do it again! This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Three Gusties in Cuba

On a recent Yoga Retreat in Havana, Cuba, Kathryn Day ’78 and her sister, Barbara Day ’75 ran into a 3rd Gustie in their small group of 20!!  Left to right:  Isabel Cifuentes ’96, Kathryn Day and Barbara Day.

Jon Hachfeld ’78

Jon Hachfeld ’78 is a certified financial planner at Ameriprise Financial, Inc in Arden Hills, MN.  He was recently awarded the Five Star Professional award for the 10th consecutive year and is beginning his 30th year of practice as a financial planner in the Twin Cities area. This news was submitted using our Submit Your […]

Dakota County Public Health

Dakota County Public Health is proud to have 5 Gustie nurses working in the department!  Gustavus nursing alumni and nursing students pictured: Front left to right: Amy Schilman Mimm ’95; Rose Omodt Jost ’63; Bonnie Madsen Brueshoff ’79; Mary Hassinger Retzlaff ’78; Sue Roos Spector ‘77 Back left to right; Lori MacKinnon ’82;  and nursing […]

Jane Swanson ’78

Jane Swanson of Carbondale, Illinois, will spend approximately three weeks partnering with African communities to provide fresh water sources to more than 2500 villages in remote areas of Malawi, Zambia & Tanzania. Swanson will leave for Africa on September 16th, her second mission trip with Marion Medical Mission. Forty U.S. volunteers will work in remote […]

Brent E. Larson ’78

Brent E. Larson ’78 was been elected the 2016-17 secretary-treasurer of the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO), the world’s oldest and largest dental specialty organization, at its annual meeting in May. Dr. Larson is the Director of the Division of Orthodontics and associate professor of orthodontics at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry.  He has […]

LORI LARSON ’78

Looking for adventure, two Gusties got a surprise as well as they traveled to Cuba this past January 2016. They were assigned as roommates shortly before the trip and didn’t discover their Gustie connection until unpacking the very first night. They are even sorority sisters in Alpha Phi Rho. Karen Noren Talle ’62 hails from Denver, […]

John Bergstrand ’78

Friends from the Gustavus class of 1978 met for breakfast recently in Minneapolis. Pictures from left are Jon Hachfeld, Bill Satterness, John Bergstrand, Brad Bostrom, and Eric Zilley. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Gustavus Choir Alumni

The Gustavus Choir toured the heartland and Texas on their 2016 tour. At many of the locations, they were greeted by Gustie alumni. Photos courtesy of Julie Aune. At Redeemer Lutheran Church in Austin, TX, on February 1 were Hannah Enright ’15, Bob Karli ’67, and Karin Hogberg Schatte ’98.       At Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, […]

Bradford Johnson ’78

Bradford Johnson ’78, Director of Finance, Human Resources, & Operations for the Red Wing Public School District, retired on April 30, 2015. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!

Apple Valley High Gusties

Front row: Kristin Ganyo Larson '97, Claire Opsahl '10, Susi LeMay Yermishkin '89 Back row: Krista Larson Pawlicki '99, Steve Degenaar '78, Michael Bolsoni '94, Laura Norman Moy '96, Dan Peterson '94 Not pictured: Kim Angell Woods '90 Alumni sported Gustie gear at Apple Valley High School to celebrate IDS196 College Fair Day on Monday, […]

John Bergstrand ’78

Works at the 3M Plant in New Ulm, MN. This news was submitted using our Submit Your News form. If you have any news you'd like to share, please let us know!