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  • Twila Brase ’81

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Twila Brase ’81 is a president and co-founder at Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom in Saint Paul, MN. She shared, “my award-winning book, “Big Brother in the Exam Room: The Dangerous Truth About Electronic Health Records” was published in July 2018. The book has won four awards, including two top, gold-level honors: first place in…

  • 1981 Nurses Gather

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    pkauffma

    In early September, the 1981 Nurses gathered together for a two-day reunion.  The first day they gathered at the home of Becky Redepenning Diekmann’s home in Lake Elmo and day two they got together at the Como Park Conservatory.  A good time was had by all! Back Row: L to R: Becky Redepenning Diekmann (in…

  • Nathan Sager ’81

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Nathan Sager ’81 began serving as a Pastor last August at Spirit of God Lutheran Church in Duluth, MN,  and continues to be an Instructor at Mesabi Range College.

  • Tony Randgaard ’81 releases book, “Unpremeditated-A Murderous Caribbean Travelogue”

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    Tony Randgaard ’81 had the official launch party of his book Unpremeditated- A Murderous Caribbean Travelogue held May 23, 2018 when more than 25 people attended the event in Bloomington. Tony writes, “When I was staying in Belize in 2012, Prince Harry was touring the country and a celebrity murder mystery was unfolding around him.…

  • Renae Crosby ’81

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Renae retired from GlaxoSmithKline in Research Triangle Park, NC, in July 2017 after 29 years with the company as a biological scientist.

  • Sandra Samuelson Thompson, Ph.D. ’81

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Sandra Samuelson Thompson, Ph.D. ’81 is a lead school psychologist at Vail School District in Tucson, AZ  Public School and has been awarded the 2017 Arizona Association of School Psychologists Keith Perkins Lifetime Achievement Award for exemplary service to the profession. The award will be conferred on 11/3/17 at the annual state professional meeting.

  • Barbara Halverson ’81

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Barb Halverson (class of 1981) climbed Mt. Bierstadt (14,065) one of 54 mountain peaks in Colorado over 14,000 feet above sea level. This is her first fourteener and she is ready to climb another one!

  • Julie (Wiggins) Nadeau ’81

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Julie Wiggins Nadeau ’81 is a BSN Program Chair at The University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX. I have worked as a faculty member at The University of the Incarnate Word, a Hispanic serving institution, since 2002. I have served as the BSN Chair since 2012. We were recently awarded a $2.4…

  • Barbara (Nelson) Hutson ’81

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    Barbara Nelson Hutson ’81 tood a new job in September as prospect development and campaign manager at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, MN.

  • Debbie (Petersen) Pasvogel ’81

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Had an opportunity to sing Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna at Carnegie Hall in November with members of my home church Chancel Choir and other guest choirs from around the country.