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Tag: 1990

  • Tera Johnson White ’90

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    Erin Wilken

    Tera works as an Occupational therapist with Blankenheim Services in the field of work hardening and Ergonomics. She returned to work in August after 2 years at home with her children.

  • Nicole LaVoi ’91

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    Erin Wilken

    Members of the Gustavus Women’s Tennis Team gathered in St. Peter in July 2010 to celebrate the success of the program and the 20th year anniversary of the 1990 NCAA Division III Team Championship. Back Row (L to R): Mary Sutherland Ryerse ’90, Amy McCrea Morrell ’91, Lynn Anderson ’88, Nicole M. LaVoi ’91, Kathy…

  • Jennifer Winters Meagher ’90

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    Erin Wilken

    In June I received my doctorate from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota in Education. My dissertation was titled “Determining Relationships Between Predictive Factors of Dropout and Student Engagement.” The study examined whether demographic factors contributed to a student’s engagement in school. It also established the validity and reliability of the nationally-used High School Survey of…

  • Anita Larson Mickelson ’90

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    Erin Wilken

    I teach English-As-A-Second Language for Black Hawk College’s Technology Center campus in Rock Island, IL. My students are almost all refugees, brought to the US through World Relief. They represent many conflict/war-torn countries, including Iraq, Burma, Bhutan and various African countries. I teach Level 1, which is for people with some English knowledge, but not…

  • Dan Michel ’90

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    Erin Wilken

    Dan Michel ’90 who works for Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief organization recently talked with his Gustie friend Cathy ten Broeke ’91 who runs the Office to End Homelessness for Hennepin County. The interview is posted to the Feeding America blog and talks the two issues of helping people struggling with poverty. http://blog.feedingamerica.org/2010/06/interview-with-cathy-ten-broeke-of-the-office-to-end-homelessness/

  • Jolee Halstrom Molitor ’90

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    Erin Wilken

    Jolee Molitor ’90, President of Minneapolis-based marketing agency J2M, was recently awarded the William W. Holes Award for long-term achievement by the Midwest Direct Marketing Association (MDMA). The award was presented on April 27, 2010 at the MDMA Annual Conference held at the Northland Inn in Brooklyn Park, MN. Each year since 1968, the MDMA…

  • 1990 20th Reunion Top Ten Reasons to Attend

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    pkauffma

    After moving away from Minnesota over fifteen years ago to live in Jackson Hole, Wyoming there are certain times of year that I get hit with a distinct pang of homesickness. At the top of that list is early autumn or “back to school” time of year. Each fall, I think back to those autumn…

  • Kelly Christensen Putney ’90

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    Erin Wilken

    The Twin Cities law firm of BASSFORD REMELE announced that Kelly A. Putney has been selected to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of personal injury litigation and professional malpractice law. Ms. Putney has also been elected to serve on the Bassford Remele Management Committee. Ms. Putney is a 1993 magna cum laude…

  • Class of 1990 Reunion Committee

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    Erin Wilken

    Dan Michel, Dan Holmstad, Liesl Batz, Sherra Ekloff Buckley, Scott Nelson, and Anne Miller gathered on February 27 with 58 Gusties for a Winter Retreat to discuss reunion planning.  Whether attending for their spring reunion during commencement weekend or their fall reunion during homecoming weekend, each reunion committee came together to make decisions for their…

  • GLA Online Auction Open

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    Erin Wilken

    Don’t miss your chance to participate in the online portion of the auction – 95 items are available online only. Bidding closes Thursday, Nov. 12, at 9 p.m. CST. New online auction items just added: One week in a beach house on Topsail Island, North Carolina Gopher Hockey Tickets, January 2nd Autographed copy of “Hot,…