Alumni Blog

Tag: 2010

  • Gusties in Lutheran Colunteer Corps

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    Erin Wilken

    5 Gusties started their first week of work at their volunteer placements through Lutheran Volunteer Corps this week! Drew Ajer, 12 – Milwaukee, WI – Shalom High School: Co-Teacher Brit Barkholtz, ’12 – St. Paul, MN – ReconcilingWorks: RIC Contact/YoYa Committee/Social Media Coordinator Amy Hughes, ’12 – Omaha, NE – Southern Sudan Community Association: Community…

  • Isaac Weeks ’09 and Peter Weeks ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Isaac Weeks ’09 and Peter Weeks ’10 at Osorezan on the Shimokita Peninsula in Japan. Peter is teaching currently teaching English in Tawada-Shi, Japan. Isaac is a student at Medical College of Wisconsin.

  • Matt and Morgan Bollinger Lindholm ’10, ’08

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    Erin Wilken

    This June, Morgan Bollinger ’08 and Matt Lindholm ’10 were married in their hometown of Forest Lake, MN. Five members of their wedding party were also Gusties; Amanda Lindholm Lucas ’08, Sarah Reuss Auld ’08, David Mann ’10, Jon Kamrath ’10, and Kevin Seitz ’10.

  • Gusties reunite at the Minnesota Association of Counselors of Color 20th Anniversary Boat Cruise Celebration!

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    Erin Wilken

     MnACC (Minnesota Association of Counselors of Color), established in 1991, is a noncompetitive post-secondary collaborative organization dedicated to improving access to higher education for Minnesota’s students of color. Like the students it serves, MnACC is made up of diverse member institutions, including two- and four-year public and private colleges and universities including individuals from Minnesota…

  • Becky Dove ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Becky Dove ’10 graduated from the University of Iowa in May with a Master of Public Health degree

  • Emily Kuenker ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Emily Kuenker ’10 recently accepted a position as a Youth Director at Glory of God Lutheran Church in Wheat Ridge, Colorado!

  • Amara Berthelsen ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Amara Berthelsen ’10 was married to Jeff Mattingly on June 2, 2012. Amara just finished her second year with Teach for America-Oklahoma and will be teaching at YES Prep Charter Schools in Houston next school year.

  • Allie Skjerven ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Allie Skjerven ’10 was accepted into Hamline University’s Master of Arts in ESL program and will be pursuing the Adult ESL Education strand, starting in the fall of 2012.

  • Sarah Kappel ’10 and Amy Miller ’74

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    Erin Wilken

    Gusties in Mongolia Sarah Kappel ’10 and Amy Miller ’74 met in Mongolia through Peace Corps. Sarah served as a Peace Corps TEFL Volunteer in Dariganga soum, Sakhbaatar aimag for the last two years. Amy lives and works in Ulaanbaatar as a Peace Corps Medical Officer providing health care to the Peace Corps Volunteers in…

  • Carleen Crouse ’10

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    Erin Wilken

    Carleen Crouse ’10 is now a Wish Coordinator at the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota in Minneapolis.