Alumni Blog

Tag: 2013

  • Brandon Hirdler ’12

    Brandon Hirdler ’12

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    Gustavus Alumni

    A group of Gustavus alumni traveled to the Boundary Waters this past summer! The group included Brandon Hirdler ’12, Erick Kunkel ’12, Ben Meyer ’12, Scott Broady ’09, Ryan Dobbs ’09, Blake Gust ’13, and Peter Rocky ’11.

  • Erik Bryz-Gornia ’13

    Erik Bryz-Gornia ’13

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Erik Bryz-Gornia ’13 (below, left) is finishing up his Master’s of Public Health degree with a concentration in Global Environmental Health while assisting with an inaugural Paramedic Education Program in the western region of the Dominican Republic during the summer of 2015. During a medical mission trip in August of 2014 a need was recognized…

  • Cassandra Quam ’13

    Cassandra Quam ’13

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Four Gustavus alumnae who now all work at the same middle school returned to campus with a group of their students in April. Kelly Etzel Barnholdt ’03, Allison Berry Stapley ’99, Cassandra Quam ’13, and Annika Torkelson ’08, staff members at Laura Jeffrey Academy, a girl-focused public charter school in St. Paul, brought some young…

  • Michelle Isaacson ’12, Amber Brossard ’13, and Britt Forsberg ’05

    Michelle Isaacson ’12, Amber Brossard ’13, and Britt Forsberg ’05

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Michelle Isaacson ’12 writes, “While attending a Minnesota Master Naturalist Volunteer Instructor Training class I discovered that I was not the only Gustie in a attendance! We even discovered that two of us had a class together. On the left is Britt Forsberg ’05, the middle is Michelle Isaacson ’12, and on the right is…

  • Allie Canoy Illies ’13 and Matt Illies ’13

    Allie Canoy Illies ’13 and Matt Illies ’13

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Allie Canoy ’13 and Matt Illies ’13 were married September 6, 2014 joined by a church full of Gusties to help celebrate! Photographed (Peter Rakke ’13, Kayla Peterson ’17, Allie Canoy Illies ’13, Matt Illies ’13, Willie Lutes ’13, Megan Van Dusartz ’14)

  • Sawyer Olson ’13

    Sawyer Olson ’13

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Sawyer Olson ’13 writes, “I just completed my first semester as a middle school English teacher for 450 students in the small Thai town of Nong Phai, about four hours north of Bangkok. The second semester is due to begin sometime in late October.”

  • Mitch Carlson ’11 and Janie Briant ’11

    Mitch Carlson ’11 and Janie Briant ’11

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    Gustavus Alumni

    On August 16, 2014, Mitch Carlson ’11 and Janie Briant ’11 were married in the Gustavus Arboretum. Pictured (left to right) are Wally Auerbach (Uncle) and Cindy Carlson Gustafson ’80 (Aunt), Tucker Carlson ’13 (Brother), Martha Carlson (Mother), Gary Carlson ’82 (Father), Phyllis Carlson (Stepmother), Mitch Carlson ’11, Janie Briant ’11, Norman Carlson ’55 (Grandfather) and…

  • Taylor Frey ’13

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Taylor Frey ’13 will be attending the University of Minnesota this fall for a Masters in Public Health, within the Administration and Policy program.

  • Hannah Durbin Clark ’13 and Kevin Clark ’12

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Kevin Clark ’12 and Hannah Durbin ’13 were married in Elk River on May 25, 2014.

  • Laura Grossmann ’13

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Started working at The Lacek Group in downtown Minneapolis as an Assistant Account Executive.