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  • Stephanie Pearson ’92

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    Stephanie Pearson ’92 is a self-employed writer and contributing editor to Outside Magazine in Duluth, MN.  A story she recently wrote for Outside magazine was included in the 2020 edition of The Best American Travel Writing, an annual anthology published on November 3 by Houghton Mifflin. In October she also received three Lowell Thomas Awards…

  • Brent E. Larson ’78

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    Robyn Rost

    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…

  • Gwendolyn Gillson ’09

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    Gwendolyn Gillson ’09 was awarded a Fulbright Study/Research Grant to Japan for her dissertation research on Japanese Buddhist women for her PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Iowa. She and her husband, fellow Gustie alum John Hadfield ’09, will be in Japan from July 2016 to July 2017.

  • Paige Miller ’15, Michelle Hulke ’15, and Helen Wauck ’14

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    Robyn Rost

    Three Gustie alumnae won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship awards. Michelle Hulke ’15 is researching in the field of genetics at Cornell University. Paige Miller ’15 is researching in the field of the ecology at the University of Georgia (she received an honorable mention last year while a senior). Helen Wauck ’14 is researching in…

  • Scott Dee ’81

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    Robyn Rost

    Scott Dee ’81, DVM, received the American Association of Swine Veterinarians’ 2016 Howard Dunne Memorial Award during the association’s 47th Annual Meeting February 29 in New Orleans, LA.  The award recognizes an AASV member who has made important contributions and provided outstanding service to the association and the swine industry. Scott earned his DVM in…

  • Elizabeth Braun Harstad ’08

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    Robyn Rost

    Elizabeth (Braun) Harstad ’08 was recently named Greater Mankato Growth’s Young Professional of the Year. The award recognizes an individual between the ages of 21-39 who has made outstanding contributions to the community through their demonstrated leadership and service. After graduating from Gustavus as a history major, Elizabeth earned her master’s in social work and…

  • Grant Boulanger ’97

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    Robyn Rost

    Grant Boulanger ’97, a Spanish teacher at Skyview Middle School in the North Saint Paul, Maplewood, Oakdale District (ISD 622), has been selected as the recipient of the Minnesota World Language Teacher of the Year Award for 2015 from the Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures (MCTLC).This is one of the organization’s highest…

  • Andrew Soleim ’09

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    Robyn Rost

    Andrew Soleim ’09 has been named a 2015 Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellows. The fellows program, administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, recruits both recent graduates and career changers with strong backgrounds in science, technology, engineering, and math—the STEM fields—and prepares them specifically to teach in high-need secondary schools in Indiana. Each fellow receives $30,000…

  • Vicki Larsen Anderson ’71

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    Vicki Larsen Anderson ’71 was awarded the Mark Rathke , Md Medical Leadership Recognition award on January 25, 2014 at the Arrowhead Regional Ems Meeting in Duluth for “exemplary dedication and commitment to providing outstanding EMS leadership qualities in her community and region”. She has been the volunteer medical director for Carlton Fire and Ambulance from…

  • Char Henn ’89

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    Char Henn ’89 was named the 2013 Goodhue County Citizen of the Year by the Googhue County Editorial Association.