Alumni Blog

Tag: Education

  • Linda Lanz ’00

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    Erin Wilken

    Linda Lanz ’00 received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Rice University in May 2009.

  • Linda Sibert ’83

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    Erin Wilken

    Linda Sibert ’83, received her Master’s of Science in Nursing degree from York College, York, Pa. on May 15, 2010. She is currently working as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Heart and Vascular Center at Memorial Hospital of York, York, Pa.

  • 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…

  • Ahmed Bachelani ’07

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    Erin Wilken

    Ahmed received a Juris Doctorate with certifications in Tax Law and Business & Transactional from Washburn University School of Law on May 15, 2010 in Topeka, KS.

  • Seyward Mattson Ask ’06

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    Erin Wilken

    This past May, Seyward Mattson ’06 got married to Justin Ask at Christ Chapel at Gustavus. Also in May, Seyward graduated from Luther Seminary in St Paul and received a Master of Divinity. She just started her first call as an associate pastor in Atlanta, GA.

  • Eric Olson ’07

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    Erin Wilken

    Eric D. Olson received a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center on May 23, 2010 in Washington, D.C. In the photo – Eric Olson ’07 with wife Sarah Creighton Olson ’07.

  • Jo Ellison ’07

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    Erin Wilken

    Jo Ellison received her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Dakota in December 2009.

  • Benjamin P. Maisenbach ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    Benjamin P. Maisenbach ’09 was accepted into the CVS Pharmacy Internship Program in June 2010. He has also been accepted into the Doctoral Pharmacy Program at Creighton University, Omaha Nebraska. He will begin classes in August, 2010.

  • ’08 Grads in Mesa

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    Erin Wilken

    Tim Lamanna ’08 and Tammy Burger ’08 rock out at Physician Assistant school in Mesa, Arizona at the A.T. Still University of Health Sciences. Tim is first year student and Tammy is about to begin her second year on clinical rotations.

  • Zeb Zacharias ’09

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    Erin Wilken

    After returning from a five month teaching excursion in South Korea, I have decided to enter Graduate School. I will begin studying to earn my M.S. in Biology at MSU Mankato the fall of 2010. I have also accepted a Biology Assistant-ship at Mankato and will be working as a Teaching Assistant for the 2010-11…