Alumni Blog

Tag: Education

  • Andrew Bennett ’05

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    Andrew Bennett ’05 writes, “I received a M.S. in Cultural Foundations of Education from Syracuse University in 2012. I interned with the Department of Defense Educational Activity in Alexandria, Virginia last summer.”

  • Shawna Weaver ’05

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    Shawna Weaver ’05 wrote: “After completing my doctorate in Sustainability Education in May, I will now be teaching both ethics and psychology courses at the College of St. Scholastica in the fall. I am also the founder and executive director of Deep Rock Ecotherapy and Wellness, a nonprofit counseling center located in Duluth.”

  • Alli Linn ’09

    Alli Linn ’09

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    Alli Linn ’09 writes, “After four intense years, I graduated from veterinary school and have finally received my DVM! I have accepted a one year internship at a large ambulatory horse practice outside of Albany, NY. The included photo was taken after the graduation ceremony where one of my greatest Gustie friends surprised me by attending!”…

  • Erik Bryz-Gornia ’13

    Erik Bryz-Gornia ’13

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    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…

  • Hannah Fischer ’12

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    Hannah Fischer ’12 graduated summa cum laude from Creighton University School of Law on May 16. She is currently studying for the Bar Exam, which she will sit for at the end of July. After passing, she will begin working as an Associate at Baird Holm, LLP in Omaha, Nebraska.

  • Kristine McLean ’14

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    Kristine McLean writes, “I graduated last spring from Gustavus at the age of only 21. Just 2 months following graduation I began my first year of law school at William Mitchell. As the youngest law student in my class, I just successfully completed my first year at William Mitchell.”

  • Bethany Schulz ’14

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    Bethany Schulz ’14 just completed her first year of graduate work in the Leadership in Student Affairs program at the University of St. Thomas. In addition to her current graduate assistantship at UST, she will be interning with the office of Campus Activities at Gustavus next fall.

  • Mike Jirik ’12

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    Mike Jirik ’12 graduated this spring with a M.A. degree from the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His Master’s thesis won the Caldwell Writing Prize, which is awarded to the best Master’s Thesis in the History Department. Mike was also accepted into the PhD program at UMass and will continue his studies…

  • Cory Weller ’11

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    Cory Weller ’11 writes, “I’m currently in my second year of graduate school, pursuing my PhD with the Biology Department at the University of Virginia. I’ve recently published my first paper in the journal Evolution, a product of my rotation work in the field of Bioinformatics. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evo.12597/abstract I’ve also just been awarded a fellowship through…

  • Julia Tjornhom Velasquez ’82

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    Julia Tjornhom Velasquez ’82 writes, for the last seven years, I’ve led the mitigation of construction risk for the Minneapolis commercial office of First American Title Insurance Company. During four of those years, I also attended William Mitchell College of Law, graduated in May of 2014, and obtained my license to practice law in October.