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  • Rob Rieckenberg ’00

    Rob Rieckenberg ’00

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    Rob Rieckenberg writes, “My family was just on Family Feud, and yes we did win the big money and actually made it on to 4 episodes. The reason I am writing you is two out of the five family members on the show are Gusties. I am class of 2000, Rob Rieckenberg and one of…

  • Charlotte Nielsen Gunnufson ’94

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    Charlotte Nielsen Gunnofson ’94 forwarded the following press release, sharing her good news: “Cedar Rapids Author Honored by National Children’s Magazine Charlotte Gunnufson receives Pewter Plate Award from Highlights magazine July 28, 2015 (HONESDALE, PA) – Highlights magazine has honored author Charlotte Gunnufson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for her verse titled “Seven Sailors,” which was published…

  • Matthew Hentges ’06

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    Gustavus Alumni

    Matthew Hentges ’06 shares, “I recently completed a fellowship in foot and ankle deformity correction at the International Center for Limb Lengthening at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. I was hired as an attending foot and ankle surgeon at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. My family and I will be relocating to Pittsburgh, PA in…

  • Margaret Fagerholm ’75

    Margaret Fagerholm ’75

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    Margaret Fagerholm ’75 retired as clinical professor of radiology on July 3, 2015, thirty years after beginning her career at the Univ. of Wisconsin. In May of this year, she was recognized as a 2015 Champion in Women’s Health by the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation.

  • Carmen Westerberg ’97

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    Robyn Rost

    Carmen Westerberg ’97 was awarded the 2015 Presidential Seminar Award at Texas State University (San Marco, TX). Carmen is assistant professor of psychology, where she researches memory failures from a cognitive neuroscience perspective. After Gustavus, Carmen earned her PhD in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Minnesota and was a post-doctoral fellow at Northwestern University. She has…

  • Grant Boulanger ’97

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    Grant Boulanger ’97, world language teacher at Skyview Middle School, is co-directing and will be one of the Learning Lab Teachers at the 4th annual International Forum on Language Teaching (iFLT). The iFLT conference, to be at Tartan High School in Oakdale, MN, in July 2015, is a progressive language teaching conference which focuses on best-practices in second…

  • Brandon Hirdler ’12

    Brandon Hirdler ’12

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    Brandon Hirdler ’12, Julio Zelaya ’12, & Chelsea Siewert ’12 explored Colombia where Julio and Chelsea teach English. Here they are after climbing the Rock of Guatape in the small town of Guatape, Colombia, near Medellin.

  • Tom Walker ’00

    Tom Walker ’00

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    Tom Walker ’00, wife Mary Sue, and daughters Ellie (future class of 2035) and Cecilia (future class of 2033) are opening a Goddard School in Lakeville, MN, scheduled to open around the holidays this year. Tom writes, “We broke ground in May and are excited to offer premium pre-school in the Apple Valley/Lakeville/Farmington/Rosemount area!”

  • Chelsa Johnson Weatherbee ’00

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    Chelsa Johnson Weatherbee ’00 shares, “I passed the American Institute of Certified Planners exam in May 2015. I now have my AICP certification! Tough test!”

  • Sharon Rajala Reese ’64

    Sharon Rajala Reese ’64

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    Gusties from the class of 1964 gathered for lunch in June at Ciao Bella in Bloomington. Left to right, front row: Sharon Johnson Corl, Susan Fenske Anderson, Mary Fahden McIlrath, Nicky Kerpen Bredeson. Back row, left to right: Maxine Holm (Jim ’63), Ina Street Sickels, Sharon Rajala Reese, Diane Ness Anderson, Liz Proeschl Wold.