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  • Paula Dumdei Rock ’77

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    Paula Dumdei Rock ’77 shares, “Retired from nursing after 37 years, 33 of those as Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. We have sold the house in Eden Prairie and are now living the good life in Grand Rapids, MN. We live on Lake Jay Gould. Daughter Lauren has moved to Laguna Niguel, CA. Son Jeffrey ’08,…

  • Felipe Bernstein ’79

    Felipe Bernstein ’79

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    Felipe Bernstein ’79 shares, “I live in Santiago, Chile and with my wife Angelina. We have 3 daughters and 1 son, and on April 7 2015 I had my first granddaughter named Mila. Currently I am CEO and owner of SOLNET Corp a Consulting and Software company in my country.”

  • 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…

  • Susie Eddy Halvorson ’85

    Susie Eddy Halvorson ’85

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    The Eddy/Halvorson family at Graduation 2015. From left are Sandy Nuebel Eddy ’79, Michael Eddy ’80, Sharon Johnson Eddy ’57, Ben Halvorson ’15, Susie Eddy Halvorson ’85, Gus the Mascot.

  • Scott Dalchow ’91

    Scott Dalchow ’91

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    Scott Dalchow ’91 and Jeff Barnes ’89 reunited at a rugby tournament in Greenville, WI, in June. Back working together after 25 years as athletic trainers. Both own their own athletic training businesses.

  • 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…

  • Kimberly Johnson Lo ’11

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    Kimberly Johnson Lo ’11 is currently on the Caribbean island of Saba so that her husband can attend medical school at Saba University School of Medicine.

  • Nick David ’07

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    Nick David ’07 obtained his Certificate in PK-12 Administration and K-12 Principal Licensure from the University of Minnesota.

  • Azra Halilovic ’10

    Azra Halilovic ’10

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    Azra graduated with a masters of science in journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012. She has lived in Chicago ever since. After working as a reporter and editor, she transitioned to work in public policy. She is currently the policy coordinator at Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities, a nonprofit that advocates…

  • Jennifer Willis Gori ’87

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    Jennifer Willis Gori ’87 writes, “I have been in private practice as a Marriage and Family therapist in Woodbury, MN, specializing in premarital counseling and officiating weddings since 2003. I work with Minnesota officiants serving both Christian and secular couples. I also bought a photo booth company last year and enjoy that business because its…