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2003
Kristin Erickson Kraemer received her bachelor’s in nursing from Mankato State University in May ’13.
2004
Amy Pauling has been promoted to corporate communications manager at Rudolph Technologies, Inc., a hightech capital equipment supplier to the semiconductor industry.
ALUMNAE MILESTONES 1941
Dolores Heim Huber was presented the Catholic Woman of the Year award by Bishop Kevin Vann at a luncheon in May ’13 for her volunteerism in church and community in the Diocese of Orange, Calif .
1956
S. Roberta Werner is the author of “Reaching for God: The Benedictine Oblate Way of Life.” This book is an overview of Benedictine life and prayer for the layperson. S. Roberta is the assistant oblate director at Saint Benedict’s Monastery.
1961
Judith Koll Healey is the author of the book “Frederick Weyerhaeuser and the American West.” Healey has written two historical novels and is a member of the College of Saint Benedict Board of Trustees.
1976
Cathy Hoppa Fraley was named the university-level French Teacher of the Year 2012 by the Indiana Foreign Language Teachers Association. She is a French instructor at the University of Evansville where she teaches courses in language, culture, and business French.
1984
Jennifer Pastrick-Smith has been hired by the Galleria as the retail leasing manager.
1989
Rebecca Nelson Simenson, Willmar Middle School assistant principal, has been recognized as Central Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals Assistant Principal of the Year.
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1998
Megan Cassidy Meuli is the author of two children’s books: “Alphabet Summer: Celebrating Life One Letter at a Time” and “Alphabet Adventures: A to Z Activities, Crafts, and Recipes.” Kris Gorman Fremo’s work was on display in the Gorecki Gallery, Benedicta Arts Center. Recollection is a series of photographic images that recapitulates a mother’s childhood as seen through the life of her own child. Georgia Ann Dinndorf Hogenson received a Ph.D. from South Dakota State University. The topic of her dissertation was moral courage in perioperative nurses, and her research focused on the frequency and intensity of occurrence of moral courage in the operating room.
Liana Jacquet-Morrison placed first in the Minnesota Yoga Asana Championship 2013. She went on to attend the national championship, where she placed 44th out of over 100 competitors. She teaches at Bikram’s Yoga College of India - St. Paul.
2006
Marcy Twete is the author of “You Know Everybody! A Career Girl’s Guide to Building a Network that Works!” Kelly Denne Minnich graduated from Pacific University College of Optometry in 2011 and completed a residency specializing in ocular disease at the Kansas City VA and Medical Center. She moved back to Minnesota and is practicing at Complete Eye Care of Medina with CSB alumna Dr. Gina O’Neill Wesley ’02. Katie Jermihov Jensen received her Ph.D. in biochemistry, with an emphasis in structural biology, from Purdue University in Dec. ’12.
2007
KELLY DENNE MINNICH ’06 Graduated from Pacific University College of Optometry in 2011 and completed a residency specializing in ocular disease at the Kansas City VA and Medical Center. She moved back to Minnesota and is practicing at Complete Eye Care of Medina with Dr. Gina O’Neill Wesley ’02.
Katy Lang Kirchner received a MPH degree from the Universtiy of Minnesota in June ’11. Carliene Quist received a MSW degree at the University of Texas El Paso in May ’13. In June 2013 she was named the State of Texas MSW Student of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers, Texas Chapter.
2008
2010
Kristi Curry Hill received a MA in special education from Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tenn. in Dec. ’12. Lauren Neal Broxterman received a MA degree in teaching curriculum and instruction from the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth, Kan., in May ’13.
DOLORES HEIM HUBER ’41 Was presented the Catholic Woman of the Year award by Bishop Kevin Vann in May 2013, for her volunteerism in church and community in the Diocese of Orange, Calif.
ShaLane Reeves-Torkelson received her JD degree from New England School of Law in Boston in May ’13.
KATELIN WEIERS ’13 Was one of 12 international winners of Zonta International’s Jane M. Klausman women in business scholarship awards in 2012. She is an actuarial assistant at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
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