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MARIANNE (MATHER) MORGAN is an intern at the Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago. JILL OSIER of Fairbanks, Ala., received the 2011 Campbell Corner Poetry Prize from Sarah Lawrence College and was invited to recite her poetry at Poets House in New York City in April 2012. Other
1998
JENNA (ZALK) BERENDZEN is a family nurse practitioner with the Black Hawk County Health Department in Waterloo, Iowa. KARLA (BERG) FOSSAND is a regional health office director at USAID West Africa in Accra, Ghana. MICHAEL JACKSON is director of properties at Olmsted Center in Buffalo, N.Y. BLAKENEY (NICHOLS) JONES is an account executive at the Integer Group in Denver.
recent honors include: the 2011 Robert Watson Poetry Prize from the Greensboro Review, runner-up for the 2011 Indiana Review Poetry Prize, honorable mention for the 2011 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize, and finalist for both the 2012 Mississippi Review Poetry Prize and the 2012 Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize. Her poems have been published in the Alaska Quarterly Review, Arts & Letters, Crazyhorse, the Gettysburg Review, Granta, Ninth Letter, Subtropics, and West Branch.
1997
MATT DOLLINGER of Chicago was named head of industry relations with Trulia Inc., a
2000
KELLI (PUNT) BACON earned a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She is a preservation archivist for the Nebraska State Historical Society in Lincoln. ERIN (MEYER) BOCKOVEN is client accountant at Bergan, Paulsen & Co. PC in Cedar Falls, Iowa. NORAH BRINGER and DAVID WAKE live in Perryville, Md. She is a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, in Washington, D.C. He is a law clerk for the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for New Jersey. KYLE HOLZHUETER earned a doctorate in bioresource science from Nihon University in Japan.
NATE STEWART was featured in an article, “Forty under 40,” by Des Moines Business Record magazine. Nate recently became vice president of marketing for Hy-Vee. He also received the 2011 Hy-Vee Officer of the Year award in operations, volunteers for Variety—The Children’s Charity telethon, and is on the Blank Children’s Hospital board of directors. JARRAD WALTER is the inside sales director at Adometry in Austin, Texas. JOEL ZYLSTRA is a trial attorney at Farmers Insurance Group in St. Paul, Minn.
BEN JOHNSON of Shakopee, Minn., earned an MBA degree from the University of St. Thomas. He is senior clinical research specialist at Medtronic Inc.
2001
MELANIE (NEES) and FRANK CAIN ’00 live in Madison, Wis. They are cofounders of the Fresco Opera Theatre, where she serves as artistic director and he is the executive director. JOE DEVER is a scientist at Standard Process Inc. in Palmyra, Wis. KATHRYN (ANDERSEN) and ROB GERDTS ’02 live in Minneapolis. She is a school counselor in the Osseo Area School District. He is a project manager for Rust Consulting.
LINDA (KLOTZBACH) FERRIS is a nurse at St. Croix Regional Medical Center in St. Croix Falls, Wis. BETH (SWANSON) ROELOFS is senior executive sales manager at Norwex Enviro Products in Louisville, Ky. TRICIA WALKER is vice president of MassMutual Financial Group in Springfield, Mass.
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CARRYN (ENSRUDE) ANDERSON is a radiation oncologist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
KATHY UTHOFF is a kindergarten teacher at St. Benedict’s School in Decorah.
JOSHUA TWEDT received the State of Wisconsin’s 2012 Herb Kohl Educational Fellowship Award from the Kohl Foundation. He is a fifthgrade teacher at Purdy Elementary School in Fort Atkinson, Wis. JEN WADE earned an MBA degree from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management. She is assistant vice president for public finance investment banking with Piper Jaffray & Co. in Minneapolis. SARAH (JEPSEN) WOODBURN is the music teacher and choir director for grades 2–5 at Frankfurt International School in Oberursel, Germany.
2002
BRADLEY ALBERS is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Northwest Suburban Anesthesiologists Ltd. in Arlington Heights, Ill. CHRISTOPHER AMUNDSON earned a master’s degree from Emporia State University in Kansas. He is a teacher in the West Des Moines (Iowa) Community School District.
BETH (KARLGAARD) and BYRON BAILEY ’01 live in Savage, Minn. She is a stay-at-home mom, and he is a software architect with AT&T.
JAMES KNAPP is the senior partner with Heritage Wealth Architects LLC in St. Paul, Minn. LORI (HAGEN) SCHOENHARD is a business systems analyst at AEGON in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
LAURA SHAW earned a doctor of musical arts degree from the University of Iowa. She is a member of the cello faculty at Preucil School of Music in Iowa City, Iowa. Shaw is also assistant principal of the Quad Cities Symphony.
ERIN APPEL is a writing tutor and graduate assistant at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.
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MICHELLE (MEYER) and ERIK SCHLICHT ’02 live in Rochester Minn. Michelle is a software engineer for IBM. Erik is an associate clinical research coordinator for Mayo Clinic.
The band Six Mile Grove, composed of Luther alumni Brandon Sampson ’98, Barry Nelson ’01, Brian Sampson ’01, and their friend Dezi Wallace, released their sixth album, Secret Life in a Quiet Town.
CHRISTI (COLLINS) and PETER BANGSUND live in North Liberty, Iowa. She is an instructional coach for the Iowa City Community School District. He is a gastroenterology fellow at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.