CLASS NOTES
Echo (Bartos) Kopplin graduated with a Doctor of Medical Science in May 2020. Echo published an article in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery JOPA edition in January. Crystal Lee earned her Master of Divinity at United Lutheran Seminary in 2021. She is the pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Yuriy Malashenko and wife, Lexi, welcomed daughter, Olivia Paulette, in March. Evan Pierce is studying human resource management at the University of Southern California, with an anticipated graduation date in 2022.
at the Cook County Office of the Medical Examiner in Chicago, and accepted a position as an assistant medical examiner at the Cook County Office of the Medical Examiner to begin upon completion of her medical training in 2022. Cody Schilling is the new Augustana assistant men’s basketball coach. Kayla Vastenhout married Stephen Juba on Oct. 10, 2020. Kayla is employed at Sanford Imagenetics as a clinical staff scientist.
CLASS OF 2011
Brittany Van Iperen married Joseph Fenderson on April 10.
Adam Diamond married Kaitlyn Grabinski on Jan. 2. Adam is the vice president of risk & business insurance at USI Insurance.
CLASS OF 2013
Kelsey Wolter Knight and Brian Knight ’12 welcomed daughter, Anna, in September 2020.
Megan (Ulbricht) Bernhardt and husband, Jared, welcomed daughter, Kaylee Aloysia, in August 2019. Michael Magnuson and Elizabeth (Waterman) Magnuson ’12 welcomed their first child, Morris Lee, in June. Grace (Johnson) Martin and husband, James, welcomed son, Rowan Donald, in April. Brandon Varilek earned his Ph.D. in nursing in 2020. He is an assistant professor at South Dakota State University. Dylan West was admitted into the Summer 2021 cohort at the University of Colorado Denver to pursue a doctoral degree focusing on educational equity with a concentration in professional learning and technology.
CLASS OF 2012 Anthony Cullen is a technology & initiatives manager at AdvisorNet Financial. Charlie Dubanoski is the 13th head baseball coach at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota. Brian Knight and Kelsey Wolter Knight ’11 welcomed daughter, Anna, in September 2020. Elizabeth (Waterman) Magnuson and Michael Magnuson ‘13 welcomed their first child, Morris Lee, in June. Meredith Reynolds completed a fellowship in pediatric & perinatal pathology at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, in June. In July, she began a second fellowship in forensic pathology
CLASS OF 2007 Jennifer (Fisher) Adams earned her Master of Music at the University of South Dakota in 2021. Sarah Hanna-Addams defended her dissertation, entitled “The Role of CK1 in Necroptosis and Confirmation of Amyloid-Like Fibers in Necroptosis Using 2D SDD-Age,” in February 2020, and received her Ph.D. in biological sciences from the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center. In March 2020, she began working at LakePharma, Inc. at its Irving, Texas, location and in April 2021, she was promoted to scientific manager II.
Anna (Isaacson) Lynch began her position as a staff attorney with Iowa Legal Aid in August.
Jeremy Aylward and wife, Andrea, welcomed son, Jack Joseph, in April. He joins sisters, Nora, Violet and Lucy. Jeremy was promoted to the coordinator of business operations for the University of South Dakota School of Health Sciences and Parry Center for Clinical Skills & Simulation. Jeremy has been with the University of South Dakota for nine years.
CLASS OF 2010
CLASS OF 2006
Terra (Goplen) Falkena and husband, Tim, welcomed son, Flynn Fredrick, in January 2020, and daughter, Aurora Lynn, in February 2018. Terra received her master’s degree in the art of teaching, with a focus on music education from Morningside University in May 2020. Logan Lee received tenure and is now an associate professor of economics at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.
Mary (Fodstad) Anderson earned her MBA in human resources at Capella University in 2021. She is an IT business analyst in Human Resources at Hennepin Healthcare. Allison (Girtz) Antoine opened Kindermusik at the Lakes in Okoboji, Iowa, in 2017. She is the CEO and a passionate educator at Kindermusik.
THE 2000s
Christy Hallenbeck Ask is the new director of mission integration and senior pastor at the Good Samaritan Society in Sioux Falls.
CLASS OF 2009
CLASS OF 2004
Jessica (Vogelaar) Olcott and husband, Creighton, welcomed son, Oliver, in June 2020. He joins big sister, Charlotte.
Sarah Madden Woods and husband, Robert, welcomed daughter, Abigail Sarah Louise, in February.
Amber (Chevalier) Silva and husband, Jorge, welcomed son, Max Lee, in August 2020. He joins siblings Evan, 4, and Bella, 2. Amber is a community wellness coordinator at Carris Health in Willmar, Minnesota. Christa (Fishel) Walz is a nurse at Monument Health in Spearfish, South Dakota. She and husband, Gary Walz ’06, are the parents of four children, Carter, Madyson, Lexy and Josie.
CLASS OF 2003 Joseph Hoiberg earned his MBA at the University of Iowa in 2021.
CLASS OF 2000 Nate White, a former Sanford Health executive, was named president of Newpoint Healthcare Advisors, a national health care consulting firm.
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