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from the U of Iowa Council on Teaching, Iowa City. // A girl, Emma, was born to Erik and Karen (Damhof) Sorenson, Minnetonka, Minn., in June.
2 00 4 A girl, Julia, was born to Trevor and Sonja (Vanderpan) Brandt, Grand Forks, N.D., in January. // A boy, Carl, was born to Kevin and Marie (Reigstad) Ellis, Minneapolis, in June; Marie is director of Public Affairs and Legal Counsel for the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce. // A boy, Ryan, was born to Aaron and Jennifer (Vomhof) Hoska, Roseville, Minn., in May. // Lindsey Moe, Fargo, was promoted to compliance officer for Bell Bank, where she has worked for 13 years. // A boy, Elliot, was born to Nicole and Marshall Moore, St. Louis Park, Minn., in June. // A girl, Amelia, was born to Eric and Karen (Miller) Nelson, West Fargo, N.D., in March. // Gretchen Nordstrom married Jonathan Davis in April; they live in Washington, D.C. // Kyle Olson, Fargo, is a realtor for Keller Williams Roers Realty. // Abbi Telander, St. Ann, Mo., is an alumni and volunteer coordinator for the St. Louis Children’s Choirs. // A girl, Arya, was born to Mark and Megan (Stein) Lyons, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in December 2015.
2 00 5 Oby Ballinger, St. Paul, Minn., created an online daily Bible group helping nearly 200 people around the country read through the Bible in a year. // Erinn Brauer, McCook, Neb., is area director of financial aid for Mid-Plains Community College. // A girl, Eleanor, was born to Steven and Juliet
(Nygaard) Erb, Fort Collins, Colo., in April. // Amanda (Olson) Holman, Omaha, Neb., collaborated with a group of students to write, shoot and direct a public service announcement titled “Let's Change the Talk” focusing on the best ways a parent can initiate “the talk” about sex, using Holman’s research as a foundation; she is an assistant professor at Creighton U. // A boy, Ryan, was born to Andrew and Katherine (Somerfeld) Rogers, Baltimore, in February. // Shantel (Seemann) Schonour, Roslindale, Mass., earned an Education Specialist degree in reading from the U of Massachusetts, Lowell; she is a reading specialist and English teacher for Minuteman High School, Lexington. // Melissa Sire, Seattle, earned a Master of Science degree in early childhood education from the U of North Dakota, Grand Forks; she is a pre-K-teacher at Thornton Creek School. // Michelle Urberg, Seattle, earned a doctorate in music history and theory from the U of Chicago; she received a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship from the U of Illinois, Champaign.
2 006 Tyler Bormann, Breckenridge, Minn., is the head coach for boys basketball at Moorhead Senior High School. // Ellen (Mueller) Fox, Washington, D.C., is a science associate at The Journal of Immunology and The American Association of Immunologists. // A boy, Sebastian, was born to Rachel (Tepe) and Stephen Mollick, St. Louis Park, Minn., in April. // A boy, Briggs, was born to Nolen and Alison (Perleberg) Peterson, Oakes, N.D., in March; Alison is
a clinic manager at CHI Oakes Community Hospital and Clinic. // Karla Solum, Moorhead, was named USA Beach Volleyball Sports Medicine Provider of the Year for 2015 by USA Beach Volleyball, Torrance, Calif. // A girl, Inga, was born to Ted and Kristin (Tramp) Steinmann, Eagan, Minn., in May. // A twin girl, Betsy, and boy, Joel III, were born to Joel and Dena (Hammond) Weinberger, San Diego, in April.
2 00 7 A boy, Colin, was born to Adam and Sarah (Hartmann) Hetz, Brooklyn Park, Minn., in April. // A boy, Bennett, was born to Lindsay (Morlock) and Andy Lowther, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., in February. // A boy, Noah, was born to Chad and Nicole (Ellingson) Schroeder, Brooklyn Park, Minn., in March. // Allison Wendel, Fargo, is an English and STEM teacher at West Fargo High School.
2 00 8 Berit (Christensen) Dockter, Silver Spring, Md., is a health policy analyst for Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore. // A boy, Elliot, was born to Jonathan ’06 and Liz (Carlson) Eisert, Fargo, in October 2015. // A girl, Dorothy, was born to Matthew ’09 and Hannah (Griffin) Fleming, Eden Prairie, Minn., in May. // A boy, William, was born to Jaclyn and Chad Johnson, St. Joseph, Minn., in March; Chad is a SMART Kids coordinator for the Salvation Army, St. Cloud, Minn.
2 00 9 Kelly Meyers, Eagan, Minn., is senior specialist
merchandise presentation for Target Corporation, Minneapolis. // Joe Raasch married Nicole Syverson in April; they live in Fargo; Joe is an on-boarding assistant for Pedigree Technology. // Daniel Ram married Alice Cao in December 2015; they live in Providence, R.I.; Daniel received a doctorate in immunology from Tufts U, Boston, and a postdoctoral fellowship to Harvard Medical School. // A boy, Cade, was born to Anna (Overson) and Cody Salo, Cloquet, Minn., in August 2015. // A boy, Ethan, was born to Parker and Kristina (Bruns) Schultz, Lakeville, Minn., in May. // A boy, Joshua, was born to Jeremiah and Heidi (Kittleson) Schutt, Winnebago, Minn., in November 2015. // A boy, Bentley, was born to Benjamin and Christina (Jacobson) Verbick, Minneapolis, in July.
2 0 10 Katie Bleskacek married Steve Steinke in July 2015; they live in Fridley, Minn. // A boy, Cameron, was born to Kevin and Jessica (Wiener) Gruber, Belgrade, Minn., in December 2015; Jessica is a commercial loan assistant for Central MN Credit Union, Paynesville. //
He’s Got the Outfit Right Oliver, the son of Courtney (Voges) ’10 and Joe ’10 Douglass, dresses the part as a future member of Cobber Nation. Oliver was born in February 2015.
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