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born to Thomas and Sarah (Walker) Livesay, Coralville, Iowa, in December 2016; Sarah earned a doctorate in English literature from the U of Iowa, Iowa City, and is the assistant director of the Hanson Center for Technical Communication, U of Iowa. // Ashton Madsen, Carbondale, Ill., is an adult outpatient counselor/ intake specialist for Family Counseling Center, Cairo. // Kelly McGannon, Wright, ACT, Australia, is a visitor experience guide for National Zoo and Aquarium, Canberra. // A girl, Hildy, was born to
for MidMinnesota Federal Credit Union. // Paul Sommerfeld, Arlington, Va., earned a doctorate in musicology from Duke U, Durham, N.C. // A girl, Violet, was born to Jonathan ’10 and Kali (Messer) Swift, Sioux Falls, S.D., in January 2017. // Karen Wamsley married Lee Khambounmy, Minneapolis, in April; Karen is an accounting manager for TripleTree, Edina, Minn. // Jake Winchester, Englewood, Colo., earned a Master of Arts degree in clinical mental health counseling from the U of Colorado Denver; he is a
and legislative associate for the Navajo Nation Washington (D.C.) Office. // Megan Knox, El Paso, Texas, is executive director of the FEMAP Foundation. // Nick Lewis married Betsy Hutchinson, Detroit Lakes, Minn., in August 2016. // A boy, Tate, was born to Meg Martin and Craig Miller, Minneapolis, in May 2016. // A boy, Adrian, was born to Ken and Lisa (Suckstorff) Maus, Alexandria, Minn., in November 2016. // A girl, Anne, was born to Karin (Koenig) and Allan Rau, Clear Lake, Minn., in October 2016.
// A boy, Ivan, was born to Josh ’12 and Brook (Moseng) Herzog, Detroit Lakes, Minn. in May. // Kristen Johnson, Fargo, earned a family nurse practitioner master’s degree from the U of North Dakota, Grand Forks; she is a nurse practitioner for Essentia Health. // A boy, Archer, was born to Anthony ’07 and Whitney (Derks) Mitchell, Helena, Mont., in March. // A boy, Rowan, was born to Sean and Laura (Laufmann) Otis, Sioux Falls, S.D., in May 2016; Laura is an enterprise risk management analyst for Great Western
Neil and Kristen (Hokenstad) McKeone, Shakopee, Minn., in August 2016. // A girl, Luella, was born to Nicole and Joseph Raasch, Fargo, in July. // Daniel Ram, Providence, R.I., earned a doctorate in immunology from Tufts U, Boston; he is a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. // A daughter, Grettel, was born to Dustin and Heather (Arneson) Richter, Detroit Lakes, Minn., in August 2016; Heather is a consumer lending sales consultant
behavioral health provider II for Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.
// Leah Ryan, Eveleth, Minn., is a reporter and columnist for Mesabi Daily News, Virginia. // Marly Simmons, Baxter, Minn., earned a Master of Science degree in education with a mathematics focus from Southwest Minnesota State U, Marshall. // Danielle (Curtis) Stoll, Havre, Mont., is the choir teacher at Havre High School. // Emily Wells married Jeffrey Sivertson, Fergus Falls, Minn., in August 2016; Emily is director of marketing for Park Gardens Senior Living. // A boy, Duke, was born to Lee and Abby (Tisdale) West, Grafton, N.D., in October 2016; Abby is nutrition services director for Life Skills & Transition Center.
Bank. // Steven Reuter married Caitlin Johnson, St. Paul, Minn., in May 2016; Steven earned a Master of Arts degree in marriage and family therapy from Adler Graduate School, Richfield. // Sean Sorteberg, Thief River Falls, Minn., was promoted to manager of production control and logistics for Arctic Cat/Textron Off Road. // A girl, Anna, was born to Eric and Lucy (Oehler) Swanson, Aitkin, Minn., in September 2016. // A girl, Rebekah, was born to Jesse and Anna (Rohlfing) Tucker, Peyton, Colo., in December 2016; Anna earned a Master of Divinity degree from Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. // A girl, Brynlee, was born to Daidre Vaala-Logeais and John Logeais, Hutchinson, Minn., in July. // A girl, Eliese, was born to Dale and Beth (Weinzierl) Yurs, Belleville, Wis., in September 2016.
NOT READY FOR COLLEGE Elaina, the daughter of Travis ’12 and Carrie (Johansen) ’12 Loch, was born in July 2016; she has a few years before following in her parents’ college footsteps.
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2010 A girl, Finley, was born to Nathan and Rebecca (Grotluschen) Aamodt, West Fargo, N.D., in November 2016. // Abby Boggs-Johnson, Fargo, is director of marketing and creative services for Discovery Benefits. // A girl, Bentlee, was born to Amber (Jackson) ’11 and Brady Blomberg, Fargo, in October 2016. // Alison Brennan, Moorhead, earned a doctorate in developmental science from North Dakota State U, Fargo; she is an extension parent educator/Region V Parenting Resource Center coordinator for NDSU Extension Service/ Cass County. // A boy, Jack, was born to Lucas and Samantha (Florian) Brown, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., in March. // A girl, Elouise, was born to Tyler ’11 and Sami (Beilke) Burington, Otsego, Minn., in October 2016. // Sarah Jesperson, Edina, Minn., is an American Indian outreach worker for Richfield Public Schools. // Natasha John, Arlington, Va., is a government affairs
2011 A girl, Bentlee, was born to Brady ’10 and Amber (Jackson) Blomberg, Fargo, in October 2016. // A boy, Trey, was born to Nathan and Sasha (Bergsagel) Dykema, Fargo, in November 2016. // Kayla Goetz married Michael Anderson, Fargo, in March. // Peter Graff, Cleveland, was awarded an Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship.
2012 Mary Beenken married Nathan Johnson, Eden Prairie, Minn., in August 2016. // Amanda Boike, Longmont, Colo., is a Spanish teacher at Loveland High School. // Erin Colenso married