Chance meeting Halfway around the world, President Jim Peterson ’64 happened across Kate Podvin ’05 (left) and Amber Wilson ’05 on a little side street in Beijing. Peterson was in China with a Minnesota delegation of business leaders and educators; Podvin and Wilson are teaching in Seoul, South Korea, and just happened to be visiting Beijing during a school break. “The Gustie connections that are made all over the world always amaze me!” Podvin wrote to Peterson in a note accompanying a photo she sent to Peterson. “Amber and I still bring up the incident of running into you, and we think to ourselves how wonderful it is to know that in such a huge and sometimes confusing world there are still connections that bring us home. It was a reassuring feeling for me (at least) to see someone familiar in such an unfamiliar culture. We just wanted you to know that you made our day . . .” Podvin and Wilson are due to come back to the United States in August 2006.
Amy Nida ’02 and Tom Scott ’03, 5/14/05, Savage, MN. Marie Rivers ’02 and Joseph Rule, 10/15/05, Urbana, IL. Katya Sedio ’02 and Steven Murray ’02, 9/17/05, St. Louis Park, MN. Kiersti Wilen ’02 and David Willms, 8/5/05, Cheyenne, WY. Angela Balm ’03 and Jeremy Ahlgren ’02, 6/5/04, Menomonee Falls, WI. Nicole Busch ’03 and Brad Menden ’03, 7/16/05, Shakopee, MN. Molly Dedolph ’03 and Adam Moseley ’03, 8/13/05, Hopkins, MN. Anna Felkey ’03 and Nick Lovas ’03, 9/10/05, Hopkins, MN. Lisa Hanson ’03 and Dave Thomas, 10/1/05, Excelsior, MN. Kimberly Lutz ’03 and Neal Boeder ’01, 8/20/05, St. Paul, MN. Nicolette Martinson ’03 and Matt Francek ’03, 6/25/05, Farmington, MN.
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Megan Trapp ’03 and Samuel Henschen ’03, 11/12/05, Eden Prairie, MN. Kristi Beck ’04 and Jason Wahlman, 11/5/05, Minnetonka, MN. Ryan Gillespie ’04 and Jeremy Jirele, 7/9/05, Owatonna, MN. Sarah Hanson ’04 and Dan Brown ’04, 7/1/05, Chicago, IL. Anah Huggenvik ’04 and Paul Sellers ’03, 10/1/05, Mendota Heights, MN. Megan Kaiser ’04 and Shawn Barta, 4/9/05, Medford, MN. Julie Lorentz ’04 and John Cook ’04, 10/22/05, Garrison, MN. Jason Lukis ’04 and Danae Lukis, 10/1/05, Alexandria, MN. Denise Volk ’04 and Andrew Carey, 10/1/05, Rosemount, MN. Melissa Brasel ’05 and Pat Paulson, 10/8/05, Hartford, WI. Brett Heerwald ’05 and Cortney Kenow, 7/29/05, Woodbury, MN. Christina Johnson ’05 and Brooks Maki ’04, 10/22/05, Evanston, IL.
Births Aiden, to Bob Farkas ’83 and Noreen Farkas, 7/13/05. Maria, to Agnieszka Perlinska ’84 and Jacek Szamrej, 8/11/05. Whitman, to Robyn Rime ’84 and Edgar Brown, 11/18/05. Paige, to Tim Wilson ’85 and Dawn Wilson, 5/1/05. Mark, to Liza Marie Keifer Cameron ’86 and Paul Cameron, 1/12/05. Samantha, to Scott Robinson ’86 and Emily Robinson. Kirsten, to Cheryl Lange Kuz ’87 and Julian Kuz, 10/19/05. Dane, to Dawn Anderson Levy ’87 and Christopher Levy. Christian, to Beth Gustafson ’87 and Richard Sudduth, 6/1/05. Britta, to Leif Hagen ’88 and Anne Hagen, 9/27/05. Sara, to Annette Deden ’89 and Joshua Deden, 9/24/05. Andrew, to Eric Lipke ’89 and Kathy Lipke, 10/18/05.
Eric, to Karen Miller Marion ’89 and Robin Marion, 4/27/04. Christiana, to Jen Cronkhite Smisson ’89 and Richard Smisson. Adam, to Jolee Halstrom Molitor ’90 and James Molitor, 9/29/05. Kate, to Erik C. Olson ’90 and Karen Olson, 2/21/05. Kayelee, to Susan Gilyard Parks ’90 and Scott Parks, 1/13/04. Linnea, to Charla Carriere Cary ’91 and Dan Cary ’91, 9/25/05. Stathis, to Jennifer Coppersmith ’91 and Dimitris Mizantzidis, 10/25/05. Jay, to Lori Lussenhop Ellingson ’91 and Mark Ellingson, 1/14/05. Twins, Nicholas and Emma, to Matthew Lehmann ’91 and Erin Lehmann, 8/25/05 Patrick, to Robert Leibforth ’91 and Mary Delanty-Leibforth, 9/13/04. Jackson, to Sarah Casserly Maveus ’91 and Rick Maveus, 5/24/05. Luca, to Pamela Johnson Michelucci ’91 and Pietro Michelucci, 12/1/05. Adam, to Sharon Cutting Mueller ’91 and Steve Mueller, 10/10/05. Olivia, to Amy Woog Patnode ’91 and Thomas Patnode, 10/11/04. Benjamin, to Matt Reinertson ’91 and Pamela Reinertson, 6/27/05. Jordan, to Heidi Tideman Williams ’91 and Terry Williams, 7/9/05. Johanna, to Kristen Hoffmann Asplin ’92 and Peter Asplin ’91, 7/7/05. Charles, to Allison Graefe Burkhow ’92 and Jon Burkhow ’90 and, 5/25/05. Andrew, to Nicole Davis Ensrud ’92 and Bruce Ensrud ’90, 7/31/05. Helen, to Maret Freeman ’92 and Edmund Ashley, 12/8/04. Lillian, to Peter Gausmann ’92 and Melissa Gausmann, 3/31/05. Wesley, to Sheila Bluhm Hearn ’92 and Peter Hearn, 8/10/05. Eva, to Jason L Knudtson ’92 and Tiffany Von Wald, 9/29/05. Jack, to Dustin Maas ’92 and Jana Maas, 9/14/05. Margaret, to Greg Muth ’92 and Janet Muth, 10/14/05. Jackson, to Michelle Pedersen ’92 and Peter Breitmayer ’87, 1/5/05. Melina, to Traci Robole Peters ’92 and Craig Peters, 3/31/05. Joseph, to Melissa Otto Rossow ’92 and Dean Rossow, 7/27/05. Natalie, to Darin Zielsdorf ’92 and Monica Zielsdorf, 5/8/04.