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renewal for Lutheran Services in Iowa and is a support specialist for Iowa KidsNet. JAN SAXHAUG of Duluth, Minn., earned a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Minnesota–Humphrey School of Public Affairs. She is a regional labor market analyst for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. MIRIAM (BLOM) SKRADE is the head women’s and men’s tennis coach for Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. JIM STELLMACHER of Appleton, Wis., earned a master of music degree in education from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He teaches music and directs bands for the Wrightstown (Wis.) School District. He is also the music coordinator for First English Lutheran Church’s North Site. AARON STEWART is senior systems analyst for the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation in Madison. ERICK WEEG is a portfolio manager for Abbot Downing in Minneapolis. ZACH WIGLE is the principal for Keokuk (Iowa) Senior High School.
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JON TRULLINGER is a research associate for Syngenta Biotechnology Inc. in Durham, N.C.
JOHN SILL is a one-stop counselor for the University of Minnesota– Twin Cities.
2006 KELSEY BOYCE is the
ERIKA STRANDJORD is assistant professor of English at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn.
DUSTIN CAROLAN is a police officer in Iowa City.
VERONICA (ALZALDE) WELLS is a music librarian and information services coordinator for the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif.
hall director for Brandt Hall at Luther College.
RYAN HULSHIZER is an insurance and investments professional for Farm Bureau Financial Services in Northwood, Iowa. KRISTEN (STRANDELL) KESSLAR of Minneapolis is a registered nurse in the Intermediate Care Unit of the University of Minnesota Medical Center. MARC KALIN graduated from Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a resident in psychiatry at the University of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla. COURTNEY KUPFER is admissions manager for CenterPoints Massage and Shiatsu Therapy School and Clinic in Minneapolis. MANDI LYNCH is director of client relations for WhyNotLeaseIt in Manchester, N.H. KEVIN OPPERMANN is senior business improvement consultant for CUNA Mutual Insurance in Madison, Wis.
BERNHAGEN earned a Ph.D. in comparative studies from the Ohio State University. She is an instructional consultant for the university’s Center for Advancement of Teaching in Columbus.
MICHAEL EISELE was appointed chief operating officer of Black Ridge Oil in Minnetonka, Minn.
HAYLEY (HOILAND) SMITH earned a doctor of nurse practitioner degree from the University of Iowa. She is a certified registered nurse anesthetist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
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earned an M.B.A. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a senior consultant for Ernst & Young LLP in Chicago. He is also a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. GRETCHEN (GUSTAF) ENGLEDOWL is a learning specialist for Columbia (Mo.) Public Schools. PAMELA (BERG) HAMANN is coordinator of public operations for the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul. STEPHANIE KIRSTEIN earned a master’s degree in literacy education from Northeastern Illinois University. She is a teacher at Thomas Kelly High School in Chicago and is also the coach for the school’s Students for Social Justice Club. ADAM LOY earned a Ph.D. in statistics from Iowa State University. He is a visiting professor of statistics at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. AMANDA (ELLSON) MADSEN is head athletic trainer at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.
STACIE CASTELDA is a doctoral student at George Mason University in Washington, D.C., and received a Fulbright Student Research Grant for research in Brazil.
DUSTIN ROSS is the senior director of alumni engagement and annual giving for Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.
2007 CHRIS ANGELICA
MEGHAN (GESING) and JOHN PALMER ’03 own a certified organic dairy farm near Waukon, Iowa. Their family was chosen to be featured in a regional marketing campaign for Organic Valley, their farmer-owned cooperative. She is also a visiting clinical faculty member in the Nursing Department at Luther.
2008 LISA (SAVRE) and
MATTHEW BUSCHE ’07 live in Girona, Spain. She earned a Ph.D. in psychology from New Mexico State University. He is a professional cyclist with RadioShack-LeopardTrek. He helped his teammate, Chris Horner, win the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), one of cycling’s prestigious three-week-long Grand Tours, last September. Horner, at age 41, became the oldest champion of one of the Grand Tours. RYAN GIBBS is director of youth and growth ministries for Webster Hills United Methodist Church in St. Louis. CHANDRA (SKINNER) JENNINGS earned a Ph.D. in health education from the University of Kansas. She is an assistant professor of community health education for the University of Maine at Farmington. ERIKA KAMBS of Decorah is director of the 2014 Oneota Film Festival. ANDREA KRUSE earned a master’s degree in organizational leadership from St. Catherine University. She is a financial associate for Thrivent Financial in Albion, Neb.
NATHAN MOSER earned an associate of applied science degree in information technology and network administration from Des Moines Area Community College. He is a client architect for LightEdge Solutions in Des Moines, Iowa.
JANA (SMITH) and NICK LARSON live in Minneapolis. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota and is a registered nurse for Abbott Northwestern Hospital. He is a mortgage consultant for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.
DARIN PERSON is a suicide prevention coordinator for the V.A. Health Care System in Iowa City.
DANNY LEE is a development officer for Columbia University’s School of Arts in New York City.
AMY (GMINKSI) SCHULTZ is project manager for Konecranes Nuclear Equipment and Services LLC in New Berlin, Wis.
JULIA (STUEBNER-HOLT) SALZMAN is a school psychologist for the Rochester (Minn.) Public Schools.
MAREN WACHOLZ teaches kindergarten for the Northfield (Minn.) Public Schools.
DANIELLE (KNEALING) SWANSON earned a master’s degree in physician assistant studies from Des Moines University. She is
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