Alumni News
DREW HAEFNER is a business analyst for John Deere in Waterloo, Iowa. ARAYLLA (JENSEN) HENNIGAR is cytology assistant manager at the Marshfield Clinic (Wis). TONY LARSON is a criminal defense and family law attorney for Rosengren Kohlmeyer Law Office Chtd. in Mankato, Minn. JONATHAN PEDERSON is an athletic trainer for Ankeny (Iowa) Physical and Sports Therapy. STEPHANIE VOS earned a master of divinity degree from Luther Seminary. She is the resident chaplain at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minn.
2009
LIZ ERICKSON is a registered nurse at Ramsey County Public Health in Maplewood, Minn. ASHLEY (BEEK) FARLEY is territory sales specialist for Advanced System Inc. in Waterloo, Iowa. She is also the administrative assistant and marketing manager for Winneshiek County Celebration of Life in Decorah. JAKE MADRINICH is the owner of Minneapolis Kosama in Minneapolis. ANDREA (JOHNSON) and ALEX MIERAU live in Minnetonka, Minn. She is a physical therapist for the National Dizzy and Balance Center. He is the supervisor of purchasing for Polaris Industries. JENNY SLETTEN is senior care associate for Cigna Health Solutions in Eden Prairie, Minn. ADAM TULKKI works at Holden Village in Chelan, Wash. VALERIE WEAVER teaches Spanish at the Academy for Science and Agriculture in Vadnais Heights, Minn.
2010
CARSON CHRISTEN earned a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of Northern Iowa. He is an exercise physiologist for FasCat Endurance Coaching Company in Boulder, Colo. JEN (MORGAN) HAZEN teaches music in the Minnetonka (Minn.) Public Schools.
EMILY HOERMAN earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Northern Iowa. She is the school psychologist for the Heartland Area Education Agency in Ankeny, Iowa. WILLIAM LIU is a cinematographer at Valparaiso University (Ind.). ERIN LUNDE KEENAN and SEAN LUNDE KEENAN ’09 live in Leavenworth, Wash. She is a communications associate at Upper Valley MEND (Meeting Each Need with Dignity). He works for AmeriCorps. ERIK MALMQUIST is a graduate student and graduate assistant at the University of Nevada–Reno. SARAH PALM is a group retiree services project manager for UnitedHealthcare Retiree Solutions in Minnetonka, Minn.
Left to right: Julia (Stuebner-Holt) Salzman ’08, Luther associate professor of music Jacob Lassetter (featured soloist), Luther associate professor of music Karen Kanakis (featured soloist), Mark Mowry ’93 (featured soloist), and Marissa Brengman ’06 performed Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass with the Choral Arts Ensemble in Rochester, Minn.
NORA SHAFFER earned a master’s degree in music with distinction in clarinet performance from DePaul University. She received honorable mention for her performance of the Nielsen Clarinet Concerto in the university’s concerto competition and has competed with Lake Effect Clarinet Quartet at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. She is an active freelance musician and teacher in Chicago. BECKY (PETER) STOLEE teaches elementary music at Prairie Seeds Academy in Brooklyn Park, Minn. AUSTIN TEGELS is a corporate analyst for the CBE Group in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Courtney Greenley ’11 and Steven Thai ’11 attended the 57th inauguration of the president of the United States in Washington, D.C.
EMILY (GUEMMER) TURNER teaches Spanish for the Centerville (Iowa) Community School District.
2011
FELECIA DEJONG teaches special education at Orchard Place Campus School for the Des Moines (Iowa) Public Schools. BRETT EPPERSON is associate director of vocal music at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is also a regionally performing professional musician. JACLYN (OHNEMUS) and PATRICK HUSSEY ’12 live in Iowa City, Iowa. She is assistant choir director at Xavier High school. He is a medical student at the University of Iowa.
Left to right: Luther alumni Louise Vivant ’12, Daniel Nytes ’09, Vanessa Abbe ’04, Efe Mensah-Brown ’10 (front), Nana Ahwoi ’04, Jim Kowitz ’03, and Liza Demmer ’09 work for Ernst and Young in Minneapolis.
Spring 2013 Luther Alumni Magazine
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