Alumni News PHILIP KNUTH is a grain originator for the River Valley Cooperative in Anamosa, Iowa.
MEGAN (MANTHEY) and ERIC ELLINGSON ’06 live in St. Paul, Minn. Megan is a nurse at Fairview Southdale Hospital; Eric is an emergency medicine resident at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.
ELIZABETH KOENIG is a professional development manager of operations and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) at the National Youth Leadership Council in St. Paul, Minn.
KRISTIN GALSTAD is a software test engineer at SWAT Solutions, Inc. in St. Louis Park, Minn.
JULIA (VELTRI) NOONAN earned a doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Iowa. She is a physical therapist at Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital.
LEAH KINNAIRD earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of Northern Iowa; she is domestic violence liaison at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. AMY (SCHMEIDEL) KLEIN earned a medical doctorate from the University of Iowa’s Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. KYLE KNIGHT teaches high school social studies and coaches in the Galena (Ill.) Public Schools. JON MADSON is a business systems analyst at Transamerica in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. BLAKE NELLIS is a dancer at Stuart Pimsler Dance Theater in Minneapolis. He is also a self-employed educator and artist. CARMEN (CLINE) RANGEL is a senior associate in contract administration and operations at Galliard Capital Management in Minneapolis.
Luther alumni and staff gathered Nov. 18 at Iowa State University in Ames during the Iowa Music Educators Association Conference. Pictured are (front, left to right) Nicole Brown ’07, Laura (McCarty) Cooper ’09, Joan deAlbuquerque (Luther director of bands), Jesse Bunge ’11; (back) Eric Layden ’08, Matthew Drees ’10, Cara Stone ’05, Joseph Svendsen ’06, Bethany Seedorff ’05, Jim Buzza (Dorian Music coordinator), Katie (Schaefer) Hom ’05, Darcy Hendriks ’00, and Erin Torkelson ’09. JORDAN WIKLUND is working on the book Cribbageland: The People, Craft & Culture of a Curious Game. His work and research was featured in a Nov., 2011, Minneapolis StarTribune article. He is an editor at Beaver’s Pond Press in Edina, Minn.
MATT ENG is an academic adviser at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
KATHERINE (HARROLD) WORTHINGTON teaches fifth grade in the Boone (Iowa) Community School District.
ANNE (KARLIN) and RYAN GIBBS live in St. Louis. Anne earned a master’s degree in social work from Washington University in St. Louis and earned the Licensed Master of Social Work designation and School Social Work Certificate. She is a crisis counselor and school social worker at Webster Groves High School. Ryan is director of youth ministries and contemporary worship at Webster Hills United Methodist Church.
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AMY (GMINSKI) SCHULTZ is program manager of operations at Quad/Graphics, Inc. in Sussex, Wis.
RACHAEL (MOORE) AHART is a police officer for the University of Illinois in Champaign, Ill.
ERICA (SVIEN) SWENSON is a special education teacher in the St. Anthony-New Brighton School District in St. Anthony, Minn.
JORDAN ANDERSON is an electronic files specialist with USIS/ Labat in Washington, D.C.
SARAH WARNER is a residential services supervisor at St. David’s Center for Child and Family Development in Minnetonka, Minn. BRIANNA WASSINK is high school and middle school orchestra director in the Faribault (Minn.) Public Schools. She also serves on the Minnesota Orchestra’s Crescendo Project board of directors as the education committee chair, and is chair of the nominating committee. ANNA (DYRUD) WEDEKIND is a Web designer at Greenspring Media Group in Minneapolis.
ADRIE FOREMAN is an assistant manager in BP shoes at Nordstrom in Bloomington, Minn.
MELISSA (OESTMANN) PORT teaches fifth and sixth grade at Bonneville Elementary School in Ogden, Utah. DAVID QUAM is a loan administration manager at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in Des Moines, Iowa. JENESSA (BONIKOWSKE) REID earned a master’s degree in school counseling from Concordia University in Mequon, Wis. She is school counselor at Marshfield (Wis.) High School.
EMILY HEETLAND is an English language learner (ELL) teacher in the Des Moines (Iowa) Public Schools.
KATE BLAIR is a family and community engagement coordinator at the AmeriCorps Borton Primary School in Tucson, Ariz.
MARY ITES is a development associate at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
DANIELLE (STORK) and JOSH BRUFLODT live in Madison, Wis. Dani is information manager at Kluis Publishing; Josh is a software test engineer at Epic Systems.
DANE JENSEN is an account manager at Proto Labs in Maple Plain, Minn. He is also a menswear model for ShopNBC.
BETH ELLINGSON of Denver earned a master’s degree in health and human services administration from St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minn.
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AARON NYQUIST is an attorney at Alan Anderson Law Firm, LLC, in Minneapolis.
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KAREN (KOZA) JOHNSON is a physical therapist at Fairview Seminary Home in Red Wing, Minn.
SOPHIA JOHNSON is an event coordinator at Sprint by ASW in Minneapolis. SPENCER KNAPP is a sales assist team lead at HP Enterprise Services in Little Rock, Ark.
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Becky Stiger ’08 delivered the lecture “Human Trafficking: Finding Hope at the Intersections of Tragedy, Justice, and Mercy” March 7 in the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall. While on campus, Stiger—program coordinator at Chicago Commons and program development director at Traffick Free—also visited several classes and delivered the keynote address at the annual Don Kemp Memorial Event.
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