Alumni News
MEG (BERVEN) and CULYNN CURTIS ’10 live in Plymouth, Minn. She is a marketing coordinator for Archiver’s. He is a pastoral intern at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Maple Lake. LAURA DELIKOWSKI is student services specialist for the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. LIZA DEMMER is in advisory services for Ernst and Young in Minneapolis. AMY EKLAND is an inside sales representative for Seltec Sales Corporation in Hiawatha, Iowa. MEGAN ELMORE of Colony, Texas, is a mortgage bankruptcy administrator with National Bankruptcy Services. KYLE GRUNDMEYER earned a doctor of chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic. He is a chiropractor for the Health Clinic in Ankeny, Iowa. SARAH GUSTAFSON is a reading interventions teacher for the Mankato (Minn.) Public Schools. KIRSTEN HANSEN is an elementary music teacher for the Clear Lake (Wis.) School District. LIZ HANSEN is annual fund manager at Easter Seals UCP in Charlotte, N.C. CAROLINE (ROSEN) HEUER is a dialysis registered nurse at DaVita Dialysis in Chicago.
LINDSEY JOHNSON teaches music for Amabile School of Music in San Francisco. LIESL KOEHNEN is an assistant project manager for Periscope Advertising in Minneapolis. LAURA KRUMM earned a master’s degree in vocal performance from the University of North Texas, where she also was the winner of the Winspear Scholarship. She has been an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera since January 2012. ERIK LEHMANN is a project manager and GIS data engineer for Trapeze ITS in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. COLTON LONG earned a juris doctorate from the University of Iowa College of Law. He is a business litigation associate attorney for Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in Minneapolis. MEGAN LYON earned a doctor of physical therapy degree from Des Moines University. She is a physical therapist for Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah. AMANDA (DAHLSENG) and DARIN MONROE live in Cherry Valley, Ill. She is youth pastor at Light of Christ Lutheran Church in Algonquin, Ill. He is head softball coach and sports coordinator for Rock Valley College. ERIK ROCKWELL is a K–6 teacher for K12 Inc. SHANNON (BROCKSHUS) and STEVE ROSAS live in New Brigh-
ton, Minn. She earned a master’s degree in sacred music from Luther Seminary and is director of music for Atonement Lutheran Church. He is a K–5 music teacher for Columbia Heights School District.
DIANE BALFANY earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
KATIE SACKETT is a corporate recruiter for CRST International Inc. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. MEGAN SELVIG is an environmental conservation volunteer for the Peace Corps in Paraguay. KRISTIN (JOHNSON) SJOBERG is a music therapist for Metro Music Therapy in Denver. JULIAN STANKE is the IB/PLC leader for specialists at Lincoln Center Elementary School in South St. Paul, Minn.
RACHEL BARKEL released her debut EP album, Heartland. She is composing, performing, and recording in Nashville, Tenn., as Rachel Rhodes.
LAURA THOMPSON is a library assistant for the Cedar Falls (Iowa) Library.
MARY (ERICKSON) and NICK BRANDVOLD live in Oakdale, Minn. She is a Spanish teacher for South Washington County Schools. He is a field marketing coordinator for Stanley Black and Decker.
CAMERON WEBB is mobile engineering lead for Fullscreen Inc. in Atlanta.
SUSIE CLARK is a communications consultant for Coloplast Corporation in Minneapolis.
JEFF WESTON was a selected composer for the Young Composer’s Meeting 2013 in the Netherlands. He is a doctoral student in music composition and theory and graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh.
RYAN DEIGNAN is director of vocal music for Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa.
KELSEY WETTACH of Cudahy, Wis., is a neurophysiologist for Specialty Care. KATHIE (PALMERSHEIM) WHITT is a foot and ankle surgical resident at Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. MANDY WUBBEN is Crawford Hall director C and D for Minnesota State University, Mankato. JILL (SUNDBY) YORDY works in customer service and is an inside sales representative for Analytica in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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ABRAHAMSON is a sales representative for Larson Companies in Eau Claire, Wis. She is also an Apple specialist for MacMan Inc.
JOE AMERMAN is a VISTA volunteer for AmeriCorps in Northfield, Minn.
JOHN DELANEY and Eric Baack, assistant professor of biology at Luther, published “Intraspecific Chromosome Number Variation and Prairie Restoration: A Case Study in NE Iowa” in the September 2012 issue of the journal Restoration Ecology. LAURA (DIETMEYER) FERREE is a member of the box office staff for Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield, Wis. LINNEA and CHRIS GRAFFUNDER-BARTELS ’11 live in Minneapolis. She earned a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Iowa. She is an administrative assistant for the city of Brooklyn Center. He works for Cenneidigh KCQ. HEATHER (ROTHFUSS) GRICE of Decatur, Ga., earned a certificate of advanced study from Emory University’s Paralegal Certification Program. She is an intern for a personal injury law firm.
Derrik Hartman ’09, Kirsten Hoyme ’09, and Nick Berge ’05 earned doctor of dental surgery degrees from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. Fall 2013 Luther Alumni Magazine
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