SENIOR SPOTLIGHTS
ABBY BERGGREN by Mei Kirchhoff
Abby Berggren, a senior from Towner, Colorado, will be graduating in December. Berggren major is elementary education with a minor in English speakers of other languages (ESOL). As an education major, she is currently student teaching in Peabody at Peabody-Burns Elementary School. At Tabor, she has been a part of the cross country, track and field and tennis teams, TeamKid at Parkview MB Church, and CHUMS. She has enjoyed making friends, being involved in three sports and being influenced by both Joanne Loewen and Emily (Kemling) Dickinson. “I enjoyed having the experiences that I
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don’t think I would have had at another school, like working for the campus,” Berggren said, adding that she does not think that she would’ve been bold enough to get a campus job if she was not at Tabor. The biggest lesson she has learned while being at Tabor is to have self-motivation. “I’ve learned I need to pursue my dreams and goals by myself to be self-motivated to do those things because nobody else is going to do that for me,” said Berggren. She said God has been faithful during her time at Tabor and will continue to do so as she plans her future. She will marry her fiancé, Josh Gaede, in the summer of 2022.
