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> KRISTEN (STEWART) & TROY GUPTILL’S FAMILY
> ALEX BORCHARDT’S FAMILY > MIKAYLA (LINDQUIST) ANDERSON
> KATHERINE (WILSON) & COLTON FORD’S FAMILY
> PAIGE (RISING) SNYDER’S FAMILY
DANIEL RUSTVANG, ’74, and his wife, Pam, moved from Grand Forks to Bismarck in May 2021. Both worked as nurse practitioners at Altru Health System for more than 20 years. Daniel and Pam have five children and six grandchildren. KEVIN FREBORG, ’87, retired from his 34year career in the federal government’s Inspector General community. For the past seven years, he served as finance operational manager for the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General. Kevin currently resides in Eagan, MN. JESSICA GIBSON, ’03, and her husband own Rocky Mountain Shirtworks, LLC, in Laramie, WY. SHEENA HERRMANN, ’05, and her husband, Hagen, welcomed a daughter, Clara, in 2020. Sheena is a band teacher at Saskatoon Public Schools. ELIZABETH WATSON, ’08, her husband, Travis, and big brothers, Benjamin and Isaac, are proud to announce the arrival of a baby girl, Hannah Irene Watson, born October 28, 2021, in Hazen, ND.
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> BARBARA (BAKH) & BEN DENNING’S FAMILY
VINCENT GENAREO, ’09, is an assistant dean and associate professor of assessment at Salisbury University in Salisbury, MD. Previously, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Iowa State University. He also serves as a program evaluator and researcher for numerous educational grants in Maryland. KELLY (WALD), ’09, married JUSTIN MILLER, ’10, on October 16, 2021. NATALIE (NAGLE), ’10, ’13, and Nick Jung were married on September 25, 2021, in Pierre, SD. Natalie works in public health and her husband is a certified registered nurse anesthetist. CARRIE SCARR, ’10, is a writer, illustrator, and YouTuber. She writes about frugal living on her blog, and posts YouTube videos to @FrugalCarrie. She lives in Bozeman, Montana. She recently published her first book, “136 Frugal Ways to Save the Planet.” KRISTEN (STEWART), ’11, married TROY GUPTILL, ’14, in June 2016. The couple just welcomed their third child, Mia, and moved to California in the San Diego area. Kristen was an AllAmerican track and field scholar-athlete for UMary.
> MARY (GORECKI) & JOSE JIMENEZ
ALLISON (GORDER) SLICK, ’11, ’13, works at Altru Health System in Grand Forks, ND. She married Geoff in 2016, and they are proud parents to son Gordie, born in 2018, and daughter Hattie, born in 2020. BARBARA (BAKH), ’15, and BEN DENNING, ’14, had their second child, Veronica Josephine, on November 18, 2021. ALEX BORCHARDT, ’15, started a new job as the owner of The Lake Nutrition in Prior Lake, MN. She and her husband welcomed a daughter, Rooney Jessa, in 2020. SARAH (NELSON) KJOLHAUG, ’16, married Christopher on October 5, 2019. They are proud parents to Edison Lee, born September 15, 2020. The family lives in Duluth, MN, where Sarah is an occupational therapist. PAIGE (RISING) SNYDER, ’18, works at St. Mary’s Central High School in Bismarck, ND. Paige and her husband Jordan welcomed their first child, a son, Ezra Paul, on January 9, 2021.
