class notes
Isaiah Brokenleg ’05 was united in marriage to McHale Davis on July 9, 2016. Alumni and faculty attended, including Kiel Harell ’06, assistant professor and elementary education coordinator; Sara Lam ’03, elementary education instructor and Global Student Teaching coordinator; and Peh Ng, professor and chair of the division of science and mathematics. Class of ’96 Troy Seppelt finished a doctoral degree in higher education leadership in July and continues in his role as dean of students at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. His wife, Heidi Berg Seppelt ’94, took a position as a treatment foster care licensing & training specialist in June 2015 with SaintA, a nonprofit human service agency. Their three children, Emily (16), Max (14), and Sophie (11) “remain amazing.”
Class of ’08 Alyssa Kuglin writes: “While I didn’t actually graduate from UMM, Morris will forever hold a special place in my heart. Since leaving I finally graduated with a degree in communications and writing from Metropolitan State University in 2015, and around the same time I started working for Hennepin County Library as a library services specialist. My niece, Noelle, was born in May 2016, so I’ve also been loving my new role as Auntie.”
Class of ’03 Peter Barrett was promoted to the rank of major on November 1, 2016. He and his wife and two children are stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Nate Swanson is now a compliance and legal services manager at Select Comfort Corporation in Plymouth.
Tom Kowalski ’07 and Jen Greenwell Kowalski ’09 visited campus in August with daughter Scarlett ’37. The two welcomed their second daughter, Antonine, in February. 26
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Members of the Class of 2009 Adam Yust, Rachel Olm, Marcus Grubbs, and Sara Russell gathered for a mini-Morris reunion in 2016.