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Author: Gustavus Alumni

  • Andre Creighton ’13

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    Andre Creighton ’13 is a Co-Founder & Executive Officer at TurnSignl in Minneapolis, MN. He is excited to announce that alongside two other African American men from the Twin Cities (Mychal Frelix & Jazz Hampton), both Saint Thomas graduates, have co-founded a company called TurnSignl. Their mission is to protect driver’s civil rights, deescalate roadside…

  • Maggie Berndt ’02

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    Maggie Berndt ’02 is a Community Engagement Manager at NET, Nebraska’s PBS & NPR Stations in Lincoln, NE. Maggie Berndt is the Community Engagement Manager at NET, Nebraska’s PBS & NPR Stations.

  • Lindsay Keller ’04

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    Lindsay Hadtrath Keller ’04 was promoted to Managing Partner of the Civil litigation firm Keller, Woods & Thompson, P.A. in Minneapolis, MN.

  • Hans Sviggum ’03

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    Former 2003 classmates and basketball teammates, Ryan Barnick and Hans Sviggum met as opposing 4th-grade basketball coaches in Kasson, MN. Coach Mark Hanson would not have been impressed with the quality of the coaching, but the game was an overtime thriller! During the day, Ryan Barnick is the assistant principal at Ellis Middle School in…

  • Jeffrey and Hanna (Schutte ’11) Linngren ’10 had a girl

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    Paige, born to Jeffrey Linngren ’10 and Hanna Schutte Linngren ’11, on 10/02/2020.

  • Molly Johnston ’18 and Ezra Koetz ’18 were Married

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    Ezra Koetz ’18 and Molly Johnston ’18, were married on 10/03/2020, in Minneapolis, MN.

  • Christina (Swenson) Paulsen ’15

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    Christina Swenson Paulsen ’15 graduated with a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from Wheaton College in May 2020.  She is working at Cedar Tree Counseling as an associate marriage and family therapist.

  • Heather (Meyers) Mendiola ’05

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    Michael Mendiola and Heather Meyers ’05, were married on 08/29/2020, at the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis on August 29, 2020.

  • Stephanie Pearson ’92

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    Stephanie Pearson ’92 is a self-employed writer and contributing editor to Outside Magazine in Duluth, MN.  A story she recently wrote for Outside magazine was included in the 2020 edition of The Best American Travel Writing, an annual anthology published on November 3 by Houghton Mifflin. In October she also received three Lowell Thomas Awards…

  • Katy Kelly Noun ’84

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    Katy Kelly Noun ’84 is a Artist at Self in Minneapolis, MN. An Artist studio in the Casket Arts Carriage House specializing in painting and hand sculpted ceramics. Current exhibition Part of Artists RX: A artists response to Covid 19 Reed Gallery MN Landscape Arboretum.