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1997Jacki Brickman, Coon Rapids,Minn., recently directed aperformance of Romeo and Julietfor fourth graders at ElizabethHall Community School in NorthMinneapolis. Jacki teaches fourthgrade at the school and alsoteaches education courses as anadjunct faculty member atAugsburg Weekend College.Sarah (Gilbert) Holtan teachesat Concordia University inWisconsin and recently enteredthe doctoral program injournalism education atMarquette University. She wasmarried in June and resides withher husband in Milwaukee, Wis.Lena Stackhouse-Rogers wasnamed one of three recipients ofthe charter school teacher of theyear award in Minnesota by theMinnesota Association of CharterSchools. Lena is a kindergartenteacher at the PartnershipStaff photoAcademy charter school inRichfield, Minn.1998Gretchen Meents ’02 MSW,So. St. Paul, recently raised morethan $6,000 for the LeukemiaLymphoma Society’s Team inTraining when she ran theHonolulu Marathon in honor ofher brother who is battlingleukemia. She is a senior socialworker for Hennepin County.Paul Pierson, Alma Center,Wis., is associate registrar atWalden University in Minneapolis.1999Deb Cortes received a TOPAward for outstanding teachingin the Anoka-Hennepin SchoolDistrict for 2004.2000Rebecca Lynn Brown,Carrboro, N.C., is a graduateALUMNI TOUR TO EUROPEstudent at the University ofNorth Carolina, Chapel Hill,pursuing a Master of City andRegional Planning.Benjamin Hoogland, Stillwater,Minn., is pursuing a master’sdegree at the University ofWisconsin-Stout in marriage andfamily therapy. He works forFaith Inkubators as their FaithStepping Stones director and canbe contacted at.2001Kari Burke-Romarheimrecently started the M.Div.program at Luther Seminary. Shespent three years in Bergen,Norway, working in youth andfamily ministry. She lives withher husband, Vidar, inMenomonie, Wis.2002Adrienne (Kuchler) Eldridge,In October, participants from the Augsburg Alumni Association-sponsored tour to Germany and EasternEurope gathered in Wittenberg, Germany, for a photograph. The tour, which ran from October 15-27,visited Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, and featured the places of Martin Luther’slife and ministry as well as a special worship service at the American Church of Berlin, where Augsburgalumnus Rev. Ben Coltvet ’66 is currently pastor. Augsburg professor Dr. Mark Tranvik and his wife, Ann,hosted the tour. Pictured are (Front row, L to R): Darryl Carter ’65, Ann Tranvik, Cecilie Teerink, DavidBerg ’66; (Row 2, L to R): Pris Fieldhammer ’65, Sue Kneen ’05, Vi Aaseng, Lynn Stertz, Sally Tonsager,Elaine Harder; (Back row, L to R): Ruel Carpenter, Darrell Strand, Larry Turner ’69, Chris Kneen, KarenBolstad, Sue Turner, Clarice Johnson, Marek Tysek, Peter Ern, Sue Klaseus, Mark Tranvik, PaulFieldhammer ’65, Tom Stertz, Rolf Aaseng.Minneapolis, works for Vibe UrbanYouth Ministries in St. Paul.Jackie Heyda, Savage, Minn., is afirst-grade teacher at New PraguePrimary School.Darryl Sellers completed hismaster’s degree in broadcastjournalism at the American Schoolof Journalism in Los Angeles. Herecently accepted a position asweekend sports anchor at theABC-affiliate in Austin, Minn.Emily Shelton, Minneapolis,teaches at Cedar-Riverside Schoolin Minneapolis.Brooke Stoeckel, Minneapolis, issales manager of meetings andconventions at the MinneapolisMetro North Conventions andVisitors Bureau.2003Melissa Bawek, Minneapolis, isassistant director of The AugsburgFund at Augsburg. She can becontacted at .Staci Owens, Minneapolis,works for Hennepin County andis pursuing a master’s degree inelementary education. She can bereached at .Liz Sterbentz, Lindstrom, Minn.,owns Break on 8 Coffee Shop,where she serves Peace Coffee andFair Trade fruits to helpcooperative farms-both areproduct lines she becameinterested in after participating inAugsburg’s Center for GlobalEducation’s WEC class onliberation theology in Cuernavaca,Mexico.2004Kristi Hartway works at AbbottNorthwestern and is also anadjunct faculty member in thenursing program at MinnesotaState University-Mankato for the2004-05 school year. She liveswith her husband, Mark, inWekston, Minn. She can becontacted at .Fall 200437