Christine (Reiland) ’10 and Kevin
Kallas ’10
(
Brooklyn Park, Minn.)
married on October 20. Christine is
a registered nurse at Mayo Clinic in
Rochester. Kevin is a financial analyst
at IBM, also in Rochester.
Sharon Gage ’11 and Aaron Ruff ’11
(
Wausau, Wis.) married on September
29.
Sharon works as a family advocate
for the Women’s Community. Aaron
is public health educator with the
Marathon County Health Department.
Sharon and Aaron met during the first
few weeks of their freshman year at
WSU.
Sarah (Pasche) Gudmundson ’11
(
Rollingstone, Minn.) married Shane
Gudmundson on August 11.
Jennifer Zylstra ’11
(
Stewartville,
Minn.) married Joshua Datta on
October 13. Jennifer works for the
Stewartville Public Schools. Joshua is
working at Fastenal while completing
his degree at WSU.
Danielle Yeadon ’12
(
Stewartville,
Minn.) married Alexander Strain on
August 11. Danielle works as a labora-
tory assistant at Mayo Clinic; Alexan-
der is a journalist at People’s Press in
Owatonna.
Flying
High
William Pischke ’84
proudly displays the Winona
State Warrior and school colors along with the U.S.
flag at his home in Renwick, Iowa. Pischke had the
flag custom-made this past summer so he could
display his school pride to his north central Iowa
community. Pischke graduated with a degree in
criminal justice and currently works for the Iowa Department of Human
Services. He and his wife, Cindy, have two sons,
Jeremy ’00
and Jason.
Podiatrist
Wins Award
Alyssa Stephenson ’95
has been named the 2013 recipient of the Rising Star
Award by the American Podiatric Medicine Association. It awards members
for astounding accomplishments in scientific, professional, or civic endeavors
who have been in practice for no more than ten years. She will receive the
award next March in Washington, D.C.
Alyssa has been active with the National
Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners Test
Development Committee, ABPS Exam
Committee, has lead efforts to have hospitals
in her area recognize full-scope of practice for
podiatrists, and is currently president of the
Wisconsin Society for Podiatric Medicine.
Looking
Good
We reported this baby announcement in the last issue of
Currents, but this baby photo was too good to pass up:
Abigail Hope was welcomed on November 5, 2010 by
Meghan (Anderson) ’00
and
Erik ’01 Leverenz
(
Grayslake, Ill.). She joined her big sister, Kaitlyn.
We enjoy receiving your baby pictures and publish
selections in each issue of
Currents
.
Email your baby
photos to
alumni@winona.edu
, or, submit them at the
Alumni & Friends website:
www.alumni.winona.edu
.
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Winter 2012
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