Gusties Gather: Fall 2026

Around the world, Gusties get together. Here are several. Do you have photos of your favorite Gusties gathering?
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By Stephanie Ash on August 19, 2026
A family sits on some steps smiling.

Friends from the Class of 2002 gathered in Savannah, GA, in November 2025 to belatedly celebrate their 45th birthdays. Back row standing, l to r: Amy Ellingson-Itzin, Kiersti Wilen Willms, Joanna Olson Kroschel, Andrea Wentzel Dalton, Anna Larson Weispfenning. Back row seated, l to r: Meghan Harney, Marne Gulley. Middle row, l to r: Marie Rivers Rule, Julie Quello Hattling, Linda Mertens Zeratsky (holding a photo of Misti Koop), Annalisa Eckman Rudser, Jen Brandenburg. Front: Betsy Starz Thayer.

Gusties Gather is a regular feature of the digital and print magazine from Gustavus. Have you gathered with other Gusties recently? Send us your latest updates, with photos of 600 KB or more in size. Bonus points if you’re sporting Gustie gear!

Eight Gustie alumni met up at the 4th annual Bar Slam
in Rochester. L to r: Darin Napton ’92, Eric Oppegard
’92, Beth Robelia Napton ’93, Paul Robelia ’91, Jen
Bowden Brickley ’93, Allison Hoff Robelia ’92, Kris
Robelia Oppegard ’93, and Verone Flom Miller ’93.
Lifelong friends from the Class of 2002 fulfilled a
bucket list trip at the Kentucky Derby in May 2026.
L to r: Jennifer McCall Seidl, Nikki Lindstrom Warner,
Dena Kill Edmiston, Nikki Norton Ehrich, and Katie
Carlson Schoeppner.
Friends gathered in Salem, OR. L to r: Amy Dragland-
Johnson ’97, Grace Remy ’99, and Sarah Luedtke-Jones ’97.
Michael J. Sielaff, Sid Selvaraj, and Matt Fillmore,
all from the Class of 2008, caught up in Los Angeles
this summer.
Kim Swanson Jennrich ’92 and Amy Nelson Zamow
’92, college roommates, reconnected at the most recent
President’s Dinner and Christmas in Christ Chapel.
Kim Swanson Jennrich ’92 and Amy Nelson Zamow
’92, college roommates, reconnected at the most recent
President’s Dinner and Christmas in Christ Chapel.

ERRATUM A Gusties Gather photo in the Spring 2026 issue of this magazine omitted the name of Kathryn
Kautt Peterfeso who was pictured fifth from left among a group of friends from the Class of 1973.

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