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Erica Lucast Stonestreet (2000)
Erica Lucast Stonestreet (2000) is assistant professor of philosophy at the College of St. Benedict. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. You can find her senior thesis on our webpage.
Mary Stone
Mary Stone is studying at University of Denver’s School of Social Work, where she will receive an MSW in animal-assisted social work.
Kristen Richardson Wilcox (’96)
Kristen Richardson Wilcox (’96) is a lawyer who is presently negotiating fulltime with her two children in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she is a “Domestic Goddess.”
Happy Birthday, Ghana!
Today, the West African nation of Ghana celebrates its fifty-second independence day. Ghana is the first African nation to declare its idependence from colonial rule, which it did in 1957. The nation holds a particular significance for some philosophers, because its first leader, Kwame Nkrumah, was himself a philosopher. Nkrumah studied in the United States, […]
Senior Colloquium 2009: All we know is that we know nothing, er, um, all we know is that we’d better have a thesis by the end of this week
Members of the philosophy department’s senior class recently took time out of their colloquium discussion to seek Socrates’ advice on their thesis topics. From left to right, they are: Caleb Phillips, Laurel Hoch, Kate Goodpaster (behind), Rhea Muchalla, Joe Hillman and Jeff Nichols.
Mike Hendrickson (’64)
Mike Hendrickson writes: “After graduating from GAC, I attended Luther Seminary in St Paul where I received my MDiv and a MTh in systematics. I completed a clinical residency in Milwaukee and spent a few years in churches first in Luverne, MN and then in Minnetonka, MN. I went to the University of Minnesota and […]
Ted Stoneberg (’62)
Ted Stoneberg (’62) is retired from a career of pastoral counseling, and serving as a professor of pastoral care.
Bjorn Hedstrom (’05)
Bjorn Hedstrom (’05) received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota. He is now employed as an attorney for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota. Bjorn has this to say about how philosophy prepared him for the study of law.
Paul Hoff (’72)
Paul Hoff (’72) worked with the Peace Corps in Korea teaching English, before moving to Japan where he joined a British stockbroker. He runs the Asia Pacific licensing business of FTSE, an index provider owned by the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. His territory covers all of Asia west to Pakistan. He lives in […]
Gerald Christianson
Gerald Christianson is Emeritus Professor in Residence at Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he has taught early and medieval church history since 1967. Among his recent works, he is the co-author or co-editor of The Spirituality of the German Awakening, a volume in the series Classics of Western Spirituality (2003); Introducing Nicholas of […]