CONGRATULATIONS! President Anderson and a committee of
faculty, staff, and students selected the following winners
of the 2007 "Ultimately Worthwhile" essay contest.
Each winner received a chance to dine with President
Anderson to discuss beliefs, convictions, lives lived, and
hopes dreamed.
Winners
Paul Farseth '65
Charlie Helbling '84
Elizabeth Musselman '97
Honorable Mention
Jeremy Bierlein '97
Alumni, parents, and friends of the college were asked
the simple question “What do you believe?” in our
first annual essay contest, “Ultimately Worthwhile.” Archived
below, you will find their answers: stories of hope and love;
bitter recollections on decisions made; hard realities put
into writing; anecdotes about family and friends; near theses
on the grace of God.
Read these accounts for pure enjoyment, but also to reflect
on the mass body of beliefs encompassed by our community.
2007
Essays
Arnold
Anderson ’39
Heather
MacIver Arnold ’95
Jeremy Bierlein '97
Barbara
Baker Birkeland ’65
Deborah
Brown ’74
Donald Brye '49
Michelle Crottier '04
Alice Woodard Cummings '74
Olaf
and Marlene Olson Daehlin '52/'53
Lindsay Dahl '04
Andre
Dion ’74
Karen Elizabeth Greenfield Everett '71
Paul Farseth '65
Lindsay Fimmen '04
Graham ”Stan” Frear ’47
Roland Froyen '59
Sandy
Gordon Ghormley '64
Chris George '94
Jon Geurts '06
Dan Gulden '90
Timothy
Guth ’80
Carol Lee (and Bob) Hamrin '68
John Heins '66
Charlie Helbling '84
Molly Hollihan '97
Gene
Hunder ’54
Luverna
A. Jacobson ’59
Francis Jeffrey '49
Gretchen
Wold Jensen ’66
Lawrence
Johnson ’68
Ronald Johnson '71
Mary Satre Kerwin '77
Emily
Koehler ’02
Dan Kirkham '01
Kirsten Marie Lauver '01
Verne
Irving Lace '49
Karin
Medin ’88
Kathryn
Wilker Megyeri ’65
Philip Moeller '63
Joe
Murchison P’08/’10
Elizabeth
Musselman '97
Rebecca Ringham Odland '74
Elizabeth ”Beth” Benson
Peterson ’72
Julieta Carolina Palmisciando '96
Jon
Rondestvedt '61
Joanna
Campbell Rovelstad ’45
Norman
Rustad ’60
Judith Ryan '58
Maija
Saulitis ’05
Mary Louise Schowalter '92
Sally
Zentner Schoessler ’78
Larry Sexe
'74
Eric Sponheim '82
David Streich '80
Lucille
Hanson Studer ’36
Duke
Sutton ’99
Jen
Westmoreland ’01
Randy Wilburn '64
Michael Zahniser '04
Ellen Zweig '94 |
