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We are collecting images to be featured in the UND Alumni Magazine. Submit your high-resolution photo and a brief caption to be included in the next issue. The images below were published in the most recent edition of the UND Alumni Magazine.
Stephanie (Ziegler), ’20, ’24, and Samuel Wilke, ’24, were married on April 12, 2024. They celebrated with family, including Stephanie’s dad, Steven Ziegler, ’91.
Khloe Krumwiede, ’21, received her Doctor of Chiropractic in December. She graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in Florida.
Katie (Hoff), ’16, and Tanner Stechmann, ’16, ’19, welcomed daughter Lily on Oct. 5, 2024. She joins big brother Landon.
Katie (Grabowski), ’15 and Alex Mathern, ’16 welcomed daughter Delaney on March 17, 2024. They live in Phoenix.
Joy Bliss, ’65, and Gay Dybwad, ’64, showed their UND pride at an alumni event in Arizona.
Victoria Minor, ’20, is an associate attorney at Epsten, APC in San Diego, Calif.
Erin (Lurie), ’15, married Michael Keefe on Nov. 2, 2024, in Stillwater, Minn.
Hannah and Michael Flesch, ’14, are raising Olson Michael, already a Fighting Hawks fan.
Emma Korte, ’24, and grandmother, Sunny (Sondag) Wells, ’74, celebrate Emma’s graduation 50 years after Sunny graduated
Amanda (Johson), ’99, ’01, and Michael Scurry, ’00, are pictured at a party on the Memorial Union lawn in 1997. Married since 2002, they live in Evansville, Ind., and have two daughters.
Alyssa (Maesse), ’20, and Alex Zimmerman, ’20, were married in Boston on Oct. 4, 2024. The bride’s family bleeds kelly green, including parents Shelly (Cook), ’88, and Todd Maesse, ’88, and siblings Tyler, ’15 and Kayla Maesse, ’16.
Trisha (Stegman), ’86, and Tim Leonard, ’87, serve as balloon handlers in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade each year with their daughter, Carly. This year, they guided the Po Kung Fu Panda balloon. Tim and Trisha live in Colorado.
Rachel (Richter), ’16, ’22, and Luke Lordemann, ’14, welcomed son Beau in October 2024.
UND Alumni came back for a swimming and diving reunion in November.
Lauren (Schott), ’21 married Justin Schile on Oct. 5, 2024, surrounded by a few fellow UND grads and their dog, Wallace.
Karla (Hoggarth), ’85, and Peter Harmon,’81, gathered with family, six of whom are UND graduates, to celebrate granddaughter Paisley’s first UND game.
Sharra (Pfeifer), ’11, and Nicholas Lang welcomed baby girl Kodi Jo on Sept. 28, She joins sisters Khloe and Remi and brother Rogan in Bismarck.
Emma (McCollum) Macias,’19, and her brother, Ryan McCollum, ’18, introduced Emma’s baby Edith to UND football. Brother Braxton also cheered on the Hawks.
Ardella Hefta is 95 years old and attends most UND women's basketball and volleyball games. Ardella and her late husband, Allen, had eight children: Kristi Brindle, ’78, Kerry Hefta, ’78, ’83, the late Ross Hefta, ’82, ’84, and Mark Hefta, ’88, ’90, are UND graduates. Daughter Julie Harris,’88, (left) brings Ardella to the games.
The grandchildren of Tana (Keiser), ’86, ’00, and Kris Thorfinnson, ’86, represent the next generation of Fighting Hawks. Parents are all UND grads – Lindsay (Nupdal),’13, and Grant Thorfinnson, ’18, and Karley (Thorfinnson), ’12, and James Miles, ’08, ’12.
Eileen (Dolan) Gillund, ’89, is grandmother to Calvin, already a UND sports fan, born in July 2024.
Steve Andrist, ’76, celebrated his wife Barbara’s 70th birthday at a UND hockey game with their sons, Graham, Levi, ’10, and Evan, ’11, daughters-in-law, and seven grandchildren.
John and Marlys Verwey celebrate generations of UND grads. Pictured are (left to right) Aiden Wolf, current student, Heather (Verwey) Skogen, ’97, Devin Wolf, ’24, John Verwey, ’71, David Wolf, ’94, Marlys (Wilhelmi) Verwey, ’..71, and Heidi (Verwey) Wolf, ’95.