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Bethany Alumni Giving - 2024-2025 Academic Year

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Why is my alumni gift so important?

It’s not always about the size of the gift, but rather, the number of alumni supporting Bethany affects so many areas:

  • Financial gifts from alumni help to provide a large portion of the necessary resources for Bethany to operate and provide our students the best Christ-centered college education possible! While tuition is vitally important to the College, it’s just a portion of the entire revenue picture for Bethany.
  • A strong alumni support base shows how much you appreciate your Bethany education. In turn, future generations of students understand the sacrifice you are making to support your alma mater. Quite simply, a gift to Bethany is a vote of confidence, which others see and value, and ultimately inspires new students to enroll.
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  • National rankings use alumni giving as one factor in their ratings. Thanks in part to our alumni support, Bethany continues to be ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report.
  • Just like rankings, foundations also view alumni giving as an important metric in their decision to support. This alone, could lead to six and seven figure gifts for Bethany. More alumni gifts could mean foundation support in the millions of dollars for Bethany.

Goal Progress

Help us reach our goal of 1,300 Bethany Alumni donors by June 30, 2025

Thank you for your financial support of Bethany and future Vikings!

Current Amount of Donors = 256

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List of Supporters

Help us reach our goal of 1,300 Bethany Alumni donors by June 30, 2025

Wermedahl, Boyd C. 1951
Bunch, Roma S. 1952
Meyer, Miriam E. 1952
Meyer, Lon L. 1953
Ebert, Dorothy 1954
Theiste, Arlene 1954
Pogatchnik, Carol E. 1955
Balcer, Dorcas 1956
Letts, Marlys M. 1956
Myers, Janelle E. 1956
Odegaard, Karen M. 1957
Radway, John E. 1957
Wolfrath, Dalton 1957
Anthony, Willis E. 1958
Jungemann, Neil D. 1958
Radway, Karen 1958
Buck, Donnell V. 1959
Faugstad, Adela M. 1959
Furholmen, David L. 1959
Meyer, Marvin G. 1959
Natvig, Harold O. 1959
Smith, Robert W. 1959
Younge, Gary Luther 1959
Beck, Darwin L. 1960
Busse, Frank E. 1960
Teigen, Erling T. 1960
Weseloh, Vivian Lenore 1960
Diersen, Mary L. 1961
Lillo, Ernest A. 1961
Sponberg, Michael R. 1961
Berke, Larry M. 1962
Heidenreich, Robert A. 1962
Tennison, Jolene A. 1962
Lillo, Margaret A. 1963
Natvig, G. Lee 1963
Smith, Ruth E. 1963
Younge, Ronald John 1963
Anton, Rebecca 1964
Heidenreich, Ruth H. 1964
Mickelson, Ruthann K. 1964
Younge, Mary Jane 1964
Ball, Joan M. 1965
Chamberlain, Myrna 1965
Hackbarth, Richard O.E. 1965
Theiste, Theodore E. 1965
Butterfield, Michael W. 1966
Otto, Ellen R. 1966
Reul, Thomas T. 1966
Streed, Stephen 1966
Teigen, Martin A. 1966
Gullixson, Theodore George 1967
Hansen, Jon M. 1967
Marozick, Linda J. 1967
Marozick, Mark E. 1967
Browning, Daniel E. 1968
Browning, Linda Kathleen 1968
Hartigan, Cheryl A. 1968
Hartigan, Norman R. 1968
Klockziem, Gloria J. 1968
O’Neill, Michael S. 1968
Quasius, L. A. 1968
Barnes, Glenn D. 1969
Birkholz, Daniel A. 1969
Burmeister, Fay A. 1969
Gullixson, Norman C. 1969
Hanson, Patricia A. 1969
Heiliger, Cheryl K. 1969
Lepak, Susan A. 1969
Mack, David H. 1969
Nelson, Harland E. 1969
Runeberg, Lloyd Brian 1969
Walker, Sharon Lee 1969
Birkholz, M. Jane 1970
Fleming, Diane D. 1970
Johnson, Allan L. 1970
Runeberg, Jeanne E. 1970
Tolzman, Alan D. 1970
Westphal, Arthur Paul 1970
Jaeger, Lois A. 1971
Johnson, Gayl 1971
Reitan, Cheryl Riana 1971
Severson, Thomas E. 1971
Westphal, Terri Jean 1971
Bergquist, Inez C. 1972
Bezanson, Char 1972
Falconer, Carole E. 1972
Gullixson, Margaret R. 1972
Harstad, Peggy J. 1972
Jaeger, Steven C. 1972
Blum, Kam Laurie 1973
Bruss, Dan R. 1973
Dale, Janice K. 1973
Dale, Lowell C. 1973
Faugstad, Daniel N. 1973
Wiederhoeft, Keith Douglas 1973
Becker, Barbara Emilie 1974
Blum, Jay S. 1974
Bukowski, Sherri 1974
Ferkenstad, Craig A. 1974
Stresman, Kathy L. 1974
Walker, Mark D. 1974
Abrahamson, Larry A. 1975
Bloedel, Karl D. 1975
Goetzke, Emily Marie 1975
Gunn, Dean A. 1975
Hagen, Carol E. 1975
Lecy, Rebecca S. 1975
Nass, Thomas P. 1975
Shoop, Dean W. 1975
Shoop, LuAnn R. 1975
White, Heidi A. 1975
Alberts, Terry 1976
Christensen, Emily M. 1976
Costello, Gregory W. 1976
Haugen, Gregory J. 1976
Meyer, Joe P. 1976
Nass, Janice A. 1976
O’Brien, Laurie K. 1976
Pipal, Lori 1976
Pipal, Robert F. 1976
Stresman, Gary A. 1976
Swedberg, Annette 1976
Costello, Cynthia R. 1977
Costello, John F. 1977
Faugstad, Julie A. 1977
Lecy, Gregory 1977
Lussky, Steven J. 1977
Marriott, Kristin 1977
Meyer, Connie Lee 1977
Morrison, Donna R. 1977
Obenberger, Glenn R. 1977
Petersen, John Justin 1977
Skoog, Karen L. 1977
Slaker, Margaret L. 1977
Costello, Gene 1978
Davis, Elizabeth A.T. 1978
Ferkenstad, Teresa 1978
Jaeger, Michael J. 1978
Mellon, Kenneth Edward 1978
Moldstad, Donald Lynn 1978
Slaker, Ralph A. 1978
Wiederhoeft, Joni L. 1978
Bartels, Mark F. 1979
Bruss, Kathryn Marie 1979
Dvorak, Amy L. 1979
Jaeger, Kristine L. 1979
Kopacek, Carolyn J. 1979
Lee, Tammy J. 1979
Jones, Lyle D. 1980
Moldstad, Gina A. 1980
Paterson, Julie 1980
Costello, Janet 1981
Geistfeld, Jon Ernest 1981
Johnson, Lois Anne 1981
Olson, Roger 1981
Scislow, James Douglas 1981
Scislow, Karen Deborah 1981
Sprengeler, Karen U. 1981
Langr, Andrew C. 1982
Bartels, Sherri 1983
Ernst, Micah A. 1983
Fick, Lois A. 1983
Gratz, Bruce A. 1984
Krszjzaniek, Diane L. 1984
Overn, Andrew Timothy 1984
Barthelemy, Chad C. 1985
Gottschalk, Kay L. 1985
Radatz, Andrew R. 1985
Bovee, Jeffrey A. 1986
Schwartz, Lance W. 1986
Westphal, Donald M. 1987
Bloedel, Peter J. 1988
Kuster-Overn, Laurie M. 1988
Thomforde, Paul C. 1988
Johnson, Tyler W. 1989
Sonnenburg, Cami Jo 1989
Younge, Joseph Ronald 1989
Buckley, David M. 1990
DePrey, Beth S. 1990
Griffin, David R. 1990
Quist, Scot O. 1990
Kind, Christopher George 1991
Skaaland, Rebecca Sue 1991
Younge, Angela M. 1991
Drake, Laurie H. 1992
Hennen, Thomas J. 1992
Schwartz, Jennifer F. 1992
Woller, Eric Kevin 1992
Younge, Jeffrey William 1992
Fritz, Craig Alan 1993
Lowrey, Rachel E. 1993
Bloedel, Sarah Beth 1994
Griffin, Nedra Delphine 1994
Madson, Peter Andrew 1994
Stafford, Shawn David 1994
Lepak, Phillip Kent 1995
Stafford, Amy Elizabeth 1995
Dibbini, Michael J. 1996
Lyngholm, Derick Michael 1997
Woller, Denice Fetzer 1997
Baumann, John Richard Philip 1998
Lindesmith, Nathan Lyle 1999
Merseth, John Edwin 1999
Ahern, Jonathon Albert 2000
Jacob, Jennifer Lynn 2002
Sparley, David Andrew 2002
Krier, Gretta Lynn 2003
Fehr, Nathan Joel 2004
Harstad, Sarah Ann 2004
Harstad, Derek Michael 2005
Bensen, Casey Erin 2006
Fehr, Elisabeth Rachel 2006
Jacob, Jeremy Alan 2006
Krier, Jacob Cannon 2006
Metzger, Thomas Benjamin 2006
Ringen, Joshua James 2006
Faugstad, Jacob Daniel 2007
Metzger, Melissa Kimberly 2007
Ohlendorf, Erika Irene 2007
Ohlendorf, John David 2007
Sulzle, Emily Jo 2007
Von Holtum, Katie Ann 2007
Budahn, Kristen Lynn 2008
Longmire, Natalie Ruth 2008
Dvorak, John Bradley 2009
Gerda, Andrew James 2010
Gerda, Sarah Michele 2011
Lilienthal, Michael Gene 2011
Locklair, David Hampton 2011
Bossow, Glenda L 2012
Lilienthal, Sarah Elizabeth 2012
Strong, Jeremy Michael 2012
Fick, Zachary Joseph 2013
Kuster, James S. 2013
Mantey, Aaron Emmanuel 2013
Ollrich, Aaron Lewis 2013
Garvin, Patrick Howard 2014
Graif, Alyssa Brooke 2014
Pederson, Joshua Marvin 2014
Ernst, Patrick David 2015
Seehafer, Lucas Orrin 2015
Ernst, Kate Laurel 2016
Seehafer, Aimie Beth 2016
Dawley, Stacey Lea 2017
Faugstad, Abraham Paul 2017
Stevens, Samuel Allen 2017
Faugstad, Elise Grace 2018
Hochmuth, Grant Frederick 2018
Meyer, Nicholas Joel 2018
Stevens, Allison Lynn 2018
Kind, Pamela Kay 2019
Meyer, Noelle Marie 2020
Theis, Charles John 2020
Boettcher, Anna Lee 2021
Hochmuth, Leanna Jinette 2021
Estrem, Peter Norman 2022

Alumni, get your name on this list today by making a gift to any area of the College you are passionate about and at any amount! A gift to Bethany means so much and ensures we have all the resources to give our students the best Christ-centered education possible! 

Questions: Please contact Jake Krier in the Bethany Advancement Department at 507-344-7519 or Jake.Krier@blc.edu.