Dear Friends,
It was so good to be together with Luther Class of 1986 for our reunion in October! At times it was easy to almost forget we weren’t still undergraduate students! I enjoyed catching up with old friends as well as getting to know classmates I didn’t really know when we were students. There was time together at Pulpit Rock Brewery on Friday night, on the Trout Run Trail riding bikes Saturday morning, over dinner at Hotel Winneshiek Opera House, and lots of places in between. We took time to remember classmates who have passed away. There were scores of photos shared by classmates from our years at Luther while enjoying a well-curated playlist of music from that era.
Thank you again to the creative and committed reunion committee and the Luther Alumni and Development staff for all the your work planning and hosting a wonderful weekend! Laura Dotseth, Kari (Bergan) Baisden, Lance Bergstrom, Jeff Brecht, Chris Gade, Lisa (Villarreal) Johnson, Ann (Blanchard) Kvale, Jen (Carlson) Lembezeder, Martha (Stormo) McGrory, Bradley Miller, Jane (Dalen) Miller, Tim Peter, Joan (Anderson) Powell, Wally Roach, Kari Solomonson, Andrea (Knutson) Stratton, and Juli Vig as well as everyone at Luther who made all the difference for our reunion!
Of course, 35 years later, Luther is alive with current students. They are making their own connections and memories as they learn and grow in so many ways. These young adults have been managing well to the ups and downs of COVID-19 on campus this year. I’ve talked with my own daughter (who is a first-year student) and heard about the joys and challenges of classes, faculty members, work study, friends, caf meals, internships and all the rest of life on campus. I am grateful that Luther is still a wonderful place where students can learn and discover their future and themselves, be challenged and expand their worldview, take on responsibility and live into the start of adulthood.
Luther College was certainly all that and more for the Luther Class of 1986!
