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| ALUMNI PROFILE - GUSTAV "ANDERS" HAGMAN '85 
What have you done since graduating from LI? From 1989-2004, I worked and graduated from Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. I moved to Japan and opened a cram school in 2005 called Castle Town English Academy which is thriving presently. I am now working full-time, teaching at Keiwa High School since 2009. In 2013 I founded a band called The Slow Claps, and we currently are recording our second album – “Life in Japan”. I also do sound engineering and own a full PA system. Tell us about your family…did you have other relatives graduate from LI? I have a wife, Ikumi, and we have an eight-year-old son named Haru.
There were seven of us in all and we all graduated from LI. What was your first memory of being really excited? My first band trip to Canada What was your favorite cheer during football/basketball games? D-E-F-E-N-S-E! – unfortunately we were on defense a lot Who was your favorite teacher or staff member at LI? Mr. Patten What was the #1 song you loved to hear your senior year? Eye of the Tiger What do you wish you had done or learned at LI? Japanese What was your favorite lunch from the LI cafeteria? I miss the chocolate chip cookies! What was your favorite tie that you wore on dress-up days? A leather tie I got from my sister, Dawn, from Italy. I wore it with a pink shirt she also gave me. Who had the sweetest ride when you were in school? My red Volkswagen Beetle was pretty sweet Who were your best friends? There were so many…Tomaselli, Legge, Goodwin, McCaffery, Stowell, Berry etc. What would you name the autobiography of your life? “What’s Next” | VIKINGS TOGETHER 
Reflections on Spirit Week at Lyndon Institute By David Stahler Jr. Two thumps of a bass drum. The resounding clap of over 400 pairs hands coming together with a deep woof of the Scandinavian cheer. “Skol!” It starts off slow in Alumni Auditorium. Two beats and a clap. Pause. Then faster. Faster. Faster until the room is a thunder of overlapping clapping, drumming, and cheering from a sea of maroon and white, the energy crackling enough to make the hair stand on end, the spine shiver. READ MORE | THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR CALL! 
Lyndon Institute students have just completed the 2023 Annual Fund phone-a-thon! Students enjoyed connecting and appreciated hearing from so many about their LI experiences. We couldn’t call everyone but do appreciate your time and willingness to engage with our students and learn more about the school we all love so much. Thank you for your support! | BRINGING DINOSAURS TO LIFE 
Museum Internship Offers LI Student an Opportunity to Shine By David Stahler Jr. I walk down the main gallery of the Fairbanks Museum, past the enormous display cases filled with taxidermied moose and muskrat, flamingos and frogs. The museum is dark and quiet. I’ve been walking past these cases for well over forty years, first as a little boy, later with my own children. As is true for most folks who have grown up in the Northeast Kingdom, it’s hard not to experience a pang of nostalgia whenever I enter this sanctuary dedicated largely to natural history. But today, as I follow Damon Cawley, Director of Visitor Experience, through the gallery, something is different. It’s been a while since I last stepped into the museum, and rounding the corner past the giant moose, I’m brought into a wing with a beautiful two-story temporary exhibit—Dinosaurs Among Us—dedicated to exploring the link between dinosaurs and our own modern birds. And this is when I see Chad Billings, at his station in the heart of the exhibit, waiting to give his presentation. READ MORE | VERMONT STATE UNIVERSITY AWARDED OVER $3 MILLION TO STUDY ARCTIC MICROBES 
Vermont Undergraduates and High School Students Will Assist in Research That Will Guide U.S. Decisions Amid Climate Change By Vermont State University Vermont State University announced that Associate Professor Ross Lieblappen will lead students in a ground-breaking study about microbes in the Arctic through a nearly $3.3 million dollar contract from a collection of federal funding sources, including the US Army Corps of Engineering. Lieblappen submitted a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) proposal to fund, among other things, the purchase of x-ray imaging equipment that will allow him to study the effects of climate change on microbial environments and further U.S. leadership in knowledge of Arctic terrain. “We’re trying to understand microbe communities in the Arctic, particularly as the Arctic is warming,” Lieblappen, who will serve as principal investigator on the project, said. “There are unanswered questions. We don’t know where each of these microbes are located, what their biological functions are or whether there is a difference in the environments in Greenland vs. Alaska vs. Canada. And with more melted permafrost, what is that going to do to those communities?” he posed. He said the thing that excites him most about the funding he secured was the opportunities it provides for students. As the project continues, it will involve mostly undergraduate college students, but also some high school students, through a partnership with Lyndon Institute under the guidance of co-principal investigator (Co-Pi) Jill (Morrison) Nichols '04. Vermont State University Associate Professor Michelle Sama is also a Co-PI on the project, and will lead efforts in identifying particular microbes and ensuring the microbes are visible under X-ray imaging. READ MORE | | 
Additional details to follow; we hope you will save the date and plan to join us at the following events: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Giving Tuesday is November 28th. Tune into LI's social media channels on the 28th when we will go 88 mph! Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Class Secretaries' Dinner 5:30-7:00 pm
Lyndon Institute Cafeteria - RSVP here: [email protected] Friday, December 1, 2023
Evening Social at the Yard House
110 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116 Saturday, February 10, 2024
Give Back to Our Future Auction & Dance
LI's Main Building. Additional details to follow. Friday, March 22, 2024
Evening Social, Poolside at Silver Lake Resort
7751 Black Lake Rd., Kissimmee, FL 34747 Saturday, March 23, 2024
Romano’s Macaroni Grill
5320 West Irlo Bronson Highway, Kissimmee, FL 34746 Sunday, March 24, 2024
Tuscany Restaurant & Bar at Summerglen
1450 SW 154th St., Ocala, FL 34474 For the Florida Reunions, please feel free to arrange lodging at the resort of your choice but if you are hoping to stay at the Silver Lake Resort (7751 Black Lake Rd., Kissimmee, FL 34747) we recommend booking early. | LYNDON LEARNING COLLABORATIVE GRADUATE, DELANEY NOYES '21 
Meet LI alumna Delaney Noyes '21. As a Lyndon Learning Collaborative grad, she has been on an incredible journey. In just 2 ½ years, she wrapped up her coursework at VTSU Lyndon campus, and now she's getting ready for an exciting internship in Utah focused on avalanche instruction with the White Pine Touring Center. She's been crushing it academically with a 3.5 GPA, earned her certification as a nationally recognized Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Association (PMBIA) instructor, and is on track to become an avalanche instructor. Delaney is living her dream and paving an impressive career path for herself, and her story is just one of many success stories from our Lyndon Learning Collaborative graduates. Join us in celebrating her accomplishments and the endless possibilities that await our LLC alumni! Navigate to www.lyndoninstitute.org/academics/lyndon-learning-collaborative to learn more about the Lyndon Learning Collaborative program at LI. | | 
| ALUMNI RELATIONS Do you have exciting news that you wish to share? The Development Office strives to engage alumni with Lyndon Institute and with one another through the organization of events and the sharing of information that helps the community stay connected. We are here to help answer whatever questions you have about Lyndon Institute and our alumni offerings and opportunities. Please feel free to reach out to us by emailing our Assistant to Director of Development, Heather Wheeler, at [email protected]. | | COMING UP AT LI - 11/30 - Winter Dance Recital
- 12/14 - Winter Concert
- 1/24 - January Term Exhibition Night
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