John Gierke ’84.’86,’90, chair of the Geological Engineering department officiated at the marriage of a couple of our PCMIs at the Denali Overlook Inn in Talkeetna, AK, the gateway to Denali. The owner of the Inn is an alumnus- Ron Quilliam, ‘67 Forestry.

This Tech Alum photo was taken with Denali in the background, unfortunately blocked by clouds.  Many of the individuals are Peace Corps Masters International alumni.

Names, left to right, kneeling: Caleb Johnson (non-MTU but Sarah Stehn’s partner), Ellen Engberg (’09 MS Geology), Adam Blankenbicker (RPCV-Guatemala, ’09 PCMI Geology); left-to-right, Standing: Lynn (Laich) Gierke (’86 BSE Environmental Eng.), Tim Martin (’04, ’09 RPCV, PCMI Environ. Eng.), Cara Shonsey (Bride, ’09 RPCV-Mali, PCMI Environ. Eng.), John Gierke (BSCE ’84, MSCE ’86, PhD Env. Eng. ’90), Miriam Rios-Sanchez (PhD Geo. Eng. ’13), John Lyons (Groom, RPCV-Guatemala, PhD Geology ’11), Kathleen McKee (PhD Student at UAF, RPCV-Peru, MS Geology ‘12), Sarah Stehn (MS Forestry), Ally Snell (non-MTU but married to Adam Blankenbicker).