Name: Aaron Holst
Graduation year: 1994
Occupation: Teacher
Hometown: Davenport, IA
From all my years at St. Ambrose, I'll never forget: The community. Primarily, the warm dynamic between faculty and students.
Favorite food: Anything that can include Brussels sprouts and Tabasco sauce (original) and does NOT include anything taken directly from an animal
What's in my CD player: Gary Allen's "See if I care"
Favorite book: Interaction of Colour by Joseph Albers -- for the math of it all
Famous person (living or dead) I'd most like to meet: Marcel Duchamp or Ernest Tubb
If I had all the time in the world, I'd spend it: Learning and teaching
What really gets on my nerves is when: I miss something due to my haste
If I could change one thing, I would: Slow down
Peak experience: Each time a student has her/his first 'epiphany' of the semester
Favorite vacation spot: Any place where I am comfortable and can think clearly
Person who has had the greatest influence on me: "People," rather: My mother and her mother
I wish I knew how to: Communicate clearly and successfully with other animals and not be such a "man"
Personal motto or favorite quote: I am whatever I want to be
Advice to St. Ambrose freshmen: Open your minds up wide and absorb as much as you can from everyone and everything you make contact with

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