Russell & Cathryn Baldner

UNI Alumni Russell Baldner (B.A., M.A. History/German) and Cathryn Elmer Baldner (M.A. Communications) are career educators in their respective fields who have traveled extensively in Europe, including eight sojourns in Germany. Since 2018, their travels have included days pleasantly and productively spent in all the major locations on the Hearts of Germany tour. Russ speaks German and has long favored and specialized in the history of Germany, as well as historic manuscripts drafted in archaic German cursive script. He publishes historical and archaeological research and is a frequent public speaker, often sharing subjects from German history and archaeology. Cathryn’s work in communications includes an oral interpretive biography of Katharina von Bora, wife of 16th-century Protestant Reformer Martin Luther, first presented on the 500th Anniversary of her birth. Cathy and Russ are excited to meet fellow travelers and accompany them to some of their very favorite places.