Author: Dale Devries
Winningest Head Football Coach Ron Ernst retiring after 32 years with Ripon
Red Hawks’ head football coach and defensive coordinator Ron Ernst has officially announced he will retire from Ripon College at the end of the 2022 season — his 32nd at the helm. During his head coaching career at Ripon, Ernst had led the Red Hawks to 184 wins and 113 losses, making him the winningest […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Athletics News, Faculty.
Abi Quackenboss-Karpf ’15 wins prize to help veteran entrepreneurs
Abi Quackenboss-Karpf ’15 of Hanover, Maryland, received a second-place prize in the 2021 Georgetown Entrepreneurship Bark Tank competition. Before a panel of judges and a live audience, she pitched a proposal for Chow, a social enterprise founded in 2020 that helps veterans and their spouses create successful careers in the culinary arts. The organization provides […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Payton Rahn ’22 receives $10,000 NCAA postgraduate scholarship
Payton Rahn ’22 of Omro, Wisconsin, has received a $10,000 scholarship from the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Committee. The scholarship is a significant honor to both its recipients and their institutions. “The NCAA awards 21 scholarships to both men and women (42 total) each season (fall/winter/spring) across all NCAA divisions, so it’s a pretty big accomplishment […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Dean of Faculty John Sisko presents paper at conference in Germany
Vice President and Dean of Faculty John Sisko presented a paper, “On the Role of Nous in Anaxagoras’ Cosmogony,” at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, July 20, 2022. He presented at a two-day conference involving eight invited presenters, representing top international universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Humboldt and McGill. The papers presented at the conference will […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Three alumni among select scholars placed into prestigious Presidential Management Fellowship program
Over the past decade, three Ripon College alumni, Sarah Anderson ’10, Garrison Anderson ’16 and Abby Korb ’20, have been placed into the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF), a prestigious two-year program focused on developing the next generation of potential government leaders. Siblings Sarah Anderson and Garrison Anderson have completed the fellowship and each now work […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon College, WACTE recognize area teachers for professional excellence
Teachers in the Ripon Area School District and the Kettle Moraine School District have been honored as outstanding educators by Ripon College and the Wisconsin Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (WACTE). Both have ties to Ripon College. Maitlin Arts ’19, a seventh-grade English/language arts teacher at Kettle Moraine Middle School in Dousman, Wisconsin, received […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Uncategorized.
Whitney Meza ’09 recognized among DealerNews’ Top 100 Women in Power Sports
Whitney Levash Meza ’09 of Ripon, Wisconsin, has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Women in Powersports by DealerNews magazine. In the summer of 2021, Meza rode Harley-Davidson Corp.’s 2021 Pan America Special bike across 48 states in eight days. She had partnered directly with Harley-Davidson for a 10-day challenge and completed her […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Thesis chapter by Jordan Nutting ’15 adapted into article for Journal of Organic Chemistry
A thesis chapter that Jordan Buhle Nutting ’15 wrote during her doctorate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was adapted into the Journal of Organic Chemistry, becoming one of the three most-read articles in the journal in 2021. Nutting’s thesis is concerned with the fields of organic synthesis and electrochemistry. She and her co-writers discovered […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Lillian Brown to present one-woman play performance Friday
Lillian Brown, visiting professor of theatre, will present a solo performance of her original play “The OREO Complex” Friday, July 8. The performance will begin at 7 p.m. at The Heist, 114 Watson St. Brown is using the performance as a preview/workshop before she takes the show on the road. “The OREO Complex” is an […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Professor of Spanish Timothy Reed publishes new journal article
An article by Professor of Spanish Timothy Reed is published in the spring issue of Hispanic Journal. “Garden Imagery, Hauntology, and the Semiotic in Adelaida García Morales’ El Sur.” It addresses gender roles in Francoist Spain, feminism and trauma studies. The abstract reads: “In Adelaida García Morales’ 1985 novella El Sur, Adriana recounts various memories […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Book addresses spirituality, self-understanding in career development
The second edition of a career development and spiritual companion for those in a job, career or retirement transition has been released by Thomas Bachhuber ’71 of Wauconda, Illinois. TranSpirations: Guidance for the Head & Heart through Career and Beyond was inspired by Bachhuber’s personal and professional experiences, those of other career experts and spiritual […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Title IX marks 50th anniversary and lasting effects on campuses today
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Title IX is a federal equity law and prohibits federally funded educational institutions from discriminating against students or employees based on sex or gender. It reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Uncategorized.
Brian Bockelman awarded residential fellowship at Harvard-owned research center
Brian Bockelman, professor of history and interim director of strategic initiatives, has been awarded a residential fellowship at Dumbarton Oaks, a Harvard-owned estate, museum and humanities research center in Washington, D.C., for the spring 2023 semester. The competitive national fellowship, which provides both a stipend and housing near the estate in Georgetown, will support his […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Research.
Soren Hauge interviewed about recent interest rate hikes
Soren Hauge, professor of economics, spoke Thursday, June 16, for Spectrum News 1, a statewide news and information network. He discussed key interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve in an effort to tamp down inflation. He said these efforts will make things more expensive for people in the short run. “In the longer run, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Travis Nygard has chapter in newly published book
Associate Professor of Art Travis Nygard has a chapter in the new book A Companion to American Agricultural History, edited by Douglas Hurt and released June 1. His chapter, “Agriculture and Art,” explores how farming has been depicted in art over the past 200 years, showing that paintings, sculptures, photographs and illustrations have helped farmers […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Commencement regalia of Jairo Javier Morales ’19 on display at Smithsonian
When Jairo Javier Morales ’19 accepted his diploma in the Willmore Center field house wearing a gown adorned with the wings of a monarch butterfly, he was making a statement about immigrant rights. Now, his graduation cap — with its decorated mortar board that states “I am one of those people Mexico sent” — his […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Uncategorized.
Erin K. Bryan wins honorable mention in national competition
Assistant Professor of Music Erin K. Bryan has won an honorable mention as a finalist in the 2022 The American Prize in Vocal Performance — Women in Art Song and Oratorio. The American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts is the nation’s most comprehensive series of contests in the performing arts. The American […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Pieper Servant Leadership committee members receive specialized training
Members of Ripon College’s Pieper Servant Leadership Steering Committee trained at Boise State University in Idaho earlier this month on “Becoming a Servant Leader.” Training addresses how to effect positive changes as a leader by helping others become the best they can be at what they do. “Many associate the idea of leadership with words […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Social Responsibility, Staff.
Khaatim Boyd ’06 supports Ripon to bring transformative experiences to others
Becoming a student at Ripon College changed the life of Khaatim Boyd ’06 of Lansing, Michigan, and ever since graduating he has sought to help bring that same transformative experience to new classes of Ripon students. That’s why he has given back to Ripon consistently through his service and financial resources. “Ripon had a tremendous […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
A familiar outdoor sculpture at Ripon College has been given a facelift
The sculpture “Synchronicity,” by Ann and Kim Pahlas, is installed between Smith and East halls on the campus. It was created in 2000 as a gift from the class of 1998. “After more than two decades outside, it really needed work,” says Travis Nygard, associate professor of art history. “The College hired the Pahlas Metalworks […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts.