Category: Alumni
President Messitte and Dean Wingenbach host Telephone Town Hall
President Zach Messitte and Vice President and Dean of Faculty Ed Wingenbach simultaneously called about 8,000 alumni and friends Oct. 13 to share updates on the state of Ripon College, the curriculum review process currently underway, and the campaign to renovate and expand the College’s health and wellness facilities. The pair took calls from numerous […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty, Funding and gifts, Special Event.
Two Ripon College alumni collaborate on social work thesis
Two Ripon College alumni — 30 years apart — shared knowledge for a master’s of social work thesis. Erin Maguire ’08 of Rocky Mount, Virginia, recently graduated from Loyola University Chicago with her master’s degree. Her thesis, “Social Work in the NICU,” was completed in collaboration with Jonathan Muraskas ’78, chief professor of pediatrics and […]
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‘That Girl,’ Cat Wilson ’93, has a voice that speaks to crowds
Cat Wilson ’93 is known to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, locals as “That Girl,” a radio personality on Cape Country 104. From 6 to 10 a.m. Monday through Friday, That Girl can be heard. Wilson’s love of radio began at an early age, when the Cape Cod native worked for her high school’s radio station. She […]
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Alumni win awards for senior seminar papers
For the fourth year in a row, students from Ripon College have won student paper awards from the Wisconsin Sociological Association. Holly Kortemeier ’15 of Whitewater, Wisconsin, won first place for her senior seminar paper from last semester, “Pupils to Peers: Socializing Graduate Students into the Counseling Profession.” Kyle Novack ’15 of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Todd Jaeger ’83 honored as Top Teacher by television station
Todd Jaeger ’83 of Ixonia, Wisconsin, who teaches music at Kettle Moraine High School, was named Top Teacher for September 2015 by WISN 12 News. A video interview can be viewed here.
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Alumnus Rick Estberg ’75, a National Security Agency employee, will speak Oct. 2
Rick Estberg, a 1975 graduate of Ripon College who works at the National Security Agency, will present a personal perspective of his life and career when he visits Ripon College Friday, Oct. 2. From 10:10 to 11 a.m., he will speak during an open classroom session in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. He will address […]
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Iran nuclear deal will be addressed Sept. 30
“The Iran Nuclear Deal” will be discussed Wednesday, Sept. 30, by Cheryl Rofer ’63, consultant and CEO of nucleardiner.com; and Jonathan Ruhe, associate director of the Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. This is the inaugural event of the 2015-16 academic year for the Center for Politics and the […]
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All the world’s a stage for Amanda Finn ’14
“I’ve loved acting since I was young,” says Amanda Finn ’14 of Madison, Wisconsin. “It was my first love.” At Ripon, Finn majored in theatre, English and film/media studies. As a sophomore, she was encouraged by Professor of Theatre Bob Amsden to participate in the O’Neill Critics Institute within the Kennedy Center American College Theatre […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts.
Life After Ripon – Madeline Poullette ’15
Chapter 1: Shifting Focus [Editor’s Note: Raymond Allen ’15, Karena Schroeder ’15, and Madeline Poullette ’15 are writing rotating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] I still can’t believe that graduation was over three months ago. I should be back […]
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Life At Ripon – Jacob Sahr ’16
Chapter 1: A Change of Pace for Senior Year [Editor’s Note: Chuchen Tan ’16, Sara Driebel ’16, and Jacob Sahr ’16 are writing rotating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their senior year experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life At Ripon!] Senior year is finally here! The past three years, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Theatre graduate Jesse Rye ’02 will speak at Ripon Tuesday
Jesse Rye ’02, co-executive director of Food Systems Enterprise at Farm Fresh Rhode Island, will present an Alumni Master Chat Tuesday, Sept. 15. The talk will begin at 11:15 a.m. in the Kresge Little Theatre of East Hall. Rye’s organization is committed to growing a local food system that values the environment, health and quality […]
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Newly established fund helps student doing summer research
While they were students at Ripon College, both Mark Franzen ’83 and Janice Heinz Franzen ’83 conducted research and found the experience to be positive. “We think research can be an important part of a liberal arts education,” Mark Franzen says. “Janice and I both had wonderful relationships with our professors when we were at […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Funding, Funding and gifts, Research, Student.
Japanese alumnus recalls his determined journey to take his place as a Ripon College student
I arrived in Chicago at the end of July of 1957, to get ready to be enrolled at Ripon College. It was very strict, according to the foreign currency exchange regulations in Japan, to exchange yen to dollar at the time, and so I had only $26 with me when I left Japan. My father […]
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Photojournalist Scott Strazzante ’86 to showcase work at Ripon College
Scott Strazzante, a 1986 graduate of Ripon College, will have his work on display Sept. 11 to Oct. 11 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the college campus. Strazzante is a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and previously worked for the Chicago Tribune and other news sources. His book Common […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts.
For Brandi Gaspard Mans ’10, the costume makes the character
A serendipitous disappointment at Ripon College led to a career choice for Brandi Gaspard Mans ’10 of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mans got into theatre in high school in Anoka, Minnesota, because some of her friends were doing it. “The theatre bug bit me,” she says, and she received a theatre scholarship to attend Ripon College. However, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts.
Going back to the land brings new perspectives for history/English teacher
Julie Sikkink Lee ’88 is a high school history and English teacher at Oregon Episcopal School in Portland, Oregon. She predominantly teaches 9th- and 10th-graders in literature, ancient world history, medieval history and American history. “My favorite part of my school job is watching my students’ faces when something clicks for them and they see […]
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Writing continues as creative outlet for Ken Luber ’60
Writing in various forms has provided a creative outlet for Ken Luber ’60 of Idyllwild, California, throughout his life. He has written poetry for much of his life, was an English major at Ripon College and was editor of the Ripon College literary magazine, Parallax, during his senior year. He since has written for several […]
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Alumna works with ‘To the Best of Our Knowledge’ on Wisconsin Public Radio
“To The Best of Our Knowledge,” an award-winning weekly Wisconsin Public Radio program, has as its technical director Caryl Wheeler Owen ’75 of Verona, Wisconsin. The show, which has been produced for 25 years, is the winner of the 64th annual Peabody Award for radio programming in 2005 and can be heard on more than […]
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For David Bardwick ’72, success is contributing and doing his best
With a set career goal of working for himself, David Bardwick ’72 of Escondido, California, now owns a successful furniture art gallery in Solana Beach, California, just north of San Diego. His collection of furniture and art is under the name of the David Allan Collection, and it boasts pieces of art from many eastern […]
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Double major used all her skills to analyze National Geographic narratives
Rhetorical criticism skills learned as a communication major helped Alison Thiel, a senior from Ripon, Wisconsin, develop findings that display a shift in the dominance of Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis in Western Culture through the pictorial representation of sea turtles by National Geographic. Thiel, who also had a second major in environmental studies, says […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Research, Student.