Category: Alumni
Life After Ripon – Sophia Kaounas ’14
Chapter 4: A Transplant [Editor’s Note: Nathan Held ’14, Sophia Kaounas ’14, and Ariana Myers ’14 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!] Spring has sprung! And thank goodness it has… After winter, it’s time for all of […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Graduates recognized as outstanding teachers of mathematics
Three Ripon College graduates were recognized as outstanding Wisconsin teachers of mathematics at the spring meeting of the Wisconsin Mathematical Association of America, hosted at Ripon College by the Department of Math and Computer Science. They are: Dave Olenchek ’87 of Brookfield, Wisconsin, chair of the math department at Hartland Arrowhead High School. Heidi Hitchcock […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Artist, adviser and cultural historian Charlie Scheips speaks April 29
Charlie Scheips ’81, a curator, art adviser, artist, writer and cultural historian based in New York, New York, will speak at Ripon College Wednesday, April 29. His talk will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 147 of C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. There is no admission charge. His visit is sponsored by the College’s […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts, Special Event.
2012 alumna honored for teaching excellence
The professional excellence of two area teachers were recognized by Ripon College at the Wisconsin Association of Colleges of Teacher Education meeting in Madison earlier this month. Laura Schemm ’12, a kindergarten teacher at Franklin Elementary School in Oshkosh, was recognized for excellence as an early career teacher. Barbara Korneli-Krueger, a sixth-grade teacher at Ripon […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Nathan Held ’14
Chapter 4: My Optimism Has Returned [Editor’s Note: Nathan Held ’14, Sophia Kaounas ’14, and Ariana Myers ’14 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!] My first year of law school is quickly coming to a close. To […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life at Ripon – Kaitlyn Welzen ’15
Chapter 4: Letting Go and Looking Forward [Editor’s Note: Kaitlyn Welzen ’15, Rachel Detrie ’15, and Clarence Sanon ’15 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!] Now begins the crazy part of my semester: the end. With […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Rhodes Scholar Zachary S. Morris ’02 to speak on campus Friday
Rhodes Scholar Dr. Zachary S. Morris ’02 of Madison, Wisconsin, will speak on campus in two alumni master chats on Friday, April 10. Morris will talk about synergistic interaction between radiation and the immune response to tumor-specific antibodies at 2:10 p.m. in Farr Hall 331. At 4:15 p.m., he will discuss cancer as an emerging […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Special Event.
Lobbyist will discuss interplay in Wisconsin politics
“The Interplay of Wisconsin Politics from a Lobbyist’s Perspective” will be presented by Bob Welch ’92 of Madison, Wisconsin, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the Ripon College campus. Light food and beverages will be provided. Welch served in the state legislature for 20 years before […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Special Event.
Life after Ripon – Ariana Myers ’14
Chapter 3: In the Swing of Graduate School [Editor’s Note: Ariana Myers ’14, Nathan Held ’14, and Sophia Kaounas ’14 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!] The second semester is in full swing. I rush to get […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life at Ripon – Clarence Sanon ’15
Chapter 3: The Millenials Are Ready [Editor’s Note: Clarence Sanon ’15, Rachel Detrie ’15, and Kaitlyn Welzen ’15 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!] Readers, Being a senior has allowed me to realize that I am […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Gary Yerkey ’66 revisits Selma, Alabama
Gary Yerkey ’66 of Washington, D.C., was in Selma, Alabama, last week to attend the festivities marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march. His book South to Selma: ‘Outside Agitators’ and the Civil Rights March that Changed America detailed his and a Ripon College contingent’s participation in the voting rights march in 1965. It […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon Launches New Consortium to Prepare Grads to Communicate in the 21st Century
Recently recognized as the top undergraduate communication program in the United States, faculty in Ripon’s Department of Communication are collaborating with others on campus to launch a new program – the Ripon Communication Consortium. The consortium, which involves not only faculty in communication, but also faculty from an array of academic departments as well as […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Life At Ripon – Rachel Detrie ’15
Chapter 2: Planning for the Next Steps – Grad School, Publication [Editor’s Note: Rachel Detrie ’15, Clarence Sanon ’15 , and Kaitlyn Welzen ’15 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!] Despite the 100 Days celebration that […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Life At Ripon – Kaitlyn Welzen ’15
[Editor’s Note: Kaitlyn Welzen ’15, Rachel Detrie ’15, and Clarence Sanon ’15 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!] Only one semester left of college. It seems so strange that my four years in Ripon are almost […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Life After Ripon – Nathan Held ’14
[Editor’s Note: Nathan Held ’14, Sophia Kaounas ’14, and Ariana Myers ’14 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!] The fall semester of my first year at law school came to a quiet end on the 16th of […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Alumnus brings medical expertise to Peru
Although August is a busy month for Dr. David Janssen ’81 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a board-certified plastic surgeon with Fox Valley Plastic Surgery, he answered the call when he was contacted by Women for World Health. Janssen traveled with the organization to Peru for 10 days during the high point of the South American winter […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Ariana Myers ’14
Chapter 2: Ripon Connections [Editor’s Note: Ariana Myers ’14, Nathan Held ’14, and Sophia Kaounas ’14 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!] The first snow has fallen, and the good people of New Jersey have gone into […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life At Ripon – Clarence Sanon ’15
Chapter 2: Open Thine Third Eye [Editor’s Note: Clarence Sanon ’15, Rachel Detrie ’15, and Kaitlyn Welzen ’15 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!] Hi Readers, Do you know what grinds my gears? Individuals who do […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Philip Mack ’10 Wins Philosophy Prize
An interest in a wide range of topics and a serendipitous enrollment in a different kind of seminar have led to Philip Mack ’10 winning the most recent American Philosophical Association’s Essay Prize in Latin American Thought. The paper which won Mack the prize was “Should a Concept of Truth be attributed to Nahuatl Thought? […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Alum’s new book on birding provides narrative in love and risk-taking
A hobby of birding led Bradley McDonald ’88 to publish a new book, Boobies, Peckers and Tits: One Man’s Naked Perspective. McDonald, chief executive officer of the Wapiti Medical Group in Milbank, South Dakota, chronicles his adventures in attempting to spot more bird species while nude than anyone else ever has. “It was quite a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.