Category: Alumni
Annual grant brings Jewish traditions to campus
The Jewish Chautauqua Society believes that courses about Jewish religion and culture are an important part of helping students achieve and promote a better understanding between Jews and nonJews. This will help diminish discrimination of Jews. So, for the past 20 years, Ripon College has received a financial contribution from the society to help pay […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty.
Alum, landslide rescue pilot to be featured on PBS Wednesday
Bill Quistorf ’80 of Everett, Washington, will be featured in the “Nova” documentary “Killer Landslides” premiering Wednesday, November 19, on PBS television. The documentary centers around the March 22, 2014, landslide in Oso, Washington. As the chief pilot for the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office, Quistorf directed helicopter rescue operations from the air immediately following the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Sophia Kaounas ’14
Chapter 2: Who Would Have Known… [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!] Happy Fall, Friends! As the leaves continue to fall and the weather becomes […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Roy and Karsten ’09 Encourage Ex-Offenders to Speak Publicly
Jody Roy, professor of communication and interim vice president and dean of faculty, and Shawn F. Karsten ’09, development associate for major and planned giving, have published Sharing Your Story, Saving their Lives: Public Speaking for Ex-Offenders. Roy’s interest in studying crime and its offenders and ex-offenders began more than 20 years ago. Over that […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty.
Alumni mentoring students at the office
Sixteen Ripon College students will travel to Chicago during Fall Break, Oct. 19-23, as part of the Career Discovery Tour to gain first-hand knowledge of a variety of careers from Ripon College alumni. Access to alumni networking and career opportunities are hallmarks of the student experience at Ripon. The program, made possible thanks to gifts […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Nathan Held ’14
Chapter 2: One Does Not Simply Walk into Civil Procedure…There Are Rules for That [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!] Since last I reported on […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Uncategorized.
Life At Ripon – Kaitlyn Welzen ’15
Chapter 2: Practical Applications of Classroom Lessons [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 that it is October, there are (hopefully) only seven months […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Phonathon SuperCaller may be calling you soon!
Don’t be too surprised if Ripon College gives you a call in the next few weeks. With Phonathon back in session, its dedicated team of 28 student callers are dialing alumni and parents’ numbers. Queriontae Price ’16, a global studies major and national securities studies minor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, found a Phonathon job a good […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty, Student.
Alumnus to address ethics, communication
Contemporary moral argument will be addressed in a talk Oct. 7 by 1985 Ripon College graduate Trevor Parry-Giles. “The Rhetorical Lives and Times of The Manchurian Candidate: Tracing a Cold War Political Trope in Contemporary Moral Argument” will begin at 4:15 p.m. in the North Reading Room of Lane Library on the Ripon College campus. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Special Event.
Ripon College Receives $1 Million Gift to Endow Professorship in Economics
A $1 million dollar gift has been made to Ripon College by Robert and Joan Murray to establish a new endowed professorship in economics. The gift is a tribute “to honor my father, a long-time trustee of the College, and my mother with a gift to the institution of higher learning that meant so much […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty, Imagine Tomorrow.
Rourke ’07 is front and center at POW-MIA national ceremonies
When National POW/MIA Recognition Day is observed on Friday, Sept. 19, Lacy Rourke ’07 will be a strong voice among the ceremonies. Rourke, who lives in Washington, D.C., and received Ripon College’s Outstanding Young Alumni award earlier this year, is a special consultant for the Vietnam War 50th Commemoration. “The commemoration was chartered by the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Uncategorized.
Life After Ripon – Ariana Myers ’14
Chapter 1: Change Can Be Scary…and Liberating [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!] Here I am, more than three months post-graduation, and so much has […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life At Ripon – Clarence Sanon ’15
Chapter 1: Awareness [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, This is my first blog EVER, so it is interesting that it would […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Ripon education lays foundation for life’s accomplishments
Andreas Antoniou Melas, ’73 of Lincolnshire, Illinois, had a long and successful career as a technologist and manager, and now has recently published a history book, “Three Hellene Cypriots: A Personal Journey and Commentary on Cyprus Modern History to 1950.” His accomplishments, he says, are due to the liberal arts and sciences education he received […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Justice Michael Gableman to Speak on Constitution Day
Justice Michael Gableman, a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, will speak at 4:30 p.m. on Constitution Day, Sept. 17, in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union, on the campus. His talk is part of the fall programming schedule of the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College. Gableman was elected to a 10-year […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Special Event.
Life At Ripon – Rachel Detrie ’15
Chapter 1: The Beginning of a New Journey [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!] My name is Rachel Detrie, and after three eventful […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Life After Ripon – Sophia Kaounas ’14
Chapter 1: The Next Step Forward [Editor’s Note: Nathan Held ’14, Sophia Kaounas ’14, and Adam 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!] Have you ever wondered how long it takes for one to write an […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Summertime is for sailing for Ossman ’73
Now that the country is in the height of summer, every spare minute finds Marian Ossman ’73 of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, out on the water in a sailboat. Ossman has been sailing since the age of 5 when she was taught by her father in Crystal Lake, Illinois. At Ripon College, she majored in English with […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Alum Flies High in Golden Years at EAA
At the age of 85, Jim Thayer ’54 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, still is flying high with life. For the past 18 years, he has been a docent at the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, greeting visitors from around the world and giving tours among the 200 historic aircraft on view. The week […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Alumna brings creative experiences to the public
Opening a new business in Madison, Wisconsin, is a dream come true for Amy Meitzel ’91. Meitzel, who majored in art at Ripon College, taught for 20 years in the Madison and Janesville, Wisconsin, school districts. But she always had the dream of opening her own arts business and offering experiences to all ages of […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.