Category: Alumni
Alumni Profile: Jordyn Rush ’07
Jordyn Rush ’07 assists with political campaigns from behind the scenes “I’ve always been interested in politics; I did my first phone bank when I was young with my mom,” says Jordyn Rush ’07. “When I first started (at Ripon College), I thought I wanted to work in communications, being a press secretary or a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Kyle Ruedinger ’13
Chapter 1: A Few Weeks Left Before Grad School [Editor’s Note: Kyle Ruedinger ’13, Amy Browender ’13, Elizabeth Brown ’13, and Jessie Lillis ’13 are writing alternating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] Wow! What a ride. I hate to […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Amy Browender ’13
Chapter 1: Looking Forward to “College Possible” [Editor’s Note: Amy Browender ’13, Kyle Ruedinger ’13, Elizabeth Brown ’13, and Jessie Lillis ’13 are writing alternating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] When I was first asked to contribute to Ripon’s […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon Alums Team on Chemistry Publication
Two Ripon alumni are part of a team that published an article, “Chemical Derivatization of Peptide Carboxyl Groups for Highly Efficient Electron Transfer Dissociation” in The Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Co-authoring the article as part of a group of seven scientists are Samuel B. Sondalle ’11 an MD/PhD candidate in the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon College Receives $120,000 Gift from Suzanne & Richard Pieper Family Foundation
The Suzanne & Richard Pieper Family Foundation has gifted Ripon College $120,008 to support ongoing efforts to prepare students to become ethical and values-based leaders, who lift up society, enrich organizations and communities, and have a positive effect on the least privileged. The gift is in addition to a generous $1,000,000 endowment received from the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow, Social Responsibility.
Imagine Tomorrow Campaign Reaches $40 Million
Ripon College has surpassed the $40 million fundraising mark, well on its way towards a $50 million goal set in February 2013. The College’s Imagine Tomorrow campaign has added $5 million in the past six months alone, bolstering the school’s endowment, student scholarships, faculty positions and planned building renovations. “Ripon’s thousands of alumni and friends […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow.
Ripon College Makes Princeton Review’s “Best 378 Colleges” List, Other Top 20 Lists
Ripon College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to the 2014 edition of “The Best 378 Colleges” produced by The Princeton Review. Ripon was also recognized in the guide as a “Best Midwestern College,” making the guide’s Top 20 lists for “town-gown relations are great” (ranked #5), “lots of race/class […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty, Student.
Alumni Profile: Nick Araya ’01
Arborist branches out to new sideline of creating bowls Nick Araya ’01 of Inglewood, Calif., feels an emotional attachment to trees. So much so that he has become a certified arborist and is owner of the tree-care company TreeCareLA in Los Angeles. When a recent client, Karine, was faced with the emotional decision to remove […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Alumni Award Call for Nominations
Plans are already underway for Alumni Weekend 2014 and the Alumni Office is seeking nominations for the Distinguished Alumni Citation and Outstanding Young Alumni Award. The deadline for nominations is August 1st, 2013. Nominations will be considered for alumni celebrating reunions next summer, including the classes of 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Amie Kelley Leistikow ’08 on Good Morning America (Video)
Amie Kelley Leistikow ’08 and her family were featured on ABC’s Good Morning America as their family business Kelley Country Creamery was showcased in a segment called Best Ice Cream Ever. GMA received viewer submissions and the creamery made the final list. Amie’s mother started the business in Eden, Wisconsin near Fond du Lac. According […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Alumni Profile: Hilary Smith ’07
Hilary Smith ’07 serves and contributes through biology When Hilary Smith ’07 of Mishawaka, Ind., started at Ripon College, she was a communications major thinking about going into law. But an “Introduction to Biology” class with Prof. Bob Wallace changed the course of her life. “I constantly had questions, and when I’d go up after […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Jessie Lillis ’13
Chapter 1: Changes and New Experiences [Editor’s Note: Jessie Lillis ’13, Elizabeth Brown ’13, Kyle Ruedinger ’13, and Amy Browender ’13 are writing alternating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] It’s hard to believe it’s been almost two months since […]
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Life After Ripon – Elizabeth Brown ’13
Chapter 1: Opportunities [Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Brown ’13, Jessie Lillis ’13, Kyle Ruedinger ’13, and Amy Browender ’13 are writing alternating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] In the hours after my last final paper was turned in, I came […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Messitte Delivers First Lecture at Ripon College
American foreign policy historically has been divided between a mix of idealism and realism, and only an appropriate mix of the two is in the best interests of the United States, says Ripon College President Zach P. Messitte. Messitte helped launch the College’s annual Alumni Weekend as well as the new Summer Heritage Lecture Series […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty, Special Event.
Recent graduate’s paper published
Michelle Matter ’13 of Sussex, Wis., has a research paper published in the 2013 issue of the Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research. “Beer Commercials: A Contradiction in Communication” was written for a rhetorical criticism class at Ripon College. Matter received a degree in communication. Matter’s paper was among seven student articles selected for the journal.
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Ripon alumna wins writing award
Donna Haubrich Reichle ’59 of Kingston, Tenn., received the Joy Margrave Nonfiction third-place award at the recent annual conference of the Tennessee Mountain Writers (TMW). The award was given for her short story, “Poot Roots in the Closet,” drawing on experiences at a rural cabin and farm that is shared as a second home with […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Alum recognized for interdisciplinary approach
Michael Timm ’04 of Cudahy, Wis., is the featured student for June 2013 on the website of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s graduate school. Timm is studying for his master’s degree in freshwater sciences and will present a paper this month for the Great Lakes Futures Project, a 21-university collaboration whose goal is to develop long-term […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Taima Kern ’11
Checking In [Editor’s Note: Taima Kern ’11 was our first Life After Ripon blogger, and here we check in with her again.] June 3, 2013 Dear Journal, Since I wrote last, I had fellow Ripon alumna Vicky Weber ’12 as a summer roomie whilst she awaited the start of grad school in Colorado. I was […]
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Life After Ripon: Jeremy Johnson ’12
Chapter 12: A Year’s Worth of Reflections [Editor’s Note: Jeremy Johnson ’12 and Katlyn Lee ’12 are writing monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their own post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] Well, here we are. This is now the twelfth and final installment of the alumni […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon: Katlyn Lee ’12
Chapter 12: A Year of Reflecting [Editor’s Note: Katlyn Lee ’12 and Jeremy Johnson ’12 are writing monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their own post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] June 5, 2013 Dear Journal, One year. One year ago I graduated from college, tears filling […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.