Category: Alumni
Campus facelifts create fresh, updated looks
As Ripon College took a reinvigorated step forward during fiscal year 2012, several areas of campus received physical upgrades and renovations — giving a fresh look and functionality to highly active areas. New carpeting and furnishings create a more comfortable and attractive look to the North and West reading rooms in Lane Library, as well […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow, Uncategorized.
Ripon College and Selma, Alabama: 1965
In March 1965, marches and protests held in Alabama marked the political and emotional height of the American civil rights movement. The three attempts to march from Selma to Montgomery, the state capital, were in support of Black voter registration. The first march took place on March 7 and became known as “Bloody Sunday” after […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty, Student.
Johnson set for 300th career win
After Tuesday’s 56-38 win at Lawrence University, Ripon College’s women’s basketball head coach Julie Johnson now needs one more victory to become just the fourth coach in Midwest Conference history to win 300 career games. Her first chance to reach that milestone comes in Saturday’s home game against Grinnell, beginning at 1 p.m. With a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Athletics News, Special Event.
Life After Ripon: Katlyn Lee ’12
Chapter 7: What Now? (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!) January 5, 2013 Dear Journal, Ernest Hemingway once said, “There is nothing noble in being superior to your […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Life After Ripon: Jeremy Johnson ’12
Chapter 7: Home for the Holidays (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!) It seemed to take forever to get back home. The way out to State College felt […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Messitte Reflects on a Busy Start
Ripon College President Zach Messitte sat down with the Ripon Commonwealth Press to discuss his first six months guiding the College. “[I’ve] met just hundreds of people, students, faculty, staff, alumni, people in the community,” he told the Commonwealth Press, “so I’ve really tried my best to get out and talk to people, listen, ask […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty.
Ripon Alum to Dogsled across Arctic
Larry Daugherty ’98 will realize his dream to man a dogsled through the arctic. The Jacksonville Beach, Florida-based radiation oncologist has been selected as one of 20 participants in the 2013 Fjällräven Polar, a roughly 200-mile long dog-sledding adventure across the arctic tundra of Scandinavia. Daugherty will mush from Signaldalen, Norway to Jukkasjärvi, Swedish Lapland. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Jessi Kofler Guenther ’97 enjoying international adventure
Relocating to England has opened a world of opportunity not only for Jessi Kofler Guenther ’97 in her job, but also for her husband, Mike Guenther ’97, and their sons, Greyson, 6, and Graham, 3. Guenther runs the Managed Services and Recruitment Process Outsourcing business lines for Europe and Asia for Allegis Group Services, a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Redouan El-Younsi ’90 reaching out across the world
Redouan El-Younsi ’90 of Tetouan, Morocco, has been elected a member of the industrial branch and president of the electoral body commission of the Chamber of Commerce of Tetouan. The 41 chamber members represent industry, commerce and services. “The main role of the Chamber of Commerce is to promote, defend and represent the business community,” […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Frank Lockwood ’65 on how off-campus study opens career opportunities
Whether international or domestic, offcampus study programs are an attractive option for Ripon College students, providing opportunities that are bound to change their view of the world. In the summer of 1963, that opportunity came through a Ripon course, “Our European Inheritance: Art and Architecture.” Frank “Frenchie” Lockwood ’65, now of Sylva, N.C., and Karen […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Zach Morris ’02 reflects on expanding his horizons
Ripon College has had three Rhodes Scholars in its 162-year history. Zach Morris ’02 is the most recent. Rhodes scholarships are the oldest and most celebrated international fellowship awards in the world. Thirty-two young Americans are chosen each year to receive full financial support to pursue a degree at the University of Oxford in the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Alisha Gard ’06 talks about acting and the definition of success
After catching the acting bug in middle school, Alisha Gard ’06 found her calling. “My sister and I used to play softball, but she was always way better than me,” Gard says. “So, I decided to try something different and auditioned for a musical in eighth grade. I got a part in the show, and […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Andrea Williams ’04 talks about her work as a free-lance costume technician
Clothes can make the man, and also the stage character. Andrea Williams ’04 of West St. Paul, Minn., is a free-lance costume technician for Chicago-area theaters such as Steppenwolf and Goodman Writers Theatre; and Milwaukee-area theaters such as Milwaukee Repertory Theater and First Stage Children’s Theater; among others throughout the Midwest. She also has worked […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Frances Lee McCain ’66 dishes about theatrical success
One of Ripon College’s most successful theater alumni is Frances Lee McCain ’66. She has had a steady career in stage, television and film work for more than four decades. At Ripon, she majored in philosophy but also appeared in theater productions. “I started out in the Red Barn,” she says. “Then it burned down, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
James Bohnen ’70 shares his passion for theatre
James Bohnen ’70 of Chicago, Ill., had no ambition toward theater, but he got into it at the urging of others. “I was running lines in my dorm room with my college roommate, Rick Dinkel ’70,” Bohnen says. “He had a show he was going to direct and he said to me, ‘You really should […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Peter Bock ’62 is developing tomorrow’s artificial intelligence today
The world of the future is developing today through Peter Bock ’62 of Washington, D.C., the fall 2012 Knop speaker at Ripon College. Bock is a former NASA scientist and a professor emeritus of engineering at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he was on the computer science faculty for more than 40 years. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon: Katlyn Lee ’12
Chapter 6: Little Lessons from Ripon (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!) December 8, 2012 Dear Journal, Originally I couldn’t think of what I should write about in […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Student Spotlight – Breanna Gracz ’14
My Home Away From Home Although one of my jobs as Alumni Relations Intern is to write articles regarding the lives of Ripon alumni, this month I was given a different task; I was asked if I would talk about my own life. At first I thought that a self-reflection piece would be less challenging, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon: Jeremy Johnson ’12
Chapter 6: A Busy Month (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!) There I was with my classmates from Penn State, just outside of Disney World, at a Waffle […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon’s comprehensive campaign surpasses $25 million
Originally published Jan. 31, 2012 With its public phase and final goal still to come, Ripon’s comprehensive campaign has passed the $25 million mark. The milestone was reached through recent leadership gifts from Georgene Koblenz ’60, Bob and Patty (Parker) Francis, Joann Selleck ’73, and Rich (’73) and Ginny Srednicki, along with exceptionally strong support […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow.