Whitney Levash Meza ’09 of Ripon, Wisconsin, has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Women in Powersports by DealerNews magazine. In the summer of 2021, Meza rode Harley-Davidson Corp.’s 2021 Pan America Special bike across 48 states in eight days. She had partnered directly with Harley-Davidson for a 10-day challenge and completed her […]
A thesis chapter that Jordan Buhle Nutting ’15 wrote during her doctorate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison was adapted into the Journal of Organic Chemistry, becoming one of the three most-read articles in the journal in 2021. Nutting’s thesis is concerned with the fields of organic synthesis and electrochemistry. She and her co-writers discovered […]
The second edition of a career development and spiritual companion for those in a job, career or retirement transition has been released by Thomas Bachhuber ’71 of Wauconda, Illinois. TranSpirations: Guidance for the Head & Heart through Career and Beyond was inspired by Bachhuber’s personal and professional experiences, those of other career experts and spiritual […]
Becoming a student at Ripon College changed the life of Khaatim Boyd ’06 of Lansing, Michigan, and ever since graduating he has sought to help bring that same transformative experience to new classes of Ripon students. That’s why he has given back to Ripon consistently through his service and financial resources. “Ripon had a tremendous […]
Alice Archabal ’89 of Northbrook, Illinois, a member of the Ripon College Board of Trustees, has been appointed the executive vice president and chief development officer of United Way Worldwide. Archabal will provide strategic leadership to drive revenue strategy for the organization and its network of more than 1,100 local United Ways in 40 countries […]
Jeffrey H. Ryan ’80 of South Portland, Maine has a new hardcover book coming out Sept. 1, 2022. This Land Was Saved for You and Me chronicles the establishment of America’s public lands — city parks, national forests and wilderness areas — between 1864, when Yosemite was first being considered for protection, and 1964, when […]
Ripon College will honor one of our own at the 2022 Commencement May 15. In celebration of the theme “The Stories We Tell: Connecting to Our Community through Theatre,” Anne Negri Lewinthal ’03 of Skokie, Illinois, will receive an honorary doctor of fine arts degree. Lewinthal is a drama specialist in District 65 Evanston-Skokie (Illinois) […]
Dr. Andrea Young, interim president at Ripon College, has been named the next vice president for finance and administration as well as chief financial officer at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. She will remain in her role at Ripon through the current academic year and will assume her new role at DePauw July 15. Ripon […]
Following the most successful fundraising year in Ripon College’s history, loyal supporters from around the world came through once again with record-breaking totals for the fifth annual #OneDayRally giving day, Wednesday, April 27. The online campaign garnered a spirited show of support to sustain the Ripon Fund, Red Hawks Club in athletics and Friends of […]
The late Lester O. Schwartz, professor of art at Ripon College from 1944 to 1977, will be the focus of a presentation by the Ripon Historical Society Thursday, April 21. The event is free and open to the public. It will begin at 7 p.m. at the historical society headquarters, 508 Watson St., but people […]
Join us April 27, 2022, for the fifth annual #OneDayRally of support for Ripon College. The day is meant to bring everyone together as a community to celebrate an institution that has shaped the lives of so many in unique and similar ways. Help us reach our most ambitious goal yet of 2400 donors in […]
The jazz album “Under the Venus Moon,” featuring songs by Mario Friedel ’88 of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, reached the ballot portion of the nomination process for the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Album of the year. While the album did not make the final cut, it did place among the top 78 entries out of […]
A question-and-answer interview with Brit Dick ’09 of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, was featured March 7 on Emerald Mountain Epic.com. She is a world-ranked ultrarunner, USA Triathlon All-American and Champion Burro Racer and spoke in advance of several races in mountain biking and running that she plans to compete in this summer. In “Confident, Not Braggadocious,” […]
Today is Valentine’s Day, an observation of love. But it is also National Donor Day, celebrating those who give a gift of love and life through organ, eye and tissue donation. The donation of a kidney can be done by a living donor, and two Ripon alumni are among those desperately waiting for a donated […]
Susan “Suki” Forrest-Lobb Jeffreys ’81 of Phoenix, Arizona, is featured in the new book Women of Courage, vol. 5, published by Professional Woman Publishing. The book will be released the second week of February 2022. The anthology features stories of and thoughts about courage by Jeffreys and other women around the world. “I was honored […]
Bill Quistorf ’80 of Everett, Washington, chief pilot with the Snohomish County Helicopter Rescue Team in Washington state, is featured on an episode of National Geographic’s “Extreme Rescues.” The “Back from the Dead” episode details a dramatic and dangerous mountain rescue in 2018. The segment featuring Quistorf’s rescue team begins at the 30:40 minute mark, […]
Bryant Vande Kolk ’12 of Ellicott City, Maryland, near Washington, D.C., will be a guest speaker today. His talk will begin at 7 p.m. in the Heritage Room of S.N. Pickard Commons. At Ripon, he majored in physics with minors in Spanish and mathematics. He now serves on the Alumni Board. He received a master’s […]
An Oral History Interview with Raymond Sawyer, professor emeritus of physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, has been published by the American Institute of Physics. He is the son of Raymond Burkert Sawyer, Ripon College Class of 1921. In the interview, Sawyer talks briefly about his father. He says his parents met […]
Geoff Guevara-Geer, associate professor of Spanish, had an article published in the November 2021 issue of the journal Chasqui, meaning an Inca messenger, in Volume 50, Number 2. “The relación between Hispanics, the Body, and American University: Genre Trouble in Spanglish and Real Women Have Curves” discusses Latina college applicants as they write their Personal […]
“Tide Charts: Ebb and Flow,” an exhibit of mixed-media artworks by James B. Thompson ’73, is on view through Feb. 25 in Western Oregon University’s Cannon Gallery of Art. Thompson taught at Ripon College, Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Alaska and, lastly, as a professor of art and curator in the art […]