Category: Alumni
Join us when #OneDayRally returns April 27!
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in #OneDayRally, Alumni, Funding, Funding and gifts.
New jazz album hits the right note and Grammy consideration for songwriter Mario Friedel ’88
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Interview with Brit Dick ’09 published ahead of summer races
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,” […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
National Donor Day highlights alumni need for kidney donations
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Susan Forrest-Lobb Jeffreys ’81 featured in new book ‘Women of Courage’
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Bill Quistorf ’80 featured in segment of National Geographic episode
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, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Bryant Vande Kolk ’12 will present alumni talks today, Friday
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Raymond Burkert Sawyer, Class of 1921, referenced in oral history interview
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Geoff Guevara-Geer publishes article in journal Chasqui
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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty, Research.
Exhibit of last works by James B. Thompson ’73 available to view online
“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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
1941 attack on Pearl Harbor: Howard Dayle Balliett ’39, Marilynn Bruns Balliett ’41 were there
Dec. 7, 1941, was declared “a date which will live in infamy” by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt after the Empire of Japan’s attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii. American ships and aircraft were destroyed and more than 2,400 civilians and military personnel were killed. Howard Dayle […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon College presents theatre production ‘Everybody’
“Everybody,” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, a modern adaptation of the classic play “Everyman,” will be presented Dec. 8 to 11 in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. Shows will begin at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend, and masks are required to be worn. Admission is free, but ticket reservations […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts, Special Event, Student.
Short story by Joshua English ’07 wins award in fiction contest
“The Human Animal,” a short story by Joshua English ’07 of Louisville, Kentucky, won the 2021 Ember Chasm Review fiction award. His work is featured in issue four of the publication, which is available on amazon.com. At Ripon, he majored in English. He now is a senior lecturer of English at the University of Louisville. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Amanda Finn Haggerty ’14 profiled in theatre critics publication
Amanda Finn Haggerty ’14 of Chicago, Illinois, was profiled in the November issue of the American Theatre Critics Association publication. Finn Haggerty has written primarily for the publication Newcity in Chicago for three years. She says in the interview that she has been writing theater criticism/journalism since 2014 when she graduated from Ripon with a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Andrew Limouris ’94 named Hellene of the Year
Andrew Limouris ’94 of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, has received the Hellene of the Year Award from the Hellenic Bar Association Foundation. According to the foundation, Limouris is president and CEO of Medix and Talentoday, a family of companies specialized in connecting talent to the right career opportunities and supporting employers with the right workforce solutions. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Painting donated to Ripon in memory of Claudette Lee-Roseland ’60
“Send in the Clowns,” an abstract painting from the collection of artist Claudette Lee-Roseland. ’60 of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, has been donated to Ripon College in her memory by her husband, Dean Roseland. Lee-Roseland died Oct. 3, 2021. At Ripon, she studied philosophy and psychology and participated in student government and Alpha Phi/Kappa Sigma Chi. She […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Paul Cassidy ’89: We honor and thank him for his service
In observance of Veterans Day, we honor Army Capt. Paul J. Cassidy ’89 of Laingsburg, Michigan, the most recent designee to the Ripon College War Memorial. Cassidy died of non-combat injuries at Camp Babylon, Iraq, July 13, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was 36. At Ripon, he majored in physics, participated in swimming and […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Roger Gertenrich ’56 noted for his work to preserve Portland’s maritime history
Volunteer work by Roger Gertenrich ’56 of Portland, Oregon, was highlighted Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the Portland Tribune in advance of Veterans Day. “Korean vet continues to give back” highlights Gertenrich’s efforts to preserve Portland’s maritime history, including its wartime ship-building history and other links to naval history. At Ripon, Gertenrich majored in chemistry-biology and […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Karlyn Schumacher publishes blog post about open educational resources
Karlyn Schumacher ’15, assistant librarian-access services, wrote a blog post titled “Starting from Scratch: OER at a Small Liberal Arts College” for OER and Beyond, posted Oct. 6, 2021. The blog post about open educational resources can be accessed here.
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Staff.
Casey Gott ’14 and her work on behalf of Indigenous people featured
Casey Gott ’14 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was featured on the website of Milwaukee’s Hunger Task Force on Monday, Oct. 11. “Hunger Task Force honors Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Casey Gott reflects on family heritage” describes Gott’s heritage as a member of the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, her work as a staff member of the Hunger Task Force […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.