When Chase Polyak ’25 of Lombard, Illinois, starts at Ripon College as a freshman this fall, she brings with her some touching family connections. She is a Legacy student as her maternal grandfather is John Robertson ’68. And she is bringing with her a very special Ripon College quilt made by her paternal great-aunt, Nancy […]
A 19th-century heliogravure print has been donated to Ripon College by Alan Leonard ’86 and his wife, Brenda, of Cape May, New Jersey. The print is made after Rembrandt van Rijn’s “Presentation in the Temple in the Dark Manner,” c.1654. It is now hanging in the Resource Center of C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. […]
“How Brad Alberts is Making Dallas a Hockey Town” is published in the August 2021 issue of D Magazine of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. Alberts ’92 rose from an entry-level job selling tickets for the Dallas Stars hockey team to president and CEO. The article details how Alberts helped rebuild the teams’ core business after a […]
Seeds of interest sown at Ripon College have culminated in the inaugural 2021 Mackinac Island Shakespeare Festival in Michigan, running through Aug. 29. Jessie Lillis ’13 is a cofounder of the Starling Shakespeare Company which is hosting the festival. She is a native of Coldwater, Michigan. At Ripon, she majored in communication with a minor […]
It was a long time coming. A few dozen members of the Class of 2020 came back together Sunday, Aug. 8, for an eagerly anticipated and long-overdue celebration of their graduation from Ripon College. Their original Commencement ceremony was cancelled in May 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rainy conditions necessitated moving the ceremony into […]
For Tracy Maher ’91, Ripon College’s FreeWill offering provided a fast and easy way to cross one major item off her to-do list. “After I saw a notice from Ripon announcing the FreeWill offering, I realized that I really needed to make a will,” Maher says. “It was super easy to do. I just followed […]
“The first time I made ‘good trouble’”, a reflective piece written by Gary Yerkey ’66 of Washington, D.C., was published today, Aug. 2, in The Christian Science Monitor. The essay is related to Yerkey’s participation, along with other Ripon students and the Rev. Herman Jerome “Jerry” Thompson, then the College chaplain, in the historic Selma-to-Montgomery […]
Republican William Penterman ’18 of Columbus, Wisconsin, was elected to District 37 of the Wisconsin State Assembly in a special election held July 13. His term will end in January 2023. The district covers southwestern Dodge County and parts of northern Jefferson County and eastern Columbia County. Penterman is a U.S. Army Reserve member who […]
Whitney Levash Meza ’09 of Ripon, Wisconsin, was featured in a recent article in the Ripon Commonwealth newspaper. “48 States in 10 Days: Ripon resident crisscrosses the U.S. via motorcycle” chronicle’s Meza’s completion of a motorcycle distance challenge across the lower 48 states. She rode 7,982 miles in nine days on a Harley-Davidson Pan America […]
A personal profile of Laura Schultz ’93 is featured in the July issue of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia newsletter. The newsletter’s Off Campus series focuses on off-work activities of hospital colleagues. Schultz is a data scientist in the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics. Schultz has had a lifelong love of music, and she […]
Therace M. Risch ’94 of Frisco, Texas, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief information and technology officer at American Electric Power. The new position will be effective July 1. Risch leads technology initiatives across the business, including information technology, innovation and digital initiatives. She also will oversee the company’s cyber and physical […]
Lezlie Bishop ’66 is a retired teacher and public relations professional. These days, however, she is more commonly known as the mother of actor Stephen Bishop. Recently, she and Stephen were interviewed by Forbes contributor Lea Lane for an article posted June 17 titled, “Jim Crow to Now, Traveling as a Person of Color: Actor […]
Ripon College’s War Memorial commemorates Ripon alumni who gave their lives in service to their country in conflicts from World War I onward. The Memorial Plaque was presented by J. Harold Bumby, Class of 1923. The plaque mounted on stone originally was located on Elm Street in front of the old Memorial Hall, renamed Memorial […]
William Chester Jordan ’69, Dayton-Stockton Professor of Medieval History at Princeton University, was the Commencement speaker May 15 at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. The event was held with social distancing practices at FedExField in Landover, Maryland. Jordan spoke of higher education as a “precious commodity” and shared the story of Robert of […]
Guy Runals Henshaw ’68 and Susan Siegel Henshaw ’68 of Danville, California, received Ripon College’s Medal of Merit at the Commencement ceremony Sunday. Their commitment to Ripon College spans more than half a century of service and includes Guy’s two decades as a member of the Board of Trustees, their active engagement with the Class […]
Ray Allen ’15 of Durham, North Carolina, is featured on a podcast interview with LGBTQ + Stem Cast. “Colonialism in Science” can be heard here. Allen also discusses sea urchins and developmental biology. Allen majored in chemistry-biology and minored in Latin at Ripon. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the biology department at Duke University. […]
In observance of National Nurse’s Day on May 6, we honor Anna Galle ’14, a registered nurse on the hematology/oncology/bone marrow transplant/palliative care unit at University Hospital/UW-Health in Madison, Wisconsin. Galle says she wanted a career where she could be of service to others and where she could find a sense of purpose. She discovered […]
Saturday, May 1, is School Principals Day, and we recognize Eric Wightman ’96. He is in his eighth year as principal of E. W. Luther Elementary School in the School District of South Milwaukee and his 16th year in the district. His school was among a select number of schools around the country to be […]
World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day and International Day of the Book, is being observed today, April 23, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Here at Ripon College, we celebrate one of our most prolific authors, Gary G. […]
Paul Neuberger ’05 of Colgate, Wisconsin, is the host of new show on RightNow Media debuting Friday, April 23. “Faith at Work” will feature executives who have brought Christ into the workplace. Neuberger will interview each leader, learn about them and their organization, tour their facility and “see first-hand how they have created a God-centric […]