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Ashley Nuter Russ '07

Ashley Nuter Russ ’07 shares her story on Humans of New York

Ashley Nuter Russ ’07 of Shawano, Wisconsin, was featured earlier this week on the photoblog Humans of New York and shared on social media. The popular photoblog features street portraits and interviews collected on the streets of New York City and other locations by photographer Brandon Stanton. Because he was in quarantine during the coronavirus […]

Ken Pinckney '81 and Will Pinckney

Ken Pinckney ’81 and his family will appear on ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan’ Thursday

Ken Pinckney ’81 of Glendale, Wisconsin, will appear with his wife, Lora L. Hyler, and their son, Will, Thursday, Sept. 17, live via Skype on the national television program “Live with Kelly and Ryan.” Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest are the hosts. In a segment titled “Home with … the Pinckney Family,” the family will […]

Alumnus Brad Alberts

Brad Alberts ’92 of Dallas Stars interviewed on national podcast

Brad Alberts ’92 of Southlake, Texas, president and CEO of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League, was interviewed this week on the Jay Young Show. The weekly podcast features discussions with CEO’s, entrepreneurs, authors, athletes, celebrities, military and veterans from around the country. This episode, No. 66, can be heard here. At Ripon, […]

Bill Bradburn '75 working on a crafted pen

This pen is mightier than the average pen and earns Bill Bradburn ’75 a distinctive honor

Bill Bradburn ’75 of Indianapolis, Indiana, has been designated an Indiana Artisan because of his crafted writing instruments. He is among 221 visual and food artists in 56 counties whose work carries the prestigious designation. “My desire is to design and make writing instruments that blend utility and beauty,” Bradburn says. “Owners might transcribe to […]

Ripon College Logo

Updates Regarding Commencement 2020

Dear Class of 2020 Alumni, When I wrote to you and your families in April regarding the postponement of the 2020 Ripon College Commencement, I informed you that we would be able to move forward with the rescheduled October ceremony only if public health authorities and College policies deemed it appropriate. After consulting with the […]

Daniel Mikesell '14 wearing a mask in a Nanjing, China, park

Daniel Mikesell ’14 continuing international education in Italy

When Daniel Mikesell ’14 graduated from Ripon College, he imagined himself teaching abroad in Europe. Five years later, Mikesell has taught English in China and is working toward his master’s in international affairs with a concentration in energy, resources and environment at Johns Hopkins-Nanjing Center (HNC) in Nanjing, China. He recently published a piece examining […]

Abby Korb and Kamala Harris

Abby Korb ’20 recalls campaign encounter with Sen. Kamala Harris

In the summer of 2018, Abby Korb ’20 of Burlington, Wisconsin, had a personal experience with Kamala Harris, D-Calif., the newly named running mate of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Korb was working for the re-election campaign of Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., supported by a Internship Supplemental Grant from the Center for Politics and […]

Kailee Betler '20

Senior seminar enhanced educational studies for Kailee Betler ’20

“Art Through a Child’s Eyes” was presented during the 2019-20 school year by Kailee Betler ’20 for her Studio Art Senior Seminar at Ripon College. Betler, a native of Berlin, Wisconsin, majored in studio art and early childhood education, with the goal of being an elementary school general education teacher. “I researched how children view […]

Ben Ruetten '07

Teaching high school music in the age of COVID-19: Ben Ruetten ’07

The small size of the college was a deciding factor when Ben Ruetten ’07 decided to attend Ripon College. Ruetten graduated from high school in western Nebraska and he was interested in attending a few different colleges in Wisconsin. He chose to major in music and minor in educational studies. He didn’t want to attend […]

Area teachers, including an alumna, honored for outstanding service

Teachers in the Ripon Area School District and the Fond du Lac School District have been honored as outstanding educators by Ripon College and the Wisconsin Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. They are Miranda Schmidt, a special education teacher at Barlow Park School in Ripon, and Adalyn McCauley Tangredi ’16, an eighth-grade English/language arts […]

Rebekha Crockett ’17 brings historic past to life for diverse visitors

Serendipity brought Rebekha Crockett ’17 to Ripon College, and what she gained here started her on the road to a successful career in anthropology and archaeology. In November 2019, she defended her master’s thesis, “Bosque Redondo as a Pharmakon: A Contextualized Understanding of Health and Medical Care,” at Eastern New Mexico University. She how is […]

Daniel Mikesell '14

Daniel Mikesell ’14 examines changing face of education amidst pandemic

An article by Daniel Mikesell ’14 appeared in the SAIS Observer June 12. “Education and Leadership during a Pandemic” looks at leadership styles and common goals of Ripon College and Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center in Nanjing China, where Mikesell is a graduate student.

Alumnae and officers Lindsey Michels and Kaylee Haring with Rally the Red Hawk

Two Ripon College alumnae honored as police officers of the year

Two Ripon College alumnae recently were honored as they shared the Fond du Lac County Law Enforcement Executive Association 2019 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year award. Fond du Lac County is where Ripon College is located. Both members of the Ripon Police Department, Officer Kaylee Haring ’18 and Sgt. Lindsey Gorske Michels ’04 were […]

Oliver E. Williamson '54 with his Nobel Prize medal

Nobel Prize laureate Oliver E. Williamson ’54 dies at age 87

2009 Nobel Prize laureate Oliver E. Williamson ’54, a pioneer of organizational economics, died May 21, 2020, at the age of 87. Williamson majored in economics at Ripon from 1950 to 1952 on a dual two-year/three-year degree in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his bachelor’s degree from MIT in 1955, his […]

Kendra Holte' with a presentation poster

Research by Kendra Holte ’19 received presentation invitation

Research based on the Ripon College senior thesis of Kendra Holte ’19 had been accepted for presentation at the American College of Sports Medicine conference this spring. Although the conference was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was still an accomplishment. Holte is pursuing her master’s in kinesiology at Kansas State University. She used […]

McKenna Meza '19

On the front line of COVID-19: McKenna Meza ’19

Because she works as a medical scribe in an emergency department, McKenna Meza ’19 of Appleton, Wisconsin, has had to take extra precautions because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her job duties are to start charts and document a patient’s emergency room stay for the doctor, physician assistant or nurse practitioner she is assigned to for […]

Don Stiernberg, Class of 1977

Don Stiernberg ’77 and his quartet featured on ‘Live at Studio5 Online’ tonight

Studio5 is an intimate performing arts venue in Chicago will feature a streaming performance by Don Stiernberg ’77 and the Don Stiernberg Quartet tonight, May 7, at 8 p.m. CDT. Stiernberg recently began his fifth decade as a working musician. Along the way he has been involved in many musical activities: performing, writing, recording, producing, […]

Chad

Chad Cleveland ’00 helps provide personal protective equipment

When Chad Cleveland ’00 learned there was a shortage of protective masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he realized he could use his 3D printers to help alleviate this shortage. Cleveland was a studio art major at Ripon College and now teaches middle and high school art in Fennimore, Wisconsin. The original design he worked […]

Alumni Weekend 2015 March

Alumni Weekend 2020 Updates

Dear Ripon College Family, I am reaching out to you to share updates on plans for Alumni Weekend 2020. Like so many of you, over the past month I have been safer at home with my family adjusting to working remotely and helping our children with online school. It has no doubt been an interesting […]

Mark Becker '01

Mark Becker ’01 honored as a Wisconsin Small Business Person of the Year

Mark Becker ’01 of Delevan, Wisconsin, and his business partner, Jeff Peterson, have been named Wisconsin Small Business Persons of the Year 2020 by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Together, they founded Geneva Supply Inc. in 2009 as an online wholesaler and have since expanded into digital marketing and brand management. They also manufacture and […]