Category: Imagine Tomorrow
Parents’ gratitude, employer match boost scholarship funding
Among the many new generous scholarships established as part of the Imagine Tomorrow capital campaign is the Frey/Dahlhauser Trust Scholarship for Physics and Chemistry. The scholarship was created by Eloise and Scott Frey of Racine, Wisconsin, after their son, Josh Frey ’09, graduated with a double major in chemistry and physics. Scott and Eloise Frey, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow.
Ripon College Receives $1 Million Gift to Endow Professorship in Economics
A $1 million dollar gift has been made to Ripon College by Robert and Joan Murray to establish a new endowed professorship in economics. The gift is a tribute “to honor my father, a long-time trustee of the College, and my mother with a gift to the institution of higher learning that meant so much […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty, Imagine Tomorrow.
Ripon College receives $237,383 grant for science instrumentation
A $237,383 National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Grant has been awarded to Ripon College to support the purchase of high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) instrumentation with accurate mass capabilities. The new instrumentation will greatly enhance the capability to perform research in organic synthesis and protein chemistry. Additionally, the capacity to perform biological and biochemical […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Imagine Tomorrow.
Imagine Tomorrow Campaign Recognized for Overall Performance
Ripon College has received a 2014 Educational Fundraising Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in recognition of overall performance in fundraising among private liberal arts institutions with endowments under $100 million. Thanks to generous support from alumni and friends, Imagine Tomorrow, Ripon College’s five-year comprehensive campaign that launched in spring […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Imagine Tomorrow.
Ripon College campaign reaches goal early, sets new heights
Thanks to generous support from alumni, parents and friends, Imagine Tomorrow, Ripon College’s five-year comprehensive campaign, achieved its initial goal of $50 million in January 2014, 18 months ahead of schedule. The college has decided to keep to its original timeline with an ending date of July 2015. For the remaining months of the campaign, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow.
Ripon College Receives $500,000 Grant from Mead Witter Foundation
Ripon College has received a $500,000 grant from the Mead Witter Foundation, Inc., of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., to enhance the Mead Witter Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund to a total of $1 million. “Ripon College is very proud of our historical commitment to educating generations of young Wisconsinites,” said Zach Messitte, president of Ripon College. “The […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Imagine Tomorrow.
Ripon College Receives $565,000 Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Ripon College has received a two-year, $565,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support four new faculty appointments in the Humanities and incorporate non-Western subject matter into the curriculum. The grant was made by the foundation’s Liberal Arts Colleges Program. “Ripon College is fortunate to have a first rate faculty that is fundamentally […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Imagine Tomorrow.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Makes $100,000 Grant
Ripon College has received a three-year, $100,000 presidential leadership program grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Liberal Arts Colleges Program to support arts, humanities and human sciences initiatives important to the campus community. The Liberal Arts Colleges Program regards the humanities, arts, and “humanistic” social sciences as its primary domain of interest. Fundamental among […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Imagine Tomorrow.
Ripon College Receives $120,000 Gift from Suzanne & Richard Pieper Family Foundation
The Suzanne & Richard Pieper Family Foundation has gifted Ripon College $120,008 to support ongoing efforts to prepare students to become ethical and values-based leaders, who lift up society, enrich organizations and communities, and have a positive effect on the least privileged. The gift is in addition to a generous $1,000,000 endowment received from the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow, Social Responsibility.
Imagine Tomorrow Campaign Reaches $40 Million
Ripon College has surpassed the $40 million fundraising mark, well on its way towards a $50 million goal set in February 2013. The College’s Imagine Tomorrow campaign has added $5 million in the past six months alone, bolstering the school’s endowment, student scholarships, faculty positions and planned building renovations. “Ripon’s thousands of alumni and friends […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow.
Imagine Tomorrow: News/Video
With the public launch of the Imagine Tomorrow comprehensive campaign on February 1, Ripon College has been featured in a number of news outlets. Here are a few news highlights and video from the campaign launch event at the Woman’s Club of Wisconsin. Ripon Commonwealth Press – “Ripon College Racing Through $50 million Campaign” Fond […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow, Special Event, Student.
Ripon College Launches $50 Million Campaign
Ripon College launched the public phase of its Imagine Tomorrow comprehensive campaign tonight, announcing that $35 million of the stated $50 million campaign goal has been raised since 2010. “Ripon has had such a positive and important influence on the lives and careers of so many people,” said President Zach Messitte. “The commitment of our […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow, Special Event, Student, Uncategorized.
Foundation Establishes Chair in Religion and Servant Leadership
The Suzanne and Richard Pieper Family Foundation has funded a new Chair in Religion and Servant Leadership at Ripon College. The foundation has established servant leadership chairs at several Wisconsin colleges and universities. The first holder of Ripon College’s Pieper Chair is David William Scott of the Religion Department. “Universities are the likely places where […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty, Imagine Tomorrow.
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’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.
$9.5 million in gifts galvanize comprehensive campaign
Originally published on Feb. 7, 2011 Gifts totaling $9.5 million have jump-started a new comprehensive campaign at Ripon College, which entered its “silent phase” in July 2010. Major gifts from trustees, Wisconsin-based foundations and a longtime supporter account for most of the sum, along with an Annual Fund that has outpaced recent years. Together they […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Imagine Tomorrow.