Alex Royzen ’08 of Lindenhurst, Illinois, was featured in the cover story about OpticsPlanet, “Focusing on the Details,” in the August issue of Boss Magazine. Royzen is director of supply chain management for OpticsPlanet’s parent company, Ecentria. OpticsPlant is an online retailer offering sport optics, shooting accessories, tactical gear and eyewear, microscopes, telescopes, photography equipment, […]
Joe Cullen ’86 has been named chief investment officer at Penn State University in Pennsylvania, with his duties beginning Sept. 16, 2019. Cullen will be responsible for managing the investment portfolios of Penn State’s more than $4 billion long-term investment pool. He previously was the chief investment officer for the Montana Board of Investments and […]
A career goal of working in community outreach for a professional sports organization inspired the senior seminar research of Eric Fels ’19 of Hubertus, Wisconsin. Fels, who had a double major in exercise science-sports management and history and a minor in economics, examined the impact community outreach programs of National Basketball Association (NBA) teams has […]
Michael J. Brose ’87 of New Richmond, Wisconsin, was appointed to Gov. Tony Evers’ Governor’s Judicial Selection Advisory Committee, responsible for interviewing and recommending candidates to the governor for consideration when he fills judicial vacancies. A story about the new membership, “Gov. Evers Announces Appointments to Judicial Selection Advisory Committee,” was shared in the Wisconsin […]
During his junior year of high school, Bryan Nell ’09, now of Morris, Minnesota, visited Ripon College as a delegate to Badger Boys State. He later chose Ripon because if its size and liberal arts nature. “I felt very comfortable when I visited and knew it would be a great fit for me,” he says. […]
Diane Moy Quon ’79 of Lake Forest, Illinois, has received an Academy Award nomination as a producer of the independent documentary film “Minding the Gap.” The film was nominated in the Feature Documentary category, and nominees were announced Tuesday, Jan. 22. “Minding the Gap” is the story of three young men who bond together to […]
A team of Ripon College faculty has received a National Science Foundation grant of $297,715 for the project “Building Capacity for Interdisciplinary Quantitative Reasoning Instruction.” The grant award, number DUE-1822414, is funded through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources solicitation. Principal investigators of the project are Andrea Young, special assistant to the […]
Ripon College has placed first in the state of Wisconsin and 15th in the nation among all colleges and universities offering economics programs. The 2019 rankings for top economics programs was published by Study.com. Economics programs were considered based on outcomes data as reported by the Department of Education, academic and career resources for economics […]
Nate Jung ’20 of Kewaskum, Wisconsin, interned with Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel’s re-election campaign during summer 2018. He was supported by a $2,000 Internship Supplemental Grant from the Center for Politics and the People (CPP). Because of the grant money, Jung was better able to focus on his internship duties and creating a professional […]
An opportunity to intern at the the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, was realized this summer by Ethan Freiermuth ’19 of Prairie Farm, Wisconsin. He was supported by a $2,000 Internship Supplemental Grant from the Center for Politics and the People (CPP). Freiermuth applied his grant toward transportation and living expenses. He is a triple-major […]
Austin Van Treeck ’14 of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was featured in an article Aug. 17, 2018, in the Sheboygan Press. Van Treeck is a member of Coastal Young Professionals Network in Sheboygan County and an advocate of networking to expand his career. In the article, “Ripon grad says Sheboygan County is ‘gem’ for fun and networking […]
Ripon College has been named the No. 1 school in Wisconsin whose grads earn the most in mean wages 10 years after graduation. The study, using data collected by the United States Department of Education, was published this week by Zippia, a new website dedicated to helping recent graduates with their career choices. The report […]
TranSpirations: Guidance for the Head & Heart through Career and Beyond is the fourth book of Thomas Bachhuber ’71, Ed.D., of Wauconda, Illinois, and recently was published. Bachhuber combines the insights of career/work experts with those of essential spiritual writers to provide substantive messages to address change in life. The book has been reviewed as […]