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Snapshot: The class of 2014 #219 join ranks of Ripon College alumni Ripon Alumni Helping the Earth Ceresco: Little Classroom on the Prairie Samara HamzĂŠ spurs campus greening efforts Students agents of change for sustainability SUMMER 2014
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With tweets, sel es, famsies and good old-fashioned picture-taking, 219 Ripon College students celebrated “The New Media” and received their degrees May 18.
“Far Within Wisconsin’s prairies” lies the Ceresco Prairie Conservancy, a 130-acre haven of native prairie, oak savanna and wetlands habitat. It is the College’s largest outdoor classroom and recreation area.
Ins ruc or leads campus greening effor s Samara Hanzé not only teaches environmental studies, she also coordinates the President’s Sustainability Initiative. And she’s not afraid to get down and dirty while doing so.
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Ripon students are taking the lead in advancing sustainability efforts on campus, the greater Ripon area and their home communities.
As sustainability becomes increasingly important in the global community, Ripon alumni are taking the lead in the emerging eld. Some of them are pro led here.
Many Ripon alumni were bestowed with nicknames during their college years: some willingly and some not so much. Share their memories of how their special names came to be. Pho o: Compass-plant, a member of the aster family, blooms in midsummer on the Ceresco Prairie Conservancy. Photo credit: George “Skip” Wittler, William Harley Barber Distinguished Professor of Biology and Director of the Ceresco Prairie Conservancy.
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On he Cover: Kevin Carli ’14 of River Grove, Illinois, snaps a “sel e.” He graduated cum laude and received honors in sociology. Photo by Jim Koepnick
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Love for our surroundings sets Ripon College apart
pheasants, sandhill cranes, rabbits and birds galore. The century-old oak trees in our front yard and the beautiful saplings and owers that grounds manager John Tobin and his crew tend are stunningly beautiful.
Prospective parents and students comparing colleges often ask me, “What makes Ripon College unique from other private liberal arts colleges?” Most already understand that the small classes and personalized education set us apart from the big state schools, but how is Ripon different from our historic Wisconsin rivals like Beloit, Lawrence or St. Norbert? One of the answers: our campus is more beautiful and better in tune with the environment. Living in the President’s House on the lower part of campus, my family has the great good fortune of literally residing on the Ceresco Prairie Conservancy, a 130-acre tract of native prairie, oak savanna and wetland habitat. When combined with the protected 30 acres of South Woods, the entire area serves as a distinct place of study and recreation that includes public hiking and mountain bike trails as well as the Patricia Kegel Environmental Classroom. Out of our living room window we (including our dog, Elena) regularly see deer, foxes, turkeys, river otters, ring neck
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Our students, faculty and staff make use of this unique resource every day. Biology Professor Skip Wittler has educated a generation of Ripon students to better appreciate the plant and insect life on the prairie and regularly leads a summer program to northern Minnesota to better understand the boreal forests. Associate Professor of Biology Memuna Khan’s study of bluebirds has opened our eyes to the rich avian life in our midst. Economics Professor Soren Hauge and Associate Professor of Mathematics Diane Beres are leading students this summer to Costa Rica to explore its ecological riches and success in conserving them while promoting economic development. At the urging of our faculty and staff last year, I appointed Samara Hamzé, who teaches environmental studies at Ripon, to be the coordinator of the President’s Sustainability Initiative. She has done a spectacular job and has helped us to renew our commitment to being good stewards of the environment, leading the charge to consume less energy and water, recycle and eat more local food, and empowering our students to take responsibility for our shared environmental future. Kaitlin Welzen ’15 has spent the past year as the student intern for Sodexo Food Service, advising them on student
attitudes toward healthy eating and how to be more sustainable with waste. Liz Walsh ’14 brought her passion for bees to Ripon the past four years. She has tended hives and returned their delicious honey to the Commons for everyone to enjoy. This summer, we will make the quiet, but important, improvements to better insulate our buildings and have more efficient airconditioning and heating units. And the student-led Environmental Group of Ripon (EGOR) also has worked closely with Sodexo to build a hoopstyle greenhouse on campus this spring to ensure extra growing time in the fall and spring so that our food service can use more of our own vegetables. Our alumni continue to make their mark in the area of environmental sustainability, as well. Susan Hedman ’78 has been nominated by President Obama to be the Commissioner for the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission. She currently serves as the Region 5 Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), directing operations in the Great Lakes region. Our faculty, staff and students know how lucky we are to live in such a beautiful place. We should never take for granted the shared responsibility we all have to leave Ripon a more environmentally friendly institution.
Zach P. Messitte, President
Fund-raising campaign recognized for overall performance Y s ry r s rs y y R r ’s r Ripon College is situated within a bucolic Midwestern landscape with vast expanses of prairie to the south, marshy lowlands among rolling hills to the north and the deepest lake in Wisconsin – Green Lake – ve miles to the west. Here is an account, published in the May 1908 edition of the College Days student newspaper: S rs h l The exodus of the Senior class from Ripon College on May 2nd was the beginning of the greatest social event of the four years’ course. The crowd of spectators who witnessed this event were electrified when the Seniors mounted the steps and platform of the C. & N. W. coach. ‌ For the first time in the history of the class a camping trip to Green Lake was to materialize, the treat being due to the generosity of Mr. Wm. J. Starr, who generously loaned his elegant Green Lake cottage to Miss Frances Fordice for the entertainment of her class. Arriving at Green Lake, the class made the trip to “The Boulders,â€? where they were at once relieved of all embarrassment by the hostess, who assured them that “the ornaments of a home are the friends who frequent it.â€? Miss Fordice, aided by Western Brawn, already had crackling flames in the fire places, and singing teakettles in the kitchen to promote luxurious comfort and to make an early dinner possible. ‌â€?
Imagine Tomorrow, Ripon College’s ve-year comprehensive campaign that launched in spring 2010, has received a 2014 Educational Fundraising Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in recognition of overall performance in fund-raising among private liberal arts institutions with endowments under $100 million. Thanks to generous support from alumni and friends, Imagine Tomorrow achieved its initial goal of $50 million in January 2014, 18 months ahead of schedule. The college’s endowment as of December 31 was at $80.2 million, an all-time high. Already, the College has embarked on several initiatives to bene t students and create better opportunities in the classroom and beyond: Forty-two new endowed funds have been or are being established, including: 30 endowed scholarships; nine endowed funds to support student research and special programs like the Career Discovery Tour; and three new faculty chairs — Robert Amsden, professor of theatre, is the Doreen L. ’73 and David I. Chemerow Chair in Theatre; David W. Scott, assistant professor of religion, is the Pieper Chair of Servant Leadership; and Colleen Byron, professor of chemistry, is the L. Leone Oyster Chair in Chemistry. Despite achieving its goal early, Ripon has decided to keep to its original timeline for Imagine Tomorrow with an ending date of July 2015. For the remaining months of the campaign, the College will set out to reach an extended goal of $60 million. For more informa ion, go o ripon.edu/imagine- omorrow
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“The New Media,� digital technology that has altered the way we perceive our world, was spotlighted at the 148th Ripon College Commencement held May 18. David Plotz and Hanna Rosin of the online magazine Slate were Commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients. They offered an address in nine tweets and one sel e. “It is somewhat hilarious we have been invited to tell you about new media,� Plotz said, referring to the crowd of 20-something, tech-savvy graduates. He said it was roughly equivalent to playing football in front of an audience of Green Bay Packers. However good the graduates’ tech skills, habits and knowledge might be, however, Plotz and Rosin offered lessons learned by two decades of making their own “dreadful mistakes� and how they cleaned them up. But they ended sentimentally. “By far, the most important decision you’re likely to make in the next decade is not where you live, what you study, what job you do or how you use Facebook or Twitter,� Plotz said. “It’s how you decide how you’re going to spend your life, who you are going to spend your life with or if you’re going to spend it with anyone at all.� “Make this decision count,� Rosin added. They ended their talk with a “double sel e� photo taken on
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stage with the audience of graduates and attendees in the background. The couple were introduced for their honorary degrees by Mark J. Porubcansky ’77, foreign editor of The Los Angeles Times newspaper. Ripon College’s Medal of Merit honoree, Doreen Conforti Chemerow ’73 said, “It is difficult to express all p r c s y of the emotions of this moment.� She said she received a very generous scholarship that allowed her to attend Ripon College. As a rst-generation college student, she found the campus “welcoming, supporting and intellectually challenging.� She encouraged the new graduates to give back to Ripon College as she has and found ful llment in doing so. Sophia Kaounas of Brookings, South Dakota, was the senior class speaker. She encouraged her fellow graduates to “re ect on the hard Ch r work and dedication in each and every one of us.� She said their Ripon College education has taught them how to be good people inside and outside the classroom, and to be compassionate and hard-working members of society.
Nancy Samplawski, a science teacher with the Juda (Wisconsin) School District, was honored with the Distinguished Educator Award. Full Commencement coverage, photos and video may be accessed at r . /c c 2014. S s
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Carrie R-D @Crocket_Awesome • May 18 @riponcollege Singing (the Alma Mater) to my husband right now, also a Ripon Grad #Class94! Super excited for Alumni Weekend! #alumnilove
Reshma @rmmch12 • May 18 I can’t stop shaking out of excitement. #graduation #iskippedthecoffee @riponcollege
n r s c r h With tweets, selfies, famsies and good old-fashioned picture-taking, 2014 Ripon College graduates and their families celebrated their academic milestone by sharing their joy via a variety of media. These photos and up-to-the-second social media comments demonstrate the excitement of students, families, faculty and friends. For more Commencement photos, visit p . /
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Reshma @rmmch12 • May 18 So, I don’t know Latin. But I do have my diploma. @riponcollege #graduation
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Stephanie Bodeen @sabodeen • May 18 @davidplotz @HannaRosin @riponcollege Fabulous address. Even my parents laughed ;)
Ripon ResLife @RiponResLife • May 18 Today’s the day #RCgrad14! The sun is rising and the grass is cut-it’s time to graduate!!
Anna Galle @AnnaMarieGalle • May 18 I did it!!! #rcgrad14
Tasha Reed @LovinLandy • May 18 Just graduating from college today... no big deal :) #rcgrad14 #alumstatus
Katilyn Raymond @kraymond12 • May 18 Never thought it would be so hard to say goodbye to Ripon. My home for 4 years. I’ll miss you, it has been a fun ride! #alumni #2014 SUMMER 2014
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Little classroom on the prairie C s r cy rs r r s The 130-acre Ceresco Prairie Conservancy is Ripon College’s largest outdoor classroom and contains native prairie, oak savanna and wetlands habitat. Students in Ripon’s botany, ecology and animal biology courses make use of the conservancy, as do students doing research projects on various plants and animals. Their studies have added valuable insight into the mechanics of Ripon’s delicate ecosystems.
research in prairie use and land restoration, and the study of prairie structure and dynamics.” Working in sections of 10 or more acres at a time, Ripon’s biology department is accomplishing the prairie, oak savanna and wetland restoration through the seeding and
“There’s a spiritual aspect to the prairie,” says George “Skip” Wittler, professor of biology and director of the conservancy project. “It’s more than just plants and animals — it’s humans, too.” The conservancy also is part of the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) Glacial Habitat Restoration Program, a partnership between the DNR and Ripon College, which aims to restore the sites prairie grasses and forbs. Recreational users enjoy 3.5 miles of public trails and the Patricia Kegel ’56 Environmental Classroom, donated by Paul Kegel ’57 in memory of his wife. Professor of Biology Emeritus Bill Brooks says restoring an area of a past prairie ecosystem to Wisconsin is important. “Prairie and oak savanna ecosystems have fallen to 0.01 percent of their former acreage in Wisconsin, and from 6,000 acres to six acres in Fond du Lac County,” Brooks says. “The gain of more than 100 acres of restored prairie is signi cant and provides a major area for student/faculty
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William Harley Barber Distinguished Professor of Biology George “Skip” Wittler maintenance of native plants, and the removal of nonnative, invasive species. In the past few years, numerous Ripon alumni, students and friends have joined professors in combatting these native species. “The non-native prairie species don’t provide the necessary cover for animals in the winter,” Wittler says. “Native
Professor of Biology George “Skip� Wittler leads a group of alumni and visitors on a walk through the prairie during a recent Alumni Weekend.
warm-season grasses stay upright even under heavy snow, providing needed shelter.� In an area that supports wildlife such as deer, fox, pheasant, sandhill cranes and turkey, Brooks and Wittler believe that encouraging the growth of the conservancy’s native plants will, in turn, encourage other animals to inhabit the area. Rebecca Shackleton ’13 of Chicago, Illinois, records data on the prairie
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e r s s s r c r S r H ĂŠ s rs c s r ff r s Samara HanzĂŠ and campus volunteers sort through collected waste as part of the RecycleMania competition in Spring 2014.
“Sustainability is an idea,â€? says Samara HamzĂŠ, adjunct instructor of environmental studies and coordinator of the President’s Sustainability Initiative. “It helps us, as a community, recognize that we do not operate in silos, but we’re all interconnected with each other.â€?
involved in environmental policy-making, I had to have a better understanding of the ecology,â€? HamzĂŠ says. “Without a fundamental understanding of ecology, we have no tools for making good environmental decisions.â€? A plant ecologist, she has studied the pitcher’s thistle for 17 years.
According to HamzĂŠ, the campus sustainability program provides a greater awareness of personal choices among faculty, staff and students as regards the environment: “There are reminders around campus, through tweets, emails and signs, that individual choices do have an impact and can positively or negatively affect our ecosystems.â€?
At Ripon College, HamzĂŠ promotes positive practices that already are taking place and identi es areas to improve. Her blog at riponcollegesustainability.blogspot.com details accomplishments across campus sustainability initiatives, upcoming events and ways to get involved as well as general facts about how things work on campus.
Her Introduction to Environmental Studies course at Ripon College can be somewhat depressing to teach, she says, because “the human effects of the planet are overwhelming and negative. I have to offer solutions and not just problems, to get students engaged in xing problems.� This goal led to her involvement on the Sustainability Advisory Board for the City of Oshkosh and the Energy Committee for the Oshkosh Area School District. “To be
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HamzÊ was instrumental in launching a new student-run EcoREP program comprising Ripon College students who help her to raise awareness and educate fellow students about environmental best practices, assist in the execution of various initiatives and collect data in an effort to measure the impact of campus greening efforts. This spring, she joined together with her students to compete in RecycleMania – an eight-week, national, intercampus recycling competition. As part of this effort, HamzÊ and her students collected discarded waste around campus and donned hazmat (hazardous materials) suits to sort and analyze the waste.
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Ripon College ranked 60th out of 332 campuses nationwide; second in Wisconsin for pounds of recyclables per capita; and rst in the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. “We still have a lot of improvement to make,â€? HamzĂŠ says. “As an institute of higher education that has among its core values ethical leadership and stewardship, it’s critical that we become aware of our campus impact on the planet and take steps to address that impact.â€? The student body already seems to be responding well to HamzÊ’s call to action. A Spring Cleaning recycling event organized by EcoREPs, student business group Enactus, the Center for Social Responsibility and the men’s basketball team around move-out day was so successful that additional Habitat for Humanity ReStore trucks were needed to store and deliver donations of TVs, dehumidi ers, futons, speakers, laptops, entertainment centers and more. “We took 316 pieces of electronics and furniture out of the land ll and donated more than 500 pounds of clothes and food to the Thrift Store in just ve days,â€? says Taihua “Rayâ€? Li ’15, lead organizer of the Spring Cleaning event and president of Enactus. Li is a junior from Quanzhou, China, pursuing a double major in business management and economics and a minor in mathematics. Because of the overwhelming success of the move-out event, another recycling drive is in the planning stages for campus just prior to the winter break. “The generation of students coming in recognizes that climate change is important and wants to know what their potential college is doing to address it,â€? says HamzĂŠ. “We need to show we embody the beliefs of ethical leadership and stewardship in our practices.â€?
Compost bins were constructed on campus on Earth Day, April 22, 2014. An extensive campus recycling program and intelligent investments – such as variable-speed fan systems in kitchen hoods that save $30,000 in electrical costs every year, and replacement LED light xtures – are saving natural and nancial resources for Ripon College. Other efficient replacements include fuel-efficient and hybrid vehicles; updated heating and cooling systems; and low- ow showers and toilets that saved 6 million gallons of water at Ripon last year alone. Six water bottle- lling stations are reducing the number of plastic bottles purchased and discarded on campus. The Environmental Group of Ripon (EGOR) and the Ripon Outdoors Club provide a voice for students with a passion for environmental causes. EGOR has established a 100-percent student-run garden and programs focused on recycling everything from batteries and cellphones to shampoo bottles and cosmetics containers. Students now have the opportunity to serve as EcoREPS to focus on ways of reducing waste and conserving energy in the campus residence halls. Honey from student-run hives is served in the dining hall and sold. Food service has contracts to buy local and is recycling. Composting bins were built on campus on Earth Day 2014, https://vimeo.com/92674403, and campus-grown herbs are being harvested starting this summer. SUMMER 2014
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This fall, she will pursue a Ph.D. in entomology at Texas A&M University. Walsh has been a beekeeper for seven years since a high school friend introduced her to her hives. “I got hooked and bees just sort of took over my life after that, to the point where my at-home job is at a bee-keeping supply store,� Walsh says. Walsh has been the Dodge/Jefferson Honey Queen, and sales of honey from her own bees, Queen B Honey, have helped pay her college tuition. On campus, she is part of EGOR, a student environmental group that supports sustainability on campus. Walsh has cared for the bees in two honey bee hives sponsored by EGOR on the Ceresco Prairie. “It’s a very rewarding hobby because the bees do all the work, but you either enable the bees to work or you stop the bees from working,� she says. Tsering Yangchen ’14 Madison, Wis.
S c s h c s, c y R Ripon College soon will compost a signi cant percentage of its solid waste — something previously prohibited by city ordinance — thanks in large part to the efforts of Kaitlyn Welzen ’15, the Sodexo sustainability intern at Ripon College, and a number of faculty and staff members.
Ripon College, says she has been key to the dining staff’s increased success in recycling efforts with cans, plastic, paper and cardboard.
After researching the obstacles to composting on campus in the Ripon municipal code, Welzen composed a letter and gathered support and signatures from staff members on campus, including College President Zach Messitte, Sustainability Coordinator Samara HamzĂŠ, and members of the Environmental Health and Safety/Security Committee.
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Now, Ripon College and other local institutions will be permitted to compost “grass clippings, leaves, herbaceous wastes, raw fruit and vegetable food scraps, chipped tree waste, sawdust, evergreen cones and needles, egg shells, coffee grounds, paper products, or additional materials approved by the city.� Previously, this type of composting had been limited to areas zoned for residential properties. The amendment passed the Ripon City Council by a unanimous vote, 8-0. “Perhaps the most important lesson I learned from this experience,� Welzen says, “is that with hard work, research and persistence, it really is possible to make changes in the world around you.�
Welzen recently got a hoop house, a type of greenhouse, built on campus near the compost bins. She also is involved with getting local food to be served in the Commons. Outside of her Sodexo internship, she is the treasurer of EGOR (Environmental Group of Ripon) and its president-elect. Andrew McDonnell Web Content and Social Media Coordinator
Welzen also noted that the ability to work with a variety of departments, faculty and staff on Ripon’s small campus has allowed her to improve her communication skills. Sarjit Singh, general manager of Sodexo Foods at SUMMER 2014
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lawyers, environmental specialists and administrative staff in EPA’s Chicago office. “We are making unprecedented progress by cleaning up contaminated sites along the Great Lakes shoreline, by reducing runoff that contributes to harmful algal blooms and by installing green infrastructure to improve water quality throughout the Great Lakes basin,� Hedman says.
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a r ss c y c c r s Growing up in the small paper mill town of Brokaw, Wisconsin, Ron Case ’62 of Lincoln, Nebraska, experienced the joys of the environment and outdoors rst-hand. He taught wildlife biology and was director of the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for three decades. Case’s concern for sustainability continues in retirement. He is serving his third term on the board of the Lower Platte South Natural Resource District, dealing with issues that include bicycle trails, soil and water conservation, urban storm water and ood protection. “Right now, we are working on sustainability issues in water,� he says. According to Case, Nebraska irrigates more acres than any other state. This is a big issue as growing urban areas are requiring more water, and both surface water and groundwater have had depletion problems.
He says several factors come into play when looking at more cautious use of natural resources. Some relate to religious choices and individual freedoms. He says the tremendous growth of the world population and environmental issues such as climate change will take education and public acceptance to address.
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“We are looking at ideas as to where we can get our future water,� Case says. “It’s an interesting challenge trying to meet the demands of both agricultural and domestic water users.�
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Originally from Brandon, South Dakota, Jarchow and her twin sister, Kate Morrissey Stahl ’03, both graduated from Ripon College. Starting with her work at the Ceresco Prairie Conservancy at Ripon College and continuing with her post-graduate studies, Jarchow’s training is in environmental conservation. She currently studies tall grass prairie conservation and using prairies for bioenergy.
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ingredients companies to help them produce more goods with less environmental input.
BASF is the world’s largest chemical company, and “sustainability means aligning economic success with environmental and social responsibility – in both our internal operations and with and for our external customers,� Brooks says. “There isn’t a single moment in anyone’s day where they don’t come into contact with an ingredient that BASF produces – from paints to catalysts to vitamins to clothing dyes to medicine. This places a greater urgent focus on BASF’s global commitment to creating chemistry for a sustainable future.�
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WHAT WAS YOUR RIPON COLLEGE NICKNAME? Nicknames can be a very personal thing and invoke strong memories of an alumni’s years on the Ripon College campus and the close, lifelong friends made here. Here, several alumni share their Ripon College nicknames and how they came to be.
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“My nickname at Ripon College was given to me by Coach Bob Gillespie, and it was 10 . My basketball and baseball uniform number was 10 for each sport.� SCott koepniCk ’88 laCRoSSe, wiSConSin Scott in action during a 1986-87 basketball game against Lake Forest.
“My nickname was s . It must have been given to me by a fellow Alpha Phi because I think it was only my sorority sisters who called me that. I believe I was told it was the name of some famous professional basketball player of the time. I hated the name but got used to it. The name Sy died after my Ripon years, but I’m still in touch with Nancy Davlantes ’66. When I talk to her in Hawaii or she visits me in Milwaukee, I still hear, ‘Hi, Sy!’ � SYlvia aSHton ’64 baYSide, wiSConSin “In 1974, I lived on new Scott Hall on the third oor. We had a grand group of guys. They all called me c w . I even wore my cowboy hat at graduation. Cowboy, I liked. Patrick ‘Duke’ Earle’76 and I had a show on WRPN together. He popularized calling me t . ‘Don’t forget to listen to Tex on Sunday night.’ I hated it. I would go on my radio show, ‘The Sunday Night Massacre,’ and every semester I would say, ‘I was born in Florida, raised in Massachusetts, spent summers in Rhode Island, go to college in Wisconsin and live with my sister in Colorado when I’m not in Wisconsin. How do you call me Tex?’ In December 1975, I was cast in a student-directed production of ‘A Thousand Clowns,’ and it was promoted as featuring ‘Tex’ Meyer. That’s when the name stuck. Literally hundreds of alumni think of me as ‘Tex.’ I don’t have a problem with it anymore.� RobeRt “teX� meYeR ’78 moSCow, idaHo “Tex,� still wearing the same cowboy hat
“My nickname is P z . If memory serves, it has mostly to do with the fact that both I and Pete Handley ’90 were members of Theta Sigma Tau at the same time, and people kept getting us mixed up. The name Plenz has stuck with me ever since, and it has led to amusing situations. I lived in Massachusetts for a few years in the early ’90s. I moved back to Wisconsin in 1995 for grad school and went up to Ripon that fall to see if anyone was around that I still knew. I walked into Tau’s lounge and said ‘Hi, I’m Pete, an alumnus from a few years back.’ I didn’t know anyone in the room and they didn’t know me, but I was welcomed with open arms. They plied me with questions about a few of the people from my era that they had heard so much about, including Plenz. Obviously, they didn’t know that I was he, so I asked them to tell me what they had heard about Plenz rst since I’d be interested to nd out what sort of stories had made him ‘well-known.’ I have to say, my college experience was far less exciting than anything Plenz was purported to have done! I was being entertained by my (very ctional) exploits when my masquerade fell apart. A senior, Scott Ahern ’96, came into the lounge and shouted ‘PLENZ!’ I dunno, maybe you had to be there.�
“My freshman year, my nickname was m -g . This was later changed to g after my brother (David Gebhardt ’66) graduated. The name was used to differentiate between my brother and me while we were both attending Ripon.� bill gebHaRdt ’69 fRankfoRt, illinoiS Bill and Susan Hecht Gebhardt ’70 on a recent trip to Sedona, Arizona
peteR lenz ’89 fRedonia, wiSConSin “My nickname in college was bae, because those were my initials, (Barbara Ann Educate). I was given the name by my roommate, Amy Orr Larson, because I wore a necklace that held a charm with my engraved initials. The nickname stuck throughout my time at Ripon, and my AXO sorority sisters still often use that name — with one exception. Ginny McGehee always called me (and still does) e . Both nicknames remind me of some wonderful times spent with great friends.� baRb dolan ’78 linColnSHiRe, illinoiS
“The guys, especially in Merriman and as shown on the frat beer mug, called me b .� dan benka ’61 Hopewell, viRginia
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Dan, left, and his brother John Benka ’60. “I am the good-looking one on the left,� Dan says.
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“My nickname in college was
P f z . This nickname
came about when I would go visit my brother, Michael Fitzgerald ’03 who was sitting at the Spanish table in the commons at lunch time to earn extra credit. My brother and his friends could not use English to say, ‘What’s up Little Fitz?’ So instead, they would say ‘What’s up PocoFitz?’ Somehow, this nickname caught on with all of my friends. To this day, all my college friends still call me Poco or PocoFitz when we see each other.� jennY fitzgeRald ’04 mount pRoSpeCt, illinoiS Jenny and her brother, Michael Fitzgerald ’03
“My older brother and I were called
s 1 and s 2 , mostly within
the Delta Upsilon fraternity, formerly
Lambda Delta Alpha. I think you catch the play on ‘s ’ from our last name. Actually my older brother, Dick ’61, was later because he came to Ripon after he got out of the Marines. We roomed together at Scott for half a semester then into the frat house which was LDA and just north of the gym, now since torn down and built upon. Our mom moved up from Chicago to Green Lake so we became ‘townies’ for the last years. My brother, Dick, departed to glory two years ago.� RaY SCHiefelbein ’60 blue SpRingS, miSSouRi
“In the fall of 1949, I started my four-year journey as a student at Ripon College. I was a student at the school for only a short time when I was tagged with the nickname of sp on the campus. Once that happened, my real rst name, Marv or Marvin, for all practical purposes, disappeared. A personal friend of mine, Don ‘Fish’ Johnson, a 1951 St. Norbert College graduate, recently told me that Don Clauss, Ripon College class of 1949, had carried the Spider nickname when he was a student-athlete during his four-year Ripon College journey. (Clauss had a successful coaching career in football and basketball at Green Bay West High School.) The Spider name carried on for me at Ripon when I played on the Ripon Redmen basketball and golf teams. I also was a sports writer for College Days and a co-editor in my senior year. I wrote a sports column and as a sports editor named it ‘Spider’s Web.’ � maRv pRellbeRg ’53 peaCHtRee CitY, geoRgia
“Back in the ’60s, there was a cartoon character named Waldo the Water Buffalo. I played high school football for a coach named Waldo. My Ripon football teammates, upon learning all of this, gave me the nickname W W b ff , “My nickname in college was
i b . I got it while
playing on the softball team, and the ‘itty bitty’ glove I used, but the nickname has since worn off.� bRitt SteigeR fRank ’03 CedaRbuRg, wiSConSin
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or just W . It t with my position as a defensive tackle who was always in the mud! Very endearing!� SCott matHot ’68 loudon, tenneSSee
“I had a number of nicknames during my Ripon years. They were all good and are as follows:
f in basketball. I was called that out in the park at home in Chicago, and then it got picked up at Ripon by Terry Cramer, Tim Barnes and the crew.
so 101 from my DU brothers because I knew most, if not all, of the women on campus.
“Football Coach Jerry Thompson established
kW, just because.
V as a nickname that lasted my last three
I’m still partial to f even though I don’t play basketball anymore.� kevin waRmaCk ’79 CHiCago, illinoiS
“Andrea Topetzes Mann ’76 of Bainbridge Island, Washington:
tw P zz , given to me by Ripon classmate George ‘Jeff’ Gillis ’76 Ann Hodgson Bernton ’76 of Portland, Oregon: s , given to her by Ripon classmate Julie Carlson ’76
years at Ripon College. In Merriman House, thanks to Peter Kasson, a nickname occasionally heard was
d ; I have no idea how that originated. In correspondence with my fraternity brothers, I sign off as ‘V #12 ’; 12 was my football number as varsity starting right halfback and right linebacker for three years. Ripon College played an eight-game season in those days; no post-season tournament games were allowed. Freshmen were not eligible for any varsity sport competition. The Redmen were undefeated in 1957 with a record of 8 wins and 0 losses. Our win/loss/tie record our last three years was 18 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie.� RogeR venden ’59 Hampton fallS, new HampSHiRe Roger is No. 12 in the front row.
Susan Leitmann Mulligan ’76 of Raleigh, North Carolina: l . “We are currently — the three of us — celebrating our 60th birthdays in Raleigh, North Carolina, at the Mulligan home. “Rip- on to Ripon!� andRea topetzeS mann ’76 bainbRidge iSland, waSHington Andrea Topetzes Mann, left, Susan Leitmann Mulligan and Ann Hodgson Bernton
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“t . It has nothing to do with sloth or being hard-shelled; but rather all to do with the campuswide Uglyman Contest of perhaps 1966 or 1967 – a fundraiser for some deserving organization. I spent a photo session prone on a lounge table as the entry from Phi Delta Theta. I was wearing, not my birthday suit, but a brown-greenish (terrapin color, of course) rubberized rain parka. I guess that I was so cute that I won the contest by generating the most donations. The most difficult thing was telling my very proper mother that I had been chosen as the ugliest man on campus.� david SiniSH ’69 CollinSville, ConneCtiCut
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For almost everyone, going off to college is a journey, not a destination. That couldn’t be truer for Ripon College junior baseball player Michael Polcyn who, after three schools in three years, has nally settled into his comfort zone — which just happens to be where he began. A native of Ripon, Wisconsin, Polcyn recently nished an extraordinary rst season with his hometown team in which he was named both Midwest Conference North Division and Central Region Player of the Year. He led the MWC and ranked near the top of the NCAA Divisioin III in batting average (.426), hits (60), runs scored (50), home runs (12), walks (31), total bases (118), slugging percentage (.837) and on base percentage (.525). He was also second in the MWC in doubles (16) and third in RBI (44).
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“I never really think about individual success,” Polcyn said. “I just play the games; if I put up some good numbers, that’s great because more than likely, it means I’m helping my team win.” Polcyn’s outstanding play has earned him both conference and national recognition. On the same day (April 21) he was named MWC Performer of the Week, the exercise science major also was selected to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week and received Honorable Mention for the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division III Player of the Week. He earned those honors by hitting .611 (11-for-18) with one double, three home runs and 10 RBI, as Ripon won three of four games from April 13-20. He also has been named AllAmerican First Team.
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For Polcyn, the road to his success at Ripon College has been anything but a straight line. He began his college career at Division I the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he transferred after one semester without having played a single game for the Panthers. From there, he landed at UW-Oshkosh, where he played for two years, batting .366 with 22 doubles, seven triples, seven home runs, 62 RBI and 74 runs scored. As a sophomore at UWOshkosh, Polcyn was named All-Conference and ranked fth in Division III for runs per game.
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In early September, Toby Storzer, son of Coach John Storzer, who worked at Ripon College from 1957 to 1973, was cleaning out the attic of his mother’s home. He discovered a baseball covered with signatures. Those signatures turned out to be from all 17 members of the 1962 Ripon College team, which won the College’s rst Midwest Conference baseball championship against Coe College under Storzer’s leadership. The ball was sent to one of those players, Frank Smoll ’63. Smoll had a trophy stand made for the ball and offered it to the College. The ball now is in the trophy case of the J.M. Storzer Athletic Center, alongside the MWC championship trophy. The Ripon Commonwealth Press reported at the time that Coe College had won the previous ve consecutive MWC championships, but was soundly defeated by the Storzer squad. The scores in the best-of-three series were 14-3 and 15-3. Marv Carlson ’62 pitched the rst game (a 6-hit gem), and Augie Hocevar ’63 pitched an 8-hitter in the second game, striking out 13. In the second game, four homeruns accounted for seven of the 15 runs – one each by Jim Cowley ’62, Dick Konrad ’64, Bruce White ’62 and Smoll. Sid Frame ’63 had four hits in six at-bats.
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riPon college names neW Vice President for finance After a national search during the fall semester, tOM PONtO has been selected and now is serving as the new vice president for finance of Ripon College. Ponto supervises all business and financial functions of the College. Ponto served for more than three decades at Kalamazoo College in Michigan and is a native of Neenah, Wisconsin. Ponto’s appointment was covered by the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Fond du Lac Reporter. MARy AVERy, professor and director of business management, is teaching an innovative new course on social entrepreneurship and innovation. Students work individually and in small groups with community partners or create their own community service initiatives. Avery also is working with creative enterprise consultants in the Center for Social Responsibility to assist in the development of the Imagination Network of Wisconsin, an “entrepreneurs and inventors club” overseen by the Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corporation (FLCED). KARL BERES, professor of mathematics and computer science, had a book review published for In the Memory of the Map: a Cartographic Memoir, by Christopher Norment. The review was published in Natural Areas Journal, produced by the Natural Areas Association. JACQUELINE CLARK, associate professor and chair of the sociology department, received the May Bumby Severy, Class of 1908, Award from Ripon College, given in recognition of excellence in undergraduate teaching. She also is fascinated with auctions. In February, she delivered a sabbatical presentation on that topic at Ripon College. In April, she presented at the annual Midwest Sociological Society meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. LAMONt COLUCCI, associate professor and chair of the politics and government department, and director of the national security studies program at Ripon College, has been appointed the interim director of Ripon College’s new Center for Politics and the People. He recently had a column appear in The Washington Times. In “A Day of Reckoning Over Iraq,”Colucci draws comparisons between the United States’ withdrawal from Iraq and the 1745 battle of Louisbourg in Canada. He also wrote numerous columns for U.S. News & World Report. LISA ELLIS, director of advancement services and prospect management, received the Faculty/Staff Service Learning Award from Ripon College’s Center for Social Responsibility.
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RON ERNSt, professor, head football coach and assistant athletic director, became just the second head football coach in Midwest Conference history to reach 150 career wins. The game was played Nov. 16, 2013, against Lawrence University and retained for Ripon the Doehling-Heselton Trophy, given to the winner of this game each year. MARtIN FARRELL, professor of politics and government and coordinator of the global studies program at Ripon College, presented the paper “Witnessing the Greatest Peacetime Social Transformation in Human History: Personal and Professional Reflections on Thirty-Two Years of Study and Travel in the People’s Republic of China” at the 20th national conference of the Asian Studies Development Program of the East-West Center. The conference was held in Houston, Texas, March 13-15, 2014. On April 15, he was re-elected chairman of the Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors. This will be his fifth consecutive two-year term as board chair. AMy GERREtSEN ’04, director of Alumni and Parent Relations, received a Presidential Staff Award from Ripon College in the area of General Excellence.
MICHELLE R. HERMES, associate director of financial aid, received a Presidential Staff Award from Ripon College in the area of Admission and Financial Aid.
ADAM J. JACOBI, adjunct instructor of communication and forensics consultant, contributed to a new textbook, “Introduction to Debate: A Public Forum Debate Handbook,” written in both English and Mandarin. The textbook also has been adapted as an iPad app in Korea. His participation resulted from his work with the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA), formerly the National Forensic League, to coordinate the development of an entry-level debate curriculum for students in China. Jacobi taught the curriculum in China during the fall 2013 semester. MEMUNA KHAN, associate professor of biology, was quoted in an article in the Oshkosh (Wis.) Northwestern newspaper on May 24 about a pair of osprey that has nested atop a baseball diamond light pole in Green Lake. The Green Lake Association has said it plans to work with Khan in the future to track osprey babies. Khan says cameras currently are trained on the birds to take behavorial data. goo.gl/Tgwx3D SARAH MAHLER KRAAZ, professor of music, chair of the department and College organist, played a recital on the Jaeckel organ at the Porter Center for the Performing Arts at Brevard College in Brevard, North Carolina, March 23. As a visiting guest artist, she also gave a lecture on 19thcentury composers Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann in a music history course for music
majors. To listen to sections of the Brevard recital: goo.gl/sfFDNy MOLLy MARGAREttEN, assistant professor of anthropology, wrote a chapter in the newly released volume Ekhaya: The Politics of Home in KwaZulu-Natal. It is published by the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press and includes essays exploring major themes in African history and culture. REBECCA MAtZKE, associate professor and chair of the history department, presented a paper at the 60th annual meeting of the Midwest Conference on British Studies in October 2013. “A Deliberate Choice of Deterrence: Foreign Office and Admiralty Cooperation in the Early Victorian Period” was part of the panel The Formulation and Implementation of British Naval Policy in the Victorian and Edwardian Eras, 1838-1914. ANDREW R. MCDONNELL, Web content and social media coordinator, received a Presidential Staff Award from Ripon College in the area of Advancement.
ZACH MESSIttE, president, has had several recent opinion pieces published, including “College’s Rising Returns,” which ran in the Feb. 6, 2014, edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; “History lessons, with popcorn, for America’s undergraduates,” which ran in the Los Angeles Times Feb. 12 as well as several other papers around the country; and “Going after the CIA’s new family jewels,” which ran in the Chicago Sun-Times. DIANE L. MOCKRIDGE, professor of history, received the Senior Class Award from Ripon College as the faculty member the senior class feels best exhibits a commitment to helping students realize their full potential by challenging them in and out of the classroom. MOLLIE OBLINGER, assistant professor in the department of art and art history, has work included in a group exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati through Sept. 14, 2014; and in an exhibition in Rhinelander, Wis. DEANO A. PAPE, director of forensics and assistant professor of communication, received the Faculty/ Staff Mentor Award from Ripon College for promoting in- and out-ofclassroom learning experiences. He also has been named the co-director of Harvard Debate Council’s (HDC) summer program to teach public forum debate to students from China. ANN PLEISS MORRIS, assistant professor of English, has been selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Scholar from a national applicant pool to attend one of 30 seminars and institutes supported by the NEH. Pleiss Morris will
participate in the seminar “Tudor Books and Readers: 1485-1603” at the Plantin-Moretus Museum, in Antwerp, Belgium; at Senate House Library, University of London; and at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. tODD N. POMPLUN, equipment manager, exercise science department, and groundskeeper, physical plant department, received a Presidential Staff Award from Ripon College in the area of Student Life. KEVIN RENGO, head coach of cross country and track/strength conditioning, ran in the 2014 Boston Marathon in April. It was his first marathon, and he ran in support after the attacks at last year’s race. He finished the race in 3 hours, 27.57 seconds, placing him 8,867 out of about 36,000 runners: 6,683rd among males and 3,266th in his age division (18- to 39-year-olds). GARy S. RODMAN, assistant director of ITS and coordinator of administrative computing, received a Presidential Staff Award from Ripon College in the area of Administration.
RAFAEL SALAS, associate professor of art, wrote a review for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel titled “Magic Mud: Masterworks in Clay from RAM’s Collection,” a ceramic exhibit at the Racine Art Museum. Salas is a painter and a regular contributor to the Journal Sentinel’s Art City section. He also is painting a mural in downtown Ripon this summer on the south wall of 214 Watson St. The mural should be finished by the start of Ripon College classes this fall. The project is supported by a Fourteen for ’14 grant from the Office of the President of Ripon College. HENRIK SCHAtZINGER, assistant professor of politics and government, and JASON StRICKLER ’17 presented a new research project, “Integrating Aspects of Diversity Throughout the American Government Course: Why, How, and With What Effects,” at the annual Teaching & Learning Conference of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, Feb. 7-9. Schatzinger also will publish an article linked to one of the conference themes—core curriculum/general education—in the July edition of PS: Political Science & Politics, a quarterly political science journal. PAUL SCHOOFS, Patricia Parker Francis Professor of Economics, was quoted in a May 6 article in the Green Bay (Wisconsin) Press Gazette newspaper about whether the minimum wage in the United States should be increased. The article examines the issue from a wide variety of perspectives. Schoofs discusses the disparity in cost of living in different portions of the United States and mentions one potential solution to address that difficulty. goo.gl/4K5syo
BARBARA SISSON, assistant professor of biology, presented her research at the annual meeting of the Midwest Society for Developmental Biology in St. Louis in September 2013. Her work was part of a collaboration with four other scientists. BRIAN SMItH, professor of religion, made a presentation at the spring conference of the American Academy of Religion’s Midwest Region at Ohio Northern University April 4 and 5. His paper, “Ambiguous Prophetic Role of the Catholic Church Under Authoritarian Regimes: The Chilean Bishops’ Response to the Military Coup of 1973,” was presented as part of a panel focused on religion, politics and oppression. Three Ripon College seniors he took to the conference presented papers: LAtIA RODGERS, ELIZABEtH BLUM and AMANDA GESIORSKI. tOUORIZOU HERVE SOME, associate professor of educational studies, contributed a chapter to a recently published book, Indigenous Discourses on Knowledge and Development in Africa, edited by Edward Shizha & Ali A. Abdi and published by Routledge. He also published a well-received opinion piece in the most popular online newspaper Lefaso. net (www.lefaso.net) in Burkina Faso on March 20, 2014. The contribution took a dim view of the will of the president of Burkina Faso to revise Article 37 of the Constitution that limits the terms of presidency to only two. This would open up the path for a dynastic rule for a president who has been in power since October 1987. LORNA SOPCAK, associate professor of German and chair of the department, presented at the Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Conference in Milwaukee in November. “Art and Artifice . . . am Rande der Mokkatassen: Herta Müller’s Multimedial Poetry” was part of the panel “German Literature and Culture II: German Language Poetry.” EMILy StOVEL, associate professor and chair of the anthropology department, organized a large multinational workshop in Mendoza, Argentina, in November 2013, with the top specialists in South-Central Andean archaeological ceramic analysis. The workshop received financial support from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. She also presented papers at the 42nd Annual Midwest Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory March 1, 2014, and at the 79th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology April 23–27, 2014. She also published a collaborative article in Estudios Atacameños. BOB WALLACE, professor of biology, recently was invited to lecture on aquatic ecology to students in the postgraduate program at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in January 2014; and he made a presentation at the SICB in Austin, Texas, in January 2014. He also published works in the International Review of Hydrobiology. One of his collaborators was HILARy A. SMItH ’07.
WAyNE WEBStER, vice president for advancement, received his doctorate of education (Ed.D) in educational leadership and policy on Jan. 31, 2014, from the Graduate School of Education and Human Development at George Washington University. His dissertation is titled “The Influence of Philanthropy and Administrative Decision-making Models on a Liberal Arts College’s Strategic Planning Process: A Case Study.” Webster also was accepted to the Executive Leadership Academy 2014-15 cohort that is sponsored by the Council for Independent Colleges. JEANNE F. WILLIAMS, professor of educational studies, received the James Underkofler Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from Ripon College.
PAtRICK WILLOUGHBy, assistant professor of chemistry, co-wrote an article that appeared in the most recent volume of Nature Protocols. “A Guide to SmallMolecule Structure Assignment Through Computation of (1H and 13C) NMR Chemical Shifts,” was co-written with MAtt JANSMA ’06 and is based on work the two conducted in the Ph.D. program at the University of Minnesota. An article in Nature’s Protocol Exchange was co-written with SPENCER REISBICK ’14, based on a modified protocol developed at Ripon College for conducting computational chemistry research. KyONNA WItHERS, assistant director of student activities, was a leadership fellow for the National Association of Campus Activities’ National Convention in Boston. There she co-presented “Connecting Your Minority with the Majority – Teaching Students How to Collaborate and Communicate Outside Their Comfort Zone” along with student activities colleagues from Maryville University of St. Louis and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. ANDREA yOUNG, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, has received a grant from the Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics for the 2014-2015 school year. The grant will provide Young a stipend, fund four undergraduate research positions to work with Young through the academic year, and cover the costs for Young and the students to travel to the Student Research Conference at Brigham Young University (BYU) in March 2015. It also will fund Young’s travel to a faculty workshop at BYU in May 2014. In addition, Young was selected to present a mini-course, “Improv in the Math Classroom,” at the national Joint Meetings of the American Math Society and Math Association of America in Baltimore, Jan. 15-18. She also had a work selected by the Taylor & Francis Group as the “Mathematics & Statistics Journals Article of the Week” in April. “Improvisation in the Mathematics Classroom” originally was published in May 2013 in Primus: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies.
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HISTORICAL BASKETBALL PHOTOS UPLOADED ONLINE
GRANTS AND FOUNDATIONS UPDATE Since the start of fiscal year 2014, 22 grant proposals with a total value of $1,643,000 were submitted on behalf of Ripon College or individual faculty members. Twelve proposals have been funded to date for a total of $847,192. Included are $55,000 from the American Chemical Society; $135,125 from Great Lakes Higher Education Corp. for an internship initiative; $500,000 from the Mead Witter Foundation for an expansion of their endowed scholarship; $565,000 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Faculty Bridge Program; $25,000 from the Kemper Foundation for a student-run retail business in downtown Ripon; $100,000 from the Suzanne and Richard Pieper Family Foundation to support the servant leadership initiative; $2,000 from the Alliant Energy Foundation for the 2014 Summer Heritage Lecture Series; $3,900 from the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Program; and $22,150 from the Center for Undergraduate Research in Math.
Several historical basketball pictures from Ripon College have been uploaded to the Recollection Wisconsin Digital Library. goo. gl/2kQyQ4 Intercollegiate basketball teams have competed at Ripon since at least 1907. The new digital collection showcases almost 200 photos of men’s and women’s intercollegiate and intramural basketball teams at Ripon from the early 1900s through the 1980s. Photo: Don Stevens holds the ball and is surrounded by the much taller members of the Ripon College Basketball team in 1946.
RIPON MAKES BIG IMPACT ON DAM IN PANAMA THIS JANUARY Twenty-two Ripon College students and friends, including Chair of the Board of Trustees BOB KIRKLAND ’81, helped on a dam-building project in Panama in January. This annual service trip assists Ripon native Father Wally Kasuboski in his effort to provide water to more than 5,000 people during the dry season. A video can be viewed here: goo.gl/KBOSMY
NEW POLITICAL CENTER LAUNCHED AT RIPON COLLEGE The new Center for Politics and the People was launched this spring, thanks to a gift from Trustee WILLIAM MCLEOD ’73. The inaugural event on April 3 featured GAIL GITCHO ’01, communications director for the Republican Governors Association, and BRANDON LORENZ ’02, regional press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Other speakers were Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on April 25 and U.S. Senator Ron Johnson on May 2. LAMONT COLUCCI, associate professor and chair of the Politics and Government Department, is serving as the center’s interim director. http://www.ripon.edu/cpp/
SIX NEW ALUMNI MEMBERS JOIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES THOMAS H. BROMAN ’76. He is chair of the history of science department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. SUSAN S. MEIER ’79. She is principal of Meier and Associates and has more than 27 years’ experience in organizational capacity building, nonprofit governance and nonprofit management. Susan previously served as an alumni trustee and is now a ‘regular’ trustee. DAVID E. SHOGREN ’84. He is vice president of international sales at Resource One, a food industry business, in St. Louis, Missouri. KIMBERLY WOOLLEY ’94. She is director and associate general counsel, head of corporate law, for Williams-Sonoma. A new special graduate trustee is AUSTIN D. OLIVER ’14. He majored in politics and government with a minor in history. KENT E. TIMM ’81 is an Alumni Board of Directors trustee. He is a doctor of physical therapy in Saginaw, Michigan.
COLLEGE HONORED FOR FUND-RAISING EFFORTS
PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM BEGINS THIS FALL
Ripon College received a 2014 CASE Educational Fundraising Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The Overall Performance Award was based on the judges’ analysis of three years of fund-raising data supplied by Ripon College.
The Presidential Leadership Program will begin this fall and provide opportunities for selected students to pursue personal achievement, professional development and academic excellence. Eighteen sophomores were competitively selected this spring for the program’s inaugural year. These students will meet in a presidential book club. Other activities will include dinners hosted by the vice presidents, invitations to special receptions for College speakers, and similar events. Program participants will also receive special guidance and preparation for becoming attractive candidates for national scholarships and graduate school.
CAREER DISCOVERYTOUR HITS TWIN CITIES Over spring break, 11 students participated in the third Career Discovery Tour, a program committed to further expanding student-alumni career networking opportunities directly from Ripon alumni. This trip to Minnesota’s Twin Cities featured 12 alumni at the Minnesota State Capitol, Target Corp., EGP Inc., CH Robinson Worldwide, Vital Images Inc., Science Museum of Minnesota and Minnesota History Center. More than 70 alumni, students, parents and friends of the College attended a networking reception with President Zach Messitte. Thanks to the continued financial support by the Alumni Board of Directors, student costs for the five-day, four-night trip were very low. The fall tour will be to Chicago.
RIPON COLLEGE REPRESENTED AT SPRING BREAK HABITAT BUILD DAVID WILLIAM SCOTT, Pieper Chair in Servant Leadership and assistant professor of religion, five Ripon College students and volunteers from Marian University, the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac and Moraine Park Technical College assisted on a building project in Chicago during spring break in March. The joint trip was organized/sponsored by Fond du Lac Habitat for Humanity. goo.gl/zoahzU
BOLDT CO. RECEIVES FOUNDERS’ DAY AWARD Appleton-based construction firm The Boldt Company was honored with Ripon College’s Founders’ Day Award in February. The annual award is presented to an individual or organization in the greater Ripon community who exemplifies the ideals of the founders of Ripon College. The Boldt Company Chairman Oscar Boldt; his wife, Pat; son, Tom, and his wife, Renee; Scott Morton and Bob DeKoch represented the company.
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STUDENT NEWS Ripon College’s Ethics Bowl Team qualified for nationals for the third consecutive year and placed 11th out of 32 colleges and universities in Jacksonville, Florida, in February. The team comprised SOPHIA KAOUNAS ’14, CONNOR CUMMISKEY ’16, ZACH MATSON ’17 and J.J. GRINDE ’17. Four seniors from the Rhetorical Criticism class — BEN FIRGENS, SAMANTHA GOODWIN, ALLIE PASDERA and RYAN RIEBE — were invited to attend the DePauw National Undergraduate Honors Conference for Communication and Theatre in Greencastle, Indiana, in April. Thirty top communication undergraduate students from around the nation participated in scholarly dialogue, networked and received feedback from leading communication scholars. MALAINEY MYRIN ’16 was named Miss Fond du Lac 2014 on March 8. For her talent, she performed a lyrical dance to “Fast Car,” by Boyce Avenue. She stood on a platform of breast cancer awareness in honor of her great-grandmother, aunt and mother, who all were diagnosed with breast cancer. Among her awards, she earned an $8,000 scholarship to Ripon College.
SOPHIE KLINGENBERGER ’14 and KAtIE DREW ’14, French horn; and MAGGIE BREENLyLES ’16 and VERONICA DELISLE ’17, flute, were selected to participate in the National Band Association’s Wisconsin Chapter College All Star Band in January from a record number of applicants. From left to right they are: Sophie Klingenberger and Katie Drew (French horn), and Maggie Breen-Lyles and Veronica DeLisle (flute) MELISSA VELPEL ’16 received a scholarship to attend an archaeological field school May 27-June 22 in Kenchreai, Greece. Two of the three full scholarships were reserved for Harvard University undergraduates; the third was awarded to Velpel in a national competition. Velpel is an anthropology and classical studies double major and the third Ripon College student in four years to receive a scholarship for the field school. The Ripon College Speech and Debate team finished in the top five at five different tournaments, including second place at the St. Cloud University Invitational. Ripon hosted and placed third at the Wisconsin State Collegiate Championships, and senior DAVID GARCIA was crowned State Champion in Extemporaneous Speaking. At the American Forensic Association National Individual Events Tournament, Garcia ranked 26th nationally. Ripon attended the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament for the first time in more than 20 years. ANGELICA SCHWARtZ ’14, CAROLINE LUNDt ’16 and ALLISON MACKNICK ’17 were quarterfinalists; and KAtIE BIEDLER ’15 was a semifinalist. ALLISON REINHARDt ’17 represented Wisconsin in the Interstate Oratory National Championships hosted by James Madison University. She finished among the top 35 speakers in the nation. SOPHIA KAOUNAS ’14 and ANGELICA SCHWARtZ ’14 will work with Director of Forensics and Assistant Professor of Communication DEANO PAPE this summer with the China Debate Program at Harvard University. WINtER/SPRING AtHLEtICS HIGHLIGHtS In men’s basketball, freshman ty SABIN was named Midwest Region Rookie of the Year and Sabin ranked second in Division-III for 3-point shooting (50.8 pct.). ty KEtZ ’15 and Sabin ranked eighth and 14th, respectively, in free-throw shooting. KyLE LOUGHRIN ’15 was named Second Team All-Conference, and Sabin received honorable mention. The team ranked third in NCAA Division-III (410 teams) in free-throw pct.; fourth in 3-point pct.; ninth in field goal pct.; and eighth in Division-III for fewest turnovers. School records were set for 3-pointers made (179) and for free-throw pct (.797). In women’s basketball, JILL VANEPEREN ’14 was named Academic All-American Third Team; one of 10 finalists for the Jostens Trophy; and Second Team All-Conference. She broke a school record for single-game assists
with 13. She is the only women’s player from the Midwest Conference to be selected to any of this year’s three teams, which each consist of five players. The swim team broke 14 school records at the 2014 Midwest Conference Championships (eight for the men’s team and six for the women’s team) The indoor track & field team broke two school records – LEXIE SCHAFFER ’14 in the women’s 200 meters AND ZACH BEEK ’15 in the men’s shot put. In softball, KORRINE PEtERSON ’15 tied a school record with four stolen bases vs. Trinity. She finished 98th in Division-III for steals per game and fourth in school history for a single season with 15 steals. CASSIE BILOttO ’14 finished her Ripon career ranking second in RBI (89), fourth in home runs (14), fifth in doubles (24) and fifth in hits (125). In baseball, MARSHALL ZAHN ’15 set a single-game school record with 15 strikeouts in a 9-1 win over Lawrence. That record also is tied for fifth in Midwest Conference history. Named to the All-Conference team were Zahn, MICHAEL POLCyN ’17, MItCHELL BUSCH ’15, NICK SCHMItt ’16, tOM SAWyER ’15 and PAtRICK VAN DAALWyK ’15. Busch and Schmitt each were named to the ABCA All-Region Second Team and were D3baseball.com All-Region Second Team selections. Second-year head coach ERIC CRUISE was named MWC North Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season after leading Ripon to a 14-2 conference record in consecutive years. In outdoor track & field, the team set three school records – SPENCER REISBICK ’14 in the men’s triple jump; LyDIA POMEROy ’16 in the women’s hammer throw; and the women’s 4x100 relay team of LEXIE SCHAFFER ’14, LyDIA SONDALLE ’14, KARENA SCHROEDER ’15 and NICOLE ZEMAN ’17. ZACH BEEK ’15 qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division-III Outdoor National Meet, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan in Delaware, Ohio. His shotput mark of 5410 at the Midwest Conference Championships set new school and conference records and ranks ninth in Division-III this season. He also was named MWC Men’s Field Performer of the Meet at the MWC Championships. Members of the cycling team, including ROSEttE REyNOLDS ’14, BEN SENKERIK ’15, CORRIE
OSBORNE ’17 and SOPHIA MARCHIANDO ’17, placed third at USA Cycling’s Collegiate Cyclocross Nationals in Boulder, Colorado, in January. The duo of Senkerik and Osborne also made the podium in the team relay, finishing second. Also see the feature on junior baseball player Michael Polcyn on Page 22.
retirees ROBERt DULEy, head coach of cross country and track and field. He had been with Ripon College for 21½ years. “The student athletes at Ripon College are very special, just fun to be around, very motivated and just good people. I very much enjoyed my time at the College. It’s a wonderful place to be a part of. I now am coaching basketball at Westfield Area High School, so I’m not going to completely retire.” JEAN HOOKER, academic support specialist, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. “It has been a wonderful experience for me for the past 16 years. I feel fortunate to have had such a stimulating work environment created by the faculty, staff and students. The variety of challenging projects kept the job interesting. I will definitely miss all the activity and interaction with everyone. “I am looking forward to spending more time with my family and friends. Visiting and hiking in all the national parks out-of-season will be a special treat. I still will be in the area during the warmer months tending to the bee hives as well as gardening, painting, hiking and biking. Thank you, everyone at Ripon College, for the fond memories.” VIDA VANDE SLUNt, academic support specialist, West Hall and Smith Hall. “I’ve been with Ripon College for 20 years. Besides working and feeling like my faculty are part-family, I have really enjoyed the students and seeing them develop and grow. I’m very happy about my continued relationships with many of them. My retirement will be planned around family and, hopefully, lots of traveling. Lots of adventures are in store for me and my husband, Dennis.” LUCINDA “CyNDI” WESt, secretary/technician in Admission. She was with the College for 13½ years. “I miss the people. They’re fantastic. It was a great environment to be in, and it was a wonderful family that I was privileged to be a part of. I miss greeting the people and seeing all the students coming and going, seeing them go through their four years and seeing them in their futures. I’ve got many, many projects that were put on hold through the years. I have a lot of family, and this is an opportunity to be closer to my parents. I’m staying busy, and I hope to travel abroad with my daughter.”
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the 1930s/1940s CAROL MAAS GALGINAtIS ‘44 of Pebble
Beach, California, paints large semi-abstract oils, usually based on nature. DOROtHy NEESE EVANS ’46
of Miami, Florida, sings in her church choir, drives and works out with a trainer twice a week. She attends many family softball, volleyball and soccer games. GERALDINE BIRKHOLZ ’47 of West Bend,
Wisconsin, writes: “Still traveling Panama Canal, Mexico, Hawaii. Taught vacation Bible school in Homer, Alaska. It’s a great world!”
the 1950s tHOMAS HARtNEtt ’50 of Waukesha, Wisconsin, and his late wife, Bernice, were married for 65 years. He shares, “We lived in Ripon during my last 1½ years at Ripon College after serving in the Marine Corps during World War II.” PEtER J. POWELL ’50 of
Chicago, Illinois, published “In Sun’s Likeness and Power,” a two-volume study relating to Cheyenne Indian heraldry, with the University of Nebraska Press in July. They are part of a book series Powell began in 1955. DUDLEy SAUVE ’51 of Farmville, Virginia, has participated in community theater for 40 years.
CAROL SIMPELAAR MAtHIS ’53 of Madison, Wisconsin, enjoys making quilts and dolls, and playing bridge. VERNE B. CHURCHILL JR. ’54 of
Northbrook, Illinois, married Lori Hochschild, Dec. 7, 2013.
JEAN SPIKINGS DAVIS ’54 of Arlington
Heights, Illinois, taught a course in “Writing Your Memoirs” for her P.E.O. woman’s group. She loves reading historical books. FRED ROEMING ’55 of Monument, Colorado, married Carol Tahse, Oct. 19, 2013. He has purchased a new winter home in Green Valley, Arizona. NORMAN BURKE ’56 and ARLENE FORD BURKE ’58 live in Strawberry, Arizona. Norman
still conducts Sunday services at St. Paul’s
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Episcopal Church in Winslow and St. George Episcopal Church in Holbrook. Arlene is retired after 50 years of nursing. HARRIEt BRUCKMAN ROOP ’56 of Costa
Mesa, California, works part time in travel and recently returned from a trip to India.
BRUCE ANDERSON ’57 of Bonita Springs,
He has co-written four other books and written a number of magazine articles. DAN ANDERSON ’59 and RONELL BRADBEER ANDERSON ’59 live in West
Chester, Pennsylvania. Dan attends classes at the University of Delaware Learning Center, and Ronnie is an antique appraiser. DAVID MIRISCH ’59 of
Florida, volunteers with Habitat for Humanity.
Missoula, Montana, is president of David Mirisch Enterprises, an international promotion rm. His latest book is “The Charity Event Planning Guide.” dmirisch.com.
FRANK BROCKWAy ’57 of Lisle, Illinois, is in
his 50th season with the Downers Grove Choral Society. He also was president for ve years. He sang with the chorus at Ripon College and was a member of the Riponaires, a small ensemble that recruited at high schools in the Chicago area.
JACK FEHLANDt ‘57 of Bartlett, Illinois, retired after 20 years inspecting homes and six years teaching for a Home Inspection School, but he still presents seminars; serves on condominium association boards in Sun City, Arizona, and Bartlett, Illinois; does child care for his church; and teaches home safety for Habitat for Humanity. He spends half the year in Illinois and half the year in Arizona. CAtHy HALL GANt ’57 of Silverthorne, Colorado, practiced law for many years and was a judge for 12 years. She now reads once a week to kindergarten students at a dual-language school, plays viola in a community orchestra, and is a bronze life master in bridge. DUANE KOPLIEN ’57 of Weyauwega, Wisconsin, enjoys traveling, gardening and visiting with his ve grandchildren. JAN RACKOW MELL ’57 of Port Angeles, Washington, enjoys a book club. ROBERt “BUZZ” HUMKE ’58 of Middleton, Wisconsin, has a novel, “The Logging Road Gang.” It features the 1938-39 adventures of pre-teens in a small central Wisconsin town. JANICE HUME KONStANS ’58 of St. Charles,
Illinois, is remodeling her condo in Florida. She also enjoys reading, traveling and doing volunteer work.
StAN ROWLAND ’58 and ROSE MARy SyCK ROWLAND ’58 of Glendale,
Arizona, served for ve years each in Kenya and Uganda through Campus Crusade for Christ. Stan now works with churches and helped develop Community Health Evangelism to break poverty, plant churches and transform lives and communities. CHE is used in more than 125 developing nations and by almost 700 different organizations in more than 5,000 locations. His book, “Multiplying Light and Truth,” has been translated into Spanish, Portuguese and Korean.
VICtOR “JERRy” WOEStE ’59 of Eugene, Oregon, retired after several years as a national director of SCORE for the Oregon and southwest Washington district. He continues as a counselor. He retired in 1999 as a nancial adviser with Smith Barney.
the 1960s SUSAN HANSEN ’62 of Lake Forest, California,
is semi-retired but consults with two medical device corporations. She also speaks at medical and nursing nephrology conventions.
LARRy HAMILtON ’63 of Dallas, Texas, has received Ripon College’s Distinguished Alumni Citation. He is chief executive officer of Hamilton Properties Corp., preserving historic buildings while revitalizing downtowns. He has helped revitalize districts in central Denver, Dallas and Houston. DAVID G. HARtMAN ’64 of New Providence, New Jersey., has received Ripon College’s Distinguished Alumni Citation. He is retired as chief actuary and senior vice president of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies after more than 34 years, and has been active in numerous industry and community organizations. He has served on the Ripon College Board of Trustees since 1996. ROBERt J. StORMS JR. ’64 of Norwich,
Connecticut, served for more than 11 years in U.S. Army logistics, including 18 months as a captain in Vietnam, and returned to Southeast Asia with the Christian and Missionary Alliance as a missionary associate based in Thailand. He now is semi-retired in Connecticut. GARy NEI ’65 of Lake Forest, Illinois, has an adult thriller novel, “City of Witches,” available on Amazon.com. goo.gl/FRnQvi
DICK BENNEtt ’65 of Nekoosa, Wisconsin, was featured in the Washington Post on March 27. His son, Tony, is coach of the University of Virginia basketball team, which was in the Sweet 16 of March Madness. goo.gl/AEid1G.
JOHN ERICH ’69 of Scottsdale, Arizona, is president of the Millennium Housing Foundation Inc., which provides housing for very-low-income elderly and families. He practices law at Reinhart, Boerner.
CHARLES P. BURtON ’68 of Suffern, New
WILLIAM GEBHARDt ’69 of Frankfort,
York, writes: “Finally retired and bought a ‘snowbird’ villa in Boynton Beach, Florida. No more snow, please!”
RICHARD “GREG” DUNN ’68 of Salisbury,
North Carolina, is chairman of the Rowan County United Way’s 2014-15 fund-raising campaign. He serves on the United Way board of directors and is a past president. He was president of Real Reel Corp./Multi-Wall Packaging from 1971 until retiring in 2011. SCOtt MAtHOt ’68 of Loudon, Tennessee, is active in the Stay in TV project in Tellico Village, helping residents stay in the community as long as possible. tERRy BOGARD ’69 of Winston-Salem,
North Carolina, is an associate professor in anesthesiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Illinois, retired April 18, 2014.
RICK HENRy ’69 of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
retired after 40 years with the Hearst Corp., most recently as president/general manager of WTAETV in Pittsburgh. WILLIAM CHEStER JORDAN ‘69 of Princeton, New Jersey, a
Trustee of Ripon College, was elected president of the Medieval Academy of America in April 2014.
AL LONG ’69 of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been inducted into the Ripon College Athletic Hall of Fame. He played a key role on two Midwest Conference Championship football teams. A three-time MWC First Team selection at running back, Long finished his career with the most rushing touchdowns in school history (32), a mark that stood for 25 years; and other school records. tHOMAS MACE ’69 of Menasha, Wisconsin, retired from NASA on Dec. 31, 2012, and moved back to Wisconsin to care for his parents. He is starting a remote sensing consulting firm. MICHAEL S. MALONEy ’69 of Noblesville,
Indiana, recently retired from Butler University after 37 years of teaching. He plans now to race pigeons.
MICHAEL Q. WILLIAMS ’69 of Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, was elected to the Manitowoc County Board of Supervisors in April 2014, exactly 40 years after being elected mayor of Ripon.
the 1970s MIKE BOHREN ’69 of Delafield, Wisconsin,
was elected to a third six-year term as a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge in 2013 in Waukesha County.
CRIStA StALEy ELLIS ’69 of Saratoga Springs,
New York, retired in 2007 as a graphic artist for the Ayco Co., a Goldman Sachs subsidiary. She now enjoys painting and knitting.
MARK ANDREWS ’73 and JACKIE FARMER ANDREWS ’73 live in Sebring, Florida. Mark
cycles 120 miles a week, is chairman of the Sebring Hall of Fame, a member of the Sebring Airport Authority Board and chairman of his Rotary Club’s cycling race held every February. (KAtHRyN) JANE BENSON ’73 of Steilacoom, Washington, has worked in employee assistance programs for 18 years, first in the private sector and now with the State of Washington. She “wears many hats” in therapy, marketing, publications, training and state emergency operations.
SARAH WRIGHt ENDSLEy ’73 of Duluth,
Minnesota, has retired after working in Montessori education for 34 years. She enjoys traveling and camping.
KAtHy GRAUNKE ’73 of Seattle, Washington,
last year visited England to see her father-in-law, who was studying at Oxford, and her sister-inlaw, Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Lady Cora, the American wife of a British aristocrat, on the television series “Downton Abbey.”
DAVID GROSSMAN ’73 of Lunenburg,
Massachusetts, founded the Lunenburg Ledger newspaper in 1997 and is still is the publisher. He also publishes the annual “Apple Picking Guide” for central Massachusetts.
DANA NICHOLLS LABRUM ’73 of Bremen, Indiana, is manager of the Roger B. Francis Branch of the St. Joseph County Public Library in South Bend, Indiana. JOSEPH SANDRIN ’73 of Bayside, Wisconsin, is manager of a program supporting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in its efforts to remediate and restore damages to the desert and coastal environments from the First Gulf War. This project is funded through the United Nations. He has been with CH2M HILL, which offers environmental and engineering consulting services, for more than 25 years and recently completed his PADI open water and advanced open water dive certification. GARy SHARPE ’73 of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, is completing his fourth year as a circuit court judge in Fond du Lac County. Previously, he practiced law for 34 years. ELIZABEtH HENDERSON BARRAtt ’74 of Carmel Valley,
California, received the “Women in American History” award from the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution for her publications and work in the field of local and California state history. BIL LEWIS ’74 of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is
driving an F-150, delivering water to the people affected by the spill in West Virginia. tIM VERNIER ’74 of Tomah,
Wisconsin, has a light-hearted detective novel, “Feckenmeyer’s Mailbox.” The main character owns a restaurant, liquor store and bookstore. www.tevernier.com
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of Mankato, Minnesota, has received Ripon College’s Distinguished Alumni Citation. She brings views of philosophers from throughout history to the forefront of current dialog. Since 2006, she has been director of the Kessel Peace Institute at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Her book, A Philosophy of Global Pluralism: A Multicultural Approach to Political Theory, was published in 2013. DAVID WHEELER ’74 of
Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the new executive director of the National Parkinson Foundation Minnesota, which serves 25,000 families. LEN KACHINSKy ’75 of Neenah, Wisconsin, completed his 72nd lifetime marathon by running the Solidarity Marathon in Gdansk, Poland, in August 2013. KEItH SPENCE ’75 of Jacksonville, Florida,
is retiring. He taught high school math and sixth-grade math and language arts; and was an elementary counselor for 24 years. PAtRICK C. SAUNDERS ’76 of New Franken, Wisconsin, retired after 37 years in Wisconsin public education. He served 25 years as a school district superintendent. He continues to teach graduate-level coursework for two Wisconsin universities. LINDA SEAVERSON ’76 of Ames, Iowa, has been the president and co-owner of MTEC Photoacoustics Inc. (www.mtecpas.com) for 28 years. BIRGIt ABROMAItIS REtSON ’77 of Centreville, Virginia, is a public health nurse and care coordinator with the Fairfax County Health Department and Fairfax County Public Schools. REBECCA GALLOWAy ’78 of Seattle,
Washington, worked for 10 years at Planned Parenthood and 14 years at the University of Washington. She enjoys bird-watching, hiking and swimming.
DAVE HANUS ’78 of Salem, Oregon, retired in June 2013 after 18 years in high tech industries and 18 years teaching high school physics and math. He now does substitute teaching, volunteers with the theater program, directs a search and rescue group in Marion County and travels. BILL SCHUMACHER ’78 of Tucson, Arizona, owns Sonoran Solutions LLC, which offers custom computer programming.
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DONNA HANSEN SCyMANSKI ’78 of Hamden, Connecticut, is retired from architecture and real estate. She now writes historical ction. SUE FEItH SHANNON ’78
of Saukville, Wisconsin, was recognized with the Henry Bergh Volunteer Award at the Wisconsin Humane Society Gala.
JOHN ZINDAR ’78 of Jersey City, New Jersey, is an adjunct professor of international economics and politics at New York University’s MS in Global Affairs program, and received the university’s Award for Teaching Excellence and Outstanding Service in 2013. John also consults in transatlantic business development at the European-American Business Organization Inc., headquartered in New York City. StANLEy J. CIESLEWICZ ’79 is with the U.S. Army and lives in Wiesbuden, the Hessen state capital in Germany, after 15 years in Heidelberg. StEVEN RASHID ’79 of Evanston, Illinois, hosts a Thursday night music series at the Whiskey Lounge, 27 Live. It provides small-group jazz.
the 1980s tIM BARNES ’80 of Waukesha, Wisconsin, has been inducted into the Ripon College Athletic Hall of Fame. In basketball, he played in two conference championship and NCAA Tournament teams and was co-captain of Ripon’s rst 20-win team during the 1979-80 season. He holds school records for career rebounds and single-season rebounds. RICHARD KRUEGER ’80 of DeForest,
Wisconsin, married Tricia Statz, Dec. 20, 2013. GAyLE FANOK MCMAHON ’80 of Atlanta,
Georgia, celebrated 15 years at Amdocs in March 2014. She is on the board of directors for Alliance Française d’Atlanta.
KENt tIMM ’81 of Saginaw, Michigan, is a doctor of physical therapy at Renue Physical Therapy. Renue has been accepted into the U.S. Olympic Committee’s National Medical Network. Kent served on several Olympic medical teams. Stories about Kent may be accessed at goo.gl/lwNMdA and goo.gl/CrwMjs
StEVEN WOODS ’82 and KARA ZARtNER WOODS ’85 live in Prescott, Arizona. After
retiring from the Army, Steve is now chief logistics officer for the Northern Arizona Veterans Administration Health Care System. Kara teaches eighth-grade science.
BARBARA WILLIAMS CLAy ’83 of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, is the new vice president for strategy/product development/product management for the HomeOwnership Preservation Foundation. MARK FRANZEN ’83 of New
Berlin, Wisconsin, spoke at Ripon College on March 7 about “Using Big Data to Predict Health Care Costs.” Milliman Inc., a Wisconsin consulting rm, uses Big Data to help its health insurance clients provide insurance quotes in real time. Franzen also is a member of Ripon College’s Board of Trustees. LARRy HUEBNER ’83 of Owens
Cross Roads, Alabama, writes: “Still honored to be working at NASA; current activity has been as integrated product team lead for ight vehicle development on a small, low-cost launch vehicle concept.” MIKE FRANCOLUCCI ’84 of Tucson, Arizona, is a regional manager for Raynor Corp., a garage door manufacturer.
GREGG HALVORSEN ’84 of Suamico, Wisconsin, is a commercial lender in investment real estate for North Shore Bank in Green Bay. His book, “Halved,” by Daniel Crowbridge (his pen name), is about four golfers who discover that focus and concentration can make your future. Gregg says he used several memories/stories from Ripon while writing his novel. goo.gl/PWCv93 DAVE SHOGREN ’84 of Maplewood, Missouri, has been appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to serve on the District Export Council for St. Louis. exportmissouri.info/ Dave is vice presidentinternational for Resource One of St. Louis. KEN CARLSON ’85 of Sauk City, Wisconsin, is
vice president–planning/business development at Sauk Prairie Healthcare. He recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders.
JEAN DANCy JONES ’85 of Marietta, Georgia, is a business analyst doing telecom consulting with CGI Inc.
LISA ULMEN ROACH ’85 of Tinley Park, Illinois, is a manager of Master Data Systems, a Six Sigma Black Belt and a member of the Cintas Global Supply Chain Center for Excellence for Cintas Corp. in Chicago. MAtt RUSS ’85 of Pensacola, Florida, retired from the U.S. Navy in April 2010. He is an emergency medical technician for Lifeguard EMS in Santa Rosa County and a volunteer re ghter with Escambia County Fire Rescue. CRAIG BENZEL ’86 of Pulaski,
Wisconsin, is now vice president of sales and business development for the Green Bay Packers.
SCOtt SCHILLER ’90 of Elm Grove, Wisconsin, is an art director, author and illustrator for Country magazine, a Reader’s Digest publication. He also owns The Pet Sketcher (thepetsketcher. com) and draws custom pet portraits. SUSAN yELICH BINIECKI ’91
LOIS BRENNAN ’86 of Hingham, Massachusetts,
is a global account lead for the Premier sales team of Forester Research. She works with the ad agency holding company Publicis.
CHRIStOPHER DOONA ’86 of Marlborough, Massachusetts, is a research chemist for the Army doing research and development in combat rations, water recycling and decontaminating clothing. He is past chair of Institute of Food Technologists-Non Thermal Division and gave a keynote address in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013. SCOtt StRAZZANtE ’86 of
Yorkville, Illinois, won rst place in the Visual Column category of the National Press Photographers Association’s Best Of Photojournalism 2014 competition. He won for his “Shooting from the Hip” in the Chicago Tribune newspaper. ALICE GALLAGHER ARCHABAL ’89 of Northbrook,
Illinois, is chief development officer and vice president of development at Froedtert Hospital and The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
tED HARWOOD ’89 of The Woodlands, Texas,
retired from the Army in 2013 and now is a safety and security adviser for ExxonMobil in Houston. AMy ROSER ’89 of San Tan Valley, Arizona, is a medical support clinical hypnotherapist and wellness coach.
the 1990s SARA LAWSON HENRy ’90 of Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a senior instructional designer at C.H. Robinson Worldwide.
and her husband, Waldek, of Manhattan, Kansas, were honored at the Polish Independence Day/Veterans Day event in Milwaukee in November. They were recognized by the consulate general of the Republic of Poland in Chicago, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and the Milwaukee Common Council. LAURIE MUELLER DZIEKAN ’91 of Random, Lake, Wisconsin, is a senior business analyst at ACUITY Insurance in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. KIM GLOSE MICHALIK ’91 and her husband,
Joe, of Chepachet, Rhode Island, have purchased Oakleaf Campground. They and their four daughters are open for the 2014 camping season. AMy MIEtZEL ’91 of Madison,
Wisconsin, opened her new business, Bare Knuckle Arts, in May. The independent art center offers weeklong summer classes for children in grades 1-9 in visual arts, weekend workshops for adults, family fun weeks, and art parties for everyone. www.bareknucklearts.com tAMI O’BRION-MOHAMMED ’91 and SALIM MOHAMMED ’93 of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin,
RANDALL WICKMAN ’91 of Fort Lewis,
Washington, returned from Afghanistan where he commanded the Joint Unit and Border Coordination Center between Afghanistan and Pakistan, located within the fabled Khyber Pass. Col. Wickman assumed command of the 189th Infantry Brigade at Fort Lewis in May 2013.
DONALD FRANCIS ’93 and his wife, Kelly, of Platteville, Wisconsin, have a son, Zavier Todd Francis, born Feb. 17, 2013. Don is the summer camps services coordinator for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. MARLA MAy ’93 of Crandon, Wisconsin, is an
infusion nurse in the rheumatology department of Marsh eld Clinic in Wausau. SABRINA MCGARy ’93 of Dover, Delaware, is an associate professor of biology at Delaware State University and recently was promoted to the director of graduate programs.
KAtHERINE L. BRADy ’94 and her husband, Matthew Hauschild, of Tustin, California, have a daughter, Ava Hauschild, born in October 2012. tODD JAMIE JOHNSON ’94 of Newport, Rhode Island, recently completed the New York City and Honolulu marathons and raised $1,300 for the Wounded Warrior Project. He now is teaching at the Naval War College. JON KAMINSKI ‘95 of Mooresville, North
Carolina, is a senior manager with Accenture.
have opened their own insurance agency, Pine Hill Insurance. A feature about how their family blends Christian and Muslim traditions was published in the Dec. 23, 2013, edition of the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen newspaper. goo.gl/4GmbK2
Amy is the bene ts manager at Fairway Independent Mortgage, and Vince is a photographer. Photos are at vincepad.com/blog.
MAURA MURPHy ’91 of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, is assistant general counsel at General Mills.
RACHEL BERK ’97 married Daniel Bata, Nov. 2, 2013. They live in St. Charles, Illinois.
KAREN MCCULLOCH CHILStROM ’92 and her husband, John, of Austin, Texas, have a son, Joseph Christopher Chilstrom, adopted from Ukraine in January 2014.
JASON CORStEN ’97 of Marinette,
VINCE PADILLA ’95 and AMy DEKEySER PADILLA ’95 live in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin, is a chemical operator/engineer with ChemDesign Inc. in Marinette.
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HEAtHER MULLALLy ’97 of Berlin,
Wisconsin, married Bret Steffen, Jan. 1, 2010. She is the community relations manager with Community Health Network. NAtALIE JOHNSON ’98 of Manitou Springs, Colorado, is the executive director of the Manitou Art Center. MEGAN WOLGAMOt MALVEy ’98 of St. Paul,
Minnesota, is now a senior marketing manager at Ecolab. She is the in-house director for the local youth basketball association and coach of both her children’s teams. She also coached her son, Ryan’s, junior robotics team (First Lego League).
CARRIE MOORE PARMEtER ’98 of
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, is manager of learning and development at Shelter Mortgage Co. LLC.
JULIE MAtHERS HOGAN ’99 of Denver,
Colorado, joined Hunger Free Colorado as director of development in October 2013. She has been in fundraising for 13 years.
the 2000s PAtRICK CASEy ’00 of St. James, Minnesota,
is a partner at Farrish Johnson Law Office. He joined the rm in 2010 and focuses on criminal defense, family law and civil litigation. Casey’s wife, RACHEL tHOMPSON CASEy ’99, teaches in the St. James schools. REBECCA PEtERSON HUGHES ’00 and her husband, Nick, of Seattle, Washington, have a son, Tristan William Hughes, born May 25, 2013. Rebecca is now the director of Little Friends School. DAN PACER ’00 of Chicago, Illinois, has joined
BizDox as a senior programmer.
JOE BUCHHOLZ ’01 of Thornton, Colorado, is a
system administrator for Hall & Evans Law Firm in Denver. He also has a home business, Wood 2.0, and up-cycles objects such as wine barrels, pallets, and old barn wood into household items. JEFFREy MASSEN ’01 and KARALyN DEHN MASSEN ’06 of Berlin, Wisconsin,
have a daughter, Evalynn Harms Dehn Massen, born Oct. 14, 2013.
SEAN RIESENBERG ’01 and AMANDA LUttENBERGER RIESENBERG ’03 live in De
Pere, Wisconsin. Sean graduated May 12, 2013, with a master’s degree in liberal studies from St. Norbert College. He is now a project manager with Hurckman Mechanical in Green Bay. Amanda has completed two marathons.
ELIZABEtH WEBB BEELES ’02 of Salem,
Oregon, is publications and Web coordinator with the Oregon State Department of Agriculture.
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HEIDI FOStER DUSEK ’02 and her husband, Brent, of New London, Wisconsin, have a son, Caleb, born in March 2010, and a daughter, EllaMae, born in April 2012. Heidi completed her master’s degree in educational technology in August 2010. She is the community engagement manager for the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Inc. BRIAN FRItZ ’02 and tERA BRUSS FRItZ ’02 of Three Lakes, Wisconsin, have
a daughter, Zoey Lynn Fritz, born June 10, 2013. Brian is the BMO Harris branch manager and assistant vice president, and Tera is the payroll and bene ts coordinator for the Northland Pines School District.
StEPHANIE JENNIGES ’02 and BUDDy HyLLBERG ’04 of Grayslake, Illinois,
were married June 22, 2013.
JEROME JAMES ’02 and KELLy KUJAVA JAMES ’02 of Chicago, Illinois, have a son,
Charles Bradley James, born Jan. 1, 2014.
MELISSA KUBAI ’02 of Tucson, Arizona, is
head of ophthalmology at Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson.
JOSHUA MASON-BARKIN ’02 of San Mateo, California, is director of congregational learning at Temple Emanu-El in San Jose, California. RyAN MORGAN ’02 and his wife, Jenny, of
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, have a son, Carter, born Nov. 13, 2013.
LAyNE BURKEttE ’03 and her husband, Blair, of Jackson, Wisconsin, have a daughter, Krue Hana Burkette, born Aug. 17, 2013. BRItt StEIGER FRANK ’03 and her husband, David, of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, have a daughter, Addison June Frank, born Sept. 22, 2013. LUKE HAGEL ’03 of West
Bend, Wisconsin, has been inducted into the Ripon College Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a three-time All-Conference baseball selection, twice as First Team, and was named All-Region as a senior. He ranked second in school history for both career stolen bases and triples, and third in runs scored and in hits. In football, Hagel was MWC Offensive Player of the Year as a senior, Second Team All-Region and Third Team All-American.
CURtIS MAURER ’03 and MOLLy KNEIP MAURER ’03 of Neenah, Wisconsin,
have a daughter, Alea Hayden Maurer, born April 13, 2013. Molly has been inducted into the Ripon College Athletic Hall of Fame. She was a four-time All-Conference selection for Ripon’s women’s basketball team, and is the only player in school history to record at least 100 assists in more than one season. MIKE MAXWELL ’03 of
Chicago, Illinois, has written a satirical river tour for Chicago and is opening Saturdays in July. www.mikemaxwell.org.
ANNE NEGRI ’03 of Evanston, Illinois, had a brief residency in March with the Ripon College theatre department. She is a published playwright.
HEIDI RIECKMANN SCHROEDER ’03 of Waupaca, Wisconsin, has owned Blush Pictures LLC, a photography studio, for ve years and recently opened a second photography studio in downtown New London. tODD REINKE ’03 and SUSIE PEERENBOOM REINKE ’03 of Sheboygan,
Wisconsin, have a daughter, Sadie Lorilei Reinke, born Aug. 30, 2013. CHARLIE SAPONARA ’03 and his wife,
Brynn, of Visalia, California, have a son, Gordon Donato Saponara, born July 24, 2013.
KAtIE PLIER BOISVERt ’04 of Kewaskum,
Wisconsin, teaches fourth grade at Jackson Elementary School.
SCOtt BUCHHOLZ ’04 and JESSICA WALtERS BUCHHOLZ ’05 of San Jose,
California, have a daughter, Alyssa Renee Buchholz, born Jan. 24, 2013. Scott is a senior quality assurance engineer for Nest Labs Inc. in Palo Alto, California, which recently was purchased by Google. Jessica works for Enterprise Trust and Investment Co. in Los Gatos, California. CHRIStINE MACHROLI EAtON ’04
and her husband, Kevin, of Hartford, Wisconsin, have two daughters, Hailey Eaton, born Feb. 19, 2011, and Kennedy Eaton, born June 12, 2013. KRIStEN MCCULLOUGH GRANCHALEK ’04 and her husband, Gus, of Chicago,
Illinois, have a son, Kipling James Granchalek, born Jan. 13, 2014.
tOM BEAtty ’05 and ROBIN ROECKER ’06 of Princeton, Wisconsin,
were married June 8, 2013. Tom is an associate director in admission for Ripon College. Robin is a chiropractor at offices in Green Lake and Wautoma; an adjunct professor in the biology department at Ripon College; and helps treat student-athletes. RACHEL yAtES ’04 of Portage, Wisconsin, is now director of business operations at H.G. Meigs, an asphalt and emulsion company. WILLIAM “B.J.” DERNBACH JR. ‘05 of
CAPt. MAttHEW MANGERSON ’04
of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received the national Brig. Gen. William C. Bilo Award in December 2013 as the Army’s best enlisted or commissioned officer in eld artillery. Mangerson led his unit, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery out of Plymouth, Wisconsin, to become the rst High Mobility Artillery Rocket System in the history of the National Guard to deploy to Afghanistan to conduct an artillery mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The unit received the Alexander Hamilton Field Artillery award. Mangerson now is the battalion training officer for the 121st Field Artillery. JASON NUttALL ’04 and KAtHERINE MEAD NUttALL ’11 of Mauston, Wisconsin,
have a daughter, Adeline Anne Nuttall, born March 26, 2014. Both work at Mile Bluff Medical Center in Mauston. AMANDA VANStIPPEN LAtHROP ’04 of
Green Bay, Wisconsin, has received Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certi cation. LAUREN MARSHALL ’ 04 of Middleton,
Verona, Wisconsin, is the legislative liaison for the Department of Workforce Development. In May, he received his master’s degree in public affairs with a K-12 focus from the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. SARAH tRILLER DyKStRA ’05 and her
husband, Don, of Fishers, Indiana, have a daughter, Adalena Marie Dykstra, born Sept. 20, 2013. JUStINA BAAtZ GUtBROD ’05 of Sussex,
Wisconsin, is the staff development and curriculum coordinator for Saint Adalbert School in Milwaukee. They serve about 500 low-income students, most of whom speak Spanish and are learning English. JACKI WEISS MAGNUS ’05 and VICtOR MAGNUS ’06 of Princeton, Wisconsin,
have a daughter, Kinzley Magnus, born July 23, 2013, the day of their eighth wedding anniversary.
RENEA VORPAHL MERtENS ’05 of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been promoted to a eld claims representative at Acuity. BRANDON MUMM ’05 and PAMELA SCHUMACHER MUMM ’08 of Ripon,
Wisconsin, is a physician assistant in hospital medicine at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison.
Wisconsin, have a daughter, Allison Karis Mumm, born June 16, 2013.
CANDICE NORtH ’04 of Jacksonville, Florida,
KELSy PEtRyKOWSKI ’05 of Kula, Hawaii,
had a traditional wedding ceremony with Mohamed Cisse in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Africa, his hometown, in March 2014. They are planning an American wedding in the summer of 2015 after she completes her medical residency.
NICK SPAEtH ’04 of Plymouth, Wisconsin, was promoted to senior director of admissions at Lakeland College. He also recently ended his service as president of the college’s Alumni Association Board of Directors. ELLEN VOSSEKUIL ’04 and PAUL GALLAGHER ’06 of Salt Lake City, Utah, were married Sept. 15, 2012. GWEN SEFRHANS ’05 of Aledo, Illinois, officiated at
teaches sixth grade at Haleakala Waldorf School. She also teaches West Coast swing dancing. COLIN RAFFERty ’05 of Des Plaines, Illinois,
graduated in March 2013 with a master’s of business administration degree from DePaul University, completing a dual concentration program in operations management and brand management. He is the national account manager for the food division of Euro Centra. tERRI KAHLER WERNER ’05 and
her husband, Matthew, of Hortonville, Wisconsin, have a son, Maddex Adam Werner, born Sept. 17, 2013.
CARSON ADLER ’06 of Madison, Wisconsin,
is a development manager for Forte Research Systems, which makes software for medical research companies.
LINDSAy BAHN ’06 of Eagle River, Alaska,
commissioned with the Air Force in 2012 and is stationed at Elmendorf Air Force base in Anchorage, Alaska, serving as a certi ed nurse midwife.
ZENA BAUER ’06 of Green Bay,
Wisconsin, is a senior instructional designer at United Healthcare. ANDREW BESWICK ’06 and JESSICA FUOCCO BESWICK ’07 of Oconomowoc,
Wisconsin, have a son, Tristan James Beswick, born Nov. 5, 2012.
ZACHARy CHItWOOD ’06 of Berlin, Germany,
completed his Ph.D. in history at Princeton University in June 2012. He is working on an interdisciplinary project, “Foundations in Medieval Societies,” funded by the European Research Council.
JOE FONtAINE ’06 and KAELIN BUtCH FONtAINE ’06 of Monona, Wisconsin, have
a son, Axel Luther Fontaine, born Feb. 5, 2014. Joe now is the evaluation coordinator for Focus on Energy, a statewide energy efficiency and renewable energy program. Kaelin is a business analyst at Capitol Insurance. ALISHA GARD ’06 of Stockton, California, is a server at Lou’s Fish Shack on San Francisco’s popular Fisherman’s Wharf. KAtHERINE GILES ’06 and Brian Gilman
of Stillwater, Minnesota, have a son, Liam Emerson Giles Gilman, born June 5, 2013. She received her M.Ed. degree from the University of Minnesota in May 2013, along with a teaching license in secondary education social studies. NEKIA MENA GOyERt ’06 and KEVIN GOyERt ’07 of Fremont, California, have
a daughter, Payton Annabelle Goyert, born March 18, 2014. NICOLE KLAAS ’06 of Fayetteville,
North Carolina, married Zak Hands, April 19, 2014. CASEy KUEHN ’06 and his wife, Tina, of
Rosendale, Wisconsin, have a son, Quinten Timothy Kuehn, born April 25, 2014. ROSELyN MCNULty ’06 and SHANE EBEL ’07 of Fitchburg, Wisconsin, were
married Sept. 1, 2012. Rose is a training and resources representative at American Girl, and Shane is a salesman at Phillips Distributing.
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CHRIS NAKIELSKI ’06 of Chicago, Illinois,
is the choral director at Loyola Academy in Chicago. A video featuring Chris and students can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/90719021 ELIZABEtH REIBLE NEILSEN ’06 and MICHAEL J. NIELSEN ’07 of Beaver
Dam, Wisconsin, have a daughter, Claire Elizabeth Nielsen, born Jan. 1, 2014. Elizabeth is a physician’s assistant in family medicine with Dean Clinic, and Michael is a physician’s assistant in emergency medicine at Beaver Dam Community Hospital. tIM PEtERS ’06 of Milton, Wisconsin, is the shoulder coordinator for Wisconsin for DePuy Orthopaedics. JESSE RUNDE ’06 and PAMELA DEFAttE RUNDE ’07 of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, have
a son, Andrew Robert Runde, born April 24, 2012. Pamela also graduated from nursing school at Madison College in May 2013 and is a registered nurse for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. BRyANt A. BEDNAREK ’07 and JESSICA CHAtMON BEDNAREK ’08 of Berlin,
Wisconsin, have a daughter, Zoey Lynn Bednarek, born Oct. 10, 2013. ADAM CARtWRIGHt ’07 of Verona,
Wisconsin, is an associate scientist in Array Production at Roche Nimblegen.
in Windsor. She also has started a family portrait photography business, www. BabbleheadsPhotography.com. SANDy PAtROWSKy GEORGE ‘07 and
her husband, Greg, of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, have a daughter, Natalie Kay George, born April 25, 2014.
tARA RABIDEAUX JOHENEK ’07 of De Pere,
Wisconsin, was featured in the April 2014 issue of Women magazine in an article are regional veterinarians and vet techs. goo.gl/bn1Jkg. She is an associate veterinarian at Apple Valley Veterinary Clinic in Appleton, Wisconsin.
KAtIE BRAUN JOHNSON ’07 of Racine, Wisconsin, is an independent living coordinator working with all disability populations for Societies Assets. AARON KAMMER ’07 and MICHEL BUSH KAMMER ’07 live in Superior, Colorado.
Aaron is a chemist at Amgen in Boulder, Colorado, and Michel is an optometrist in Northglenn, Colorado.
BEN KONECNy ’07 of Greeley, Colorado,
married Caitlin O’Brien, Oct. 19, 2013. Ben is an associate pastor at First Congregational United Church of Christ.
ANDREA FURDEK LARSEN ’07 of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was a coauthor with Professor of Chemistry COLLEEN ByRON and others on “Secondary Coenzyme Q10 Deficiency and Oxidative Stress in Cultured Fibroblasts from Patients with Riboflavin Response Multiple Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenation Deficiency,” published in the Oct. 1, 2013, issue of Human Molecular Genetics. tyLOR LOESt ’07 of Ripon, Wisconsin,
has been promoted to assistant director of development at Ripon College. He also has completed his sixth season of directing musicals at Ripon High School
JENNy DELANEy ’07 of Lexington,
Massachusetts, and Peter Girguis of Harvard University extract viscera of deep-sea clams aboard the research vessel Atlantis in March 2014. Atlantis is operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. http:// alvinveri cation.whoi.edu/
MARA EVANS ’07 of Chicago, Illinois,
has delivered more than 200 babies at Evanston Hospital.
BOB FAULDS ’07 and StEPHANIE SOMMER FAULDS ’08 live in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin.
Bob is a staffing manager at Baker Tilly Search and Staffing, and Stephanie is an administration manager at Walgreens Distribution Center
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BRENDA NEMEtZ ’07 of Sussex, Wisconsin, is
a museum associate at the Chaudnow Museum of Yesteryear in Milwaukee.
tyLER OttO ’07 and ALISON KRINGS ’08 of Appleton, Wisconsin, were
married Dec. 1, 2013.
NAtE POLUM ’07 of Chicago, Illinois, is now the in-house counsel at Oasis Legal Finance, the nation’s largest legal funding company, headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. JODI RABAS ’07 of Algoma, Wisconsin, has opened Family First Chiropractic in downtown Green Bay.
CHRIStOPHER REED-WADDELL ’07 of
Vicksburg, Mississippi, says his wife, Yuliya Reed-Waddell, joined him in the United States after nishing her immigration process in time for their rst anniversary. He is a FEMA Corps unit leader with the Corporation for National and Community Service.
ANDy REDLIN ’07 of Appleton, Wisconsin, married Karen Leister, May 18, 2013. ADAM RONCHEttI ’07 of West Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, is a research associate studying mechanisms of eye development at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
LACy ROURKE ’07 of Washington, D.C., recently received Ripon College’s Outstanding Young Alumni Award. She is a strong voice for the hundreds of still-missing Vietnam War prisoners of war and missing-inaction veterans and their families. ANDREW SOK ’07 of Naperville, Illinois,
received his master’s degree in secondary education from DePaul University. He now is the Upper School Tech Coordinator at The Latin School of Chicago.
MARy StERREtt ’07 of Louisville, Kentucky, will present her methadone and opioid research at ACOG’s district meeting this fall, and recently received a Resident Reporter award at the annual ACOG meeting. She was inducted into the Gold Humanism Society this summer. Currently, she is at Washington University for antepartum rotation work and research. PRICE WARD ’07 and his wife, Erin “Kickie,” of Gainesville, Florida, have a son, Price “P.J.” Ward Jr., born Nov. 12, 2013. ALEX WENtE ’07 of Kenosha, Wisconsin, is
a staffing consultant at the corporate office of CareerBuilder.com in Chicago.
LAUREN NyGREN BERtILSON ’08 and her husband, Joe, of Ham Lake, Minnesota, have a daughter, Brielle Lynn Bertilson, born Feb. 1, 2014. ALEXANDER CHIN ’08 of Middleton, Wisconsin, graduated from the Adler School of Professional Psychology with his doctorate in clinical psychology. He is program director of the Pediatric Behavioral Health Department at Meier Clinics. He married Ashley Scarabino in September 2013.
DAVE CZARNECKI ’08 and JORDAN ANDERSON ’08 of Waukesha, Wis., have a
daughter, Eadalie Mae Czarnecki, born Feb. 22, 2014.
PARISSA S. DJANGI ’08 of Selden, New York, received the “Best TA” award from Stony Brook University, New York, where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in British history. JULIE NELSON KUKOWSKI ’08 and BRUCE KUKOWSKI ‘10 of Richmond Hill,
Georgia, have a son, Travis James Kukowski, born Sept. 3, 2013. JEANNA SPERBER MAtUSZAK ’08 and her husband, Brandon, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, have a daughter, Karli Jane Matuszak, born Jan. 6, 2014. ROBERt BERGFELD ’09 and ANN KENSEtH ’10 of Wausau, Wisconsin,
were married July 28, 2012. Robert is an assistant relationship manager with US Bank, and Ann is a 4K teaching assistant at the YWCA. ALEX DUROS ’09 of Appleton, Wisconsin, is an assistant district attorney at the Outagamie County District Attorney’s Office in Appleton. JOSH FREy ’09 completed his master of science
degree in environmental management from Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, and was an honor graduate from the U.S. Army’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Captain’s Career Course at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He is stationed at Camp Stanley, Republic of Korea, where he is CBRN Response Team Leader in the 501st CBRNE Company (Technical Escort).
WILL GILLIS ’09 of Shawano, Wisconsin, graduated in May 2013 from the pharmacy school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the lead pharmacist at Shawano Medical Center. HEAtHER KOELLER ’09 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, graduated May 19, 2013, with a master’s degree in early childhood exceptional education from the University of WisconsinMilwaukee. She is a special education teacher at Milwaukee Spanish Immersion School. ALySHA tABER RICHEy ’09 and her
husband, Stephen, of Columbia Heights, Minnesota, have a son, Odin Alexander Richey, born Aug. 13, 2013. Alysha does personal training. She also is organizing a nonpro t, Zealous Works, to help homeless families get housing. CAtHIE SCHULt ’09 of Savage,
Minnesota, married Luke Armbrust, Nov. 16, 2013. Cathie recently was promoted to integrated services team lead at SPS Commerce.
the 2010s SARAH ANDERSON ’10 of
Amery, Wisconsin, is a 2014 ESA Graduate Student Policy Award winner and visited Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 10, 2014. She was among ecologists and biologists who visited more than 60 congressional offices to talk about how federal investment in science research yields bene ts to society. AMANDA FLANNERy ’10 of Argonne,
Wisconsin, received her master of science degree in anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and also a museum studies certi cate. She is the archivist at the Crandon Public Library.
RyAN JENKINS ’10 of Portage, Wisconsin,
has graduated with a master of science degree in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
KRIStI KENDALL ’10 of Elkhart Lake,
Wisconsin, is the sixth-grade language arts teacher at HOPE Christian Schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
LEAH WILDE ’10 of Markesan, Wisconsin, married Jeremy Jackowski in July 2011. They have a son, Jordy Marc Jackowski, born Dec. 3, 2012. Leah is a kindergarten teacher at Markesan Elementary School. ZACH HAyES ’11 and KAtHRyN StEPANEK ’13 of St. Charles, Illinois,
were married July 5, 2013.
StACEy HAMILtON ’12 of Incline Village, Nevada, is an admissions counselor at Sierra Nevada College.
KAyLA WALLICK MENDEZ ’12 and her husband, Odilon, of Robbinsdale, Minnesota, have a daughter, Natalie Eileen Mendez, born May 2, 2014. Kayla is a lead teacher at Jardin Magico, a bilingual daycare/preschool. MAttHEW MUZA ’12 and ASHLEy VANDENAVOND ’13 of Green Bay,
Wisconsin, were married June 8, 2013. JOHNAtHON SUCHy ’12 of Kenosha,
MELISSA KLEIN ’10 of Lake Geneva,
Wisconsin, is a platoon leader in the Wisconsin National Guard and was deployed to Afghanistan in May 2014.
LINDSEy KUEHL LAMB ’10 of Stoughton,
BRANDON J. tAyLOR ’12 of San Jose, California, graduated in 2013 from the University of California, Berkeley, through the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership with his master of engineering, mechanical engineering. He is now a business and systems integration senior analyst for Accenture.
Wisconsin, completed her master’s degree in library science at the University of WisconsinMilwaukee in 2013. She is a circulation assistant at Lake Geneva Public Library. Wisconsin, teaches 4K in Stoughton and has opened her own photography business, Pink Door Photography.
NAtHAN PAUL ’10 of Neenah, Wisconsin, now
is the campus relations manager for Oshkosh Corp. He oversees the global internship program and all university-related activities. CHRIStOPHER SCHAEFER ’10 of Kimberly, Wisconsin,
graduated in May 2012 with a master’s degree in political management from the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University. In 2011, he founded the Christopher Schaefer Co., a political consulting rm specializing in campaigns, elections and foreign policy platform development. JENNI M. SCHALLA ‘10 of Madison,
Wisconsin, teaches German and computers at Glacier Creek Middle School.
BRyANNE tUDOR ’12 of Beloit, Wisconsin, graduated from the local police academy Nov. 15, 2013, and on June 29, 2014, with her master’s degree in criminal justice from American Military University. She has accepted a job as a police officer with the City of Beloit Police Department. HEAtHER VANCUyK ’12 of Appleton,
Wisconsin, married Lloyd Anderson, July 14, 2012. She has opened her own family daycare business. ANDREA ZAK ’12 of Ripon, Wisconsin, teaches fth grade at the Princeton Public School. She also is the JV2 (freshman) volleyball coach for the district. AMANDA VIRtUE ’13 of Rockville, Maryland,
is a communication and development coordinator at The National Park Trust.
LAURA tEIGEN ’10 of Oshkosh, Wis., is an associate research specialist in the Department of Biology and Microbiology at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
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In Memoriam For full obi uaries, please visi ripon.edu/obi sS14 WILLIAM R. LARSON ’40 of Eagle, Idaho, died
JAMES M. REED ’50 of Brook eld, Wisconsin,
ROBERt PANSCH ’60 of Chicago, Illinois, died
Nov. 18, 1913.
died Jan. 27, 2014.
Jan. 4, 2014.
IRENE GELHAR HOCHREIN ’41 of Berlin,
tHEODORE “tED” N. BURtNESS ’51 of
tOMAS M. MAGDICH ’61 of Dixon, Illinois, died
Wisconsin, died Jan. 20, 2014.
Centerport, New York, died Feb. 11, 2014.
April 15, 2014.
LEONARD G. DAHM JR. ’43 of Alameda, California, died Nov. 4, 2013.
ROBERt GySBERS ’51 of Waupun, Wisconsin,
DAVID S. PALLEtt ’61 of Poolesville, Maryland,
died Dec. 28, 2014.
died Sep. 29, 2013.
PAtRICIA tHORKELSON SCHULtZ ’43 of
DALE DEFORRESt UtESCH ’51 of Tomah,
WILLIAM B. BEIN ’62 of Bend, Oregon, died
Ripon, Wisconsin, died Dec. 16, 2013.
Wisconsin, died April 4, 2014.
Jan. 4, 2014.
GORDON “BUD” BERtH ’44 of Watertown, Wisconsin, died Jan. 29, 2014.
DONALD DUNCAN ’52 of Kansas City, Missouri,
MARGAREt LUPtON GOLD ’64 of Vista,
died Jan. 6, 2014.
California, died Dec. 6, 2012.
KENNEtH BUttERS ’44 of Pompano Beach, Florida, died Aug. 23, 2010.
BARBARA yOUNG MALES ’52 of Hillsboro
MARy E. WEBB ’64 of Evansville, Indiana, died
Beach, Florida, died Jan. 4, 2014.
Dec. 15, 2012.
MURIEL SMItH DEARDORFF ’45 of Macon,
DAVID C. CHENEy ’53 of Minneapolis, Minnesota, died Oct. 29, 2013.
Wisconsin, died May 1, 2014.
Georgia, died Jan. 1, 2014. PAUL F. BORtH ’48 of Flossmoor, Illinois, died
MARy HOLyOKE FUCHS ’53 of Libertyville,
Jan. 25, 2014.
Illinois, died March 8, 2014.
RICHARD F. WILLIAMS ’68 of Kenosha, Wisconsin, died Feb. 24, 2014.
HAROLD H. ERDMAN ’48 of Bradenton, Florida,
PEtER MARtIN ’53 of Sheffield, Massachusetts,
ALLAN D. KANIA ’69 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
died Feb. 19, 2014.
died Dec. 30, 2013.
died Nov. 27, 2013.
HELEN “POPPy” POPOVICH BROZDA ’49 of
WARREN yUKON ’53 of Warrensburg, Missouri,
JORGE ARtURO CARRIZO-ESQUIVEL ’73 of
Santa Cruz, California, died Jan. 1, 2014
died April 3, 2014.
Panama City, Panama, died Sept. 2, 2012.
FRANCIS “FRANK” CARLBORG ’50 died Feb.
BARBARA DUE ’57 of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
MICHAEL JAMES BENNINGtON ’74 of Ponder,
1, 2014.
died Dec. 21, 2013.
Texas, died April 24, 2014.
GARtH W. HOFFMANN ’50 of Cedarburg,
CHARLES KAtE ’57 of Gardnerville, Nevada,
SAMUEL F. RUBIN-MILLER JR. ’74 of Beverly,
Wisconsin, died Nov. 26, 2013.
died March 28, 2013.
Massachusetts, died Dec. 21, 2012.
EDWARD E. MULHALL ’50 of Orland Park,
JOSEPH t. LARSCHEID SR. ’57 of Milwaukee,
CHERI WENCL ’94 of St. Peter, Minnesota, died
Illinois, died April 24, 2014.
Wisconsin, died Feb. 16, 2014.
Dec. 10, 2012.
ERIKA PREU RASMUSSEN ’50 of Appleton,
DONNA SEVERANCE LESKER ’60 of Park Ridge,
StACIE LIVERMORE NAPOLI ’96 of Hartland,
Wisconsin, died Feb. 17, 2014.
Illinois, died May 18, 2014.
Wisconsin, died Feb. 17, 2014.
Alumni Weekend gathers old friends, new friends More than 650 alumni and guests attended Alumni Weekend June 26-29. They represented 34 states and Canada. The sixth annual Red Hawks Golf Scramble raised more than $15,000 for the Athletic Department. This year’s reunion classes gave a combined total of $612,654 to Ripon College. The Class of 1964, celebrating their golden reunion, came out on top with the highest attendance at 31 percent, the highest gift participation at 60 percent, the largest reunion class gift of $330,742, and the largest ve-year class gift (since the last reunion) of $643,201.
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a s h rs sch , r r c ch/ r y s sh sch rsh Roger Venden ’59 of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, is grateful for all the opportunities Ripon College has offered him. He was class president while he was in school, a member of Phi Kappa Pi and Merriman House, and he has served as class agent for more than 30 years. Now, he also is giving back through the Professor Emeritus H. Jerome “Jerry� Thompson Liberal Arts Scholarship Fund, honoring Thompson who served as coach of football and track from 1956 to 1958, and professor of religion and founder of Ripon College’s religion department from 1966 through 1985. Venden attended a small high school in Brooklyn, Wisconsin, with only 11 students in his graduating class. “My brother and I were very good students, good athletes and very well-disciplined by my parents,� he says. “My parents loved us dearly, but they didn’t have a lot of money.� Venden attended Badger Boys State at Ripon College as a high school student, and he longed to become the rst college graduate in his family. Through nancial assistance, on-campus jobs and mentoring by Thompson, Venden studied engineering but was far behind the academic power curve of other students who had had a wider range of class offerings in high school. College was a struggle for Venden. “Sports were an outlet for me, a saving grace if
you will,� Venden says. “Jerry Thompson was my rst mentor. He was tops as a coach, a teacher, a mentor. We all loved the guy.� After graduation, Venden was awarded a Regular Army commission in Artillery and served two tours of duty in Vietnam, a four-year intelligence command assignment in Germany, and at the Pentagon. He then worked for 22 years as an executive director for private law rms and for the last 14 years as president of a real estate recreational development company. He says Thompson always sought to give economically deprived students a head start in their careers and future successes, and that is what he hopes the Thompson Scholarship will continue. “I really enjoyed Ripon College,� he says. “I grew a lot and improved my self-con dence. I want to give back to the school. I hope other alumni will join me in making contributions to the scholarship and the school.�
Continue the Legacy at Ripon College Help develop he nex class of Ripon College s uden s b referring a promising s uden o Ripon College, assis ing wi h college fairs, hos ing or a ending a recep ion in our area, or con ribu ing o a scholarship fund. For more ideas, con ac Eliza S ephenson a 920-748-8396; or s ephensone@ripon.edu.
Helping businesses work toward better environmental practices is a priority for Max Kelln ’04. He is an associate regulatory compliance environmental attorney at Faegre Baker Daniels in Indianapolis. “I’m working with companies on compliance with new and existing environmental regulations in an attempt to avoid enforcement and litigation issues down the road,� Kelln says. “With the intersection between energy use and the economy on the one hand, and our environment and sustainability on the other, you really do see the confluence of those two issues day-to-day.� He said many of the current environmental statutes, such as the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act, were passed in the early 1970s and are not adapted to fit a lot of companies today. New environmental legislation will be required to deal with that, Kelln says. He works proactively with many Fortune 500 companies, industry leaders in terms of implementing new and clean technology, he says. “There is no threat of them being out-of-compliance in the short term, but the new legislation will happen eventually. If they start putting in these controls now, it will cost less in the long run.� Kelln says the air emissions and the waste we generate today will have an impact on our environment in the long-term. “The longer we wait, the greater and more irreversible these issues will become,� he says. “Eventually, we’ll get to a tipping point where we might not be able to undo the adverse effects we’ve made to our environment.�
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F l a s h B A C K 2009 GREENING tHE CAMPUS Richard “Rit” Higby ’38 watched as Josh Byrum of Physical Plant planted a pine tree donated to the College by Higby. Higby grew up in Ripon and had a tree farm at his home in Adams, Wisconsin. He believed in making the world as green as possible, and through the years he donated about 100 trees and many bluebird houses to the College. His first donated trees are part of the Ceresco Prairie Conservancy. Higby died in 2010.