Katie Biedler of Sauk Rapids Honored at Ripon College Awards Convocation

2012 May 7

Katie Biedler, a first-year Undeclared major from Sauk Rapids, was recently honored at the 2012 Ripon College Awards Convocation, an annual event recognizing student achievement during the academic year. She is the daughter of Ms. Patricia L. Bechtold of Sauk Rapids, Minn. and Mr. Mark Biedler

Biedler received the following honor(s):

Membership in Pi Kappa Delta. Pi Kappa Delta is the national honor society for intercollegiate forensics competitors. Election to the society is based on excellence at regional and national levels of competition. Founded at Ripon College by Professor of Speech E.R. Nichols in 1915, Pi Kappa Delta now has hundreds of chapters around the United States. Ripon College is home to the Wisconsin Alpha Chapter and also the Pi Kappa Delta National Hall of Fame.

About Ripon College

Ripon College, founded in 1851, prepares students of diverse interests for lives of productive, socially responsible citizenship. Ripon's liberal arts curriculum and residential campus create an intimate learning community in which students experience a richly personalized education. Ripon has consistently been recognized as a "best value" and "Best 376 College" by The Princeton Review, a "Best Buy in College Education" by Barron's, a "Best Liberal-Arts College" by Washington Monthly, a "Top 25 Schools for Do-Gooders" by Newsweek, among the top-tier and best-value colleges by U.S. News and World Report, and among the top 200 private colleges in the nation overall and for value by Forbes Magazine. For more information about Ripon College, visit www.ripon.edu.