Back on Campus: Meg Lipke ’91
For painter Meg Lipke ’91, UVM was both her childhood home and the birthplace of her earliest creative instincts. “My brother (Dan Lipke ’95) and I were the quintessential faculty brats,” says Lipke, whose father taught art history at UVM and mother taught art history and studio art across the street at Trinity College. Now a full-time artist in the Hudson Valley, Lipke is still evolving in...
Holding Court
Richard Ader ’63 is, among other things, a philanthropist, a successful businessman, and a tennis enthusiast. He’s also a survivor. On a spring day in 2019, he lay in a medically induced coma, fighting for his life. Days before, the lifelong athlete had collapsed on the tennis court mid-match due to a condition called atrial fibrillation—his heart was out of sync and failing.
A Pop of Color
Arealles Ortiz ’15, owner and operator of Curly Girl Pops, runs one of the coolest culinary ventures on the Vermont food scene. Her wholesome, small-batch popsicles have become a summertime staple at farmer’s markets and small shops across the state.