former President Prof. Godehard Ruppert, ThD PhD
CV
personally:
- born 1953, Nov. 6th in Beuel / Bonn,
- married to Rita Walker-Ruppert,
- three children: Benedikt Ruppert (mathematician), Lioba Schönfeld (medical doctor), Eloisa Ruppert (linguist).
education and degrees:
- secondary school graduation (Abitur) Bochum: 1974
- study of Theology, Philosophy, Educational Science and Journalism at the Universities Bochum, Münster and Würzburg: 1974 to 1979
- ThM (Diplom-Theologe) University of Bochum: 1979
- ThD (Dr. theol.) University of Würzburg: 1984
- PhD (Dr. phil. habil.) University of Hanover:1990
internship / voluntary service:
- publishing house Ferdinand Kamp Bochum; sales, marketing, accounting, dunning, distribution, editotial department: 1969 – 1976
career history:
- Lecturer, University of Hanover: 1979 to 1984
- Senior Lecturer, University of Hanover: 1984 to 1991
- teacher (extraofficial), Secondary General School (Hauptschule) Beuthener Straße, Hanover: 1986 to 1990
- Associate Professor of Education, University of Hanover: 1991
- Full Professor of Religious Education, University of Bamberg: 1991 to 2000
- Dean, University of Bamberg: 1995 to 1996
- Vice-President, University of Bamberg: 1996 to 2000
Rector respectively President of Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg: APR. 2000 to OCT. 2020
awards:
- Citizen's medal of the city of Bamberg: 2006
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany: 2010
- „Bayerischer Janus“ – Outstanding Encouragement Award in the field of archivistics in the Freestate Bavaria: 2015
- Honorary Chairman of Bavarian University Association: 2020
- Honorary medal bene merenti in gold of the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg: 2021
- Honorary Senator of the Andrássy University Budapest, Hungary: 2023
- Bavarian Constitution Medal awarded by the Bavarian state parliament: 2024
Current memberships
The current memberships are listed in alphabetical order of the institutions; You will also find links to the respective institutions. There you can find out about fields of activity and specific tasks.
International Council for Open and Distance Education
- Member of the Standing Conference of Presidents (SCOP)
since 2002 - Link
Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern (vhb)
- Member of Board of Executive Committee:
since April 2000 - President:
since April 2002 - Link
University of Potsdam
- Member of Tenure Commission:
since 2019
University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
- Member of the Board: Project „P³Dual – Acquisition and development of Professorial Personnel at FH Potsdam – Part of the German Program „FH Personal“:
since 2021 - Link
Bavarian Broadcasting
(Bayerischer Rundfunk)
- Chairman of the Broadcasting Council:
since 2022 (member since 2010; Deputy Chairman 2017-2022) - Link
previous memberships (selection)
- University Bavaria - Bavarian University Conference
Member: 2000-2020, Deputy Chairman: 2009-2011, Chairman: 2011-2013 - German Rectors' Conference (HRK)
Plenum - Member: 2000-2020; Standing Committee on New Media and Knowledge Transfer - Member: 2001-2012; Senate Member: 2005-2006 and 2009-2013 - Alps - Adria - Rectors' Conference
Scientific Board - Member: 2000-2007, President 2008/2009 - Andrássy University Budapest (Hungary)
Board - Member: 2010-2022; Chairman: 2017-2022 - German Foundation for University Admission
Foundation Council - Member: 2010-2022 - University Information System, limited liability company (HIS GmbH)
Board of Trustees - Chairman: 2002-2012; Governing board - Chairman: 2012 - University of Applied Sciences Coburg
Board of Trustees - Member: 2002-2020 - Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST)
Board of Directors - Chairman: 2006-2013 and 2016-2020 - Elite Network of Bavaria
Advisory Council - Member: 2009-2015 - Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories Bamberg
Board of Trustees - Member: 2014-2020 - Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Erlangen
Board of Trustees - Member: 2015-2020 - Regional Marketing Initiative "Oberfranken Offensiv"
Stering Committee - Member: 2009-2020
university self-government
University of Bochum
- University Parlament
Representative of students: 1978 - 1979
University of Hannover
- Central University Committee for advancement of young academics
Representative of research associates: 1987 - 1991
University of Bamberg
- Board of the Departement Catholic Theology
Member: 1992 - 1996 - Central University Committee for didactics
Member: 1992 - 1996 - Central University Committee for teacher training
Member: 1993 - 1996 - Senate
Member: 1994 - 2007 - Vice Dean
1994 - 1995 - Dean
1995 - 1996 - Vice Rector
1996 - 2000 - Standing Committee for Research and young academics
Chair: 1996 - 2000 - Rector
Apr 1st 2000 - Jul 15th 2007 - President
Jul 16th 2007 - Sep 30th 2020
Pictures: © Rita Walker-Ruppert (left) and © BR/Konvalin (right)