An award-winning bakery in Philadelphia, the Flying Monkey Bakery, has quickly gained internet attention because of its delicious Pumpple Cake. In late November, the bakery and Pumpple Cake were featured on a special Thanksgiving episode of “Guilty Pleasures” on Food Network. Elizabeth Halen ’03 is the owner of the bakery, which celebrated its fifth anniversary […]
Every year as the weather gets colder, the Center for Social Responsibility (CSR) sponsors a campus-wide food drive. Over the years, other groups at Ripon have joined in their efforts. The Department of Sociology and the Sociology Club have contributed to this larger drive for the past five years. Last year, the Student Athletics Leadership […]
Chapter 2: Surviving the First Semester of Graduate School [Editor’s Note: Raymond Allen ’15, Karena Schroeder ’15, and Madeline Poullette ’15 are writing rotating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] Happy December! This semester has been an absolute whirlwind, and […]
Chapter 2: Pressure Makes Diamonds [Editor’s Note: Chuchen Tan ’16, Sara Driebel ’16, and Jacob Sahr ’16 are writing rotating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their senior year experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life At Ripon!] It’s halfway over. Before I know it, I’ll be embarking on my last […]
The Ripon College Department of Music will present its annual Holiday Concert on Sunday, Dec. 13. The program will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. Selections include: Choral Union: Christus Natus Est, by the living British composer Cecilia McDowall. […]
Brian Smith, professor of religion; Charles and Joan Van Zoeren Chair in Religion, Ethics and Values; chair of the department; and co-director of the Center for Politics and the People, received an ACM FACE 3 grant to present a one-day workshop on the use of technology in teaching religion. The workshop was held at the […]
Alexander Wolff, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, will speak at Ripon College from 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8. The talk in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, will be about his new book The Audacity of Hoop: Basketball and the Age of Obama (Temple University Press). “In some ways, basketball has spoken to the Obama […]
Ty Sabin, a junior exercise science major from New Berlin, Wisconsin, is breaking records and earning accolades for his performances on the basketball court. Outstanding Students Inside and Outside the Classroom: Tyler Sabin from Ripon College on Vimeo.
Ginny McGehee Condon ’77 of Colchester, Vermont, is one of three people who will be honored with induction Saturday, Dec. 5, into the Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. She is the longest-serving full-time female radio personality in Vermont history. A native of Philadelphia, McGehee began her broadcasting career at WNBZ-AM in Saranac Lake, […]
The Bill Schang Campus Memorial Event will be held from 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. The celebration of Schang’s life, work and influence will take place in the Dahm Heritage Room, S.N. Pickard Commons. It is being sponsored by his former colleagues in the Department of English. Schang, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was a professor of […]
The Ripon College Orchestra will perform a free concert on Sunday, Dec. 6, on the College campus. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The program will include “Overture to Coriolanus,” Opus 62, by Beethoven; “Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus,’ ’” by Ralph Vaughan […]
Grayson Brooke ’05 of Long Beach, California, a TV/film producer, will present a talk and discussion via Skype at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in Room 200 of Smith Hall. After graduating from Ripon College in 2005 with degrees in theatre and communication, Brooke headed to Hollywood. His production credits include such television series as […]
Zachary Muench ’16, a chemistry-biology and religion major from Franklin, Wisconsin, was awarded $770 from the Beta Beta Beta Research Foundation for his senior seminar project “Validation of testosterone metabolite measurements in the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis): Nestling response to GnRH challenge.” Memuna Khan, associate professor of biology, is his faculty research adviser.
An International Fair will be held during the Golden Hour, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Nov. 24 in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. Many Ripon College students say they have not been exposed to the various cultures represented at Ripon College, says Kyonna Withers, director of multicultural affairs. “This event will be a meaningful […]
The Ripon College Chamber Singers will present a concert Friday, Nov. 20. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend. The conductor is John C. Hughes, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities. Selections on […]
Practical Love Songs, a public workshop with composer-in-residence Dale Trumbore and mezzo-soprano JaneMarie Erickson ’16 of Redgranite, Wisconsin, will begin at 12:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20. The workshop will be presented in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the Ripon College campus. Erickson, a senior music and theatre major, will perform […]
A unique collaboration between Ripon College student vocalists, instrumentalists and researchers, as well as Ripon area community members and organizations, will culminate in a concert and event commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center […]
The chemistry department of Ripon College is hosting a speaker this week. Professor Laura Gagliardi, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, will give talks on Thursday and Friday. Her research talk, “Gas Separation and Catalysis in Metal-Organic Frameworks,” will be presented at 6 p.m. Thursday in Room B-18, S.N. Pickard Commons. […]
In the 95-year history of the Midwest Conference, there has now never been a head football coach with more victories than Ripon College’s Ron Ernst. With Saturday’s 27-7 victory over Lake Forest in the Red Hawks’ 2015 season finale, Ernst earned the 160th win in his 25-year career, all of which have come at Ripon. […]
Hunger in Ripon and Beyond: A Panel Discussion will be presented Thursday, Nov. 19, by the Sociology Club of Ripon College. The discussion will begin at 7 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the Ripon College campus. The discussion is free, and all are welcome to attend. The panel will discuss how poverty […]