The Ripon College Jazz Ensemble, under the director of Professor of Music Kurt Dietrich, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 24. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. Admission is free and open to the public. Selections will include an eclectic […]
Lamont Colucci, associate professor and chair of politics and government and interim director of the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College, wrote an opinion piece about the cyberwar — economic and industrial espionage. It was published by U.S. News & World Report. Click here to read the full article. He wrote that […]
As the national Earth Day celebrates its 45th anniversary on April 22, Ripon College students will celebrate the College’s commitment to sustainability and protecting the environment with a wide offering of related Earth Week activities. To kick off the week, students will be recruiting student, faculty and staff participants for the National Bike Challenge during […]
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Professor of Music Kurt Dietrich, will perform its spring concert at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, April 19. The concert will be in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. Admission is free and open to the public. The program will consist […]
Chapter 4: My Optimism Has Returned [Editor’s Note: Nathan Held ’14, Sophia Kaounas ’14, and Ariana Myers ’14 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!] My first year of law school is quickly coming to a close. To […]
Chapter 4: Letting Go and Looking Forward [Editor’s Note: Kaitlyn Welzen ’15, Rachel Detrie ’15, and Clarence Sanon ’15 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!] Now begins the crazy part of my semester: the end. With […]
Andrea Young, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, and four students — Erin Frassetto ’17 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Michael Gableman ’16 of Greendale, Wisconsin; Tyler Shimek ’16 of Greendale, Wisconsin; and Lincoln Wurtz ’17 of Ripon, Wisconsin — attended the Center for Undergraduate Research in Math/Intermountain Section of the Math Association of America spring […]
The wide breadth of research being conducted by Ripon College faculty, students and collaborations between them will be highlighted during Scholars Week April 20 through 23. All are welcome and encouraged to attend the week’s activities. While the presentation formats may be diverse, all papers submitted by the presenters will be available for reading in […]
In January, Mitchell Eithun ’17, a mathematics major from New London, Wisconsin, presented his Monte Carlo simulation of Monopoly at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. About 6,000 mathematicians were present. In “Modeling Monopoly with Monte Carlo Simulations,” Eithun discussed how, while the board game Monopoly often is criticized for its lack of […]
Associate Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger, who is on sabbatical this semester, recently had work shown in a solo exhibit at the Ridley Gallery, Sierra College, in Rocklin, California. “Invented Abundance” was an exhibition of sculpture in which she examined California’s water issues in response to the historic drought. Her work also was included in […]
Each year, all theatre majors and most theatre production minors publicly stage a short one-act play as their capstone experience, bringing together their knowledge and experience into a realized production. This year’s One-Act Play Festival will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 16 and 17, and will feature three short plays, all […]
Rhodes Scholar Dr. Zachary S. Morris ’02 of Madison, Wisconsin, will speak on campus in two alumni master chats on Friday, April 10. Morris will talk about synergistic interaction between radiation and the immune response to tumor-specific antibodies at 2:10 p.m. in Farr Hall 331. At 4:15 p.m., he will discuss cancer as an emerging […]
Bruce King ’15 of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, will present a senior cello and tenor recital Sunday, April 12. The performance will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Selections will include movements from “Suite No. 2 in D minor,” BWV 1008, by Johann Sebastian Bach; “Lieder Ohne Worte,” op. […]
More than 1,000 Wisconsin high school students and their families will be experiencing the Ripon College campus and the city of Ripon this week as they arrive for the Wisconsin Forensics Coaches Association (WFCA) State Tournament. The College is the annual host for the tournament in which high school forensics teams compete for the title […]
Ripon College faculty are involved in two of the six projects that received funding in the Fall 2014 cycle of Faculty Career Enhancement Program of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Preference was given to projects that best leverage opportunities for incorporating technology-enabled teaching techniques — such as online courses, blended learning strategies, and other […]
Dr. Ed Wingenbach has been selected as Ripon College’s new vice president and dean of faculty, beginning July 1, 2015. He currently is associate provost for academic affairs and a professor in the political science department at the University of Redlands in California. He also has served as chair of the faculty assembly. “Ed Wingenbach […]
For almost everyone, going off to college is a journey, not a destination. That certainly is true for Ripon College senior baseball player Michael Polcyn, who, after three schools in three years, has finally settled into his comfort zone — which just happens to be where he began. A native of Ripon, Wisconsin, Polcyn has […]
Professor of Religion Brian Smith and three of his students will deliver paper presentations at the annual meeting of the Midwest American Academy of Religion (MAAR) April 11 and 12 at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio. MAAR is the regional association of the national American Academy of Religion, the major professional association of scholars in […]
Author and civil rights activist Margaret “Peggy” Rozga will be the featured speaker for the Friends of Lane Library April 15. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the library. All are welcome to attend. Rozga is a civil rights activist, poet, playwright, professor emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, and the […]
Ripon College announced today that this semester will be the last for its Rally the Red Hawk mascot. President Zach Messitte said in a prepared statement that “Rally will be retired during the summer, and the College will replace the bird with a millennial squirrel named Rip. Rip likes to text, make videos and take […]