Sustainable mugs have been introduced by Sodexo and Ripon College in an effort to cut down on waste. Originally given out during spring registration, these reusable cups also can be picked up at no charge at the Pub, Commons, Terrace or Starbucks. Students who use their mugs when purchasing coffee and other drinks at the […]
Gary Yerkey ’66 of Washington, D.C., was in Selma, Alabama, last week to attend the festivities marking the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march. His book South to Selma: ‘Outside Agitators’ and the Civil Rights March that Changed America detailed his and a Ripon College contingent’s participation in the voting rights march in 1965. It […]
The Ripon College Creative Enterprise Consultants, part of the Center for Social Responsibility, recently received recognition and a ‘Scrappy Award” from Fond du Lac County Economic Development Corp. for their involvement in the IGNITE! Business Success partnership. Ripon College students are providing business consulting services and other resources to Fond du Lac County entrepreneurs as […]
I was born in the USSR and grew up as that country was collapsing and Ukraine was establishing its independence. While I’ve been living in the United States for many years now, I still have family in Ukraine, and the last year has definitely not been an easy one for them or for me. Whenever […]
Ripon College competed among the best 35 teams in the nation at the 2015 Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Feb. 22 in Costa Mesa, California. The 2015 National Ethics Bowl team included JJ Grinde ’17 of Ripon, Wisconsin; Carly Lundt ’16 of Madison, Wisconsin; Connor Cummiskey ’16 of Hamburg, Minnesota; Lauren Hince ’18 of Blaine, Minnesota; and […]
“Ripon Reimagined,” an exhibit of artwork by Ripon College students, will be on view from March 7 through April 24 at Mugs Coffeehouse, 307 Watson St., downtown Ripon. The artworks on paper by Jorge Gutierrez ’17 of Los Angeles, California; Myat Aung ’16 of Myanmar; Madeline Koster ’17 of Ripon, Wisconsin; Anita Hoffman of Ripon, […]
Fiction writer Rebecca Rotert, the author of Last Night at the Blue Angel, will give a reading from her work at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, in Lane Library on the Ripon College campus, 300 Seward St. Admission is free. Her visit is sponsored by the College’s Visiting Writers Series. Rotert received a master’s degree […]
Bob Wallace, professor of biology, participated in a workshop entitled, “Cryptic speciation in Brachionus plicatilis: A workshop to describe species within the complex” at the University of Texas at El Paso from August 5-10, 2014. In this workshop, 26 individuals from around the world participated in the analysis of this single species of rotifer — […]
Legendary musician Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary fame will speak at Ripon College during the lunch hour on Friday. He will talk about Operation Respect, an organization he founded to send a message of anti-bullying and anti-violence, especially aimed at young children. The event is a kickoff to the Social Justice Retreat being […]
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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 criticizing President Obama’s national security strategy that was published by U.S. News & World Report. Click here to read the full article. He writes that with President […]
Austrian Heinz Seitinger, the former Trade Commissioner for Austria, will talk about his experiences related to the promotion of international trade March 4 at Ripon College. “Trade Promotion the Austrian Way: A Personal Journey” will be presented from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Great Hall on the Ripon College campus. The presentation is free and […]
The effects of modern technology on higher education and libraries will be addressed Thursday, Feb. 26, at Ripon College by a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. William Y. Arms of Cornell University will take part in a roundtable discussion, “Libraries in a Digital Age,” at 2 p.m. in the North Reading Room of Lane Library […]
Ripon College will bring Euripides’ prize-winning classical tragedy, Iphigenia at Aulis, March 4-7. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The script is Professor Robert Amsden’s adaptation of Robert Meagher’s 1991 translation. Amsden, the play’s director, chose the translation for playability, accessible contemporary language and succinctness. The […]
Three Ripon College seniors — Andrew Carballo ’15, Samantha Kay ’15, and Abigail Quackenboss ’15 — presented their senior research theses at the Pi Sigma Alpha National Student Research Conference for politics and government students held mid-February in Washington, D.C. The Ripon students received feedback on their papers, currently under revisions in the politics and […]
Chemistry-biology major Raymond Allen ’15 and Assistant Professor of Biology Barbara Sisson braved the chilly temperatures early February to take tissue samples of registered sturgeon on Lake Winnebago. It was the opening day of sturgeon-spearing season. They ran into John Luthens, who writes for On Wisconsin Outdoors, and he included the encounter in his story. […]
Newt Gingrich, Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999, will speak at Ripon College on Wednesday, March 11. The appearance will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Great Hall and is hosted by the Center for Politics and the People. A question-and-answer session will follow the talk. Although this is a free […]
Ripon College has received a supplemental funding grant of $6,250 from the National Science Foundation to support summer research by a student. The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) grant is supplemental to an NSF grant received earlier by Bob Wallace, Patricia and Philip McCullough 1969 Professor in Biology; and a major research instrumentation grant received […]
It’s not unusual for the question “Is it the right thing to do?” to come up every day in my work at the Center for Social Responsibility. While most people may shy away from this question and the subsequent “gray area” — the unknown, the uncertain — I can’t help but be excited. That’s not […]