Yearly Archives: 2015

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Ripon College speakers highlight Black History Month

As part of Black History Month presentations, Gary Yerkey ’66 of Washington, D.C., will discuss his book “South to Selma: ‘Outside Agitators’ and the Civil Rights March that Changed America.” The talk will begin at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in Great Hall. In the book, Yerkey details his participation in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery civil […]

Ripon Launches New Consortium to Prepare Grads to Communicate in the 21st Century

Recently recognized as the top undergraduate communication program in the United States, faculty in Ripon’s Department of Communication are collaborating with others on campus to launch a new program – the Ripon Communication Consortium. The consortium, which involves not only faculty in communication, but also faculty from an array of academic departments as well as […]

Life At Ripon – Rachel Detrie ’15

Chapter 2: Planning for the Next Steps – Grad School, Publication [Editor’s Note: Rachel Detrie ’15, Clarence Sanon ’15 , and Kaitlyn Welzen ’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!] Despite the 100 Days celebration that […]

Joe Hatcher

The science behind love could help strengthen love

All you need is love. The sentiment of this bumper-sticker lyric of the Beatles also is repeated by the most profound mystics, by experimental subjects ingesting psychedelics while facing terminal illness, by poets and writers, and even by astronauts viewing the earth from outer space. Can science tell us anything about Love that these other […]

Lamont Colucci

Colucci on Obama’s foreign policy strategies

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 foreign policy positions that was published by U.S. News & World Report. Click here to read the full article. Calling it “a foreign policy […]

Wisconsin jazz pianist performs Feb. 13

Award-winning jazz pianist John Harmon of Winneconne, Wisconsin, will perform at Ripon College Feb. 13 as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Ticket information is available by calling 920-748-8126. Harmon, known as “Wisconsin’s Gentle […]

RecycleMania competition running through March 28

[vsw id=”120534109″ source=”vimeo” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] RecycleMania is running through March 28 on the Ripon College campus. We are competing for the second time with other campuses across the country to reduce waste and recycle more. We are keeping track of how much waste we produce on campus, so be a part of the movement […]

Singer to perform spirituals Feb. 6

Bass-baritone Frank Ward Jr. will present a voice recital, “An Evening of Spirituals,” Friday, Feb. 6, at Ripon College. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. It will be free and open to the public. Selections will include “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “I’ve Been In […]

Fiction author V.V. Ganeshananthan to read Feb. 5

Fiction writer V.V. Ganeshananthan, author of Love Marriage, will give a reading from her work at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, in Lane Library. Admission is free. Her visit is sponsored by the College’s Visiting Writers Series. Ganeshananthan is a fiction writer and journalist. She grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, and has lived in Virginia, […]

Faculty At Ripon

Brian Azinger

  • M.A. in Physical Education, University of South Florida
  • B.S.E in Physical Education, Truman State University

English course reorganized around social change

In my position at Ripon College, I teach courses with names like Major Author: Shakespeare andFoundations of English Literature — courses focused on the time-tested canon of early British literature. Yet, as a graduate student at the University of Iowa, I wrote a dissertation on the ways that some contemporary theater companies use Shakespeare’s plays […]

Brass Trio performs Jan. 30

V3NTO Brass Trio will perform Jan. 30 as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon music series. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Ticket information is available by calling 920-748-8126. This ensemble is dedicated to expanding the boundaries of the brass trio […]

Lamont Colucci

Colucci on Islamic extremism

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 Islamic extremism that was published by U.S. News & World Report. Click here to read the full article. In “This is War: The Obama Administration needs […]

Oshkosh painter to exhibit work

“Signifiers and Imposters,” an exhibit of work by artist Trina May Smith, will be on view Jan. 30 through March 15 in the Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the Ripon College campus. A talk by the artist will begin at 7 p.m. Jan. 30 in the Rodman Center lobby. An opening […]

Life At Ripon – Kaitlyn Welzen ’15

[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!] Only one semester left of college. It seems so strange that my four years in Ripon are almost […]

Life After Ripon – Nathan Held ’14

[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!] The fall semester of my first year at law school came to a quiet end on the 16th of […]

Duehrings to receive Ripon College Founders’ Day Award

Dave and Karen Stoddard Duehring of Green Lake will be honored by Ripon College with its annual Founders’ Day Award Jan. 27. The award is presented to an individual or organization in Ripon and surrounding communities who exemplifies the ideals behind the creation of Ripon College in 1851. The ceremony celebrating the 164th anniversary of […]

Determination, goal-setting leads swimmer to record-breaking times

During a meet at Grinnell College on Dec. 5-6, the Red Hawks swim team took down nine school records. In the 200 breaststroke, freshman Gabby Horstmeier finished with a time of 2:34.47, breaking the program’s longest-standing record set 23 years ago by Ripon College Athletic Hall of Famer Sara Soffa ’94. Horstmeier also participated in […]

Alumnus brings medical expertise to Peru

Although August is a busy month for Dr. David Janssen ’81 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, a board-certified plastic surgeon with Fox Valley Plastic Surgery, he answered the call when he was contacted by Women for World Health. Janssen traveled with the organization to Peru for 10 days during the high point of the South American winter […]

Programming set for Martin Luther King Jr. Week celebrations

Ripon College will pay tribute to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. throughout the week spanning Jan. 25-Jan. 31, 2015. The theme for the week’s festivities is “Race and the (In)Justice System.” Schedule of Events Sunday 1/25: Keynote Speaker Joseph Frey, 6 p.m., Behr Auditorium. Joseph Frey of Wisconsin was wrongfully convicted of rape […]