Yearly Archives: 2020

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Ripon College responded to the pandemic during the fall semester

The global pandemic necessitated many changes on campus during the fall semester of 2020. March 17: campus shut down, most students returned home to complete the semester virtually. Some students remained on campus, mostly international students who faced travel restrictions: 16 through end of term, 11 throughout the summer. They required housing and food support. […]

David Mirisch '59

Hollywood life of David Mirisch ’59 documented

A documentary about the life of former Hollywood press agent David Mirisch ’59 of Superior, Montana, will soon be entering the film festival circuit. “David Mirisch, The Man Behind the Golden Stars” focuses on this member of the family that founded the Mirisch Film Company, producers behind such classic movies as “Some Like It Hot,” […]

Kourtney Camm ’22 places in virtual intercollegiate horse show

Kourtney Camm ’22 of Evansville, Wisconsin, placed in two events in a virtual horse show Tuesday, Dec. 8, sponsored by the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. She rode as part of the Ripon College Equestrian Team and fourth in the Hunter Seat category in both Introductory Hunter Seat Equitation and World Equestrian Center Limit Hunter Seat […]

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Ripon, Medical College of Wisconsin collaborate on pharmacy dual degree

A new collaboration with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Pharmacy School in Milwaukee will allow students to earn dual degrees from Ripon College and MCW in only six years. Students in the accelerated program will earn a liberal arts degree from Ripon and a doctor of pharmacy degree from MCW. With the 3+3 PharmD […]

Candice North ’04 helps orphaned children in Ghana get an education

In Ghana, K-12 education is not free, so orphaned children tend not to attend school unless someone sponsors them. Candice North ’04 is addressing that need. She started the nonprofit Building One Community at a Time (BOCAT) which works to enroll orphaned children in Nalerigu, Ghana. As a first-generation student who grew up in rural […]

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Nationally televised tribute honored alumna Barbara Blank Lueck ’64 before her death

Ripon College recently was notified of the death of Barbara Blank Lueck ’64 of Fort Collins, Colorado, on March 12, 2019. In October 2018, while she was fighting cancer, a group of her former music students arranged for an interview and tribute performance that aired on the national television program “Good Morning, America” from New […]

Robin Forbes-Lorman

Robin Forbes-Lorman publishes biology education resources

Assistant Professor of Biology Robin Forbes-Lorman co-wrote “Doctor in the house: Improving undergraduate critical thinking skills through diagnosing medical case studies,” published on Coursesource, a site for evidence-based teaching resources for undergraduate biology education.

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Students gain research skills by assisting with professor’s project

Three students recently assisted Associate Professor of Politics and Government Henrik Schatzinger on a book project. Schatzinger’s project involves the effect of outside money on local political campaigns in large U.S. cities. Erin Bailey ’21 of Walworth, Wisconsin, Payton Rahn ’22 of Omro, Wisconsin, and Ali Hamza ’21 of Pakistan met with Schatzinger once a […]

Mollie Oblinger

Mollie Oblinger gives virtual talk to middle school students

Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger recently gave a lecture over Google Meet to about 80 Ripon Middle School students. She was invited to give the presentation by Carlie Kloehn Cardinal ’14, a seventh-grade teacher at the school.

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Ursula Dalinghaus contributes to special section, introduction about money and value

Ursula Dalinghaus, visiting professor of anthropology, co-edited a special section and co-wrote an introduction, “Mapping the Intermediate: Lived Technologies of Money and Value,” in the Journal of Cultural Economy.

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Midwest Conference Suspends 2020-2021 Winter Sports Season

Dear campus community, Earlier today, the Midwest Conference (MWC) Presidents Council announced that it would not sponsor league competition, including championships, for fall and winter sports during the 2020-2021 academic year. The decision was unanimous and covers men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s swimming […]

Timothy Reed

Poem by Timothy Reed in national publication

Timothy Reed, professor of Spanish, had a poem published in the spring 2020 issue of The Forum, the official publication of the Phi Sigma Iota International Foreign Language National Honor Society. The poem is titled “Las Meninas” and can be found on page 6 of the issue here.

Museum internship in Great Britain brings valuable experience to Emma Lemke ’19

An internship at the Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum in Great Britain helped solidify career goals for Emma Lemke ’19 of Hilbert, Wisconsin. At Ripon, Lemke majored in global studies and history. She then studied cultural heritage and museum studies at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, Norfolk, Great Britain. She also interned at the […]

Erin Munro Krull’s research utilizes new mathematical technique

Erin Munro Krull, assistant professor of mathematics and the Mark and Janice Franzen Professor in Applied Mathematics, recently published an article in Frontiers in Neuroscience. With two colleagues in the field of computational neuroscience, Munro Krull applied a new mathematical technique called Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to neural recordings from rat auditory cortex. Since ICA […]

Student voices on social justice sought for forum to be held Nov. 19

A Social Justice Forum will be held via Zoom Thursday, Nov. 19, from 6 to 7 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Higher Education Diversity and Inclusion Team (HEDIT), comprising representatives from Ripon College, Marian University, Moraine Park Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Fond Du Lac Campus. Student voices especially are encouraged […]

Lamont Colucci

Colucci speaks space future, Space Force at national gatherings

Lamont Colucci, professor of politics and government and coordinator of National Security Studies, will speak on a panel, “Emergence of the U.S. Space Force: How to Balance U.S. Security Interests and the Peaceful Use of Outer Space,” Nov. 17 for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He previously participated in a Congressional Staff […]

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Spring 2021 Academic Calendar

Dear campus community, As the fall semester comes to its conclusion, I am pleased to announce the revised academic calendar for the spring semester. We expect an on-campus, in-person learning and living experience. Students should be advised that they may be required to take a COVID-19 test prior to their return for the spring semester, […]

Thomas Broman '76

Thomas Broman ’76 will talk about cancer via Zoom Nov. 11

Trustee Thomas Broman ’76 of Barneveld, Wisconsin, will speak via Zoom Nov. 11 for Barbara Sisson’s “Biology of Cancer” class. He will discuss President Richard Nixon’s “war on cancer” and the impacts it has had on technology and research. Broman is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and specializes in science […]

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Post-election panel to be presented Nov. 12

A post-election webinar panel will be sponsored by Ripon College at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12. The link to register for the webinar can be accessed at ripon.edu/election. The event is sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People and the Ripon College chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society. The […]