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Stretch your potential further. Earn a Master of Exercise Science in our 4+1 direct-entry program.
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Community is everything. Yours can be anything you want it to be — intramurals, honor societies and more.
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Athletics
Our Red Hawks compete on 18 NCAA Division III teams. But they see themselves as more than just athletes.
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Chemistry-Biology major has made a name for himself on the football and baseball fields, and now he’s ready to make his contribution to the medical field.
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Summer Orientation: Session #3
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Sarah Anderson ’10 honored as ESA Early Career Fellow
Sarah Anderson ’10 has been selected as one of the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) 2025 Early Career Fellows for her landscape ecology work. “Receiving this recognition is truly humbling,” Anderson said. “To have your entire professional community recognize the work you do is significant, especially when my work doesn’t quite measure up to the […]
Dean of Students Chris Ogle to Retire July 11
Al Sturgeon promoted to position Ripon College has announced that Christophor M. Ogle, vice president and dean of students, will retire after more than 45 years at the institution, with his last day being July 11. He will be succeeded by current Associate Vice President Al Sturgeon. A student and star athlete, Ogle graduated from […]
Mary Unger publishes book on Black women’s role in literature during the 20th century
Mary Unger, associate professor of English and director of women’s, gender and sexuality studies, had her book, “Reading the Renaissance: Black Women’s Literary Reception and Taste in Chicago, 1932-1953,” published by the University of Massachusetts Press. In her book, Unger constructs a reception history of the Black women who read, reviewed, published, promoted, collected and […]
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