Author: Dale Devries
Community-based health care expert speaks at Ripon College Sept. 29
Community-based health care systems in Cuba and Central America will be addressed Sept. 29 at Ripon College by honored doctor and international speaker Dr. Luther Castillo Harry. The talk, co-sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, will be presented from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Special Event.
Professor of Religion Brian Smith quoted in article about pope’s visit to the United States
Remarks by Professor of Religion Brian Smith were included in an article by Gannett News Services about the visit to the United States of Pope Francis. Read it here.
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Music educator will speak Friday about lifelong involvement in music
Dr. Tim Schaid, executive director of Wisconsin School Music Association, Wisconsin Music Educators Association and Wisconsin Foundation for School Music since July 2012, will speak at 2:15 p.m. Friday in Choir Room 156, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend and learn about lifelong involvement in music. Schaid holds a bachelor […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.
‘Forging Positive Writer/Editor Relationships’ presented Thursday
Join us for a Skype chat with Adam O’Connor Rodriguez, senior editor at Hawthorne Books and adjunct professor in the Master’s of Book Publishing program at Portland State University. His fiction, poetry and interviews appear widely. A graduate of Eastern Washington University’s MFA in Creative Writing program, he has served in editorial leadership roles for […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Special Event.
Obama used strong-arm tactics to force foreign policy
Lamont Colucci, associate professor and chair of the politics and government department, recently published an opinion piece on USNews.com, criticizing President Obama’s recent diplomatic strong-arming. He cites an incident from 1797 in which President John Adams sent three American envoys to France in an attempt to forestall war between the United States and its Revolutionary […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Love, deceit, jealousy in Ripon College comic play ‘Private Eyes’
Steven Dietz’s play “Private Eyes,” a comic mystery of passion, deceit and jealousy, will open the Ripon College Theatre Department’s 2015-16 season Sept. 30 through Oct. 3. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the College’s campus. Tickets are free, but reservations are recommended by calling […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event, Student.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra makes free appearance at Ripon College Sept. 27
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra returns to Ripon College Sunday, Sept. 27, for its 43rd annual appearance on campus. Presented each year as part of the College’s Caestecker Fine Arts Series, admission to this year’s performance will be free as a thank-you to the greater Ripon community for its continued support of the College’s musical programming. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.
All the world’s a stage for Amanda Finn ’14
“I’ve loved acting since I was young,” says Amanda Finn ’14 of Madison, Wisconsin. “It was my first love.” At Ripon, Finn majored in theatre, English and film/media studies. As a sophomore, she was encouraged by Professor of Theatre Bob Amsden to participate in the O’Neill Critics Institute within the Kennedy Center American College Theatre […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts.
Summer math research benefits both student and teacher
When planning for her summer activities, Kathryn Bruhns ’16 of Oak Park, Illinois, hoped to do research at a different college. She approached Andrea Young, assistant professor of mathematical sciences and chair of the department, for a letter of recommendation. When Bruhns found out she did not get into the program she had applied for, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Research, Student.
Life After Ripon – Madeline Poullette ’15
Chapter 1: Shifting Focus [Editor’s Note: Raymond Allen ’15, Karena Schroeder ’15, and Madeline Poullette ’15 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!] I still can’t believe that graduation was over three months ago. I should be back […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Life At Ripon – Jacob Sahr ’16
Chapter 1: A Change of Pace for Senior Year [Editor’s Note: Chuchen Tan ’16, Sara Driebel ’16, and Jacob Sahr ’16 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!] Senior year is finally here! The past three years, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Ripon College Receives $3.1 Million Estate for Faculty Professorship and More
Ripon College announced that it received a $3,187,515 from the estate of Patricia Parker Francis, a longtime friend and supporter of the College. “The Francis family loved Ripon College and Green Lake and cared deeply about our campus community throughout their lives,” said Ripon College President Zach Messitte. “The gift will benefit our faculty, staff, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Uncategorized.
Policy analyst Dinesh D’Souza at Ripon College Sept. 23
A former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, Dinesh D’Souza will speak at Ripon College on Sept. 23. His talk, “America: Imagine a World Without Her,” will be presented from 4-6 p.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union, on the campus. Admission is free and open to the public. D’Souza has had a 25-year […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Special Event, Student.
Theatre graduate Jesse Rye ’02 will speak at Ripon Tuesday
Jesse Rye ’02, co-executive director of Food Systems Enterprise at Farm Fresh Rhode Island, will present an Alumni Master Chat Tuesday, Sept. 15. The talk will begin at 11:15 a.m. in the Kresge Little Theatre of East Hall. Rye’s organization is committed to growing a local food system that values the environment, health and quality […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Special Event.
Center for Diversity and Inclusion officially launches Sept. 11
The grand opening for Ripon College’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in the lower level of Bartlett Hall. “Students, staff and administration have teamed together to make sure the new center is a safe space where students will find community building and congregation […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Special Event.
Newly established fund helps student doing summer research
While they were students at Ripon College, both Mark Franzen ’83 and Janice Heinz Franzen ’83 conducted research and found the experience to be positive. “We think research can be an important part of a liberal arts education,” Mark Franzen says. “Janice and I both had wonderful relationships with our professors when we were at […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Research, Student.
Many connections allow Christine Nguyen ’17 to gain career experience
Christine Nguyen ’17 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is using family, Ripon College and McNair Scholar connections to advance her career. “Coming from a low-income, underrepresented background, I entered Ripon College as a first-generation college student oblivious of my qualifications for becoming a McNair Scholar,” she says. But she soon was introduced to the College’s Student Support […]
Posted by Dale Devries in McNair, Research, Student.
Japanese alumnus recalls his determined journey to take his place as a Ripon College student
I arrived in Chicago at the end of July of 1957, to get ready to be enrolled at Ripon College. It was very strict, according to the foreign currency exchange regulations in Japan, to exchange yen to dollar at the time, and so I had only $26 with me when I left Japan. My father […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
These far-left candidates lack a foreign policy
Lamont Colucci, associate professor and chair of the politics and government department, recently published an opinion piece for U.S. News & World Report about his perspective as interest in the coming election rises. “Each time the United States and the United Kingdom have a general election, the far-left candidates delineate themselves by their domestic socialist, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Photojournalist Scott Strazzante ’86 to showcase work at Ripon College
Scott Strazzante, a 1986 graduate of Ripon College, will have his work on display Sept. 11 to Oct. 11 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the college campus. Strazzante is a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and previously worked for the Chicago Tribune and other news sources. His book Common […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts.