Author: Dale Devries
Alumni Profile: Joe Truesdale ’07
Self-designed major takes Truesdale ’07 into digital marketing Digital marketing is the focus of Joe Truesdale ’07 of Oshkosh, Wis. He graduated from Ripon College with a self-designed major in mass media management. “The major primarily consisted of courses in business, communication and independent studies with a focus on broadcasting,” he says. As the digital […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Exploration Through Internships: Habitat for Humanity
The Center for Social Responsibility at Ripon College has received a Career Ready Internship Initiative grant through Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation. With this grant, the College is placing juniors and seniors with demonstrated financial need into 60 paid internships at not-for-profit organizations, businesses, governmental offices and at Ripon College itself. In this short […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Social Responsibility.
Student Successfully Lobbies for Composting Change
Thanks in large part to the efforts of the Sodexo sustainability intern at Ripon College Kaitlyn Welzen ’15, and a number of Ripon College faculty and staff members, Ripon College will soon be able to compost a significant percentage of its solid waste, something previously prohibited by city ordinance. After researching the obstacles to composting […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Student, Sustainability.
Barbara Laskin ’61 and Canine Pals Love Serving Children
Barbara Laskin ’61 of San Jose, Calif., has had a widely varied career, including 10 years as a reports officer with the State Department in the Middle East; a buyer for Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.; 13 years as the executive director of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; and her current position as a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Kyle Ruedinger ’13
Chapter 3: Crunch Time and the Holidays [Editor’s Note: Kyle Ruedinger ’13, Amy Browender ’13, Elizabeth Brown ’13, and Jessie Lillis ’13 are writing alternating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] At this point in the semester, two words accurately […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Amy Browender ’13
Chapter 3: Creating Positive Change [Editor’s Note: Amy Browender ’13, Kyle Ruedinger ’13, Elizabeth Brown ’13, and Jessie Lillis ’13 are writing alternating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] There have been innumerous surprises, challenges, and small victories in the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Theatre Students Honored
A scene from Ripon College’s fall production of “The Liar,” by David Ives, has been selected to perform at the Regional Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan in January. The actors in the scene are Stephen Umhoefer ’15 of Green Bay, Wis.; Jerry Kurek ’14 of Whitefish Bay, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts.
Student artists present work Tuesday
At 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, three of the senior majors in the Department of Art and Art History will present research to the campus community. The talks will be in Rodman 147, and feature Brian Kollatz, Amanda Mueller and Jeremy Brouwer. Among the talks will be “Emptier than a Plastic Bag: An Elephant on […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Special Event, Student.
Ensembles present Holiday Concert Dec. 15
The Ripon College Orchestra, Choral Union, Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble will present a combined Holiday Concert Sunday, Dec. 15. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the Ripon College campus. Admission is free and open to the public. The Orchestra and Choral […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts.
Career and Internship Fair Coming
Ripon College students will have the chance to network with over 115 regional and national employers from various industries including business, communication, engineering, health sciences, computer sciences, government, the arts and non-profits during the WorkForce Career & Internship Fair sponsored by the Wisconsin Private Colleges Career Consortium. The event will be held on Tuesday, February […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Seasonal Lessons & Carols concert Dec. 13
A service of Lessons & Carols will be presented by the Ripon College Collegium Musicum, directed by Professor of Music Sarah Mahler Kraaz, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. This service, traditionally performed by English cathedral choirs during the season of Advent, will consist of readings […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts.
Reed, Sopcak Present at MMLA
Timothy Reed, associate professor of Spanish at Ripon College, and Lorna Sopcak, associate professor of German and chair of the department, recently presented at the Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA) Annual Conference in Milwaukee on November 7-8. Reed presented “Specters of Humanism in Buero Vallejo’s Las Meninas and El sueño de la razón,” and co-chaired […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Ripon College ensembles perform works by Mozart, Faure
The Ripon College Orchestra, under the direction of Professor Kyle Szabo, will perform at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts on the Ripon College campus. The performance is free and open to the public. The orchestra will perform Mozart’s Symphony No. 38,”Prague” and Gabriel Faure’s “Requiem” […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts.
Colucci Addresses 30th Anniversary of Able Archer 83
Lamont Colucci, associate professor of politics at Ripon College, has an opinion piece on the website of U.S. News & World Report. “Failing to Plan for War Causes More War” addresses the 30th anniversary of the “Able Archer 83” exercise, a NATO exercise that determined NATO forces, even if they employed chemical weapons, would fail […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Ripon Ethics Bowl Team Heading to Nationals, Again
Ripon College won the Upper Midwest Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl competition at the Illinois Institute of Technology on Saturday, November 23, 2013. This secures for them a spot at the National Ethics Bowl to be held Feb. 26-28 at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla. The undefeated championship team consists of SOPHIA KAOUNAS ’14 of Brookings, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Social Responsibility, Student.
Jazz Ensemble to Perform
The Ripon College Jazz Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts on the Ripon College campus. Kurt Dietrich Professor of Music and Barbara Baldwin DeFrees Chair in the Performing Arts, will be directing. The concert is free and open to the public. The […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts.
McNair Scholar Studies Childhood Obesity
The effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on childhood obesity is the focus of research recently undertaken by Max Roy ’14 of Fredonia, Wis. The exercise science major participates in Ripon College’s Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, which helps prepare first-generation, low-income and racially underrepresented students for graduate school and the attainment of doctorate degrees. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in McNair, Student.
Alum to be Honored at White House
Brian Walsh ’97 of Port Angeles, Wash., will be honored as a Champion of Change at the White House on Nov. 21, 2013. The Champion of Change program honors Americans “doing extraordinary things in their communities to out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world.” Walsh is one of 10 professionals being honored for […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Mr. Ripon Pageant Enters Seventh Year in Support of Huntington’s Disease
For the seventh year in a row, the Applied Communication class at Ripon College is putting on an extravagant “man pageant” in support of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA). The 2013 Mr. Ripon pageant will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in Great Hall. Over the past seven years, the Mr. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Student.
Lamb Receives AIBL Grant
McKenzie Lamb, Ripon College Assistant Professor of Mathematics, received a grant from the Academy of Inquiry Based Learning (AIBL) to create a set of Inquiry Based Learning course notes for his course: “Mathematical Thinking and Writing.” Inquiry Based Learning is described by the AIBL as a “student-centered method of teaching Mathematics.” It engages students in […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.