Author: Dale Devries
Ripon College names Chris Schumacher new athletic director
Ripon College announces that Christopher Schumacher has been selected as its next athletic director. He will assume his duties June 1. Steve Wammer, associate director of athletics and head softball coach, will serve as the interim athletic director. Current athletic director Ryan Kane has been named athletic director for Carthage College, a role he assumes […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Administration, Athletics News.
Cormac Madigan earns prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Ripon College senior Cormac Madigan of Rosendale, Wisconsin, has been awarded a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. The NCAA awards up to 126 postgraduate scholarships annually. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically. The $10,000 scholarships are awarded three times a year corresponding to each sport season (fall, winter and spring). Twenty-one […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Athletics News, Student.
Exhibit of ceramic sculptures and installations opens with a reception March 31
“Lisa Marie Barber: My Spring Garden,” an exhibit of artwork, will be on view March 31 through May 2 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. An opening reception will be held at 7 p.m. March 31. Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Barber earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology with an […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts.
ROTC cadets participate in Northern Warfare Challenge
Three Ripon College cadets were among a team of five cadets representing the Fox Valley Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Battalion at the Northern Warfare Challenge Feb. 24-25 at Fort McCoy. The Fox Valley Battalion is based at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. They are Nathan Crenshaw ’25 of Bangor, Wisconsin; Jacob Lange ’23 of Vail, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Student.
We celebrate Clarissa Tucker Tracy, ‘Mother of Ripon College’
As International Women’s Day is celebrated today, we honor Clarissa Tucker Tracy, a botanist and the first female professor at Ripon College. Her scholarship and mentoring influence led to her being affectionately called “the mother of Ripon College.” Tracy was born Nov. 12, 1818, in Jackson, Pennsylvania. By the age of 14, she had started […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Uncategorized.
‘Politics of Resentment’ program rescheduled for April 20 at Ripon College
“The Politics of Resentment: Seven Years Later,” a discussion with University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Katherine Cramer, has been rescheduled at Ripon College. It will be presented at 4:30 p.m. April 20, in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the campus. It is presented by the Center for Politics and the People and will […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Political Publications, Special Event.
Rafael Francisco Salas included in Milwaukee exhibit featuring two Latinx artists
“Cruces/Crossroads,” a two-person exhibition featuring Ripon College Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas and Chicago artist Herman Aguirre Martinez, will be on view March 25 through May 13 at Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art, 207 E. Buffalo St., Milwaukee. A reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 24, with both […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Ripon receives $150,000 NEH grant to strengthen humanities throughout the region
A project to strengthen the humanities at Ripon College through regional collaboration has received a $150,000 Humanities Initiatives for Colleges and Universities grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grant will fund a three-year effort to reimagine humanistic study for the 21st century and support a plan to bolster humanities education by connecting […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Guy McHendry ’06 receives two major recognitions from Creighton University
George “Guy” McHendry ’06 of Omaha, Nebraska, associate professor of communication studies at Creighton University, received two major recognitions from his school in January. He received the Creighton University College of Arts and Sciences 2023 Dean’s Award for Tenure Track Teaching. This award is one of the highest honors the college bestows and is awarded […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Robert Wallace cites multiple recent professional activities
Robert L. “Bob” Wallace, Ph.D., professor emeritus of biology and the Patricia and Philip McCullough 1969 Professor in Biology emeritus, has been active in research and scholarly publications since his retirement in 2019. “Dr. Bob” has dedicated most of his career to the study of rotifers, microscopic, cylindrical animals about the size of the dot […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Research.
Rafael Francisco Salas publishes review about ground-breaking exhibit in Milwaukee
An article by Rafael Francisco Salas, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, was published Jan. 31 by Urban Milwaukee magazine. “Powerful Art By Prison Inmates” is about the ground-breaking exhibit “Art Against the Odds,” on view through March 11 at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. The […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Film documenting gains toward eliminating child labor will be shown March 3
A screening of the documentary “Butterfly, Butterfly,” with director Len Morris, will be held at 1:05 p.m. Friday, March 3, in Bear Auditorium, Farr Hall of Science, on the Ripon College campus. The event is free and open to the public. The sponsors are the Center for Politics and the People and Freeland, a frontline […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Political Publications, Social Responsibility, Special Event.
Discussion on legalizing marijuana to be held March 2
“Marijuana: Legalize It or Criticize It?” will be held March 2 at Ripon College. The panel presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the Ripon College campus. The talk is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People. The talk […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Political Publications.
Megan Gannon publishes poem in Alaska Quarterly Review
A poem by Associate Professor of English Megan Gannon is included in the Winter & Spring 2023 issue of Alaska Quarterly Review. It is titled “Dispatch from the Events Leading Up to the End.”
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Robin Forbes-Lorman publishes paper about science education
A paper co-written by Assistant Professor of Biology Robin Forbes-Lorman was published in the November/December 2022 issue of the Journal of College Science Teaching. The journal is published by the National Science Teaching Association. In the paper “Interactive, Physical Course Materials as Formative Assessment Opportunities to Improve Student Learning of Molecular Structure-Function Relationships,” the authors […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Research.
Ronell Bradbeer Anderson ’59 celebrates Valentine’s Day all year
Ronell Bradbeer Anderson ’59 of Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, likes valentines, particularly antique ones of bygone eras. She now has more than 500, which she organizes, photographs and displays on various websites, including Facebook and through the National Valentine Collectors Association. “I’ve always liked valentines,” she says. “They were a big part of my life in […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon College choirs to present joint concert Sunday
The three Ripon College choral ensembles will present a combined concert Sunday, Feb 19. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. It is free and open to the public. The conductors are Assistant Professor of Music Paul Thompson and Adjunct Instructor of Music Abby Schmidt. Adjunct Instructor of […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Music Performance.
John Harden quoted in article examining narcissists in 2022
John Harden, assistant professor of politics and government, was interviewed and quoted extensively in an end-of-the-year article by Joanna Weiss for Politico. In the opinion piece “2022 Is the Year We All Finally Got Tired of Narcissists,” Weiss examines how “narcissists had their moment in the sun. But in 2022, some of them got their […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Political Publications.
‘Politics of Resentment’ discussion at Ripon College canceled for today
Because of the inclement weather, the presentation of “The Politics of Resentment: Seven Years Later,” a discussion with University of Wisconsin-Madison political science professor Katherine Cramer, scheduled today at Ripon College, has been postponed. The Center for Politics and the People will reschedule the event.
Posted by Dale Devries in Special Event.
Poet and novelist DeMisty Bellinger will read from her work Feb. 15
DeMisty Bellinger, author of the poetry collections Peculiar Heritage and Rubbing Elbows and the novel New to Liberty, will read from her work Wednesday, Feb. 15. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the MLK Lounge, Harwood Memorial Union, on the campus. It is free and open to the public. Books will be available […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.