Author: Dale Devries
Ripon College Hosts WPSA/WSA Conference
Ripon College is hosting the joint annual meeting of the Wisconsin Sociological Association and the Wisconsin Political Science Association on October 11, 2013. This year’s conference is focused on the theme: “The Global Financial Crisis and its Social, Cultural, and Political Consequences.” The organizations selected the theme because it, “reflects the many fiscal challenges that […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Steinway Dedication Recital
Ripon College’s new Steinway concert grand piano will be officially dedicated during a recital Friday, Oct. 4. The recital will begin at 8 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The piano arrived last spring after it was purchased with a gift from the estate of Frank Brewster ’65. The guest […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts.
Willoughby Article in Nature
Patrick Willoughby, Ripon College Assistant Professor of Chemistry, was part of a group of researchers from the University of Minnesota who published an article in the most recent edition of Nature. The article, “Alkane desaturation by concerted double hydrogen atom transfer to benzyne” reports on “… a desaturation reaction of simple, unactivated alkanes that is […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Lane Library Expands E-Book Offerings
Lane Library officially announced the expansion of their eBook offerings for Ripon College students, faculty, and staff. Thanks to a new subscription to EBSCO Academic, the library’s eBook offerings rose from 3,000 volumes to over 120,000. The new subscription was made possible, in part, through a gift from the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund. Amy Rachuba, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Student.
Ripon College receives grant to fund internships
The Center for Social Responsibility at Ripon College has received a Career Ready Internship Initiative grant of up to $135,125 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 […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Social Responsibility, Student.
Ripon College and St. Norbert Presidents Reflect on Scholar Athletes
Last weekend, Ripon College President Zach Messitte and St. Norbert College President Thomas Kunkel collaborated on an opinion piece for the Wisconsin State Journal: “True student athletes are in Division III.” Written in advance of the Ripon College football game at St. Norbert, the two presidents express pride in the sportsmanlike rivalry of their two […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Athletics News.
Oblinger’s Work Exhibited in Indiana
Mollie Oblinger, assistant professor in the Ripon College department of art and art history, as well as director of the College’s Caestecker Gallery had her work added in June to “Sightlines” a collaborative exhibition between the Century Center and the South Bend Museum of Art featuring large artworks created by selected artists from the region. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Ripon College helps kick off 2013 Ripon Area United Way campaign
The 2013 Ripon Area United Way campaign was launched at an opening reception hosted at the home of Ripon College President Zach Messitte and his wife Julia. Every year, the United Way selects a pacesetter organization, and this year Ripon College will fill that role. As a pacesetter, the College community’s goal is to raise […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Student.
Scanlon Publishes Article in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Joe Scanlon, assistant professor of chemistry at Ripon College, published an article in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics with his collaborator, Dr. Stefan Huber of the Technische Universität München in Germany. Their article, “On the Directionality of Halogen Bonding,” investigated the origin of the high directionality of halogen bonding quantum chemically through a detailed comparison of […]
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Wallace Publishes Articles
Bob Wallace, Ripon College Professor of Biology, has published numerous articles and reviews over the past few months. Wallace reviewed The biology of freshwater wetlands (2nd edition) by Arnoud van der Valk in the January 2013 issue of Choice. He also co-authored two pieces with Dr. Sarma Subrahmanya Singaraju Sri of the National Autonomous University […]
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Margaretten Documents Struggles of Tanzanian Women in South Africa
Molly Margaretten, Ripon College Assistant Professor of Anthropology, wrote an article that recently appeared in a South African weekly newspaper, the Mail & Guardian. The article was published in short form as “Making hairdo: Paucity and proverbs in Durban” in the Mail & Guardian newspaper and in its entirety as “I Get Money, Now I […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Broman ’76 to Present on Rabies Vaccine
Dr. Thomas H. Broman, Ripon College class of 1976, will present “Pasteur’s Rabies Vaccine: Medicine’s Watershed Moment” from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, in Bear Auditorium, Farr Hall, on the Ripon College campus. Refreshments will precede the talk at 2:15 p.m. Dr. Broman, a Professor in the History of Science Department at the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Special Event.
Young Published in Journal of Lie Theory
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Andrea Young recently had two articles published. “Ricci Yang-Mills Solitons on Nilpotent Lie Groups,” co-authored with Mike Jablonski, was published in the 2013 edition of the Journal of Lie Theory. According to Young, the article dealt with “special metrics (Ricci Yang-Mills solitons) on certain mathematical objects (nilpotent Lie […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Unger Named Managing Editor of Legacy
Mary Unger, Ripon College Assistant Professor of English, has been named the Managing Editor of Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers. Legacy is published by the University of Nebraska Press and according to its website is the “only scholarly journal to focus specifically on American women’s writings from the 17th through early 20th century.” […]
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Katz Presents in Chicago
Associate Professor of Education Suzanne Katz presented a paper at the Free Minds Free People Conference in July in Chicago: “Creating Allies: Youth Theatre and Intercultural Dialogue.” This presentation looked at how the arts can be utilized to help students, aged 11-14, cross cultural divides and build artistic collaboration and lasting friendships. In addition, the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Byron, Former Students Author Article
Colleen Byron, Professor of Chemistry at Ripon College, was part of a team that published “Secondary Coenzyme Q10 Deficiency and Oxidative Stress in Cultured Fibroblasts from Patients with Riboflavin Responsive Multiple Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenation Deficiency” in the May 31, 2013 edition of Human Molecular Genetics. She collaborated on the work with the late F.E. Frerman of […]
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Alumni Spotlight – Fall 2013 Alumni Board
New Members As the Alumni Board of Directors prepares for its fall meeting during homecoming weekend, we thought it would be appropriate to highlight the newest additions to the alumni board. Elected in March at the spring meeting, the new alumni members will serve three-year terms. If you would like to nominate someone to serve […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Student.
Life After Ripon – Jessie Lillis ’13
Chapter 2: An Exciting Summer [Editor’s Note: Jessie Lillis ’13, Elizabeth Brown ’13, Kyle Ruedinger ’13, and Amy Browender ’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!] I’ve always heard that time starts to move faster as you […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Life After Ripon – Elizabeth Brown ’13
Chapter 2: Settling in at Grad School [Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Brown ’13, Jessie Lillis ’13, Kyle Ruedinger ’13, and Amy Browender ’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!] Going to graduate school is just like going back […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Rofer ’63 Weighs in on Destroying Chemical Weapons in Syria
Cheryl Rofer ’63 has been consulted by numerous news outlets in the past week as the United States weighs military action in Syria. Rofer worked at the Los Alamos national laboratory for 35 years where, amongst other things, she supervised a team developing supercritical water oxidation for destruction of hazardous wastes, including chemical warfare agents. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.