Author: Dale Devries
Mollie Oblinger to unveil new art installation May 25 in Milwaukee
A public art project by Mollie Oblinger, associate professor of art, will be unveiled May 25 along a newly created section of the Kinnickinnic River Trail in Milwaukee. An article about the project was published May 15 on the Urban Milwaukee website. Oblinger will attend the noon unveiling which will be held in conjunction with […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Lisa Mahnke ’92 takes on new role at Bicycle Therapeutics
Lisa Mahnke ’92 of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, was profiled in a release on the Associated Press Business Wire May 9, 2019. Mahnke has joined Bicycle Therapeutics as senior vice president and head of clinical. Bicycle Therapeutics is a biotechnology company pioneering a new class of therapeutics based on its proprietary bicyclic peptide product platform. Mahnke […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Ripon College helps recognize state teachers, including A.J. Zayia ’15
Ripon College and the Wisconsin Association of Colleges for Teacher Education recently honored outstanding educators in the state. Anthony “A.J.” Zayia graduated from Ripon College in 2015. He majored in exercise science and minored in health. He is a physical education teacher at Northland Pines Middle and High School in Eagle River. Michael Schmitt is […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Alumni.
Ripon College presents awards to faculty, students
Faculty, staff and students of Ripon College were honored at the College’s annual Awards Convocation. Faculty honorees were: Faculty/Staff Mentor Award: Mary I. Unger, associate professor of English Senior Class Award: Mark S. Kainz, professor of biology and Catalyst curriculum director May Bumby Severy, Class of 1908, Award: John G. Dalziel, associate professor of theatre, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Student.
Ripon College joins CLC’s Guaranteed Transfer Admission program
Ripon College and College of Lake County, a community college in Grayslake, Illinois, have approved a Guaranteed Transfer Admission agreement for students who want to complete a bachelor’s degree. This cooperative relationship will facilitate the transfer process from the community college to Ripon College. To guarantee admission to Ripon College, applicants must meet certain requirements, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Admission.
Steven Miller publishes creative non-fiction piece
Steven Miller, visiting professor of philosophy, has a short Mother’s Day essay published in the online magazine Guernica. It is his first published piece of creative non-fiction. “Squirrel King” can be read here. Miller is a 2007 graduate of Ripon College.
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Brice Swick ’20 featured in television profile
Brice Swick ’20 of Kimberly, Wisconsin, a pitcher on the Red Hawks’ baseball team, was featured in a news story and online by Fox11 WLUK-TV Tuesday, May 7. The story “Ripon College’s Brice Swick beats the odds after devastating crash in 2017” details a car crash Swick went through, its aftermath, and his fight to […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Athletics News, Student.
Rebecca Matzke featured in new documentary film
Rebecca Matzke, professor of history and dean for faculty development, will be featured in a Wisconsin National Guard documentary that premieres May 14. “Dawn of the Red Arrow” is about the beginnings of the 32nd Red Arrow Division in Wisconsin during World War I. Matzke is one of the historians interviewed in the film. Matzke […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Doug Cole ’86 to be nominated by President Trump for court position
A release published on whitehouse.gov on May 3, and carried by several media outlets around the country, highlighted Doug Cole ’86 of Upper Arlington, Ohio. President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to nominate Cole to serve as judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Cole is a partner at […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Julia Meyers-Manor quoted in story about dog-wolf study
Julia Meyers-Manor, assistant professor of psychology, was quoted as a dog behavior expert in a PBS NOVA story about a researcher’s study with dogs and wolves. Meyers-Manor was not involved in the study. “Wolves Boop Their Snoots to Touch Screens to Feed Their Friends. Dogs? Not So Much” was published May 1, 2019, on the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Wind, jazz ensembles to perform Pops Concert Wednesday
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble will perform their annual Pops Concert Wednesday, May 8. The concert will begin at 5 p.m. Because of the forecasted rain, the performance will be in S.N. Pickard Commons. Each group will play lighter works they have performed during the course of the year, with a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Music Performance.
Lamont Colucci publishes opinion piece on Newsmax
“Americans Need to Overcome Complacency About National Security,” an opinion piece by Lamont Colucci, associate professor of politics and government, was published March 29, 2019, on Newsmax. Colucci describes what he sees as complacency in regard to national security in the last few generations of United States citizens, and suggests people of the United States […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Political Publications.
#OneDayRally hauls in more than $1M for Ripon Fund in 18 hours, 51 mins
Ripon College’s second annual #OneDayRally giving day was a success by all accounts. With more than eight hours remaining on Wednesday, May 1, the online campaign reached $940,817 and 100 percent of its initial goal for donor participation. As #OneDayRally came to a close after 18 hours and 51 minutes, a record $1,085,314 was raised […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Rocket team takes part in statewide competition
The Ripon College rocket team participated in The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Collegiate Rocket Launch competition Sunday, April 28, at the Richard Bong State Recreation Area in Kenosha County. The team was one of 11 from Wisconsin to participate. The article “Day after snowstorm, rockets take to the sky” was featured April 28, 2019, in […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Student.
Power of Pollinators family event will be held Saturday
Power of Pollinators, a free, family-friendly community day of discovery, will be held all day Saturday, May 4. Organized collaboratively by Ripon College Sustainability and the Ripon Public Library, activities will be held on the Ceresco Prairie Conservancy, in the library and in The Heist in the Treasury building during its opening weekend. Events include […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Sustainability.
Messitte publishes opinion piece on Italy’s fascist past
An opinion piece by President Zach Messitte was published Monday, April 29, in The Washington Post. In “As nationalism surges, Italy must reckon with its fascist past: Italians celebrate their resistance to fascism, but have yet to fully understand their support for it,” Messitte writes: “As nationalism resurges around the world, and in Italy, Il […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Political Publications.
Orchestra, choral musicians will perform Sunday
The Ripon College Orchestra, Chamber Singers and Choral Union will join together to present a collaborative concert Sunday, May 5. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Orchestra is conducted by Dylan Chmura-Moore, adjunct professor of music. Chamber Singers and Choral Union are conducted by […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Music Performance, Student.
Senior art students exhibit work starting Friday
An exhibit of work by senior art majors will be on view May 3-19 in the lobby C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Seniors Rebecca “Becky” Bajt of Mazon, Illinois; Ellen Frost of Appleton, Wisconsin; Madeline “Maddie: Hantzsch of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin; Khun Maung if Yangon, Myanmar; and Amelia “Emmi” Nievinski of Eland, Wisconsin; will present […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Student.
Discipline leads alumni from professional careers to art of taekwondo
After training in and teaching taekwondo for more than 30 years, Mark Henkel ’70 and Hilde Bormann Henkel ’73 of Rudolph, Wisconsin, now run Stevens Taekwondo Academy at the Stevens Point YMCA. The couple both came to Ripon College as National Merit Scholars. They both had had family members attend Ripon, and the small-town setting […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Professor emeritus of art Gene Kain to show work
Gene Kain, professor emeritus of art, will show recent work in “Painted Steel Wall Reliefs” at Bare Knuckle Arts, 1949 Winnebago St., Madison. The exhibit will open from 5-9 p.m. Friday, May 3. The gallery is run by Amy Mietzel ’91, also a practicing artist. (Recent work by Gene Kain)
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.