Author: Dale Devries
Join Ripon College for a public solar eclipse event Aug. 21
The Department of Physics will host a solar eclipse viewing event Aug. 21. The event is open to the public. Tables will be set up outside of S.N. Pickard Commons from noon to 2 p.m. Eclipse viewers will be available for use, and there will be a number of related activities. The partial eclipse (about […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Special Event.
Film about Al Jarreau available for viewing
“Al Jarreau: Coming Home,” a video about the late multi-Grammy Award winner and 1962 Ripon College alumnus, can be viewed on the Wisconsin Public Television website. In addition to being able to stream the documentary online, it will air this Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017, at 9:30 p.m. on Wisconsin Public Television. Additional viewing times can […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Alumnus founds website promoting science in keeping United States strong
“I’d argue that the key to keeping the U.S. strong is keeping science strong,” says Jeremy Johnson ’12 of State College, Pennsylvania. He is the creator of ScienceNation.us, a website that promotes research, political change and awareness. “We should be a global leader in renewable energy sources, we should continue our incredible medical advances, and […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Rafael Francisco Salas publishes review of current art exhibit
“ ‘Taking Sides’ a timely exhibit of art as a tool for activism” is a review of an art exhibit written by Rafael Francisco Salas, associate professor of art. The review was published Aug. 3 by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art compiled the collection of works that addressed the role […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Katie Astrauskas to be inducted into St. Norbert Athletics Hall of Fame
Katie Carrier Astrauskas will be inducted into the St. Norbert College Athletics Hall of Fame in October. She was a 2002 graduate of St. Norbert in De Pere, Wisconsin, and a four-year letter winner in women’s volleyball. She is in her eighth season as head coach of the Ripon College volleyball team and ranks third […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Athletics News, Faculty.
Students continue to conduct research in Kovack-Lesh’s Infant Cognition Lab
Since 2008, Associate Professor of Psychology Kristine Kovack-Lesh has been conducting research alongside students in her Infant Cognition Lab. Located in the basement of Todd Wehr Hall, the Infant Cognition Lab focuses on the mental development stages of infants and young children. Every year, students interested in psychology get involved by running tests and conducting […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Research, Student.
Andrew Limouris ’94 wins Entrepreneur of the Year honor
Andrew Limouris ’94 of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, president and CEO of Medix, received the award for the 2017 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Midwest in June. Medix is an international organization dedicated to workforce solutions and recruiting employees for the science, healthcare and IT industries. Limouris had always dreamed of starting […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Three students present at national mathematics conference
Three Ripon College students presented talks at Mathfest, a national mathematics conference held in Chicago in July. Mathfest is the annual conference of the Mathematical Association of America. Ngan Tran ’17 of Pleiku City, Vietnam, presented “An Analysis of Quantitative Methods to Detect Gerrymandering” in one of the Pi Mu Epsilon Math Honors Society sessions. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Research, Student.
Have you heard? Maggie Hall ’08 uses sound to enhance theatre performances
Maggie Hall ’08 of Indianapolis, Indiana, fell in love with sound when she heard a special scream. “My parents took my brother and I to see a show called ‘The Woman in Black.’ It’s basically a ghost story,” Hall says. “My brother and I were young, 10 and 8, or thereabout. There is a moment […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts.
Christine Anhalt-Depies ’09 featured in USA Today article
Christine Anhalt-Depies ’09 of Madison, Wisconsin, a graduate student in conservation biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was spotlighted in a recent article in USA Today. The article highlights the Snapshot Wisconsin Project, which is led completely by community volunteers who help set up trail cameras, take photos and document wildlife in the region. “It’s […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Sustainability.
Ripon College featured as a ‘best college’ by The Princeton Review
Ripon College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company’s 2018 edition of “The Best 382 Colleges” was released today. Only about 15 percent of the country’s 2,500 four-year colleges and two colleges outside the United States are profiled, with detailed profiles and rating […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Rankings.
Summer research helps Taryn Bosquez ’19 gain valuable research skills
While she was taking the genetics course of Professor of Biology Mark Kainz, Taryn Bosquez ’19 stood out. “I chose her because she was a very engaged and a successful student in my genetics class, and she seemed to be very interested in molecular genetics,” Kainz says. This summer, Kainz selected Bosquez to assist him […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Research, Student.
New kind of publishing nets alumna contract for six novels
Ellie Byler ’12 has loved writing and storytelling all her life. Now, she is writing stories for struggling readers, to help expand their interest in an art to which she is devoted. Byler, who writes under the penname Raelyn Drake, has three novels coming out in fall 2017, the first half of her six-part series […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Liberal arts versatility led to new career as museum curator
As a museum curator, currently at the National Museum of the American Sailor, Lynne Phillips ’98 has taken full advantage of the knowledge she gained from her liberal arts education at Ripon College. Phillips majored in biology and French at Ripon because she always felt a natural draw to the natural sciences and history. However, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Professor of Biology Bob Wallace publishes article with 22 scientists from around the world
“It was controlled chaos,” says Dr. Robert Wallace, professor of biology, about the decision to publish one paper with 22 scientists from 13 different countries. “Fifteen species in one: deciphering the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera, Monogononta) through DNA taxonomy” establishes a protocol for other scientists wishing to study the species barriers in rotifers. It […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Research.
Alumna’s work on view at Monroe Arts Center
An exhibit of work by Kay Gebhardt Kittell ’54 is on view at the Monroe Arts Center, 1315 11th St., Monroe, Wisconsin. “A Life With Paint” runs through Aug. 11. Kittell’s son, Matt, is a member of the Class of 1988. Kittell died in 2011. She formerly lived north of Waupun, Wisconsin. At Ripon College, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Fine Arts.
Retired social worker keeps active with yoga classes, traveling the world
Carrol Maynard Falberg ’48 discovered a passion for social work while she was a student at Ripon College, and that passion has carried her through an active lifetime of work, tring. At the age of 91, she continues to teach yoga classes, serve on multiple volunteer committees through her church and travel with her family. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Opinion piece critisizes Obama’s role in Paris Accord
An opinion piece co-written by Associate Professor of Politics and Government Lamont Colucci was published on July 18 on The Washington Times website. This editorial, co-written by former CIA director R. James Woolsey, criticized former President Barack Obama and his actions with the Paris Accord. “Subverting the role of the treaty in American diplomacy” goes […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Patrick Willoughby awarded $70,000 research grant
A $70,000 grant award has been approved for Assistant Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby. The American Chemical Society will present the grant to further Willoughby’s current research to develop new methods for the synthesis of organic molecules.
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Research.
Jack Ankerson ’64 lends his voice to sports announcing
A feature story about alumnus Jack Ankerson ’64 of Norfolk, Virginia, “Once a pro hoops executive, Jack Ankerson has become the ‘Voice of Hampton Roads Sports,’ “ was published by The Virginian-Pilot online, July 8. Ankerson majored in history at Ripon College and is a Ripon Athletics Hall of Famer. For years, he has been […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.