Author: Dale Devries
For a successful 50-year musical career, Tim Burr ’61 just sort of showed up
“It just sort of happened,” says Tim Burr ’61 as he describes his reason for coming to Ripon College. The same explanation can be said for Burr’s nearly 50-year musical career. Burr came to Ripon College to study theatre. At the time, the department consisted of one professor and four students. After two years, Burr […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Messitte, former vice president for advancement publish book chapter together
President Zach Messitte and former Vice President for Advancement Wayne Webster co-wrote a chapter for the recently published book Disability and Equity in Higher Education Accessibility. The volume is part of the Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership series published by IGI Global. Their chapter is titled “Tackling the Emerging New Norms in Higher […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Nicole Malli ’15 helps expand knowledge of slave ships wrecked on their way to America
When Nicole Malli ’15 applied for George Washington University’s Anthropology and International Development master’s program, she stood out. Because of her leadership experience and impressive résumé, her soon-to-be professor immediately knew he wanted her to work on his project. The African Slave Wrecks Project, according to its website it is “an international collaboration between the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Eight honored at alumni award dinner
Ripon College honored eight of its alumni at the annual dinner and awards presentation June 23, sponsored by the Alumni Association. Receiving the Distinguished Alumni Citation were Anne Mackenzie of Tallahassee, Florida, a member of the Class of 1972; and Mark J. Porubcansky, a member of the Class of 1977; and receiving the Outstanding Young […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Athletics News, Special Event.
Akash Sen ’16 graduates from dual-degree engineering program
The first recipient of a revived dual-degree program in engineering has graduated. Akash Sen ’16 of Waukegan, Illinois, graduated in May with a B.S. in biomedical engineering and a minor in electrical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. He also will receive a B.A. in physics with a minor in mathematics from Ripon College. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Colucci reflects on Warmbier case in North Korea
In June, an opinion piece by Associate Professor of Politics and Government Lamont Colucci was published on Usnews.com reflecting on the death of Otto Warmbier. Warmbier, a college student, was imprisoned in North Korea last year for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster from his hotel. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor and […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Art Abt ’55: Liberal arts education leads to successful professional life, active volunteering
At the age of 83, Art Abt ’55 still is going strong as a 24-year volunteer at the Chicago Botanic Garden. He has logged more than 12,000 hours volunteering there over the years. He says would not have guessed earlier in his life that he would be dedicating this much time to volunteering, but he […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Nine students, two faculty collaborate on publication about patent
Nine Ripon College students, along with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby and Associate Professor of Chemistry Joseph Scanlon, wrote about a pharmaceutical patent in the Oct. 13, 2016, issue of Tetrahedron, a leading scientific journal highlighting experimental research. The students are: Robert N. Enright ’17, Jeffrey L. “JJ” Grinde ’17, Lincoln I. Wurtz ’17, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty, Research, Student.
New autobiography highlights alumnus’ life among Hollywood stars
After 82 successful years in the entertainment business, David Mirisch ’59 looks back on his life in his recently published autobiography The Man with The Gold Rolex — PR to the Stars. Mirsch has been close to the entertainment business since birth. His father, Irving Mirisch, was one of the Mirisch brothers, owners of The […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Director of student activities facilitator at interfraternity conference
Sharon Jackson, director of student activities and orientation, was a facilitator for one of the 14 sessions at the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI) earlier this month. Only about 250 fraternity and sorority life campus and headquarter professionals from around the world were selected. For 28 years, UIFI has proved an experience for collegiate fraternity and […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Associate professors, recently graduated student publish joint paper
A collaborative paper recently was published by McKenzie Lamb, associate professor of mathematical sciences and chair of the department; Andrea Young, associate professor of mathematical sciences; and Mitchell Eithun ’17 of New London, Wisconsin. “Long-Term vs. Short-Term Strategy in the Game of Monopoly” was published in the Spring 2017 issue of UMAP Journal: the Journal […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Student.
Al Jarreau ’62, Ripon College and Badger Boys State alumnus, to be honored at this year’s gathering
Al Jarreau ’62, who died in February, will be honored at this year’s meeting of Badger Boys State June 10-17 at Ripon College. Ripon College has been the home of Badger Boys State since it began nearly 75 years ago. Each year, approximately 870 young men from every part of Wisconsin participate in Badger Boys […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Rebecca Matzke publishes blog post about World War I
Rebecca Matzke, associate dean for faculty development and associate professor of history, wrote a blog post that was published at “Munitions of the Mind” by the Centre for the History of War, Media and Society at the University of Kent. “Imperialists Like Us: British Pamphlet Propaganda to the USA in the Great War” can be […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Jerry Thompson honored with commemorative brick at Selma, Alabama, museum
The Rev. Jerry Thompson, a former professor of religion and chaplain of Ripon College, has been honored with an engraved brick at the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma, Alabama. The museum is creating a walkway made of bricks engraved with the names of those who played an important part in the civil […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni, Faculty.
Social history of Byzantine law explored in alumnus’ new book
Zachary Chitwood ’06 of Berlin, Germany, has published a book with Cambridge University Press. Byzantine Legal Culture and the Roman Legal Tradition, 867-1056 examines the social history of Byzantine law, offering an introduction to one of the world’s richest yet previously understudied legal traditions. In this first study of its kind, Chitwood explores and reinterprets […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Colucci publishes opinion pierce on counterterrorism
Following the London terror attack this summer, Associate Professor of Politics and Government Lamont Colucci published an opinion piece about the future of counterterrorism. In the USANews.com piece, Colucci argued that the only way to seriously deal with terrorism is to focus on the factors that enable terrorism. In “Time to Take Terrorism Seriously,” Colucci […]
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Alumnus Todd Johnson publishes opinion piece in The Hill
“Trump’s on the hot seat now — can he handle the heat?”, an opinion piece by Todd Johnson ’94 of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was published recently on The Hill online.
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Article addresses collaborative work with Associate Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger
“To the Quarry, Together,” a first-person account by poet C. Kubasta about the collaborative work between her and Ripon College Associate Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger, is featured in the Spring 2017 magazine of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. Kubasta is the author the chapbooks, A Lovely Box and &s, and a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.
Erin Canon ’17 ‘goes for it’ – and wins pageant title
The lights flash on, the music plays, and Erin Canon ’17 glides across the stage in a black evening gown. On Feb. 11, Canon, of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, took home the title of Miss West Allis. Now she is preparing for the Miss Wisconsin Scholarship Pageant, to be held June 17 in Oshkosh. Prepping for pageants […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Student.
Sam Sondalle ’11 publishes preview in molecular biology journal
Samuel B. Sondalle ’11 of New Haven, Connecticut, had a preview of a paper published in Cell, the most prestigious scientific journal in the area of molecular biology. It was co-written with Susan J. Baserga, Sondalle’s adviser at the Yale University School of Medicine. Sondalle credits learning how to critically review a paper in Mark […]
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