Author: Dale Devries


Cultural Diversity Club’s free International Dinner to be held April 23

The Cultural Diversity Club will host its fifth annual International Dinner as part of the club’s annual event, Culture Week, which runs Monday, April 17, through Sunday, April 23. Culture Week is a weeklong event where the multi-coalition groups on campus come together to host events that promote the different cultures and social groups on […]

Posted by Dale Devries in Special Event, Student.


Jamaica Week being held to promote service project

Jamaica Week is being held this week by Student Volunteers for the Blue Mountain Project. The goal is to raise money for the group’s annual trip to Hagley Gap, Jamaica. On Tuesday, a fundraiser will be held at Culver’s from 5 to 8 p.m. During these hours, 10 percent of the purchases will be donated […]

Posted by Dale Devries in Social Responsibility, Student.


Ngan Tran ’17 honored for paper presented at conference

Ngan Tran ’17 of Vietnam presented a paper at the spring faculty-student conference of the Wisconsin Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies held at Alverno College in Milwaukee March 30-31. She received an award for having one of the four best undergraduate papers presented at the conference, based on an evaluation by the Alverno conference […]

Posted by Dale Devries in Research, Student.


Expert to discuss nuclear issues, national security at Ripon College

“Nuclear Dangers: Trust but Modernize; Trust but Verify” will be discussed Wednesday, April 19, at Ripon College. Peter Huessy, president of GeoStrategic Analysis and a leading voice in the national security community, will discuss nuclear modernization, missile defense proliferation, arms control and American and allied security. The talk will begin at 4 p.m. in Kresge […]

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College-associated artists hosting exhibit opening Friday at 314 Project Space

The art exhibit “The Press Corps: Ways of Seeing” will open at 7 p.m. Friday, April 14. The opening will begin at 7 p.m. at 314: Ripon College Project Space in downtown Ripon. Light refreshments will be served. The show will run through May 6. The artists are Lee Shippey, retired as art department assistant […]

Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Fine Arts.


Rebecca Matzke publishes column about the history of Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Rebecca Matzke, associate professor of history, published a column in the Oshkosh Northwestern Sunday, April 9. The article, “100 years ago, Oshkosh went to war” details the history of Wisconsin’s involvement in World War I. Matzke writes, “Most Wisconsinites supported neutrality. Partly this was due to the state’s wide range of political movements and parties, […]

Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.


Mental health issues on campus will be addressed by student panel April 18

The Disability Rights, Activism and Education Movement (DREAM) will hold a Mental Health Panel and Discussion on April 18 at Ripon College. The event will run from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Dahm Heritage Room, S.N. Pickard Commons. This panel will feature students from different disciplines talking about their experiences as college students […]

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Henrik Schatzinger to present research about lobbying April 11

Henrik Schatzinger, associate professor of politics and government, will give a Faculty Scholarship Series presentation April 11. The presentation will run from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Todd Wehr 104. Schatzinger will address “How Does Lobbying Affect Federal Contracts?” His research is being done with Aaron Dusso, of Indiana University-Purdue University, and Thomas T. […]

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Ripon College noting Sexual Assault Awareness Week

Students for Social Justice are hosting Sexual Assault Awareness Week this week. On Tuesday, the presentation The Power to Stop This will begin at 6 p.m. in Johnson Main Lounge. A representative from ASTOP will discuss what can be done if you are sexually victimized and how to intervene in a dangerous situation. ASTOP is […]

Posted by Dale Devries in Social Responsibility, Student.


Naomi Ferrel to present senior flute recital April 9

Naomi Ferrel ’17 of Columbus, Wisconsin, will present her senior flute recital Sunday, April 9. The performance will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Selections will be by Bach, Debussy, Mozart , Honneger and Chaminade Sarah Mahler Kraaz, professor of music, will accompany on piano.

Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Student.


Allwin McDonald ’17 presents work at national German conference

Allwin McDonald ’17 of Milbank, South Dakota, was invited to present his senior seminar research at the German Undergraduate Research Conference at Illinois Wesleyan University March 31 and April 1. It is the only conference of this nature in the nation. It was conducted entirely in German and included a keynote speaker, poster presentations, paper […]

Posted by Dale Devries in Research, Student.


Mary Unger, assistant professor of English, awarded NEH research grant

Mary I. Unger, assistant professor of English and managing editor of Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to conduct research this summer. The Summer Stipends award will support Unger’s project, “Cultures of Reading in the Black Chicago Renaissance.” She describes the […]

Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.


Visiting professor has piece published about death issues

Steven Miller, visiting professor of philosophy, has an opinion piece published in Times Higher Education. In Miller’s piece, he relates that when he talks about death in his classes, for many their own deaths seem “part of the way-off and thus not-real future.” But then a student on campus killed himself. “Few occurrences rock a […]

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Political speaker to discuss the role of lobbyists in talk at Ripon College

“Lobbying and the Trump Administration: Draining the Swamp” will be a special presentation offered April 5 at Ripon College. The program will begin at 4:15 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the campus. It is sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People. During the 2016 presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump promised […]

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Rebecca Matzke to talk about World War I April 4

Rebecca Matzke, associate professor of history and associate dean for faculty development, will give a talk this evening at the Oshkosh Public Library. “World War I: The War that Shaped a Century” will begin at 6 p.m. as part of the Oshkosh World War I Centennial Commemoration.

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Poet Tomás Q. Morín to read at Ripon College April 12

Tomás Q. Morín, the author of Patient Zero and the poetry collection A Larger Country, will read from his work Wednesday, April 12, at Ripon College. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Lane Library. It will be free and open to the public and is sponsored by the College’s Visiting Writers Series. A […]

Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Special Event.


Evening of one-act plays to be presented at Ripon College April 7 and 8

The annual One-Act Play Festival will run April 7 and 8 at Ripon College. The four short productions are directed by students. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. each evening in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended by calling 748-8791. The one-acts traditionally […]

Posted by Dale Devries in Fine Arts, Student.


Trump’s policies focus of Ripon College student discussion April 11

“Where do we stand on Trump’s policies?”, a student discussion, will begin at 4:15 p.m. April 11 in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the Ripon College campus. The event is sponsored by the Student Advisory Board and the Center for Politics and the People. Participants will be: Abby Korb ’20, Burlington, Wisconsin; Jack Clough […]

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Rachel Stanley ’17 Wins Nick Adams Short Story Prize

Rachel Stanley ’17 has won the Associated Colleges of the Midwest’s 2017 Nick Adams Short Story Prize for her original work titled “Four Times Jasper Diallo Didn’t Die (and One Time He Lived).” New York Times bestselling author Karen Abbott was the judge for the contest. Abbott said of Stanley’s work: “I was immediately taken […]

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Panel discussion March 28 will address recent marches for women

“Women in Numbers,” a panel discussion about recent marches supporting women’s issues, will run from 4:15-5:15 p.m. March 28 in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the Ripon College campus. Panelists will include: Michele Wittler, registrar and associate dean of faculty; Sophie Widman ’18, of Boulder Creek, California; Sarah Frohardt-Lane, assistant professor of history; and […]

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