Category: Academics
Ripon receives substantial gift of laboratory supplies worth more than $54,000
Ripon College has received a significant donation of laboratory assets from Luxerin Laboratories LLC in Fond du Lac. The massive donation includes equipment, chemicals, glassware, textbooks and supplies valued at just over $54,000. Luxerin Laboratories LLC was founded in 1967 as a family business to fill microbiological testing needs. After the death of founder Patrick […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Funding and gifts.
Inaugural Momentum Leadership Fellows Program kicking off this week
Ripon College’s inaugural Momentum Leadership Fellows Program launched Monday with 26 participating students and will run for three weeks up to the start of the regular fall semester. Momentum is a summer bridge to an academically enriching, community-minded and culturally diverse environment for highly qualified students from historically underrepresented and first-generation populations. The aim is […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Student.
Ripon College and Marian University win grant to explore a partnership
Ripon College and Marian University in Fond du Lac announced today that they have jointly received a grant of $50,000 from the Transformational Partnerships Fund to continue to explore a possible alliance. The grant is funding a summer faculty-led study of how the two institutions might work together academically. Over the past several months, a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Administration.
Students accepted for summer, graduate school opportunities
Numerous students who have been working with Student Support Services (SSS) this year have achieved academically and been accepted into summer programs and opportunities and graduate school programs. They have worked with SSS to discuss connecting their degrees to various career directions, submit application statements for editing and coordinated to receive guidance and strong recommendations […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Student.
NSF grant paves the way to advancing development of the Catalyst curriculum
A three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has helped Ripon College develop the Catalyst curriculum. The grant, “A Collaborative Approach to Building Capacity for Interdisciplinary Quantitative Reasoning Instruction” was designated for the improvement of the quantitative reasoning curriculum. The principal investigators of the grant are Andrea Young, McKenzie Lamb, Steve Martin, Matt Knoester, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Funding and gifts.
Animals in the classroom: Using animals to teach comparative psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology Julia Meyers-Manor published an article, Animal Farm: Using Common Domestic Animals to Teach about Comparative Psychology, in the International Journal of Comparative Psychology. The special issue focused on novel teaching methods for comparative psychology and the kinds of comparative psychology experiments that can be done in classes worldwide. Meyers-Manor writes about […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Faculty, Research.
Virtual collaboration with alumna opens up new avenues for chemistry students
Carrie Donley ’98, director of the Chapel Hill Analytical and Nanofabrication Laboratory at the University of North Carolina (UNC), interacted with students in the Chemistry 342 Advanced Laboratory course Wednesday, April 7. The course is taught by Professor of Chemistry Colleen Byron, and the collaboration was supported by a $1,000 grant through the Research Triangle […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Alumni, Student.
Update on Fall Semester 2021
Dear Ripon College community, We are pleased to announce that Ripon College’s fall 2021 semester will take place under the presumption of an in-person, residential and academic experience. Classes will resume Monday, Aug. 30. A comprehensive academic calendar and move-in details will be provided soon. For the rest of the spring 2021 semester ALL masking, […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, COVID-19, Faculty, Health & Safety, Office of the President, Staff, Student.
Ripon’s athletic trainers find satisfaction keeping student-athletes safe
As National Athletic Training Month in March comes to a close, we honor the athletic training program at Ripon College. Brian Azinger is the head athletic trainer of the three full-time trainers at Ripon College. The others are Sami Woolson and Logan Galezio. Azinger says that an athletic trainer’s job is to prevent injuries and […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Faculty.
Ripon College and Marian University to examine possible partnership
Ripon College and Marian University in Fond du Lac have announced they are creating a joint working group to examine the possibility of a more collaborative arrangement. The working group, which includes administrators, faculty, staff, trustees and students from both institutions, will explore the potential benefits of establishing a closer partnership around administrative, academic and […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Administration.
Celebrate the field of anthropology today!
Today, Feb.18, is World Anthropology Day, as designated by the American Anthropological Association. It “is a day for anthropologists to celebrate our discipline while sharing it with the world around us,” the association says. Anthropology is the study of what it means to be human in all aspects of the human experience, past and present. […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Faculty.
Ripon Returns to Green Status on Thursday, January 28
Dear Ripon community, Tomorrow morning (Thursday, Jan. 28), Ripon College will return to green status for COVID-19. Scheduled in-person classes will resume, the Commons, the Spot and Starbucks will be open for seated (physically distant dining) and the Willmore Center and Lane Library will resume normal hours of operation. As always, however, we ask that […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Administration, Faculty, Health & Safety, Office of the President, Staff, Student.
Role-playing games bring history to life for both teacher, students
While on sabbatical during the fall of 2019, Professor of History Diane Mockridge explored the use of immersive role-playing games to support engaged learning in her courses. She attended a workshop at Barnard College on this pedagogy, “Reacting to the Past,” and was motivated to introduce “reacting games” into her teaching at Ripon. “Over the […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Faculty.
Reunite Ripon: Our Plan for Spring Semester
Dear Ripon College community, We are looking forward to the opening of Ripon College’s spring 2021 semester, as scheduled, Monday, Jan. 25. We begin the new semester with confidence, knowing that our community took appropriate steps and precautions during the fall semester to limit the spread of COVID-19 on campus. Our success during the spring […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Administration, COVID-19, Health & Safety, Office of the President, Staff, Student.
Ripon, Medical College of Wisconsin collaborate on pharmacy dual degree
A new collaboration with the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Pharmacy School in Milwaukee will allow students to earn dual degrees from Ripon College and MCW in only six years. Students in the accelerated program will earn a liberal arts degree from Ripon and a doctor of pharmacy degree from MCW. With the 3+3 PharmD […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics.
Student Support Services awarded new $1.4 million grant
A new five-year grant of $1.4 million has been awarded to the Student Support Services program at Ripon College by the U.S. Department of Education, TRIO division. The goals of the Student Support Services program are to increase the retention and graduation of first-generation students, whose parents/guardians did not receive a four-year college degree; students […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Funding, Funding and gifts.
Transitioning to online classes from a teacher’s perspective
Transitioning to an online class format for the first time in the middle of a semester was a challenge for faculty and students alike. One of those faculty members making adjustments was Matt Knoester, associate professor of educational studies. His three classes for the spring semester, “Who Decides? International Perspectives on Democracy,” a first-year Catalyst […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, COVID-19, Faculty, Student.
Update from One Merriman Lane | Fall 2020 Academic Calendar Announcement
Dear campus community, A team of staff, faculty, and administrators have been carefully thinking through how best to preserve the Ripon College residential learning experience for the fall 2020 semester while also prioritizing the health and safety of our community. Based on their recommendation, I am pleased to announce the new academic calendar for the […]
Posted by james in Academics, COVID-19, Health & Safety, Office of the President, Student.
Ripon College reaches teach-out agreement with Holy Family College of Manitowoc
Ripon College and Holy Family College in Manitowoc have reached a teach-out agreement to accommodate Holy Family students who wish to transfer to Ripon after Holy Family closes Aug. 29, 2020. This cooperative relationship will facilitate the transfer process. All Holy Family student credits will be accepted toward an equal or comparable degree program at […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Admission.
Outstanding achievements of faculty, staff and students recognized
Each year, thanks to the support of generous donors, Ripon College is able to recognize the outstanding achievements of faculty, staff and students at the annual Awards Convocation. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has shut down the campus, the on-campus celebration of previous years could not be held. This year’s awards have been presented […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Faculty, Student.