The Ripon College Class of 2022 celebrated the 156th Commencement ceremony at Ripon College on a picture-perfect day Sunday afternoon. The new graduates came together with joy, spirit and pride to celebrate a traditional ceremony after cancellations and modifications of the event during the pandemic. The theme was “The Stories We Tell: Connecting to Our […]
Brenda DeVita, artistic director of American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisconsin, has spent a lifetime in the theatre — as an actor, director and administrator. Sunday, May 15, she will receive an honorary doctor of fine arts degree and give the Commencement speech at Ripon College. The 2022 Commencement theme is “The Stories We […]
Ripon College will honor one of our own at the 2022 Commencement May 15. In celebration of the theme “The Stories We Tell: Connecting to Our Community through Theatre,” Anne Negri Lewinthal ’03 of Skokie, Illinois, will receive an honorary doctor of fine arts degree. Lewinthal is a drama specialist in District 65 Evanston-Skokie (Illinois) […]
Jordan Pollard, a fourth- and fifth-grade teacher at Franklin Elementary School in West Allis, Wisconsin, will be honored as Ripon College’s Distinguished Educator for 2022 at Commencement May 15. He was nominated for the award by Lindsay Wigand ’22. Pollard is from West Allis originally and received his degree in elementary education with a minor […]
Dr. Andrea Young, interim president at Ripon College, has been named the next vice president for finance and administration as well as chief financial officer at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. She will remain in her role at Ripon through the current academic year and will assume her new role at DePauw July 15. Ripon […]
Dear Ripon College Community, Happy New Year! I hope that you had the opportunity to relax and unwind over the winter break. I am truly excited to welcome you back to campus for the spring semester, albeit in the midst of yet another COVID-19 surge. Thanks to the increase in vaccination rates among our campus […]
Ripon College has announced the search for its 14th president, who will succeed President Zach Messitte. In September, Messitte announced his plan to leave the College at the end of the 2021 fall semester following nine years of impressive leadership. The Board of Trustees has approved the formation of the Presidential Search Committee. Members of […]
“Considering their NFL teams, it’s even farther from Green Bay to Washington, D.C., than you think,” an opinion piece by President Zach Messitte, appeared Oct. 22, 2021, in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper. Ahead of Sunday’s game between the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Football Team, Messitte laments the downward spiral of his hometown […]
Mark Franzen ’83 of Paradise Valley, Arizona, will chair the search committee in the process to select the next president of Ripon College. President Zach Messitte has announced that he will leave his position at the end of the fall semester. Franzen has been a member of the Ripon College Board of Trustees since 2011 […]
This week, Ripon College is honoring and welcoming the new members of the Board of Trustees. The board will meet on campus this week. Cameron Klein ’21 of Clinton, Wisconsin, was elected as a Ripon College Special Graduate Trustee by students of the College. He will serve a two-year term. Klein majored in business management […]
There is more on the line than a win for this Saturday’s football game between Ripon College and Illinois College. The presidents of the two institutions have agreed that the president of the losing team will make a donation to a local charity of the president of the winning institution’s choosing. Ripon College President Zach […]
This week, Ripon College is honoring and welcoming the new members of the Board of Trustees. The board will meet on campus this week. Kenneth R. Pinckney ’81 of Glendale, Wisconsin, has been elected an Alumni Trustee of Ripon College as a member of the Class of 2024. Ken is a finance professional with more […]
This week, Ripon College is honoring and welcoming the new members of the Board of Trustees. The board will meet on campus this week. Dante A. C. Houston ‘01 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been elected as a Trustee of Ripon College, effective July 1, 2021. He is the client delivery manager at AMN Healthcare. Houston […]
This week, Ripon College is honoring and welcoming the new members of the Board of Trustees. The board will meet on campus this week. Alice Gallagher Archabal ’89 of Northbrook, Illinois, has been elected a member of the Board of Trustees, Class of 2024, effective Oct. 2, 2021. She is vice president of market strategy […]
Ripon College’s Board of Trustees has announced that Dr. Andrea Young will serve as the interim president of the College beginning in January 2022. As the first woman to lead Ripon College in its 170-year history, she will replace Dr. Zach Messitte, who announced last week that he would be stepping down as Ripon’s 13th […]
This week, Ripon College is honoring and welcoming the new members of the Board of Trustees. The board will meet on campus this week. Sejal V. Shah ’96 of South Barrington, Illinois, has been elected to the Ripon College Board of Trustees, effective Dec. 8, 2020. He is the chief executive officer of TotalMed Inc. […]
Ripon College President Zach Messitte announced today that he will leave his position at the end of the fall 2021 semester and return to his hometown of Washington, D.C. Messitte became the 13th president of the 170-year-old institution in 2012. “I have loved being the president of Ripon College and feel honored that the Board […]
During the 2021 fiscal year which ended June 30, Ripon College achieved its most successful and largest fund-raising year in its history. More than $16.5 million in new gift production was realized. “The campus community is continually humbled and inspired by the generosity of our alumni,” said Shawn Karsten ’09, vice president for advancement and […]
Ripon College welcomes new staff and faculty members who have joined Ripon College during this calendar year. FACULTY Steve Bellin-Oka, Wisconsin’s Own Library poet-in-residence. Lillian Brown, visiting professor of theater. Paul Thompson, assistant professor of music. Jeremiah Vaughan, assistant professor of exercise science. ADJUNCTS Christopher Cramer, adjunct instructor of music, guitar lessons. Paul Dietrich, director […]
Dear Ripon College students and parents, Our primary concern is — and has been for the past year and half — to keep our campus community as safe and healthy as possible until the threat of the COVID-19 virus has subsided. Thanks to our students, dedicated staff and faculty and prudent guidelines, Ripon’s 2020-21 academic […]