Ripon College’s Center for Politics and the People (CPP) and Pre-Law Society will host a discussion on the future of local political power Thursday, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m. in Great Hall of Ripon College’s Harwood Memorial Union. The event, titled “Who Decides? The U.S. Supreme Court, Wisconsin and the Future of Local Power,” will […]
Associate Professor of Computer Science Jan Plane has been recognized with the recent establishment of the Dr. Jan Plane Endowed Program Support Fund in Computer Science at the University of Maryland (UMD). The fund, along with a student lounge named in her honor, is supported by a $2.85 million donation from UMD alumnus Brendan Iribe. […]
Ripon College’s Department of Chemistry sent seven students to the American Chemical Society (ACS) Great Lakes Regional Meeting in Appleton, Wisconsin, where they showcased the research they conducted during the Summer Opportunities for Advanced Research (SOAR) program. Six of the students presented their research. Juniors Chloe Studinski and M. K. Powers, along with Brennan Martin […]
Ripon College senior Meredith Thiessen was recently awarded a scholarship from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) for Future Teacher Scholars. The Future Teacher Scholarship Program offers merit-based funding to undergraduate students and graduating high school seniors who are dedicated to pursuing a career in teaching languages other than English. Thiessen […]
Ripon College’s Center for Politics and the People (CPP) and the Department of Economics and Business Management will co-sponsor a panel discussion on the evolving landscape of global commerce and its impact on Wisconsin businesses. The event will be held in Great Hall of Ripon College’s Harwood Memorial Union, Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 6:30 p.m. […]
Ripon College’s Center for Politics and the People (CPP) and the Department of Political Science will sponsor a presentation on U.S. Congress gridlock in Room 104 of Todd Wehr Hall, Tuesday, Sept. 16, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. The presentation titled “Why Congress Gets Stuck: Gridlock in the U.S. and How Europe Avoids It,” will be presented […]
Candice North ’04 of Carmichael, California, is a first-generation student who grew up in rural Montana. At Ripon College, she majored in biology. At the University of Arizona, she received her doctor of medicine degree in the global health distinction track. She now is a hospitalist, an internal medicine or family medicine physician who performs […]
Christopher Reed-Waddell ’07 took an early interest in making the world a better place. At Ripon, he majored in communication and philosophy, and he later received a master’s degree in public administration from University of Colorado Denver. As a Ripon student, Christopher went to New Orleans with classmates several times to volunteer after Hurricane Katrina. […]
Alexis Riggs ’21 of Madison, Wisconsin, had challenges as she prepared to achieve her dream of higher education. She is a first-generation college student from a family with limited means, and she was born missing the lower part of both arms. But with a lot of determination and a lot of help, her dreams are […]
Currently Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Milan, Italy, Robert Needham ’86 has long been a citizen of the world. He was born in England and grew up in Northern Ireland before immigrating to Wisconsin with his parents in 1979. At Ripon, he majored in politics and government. He learned about the State […]