Associate Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger had a solo exhibition of works July 19 through Sept. 1 at the Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fond du Lac. An interview with her, discussing her current works, her interest in the outdoors and water issues, and several photographic examples of her work was published on […]
The Northeastern Wisconsin Collegiate Brass Choir, featuring faculty from various college and university campuses around the region, will perform Sunday, Sept. 23, at St. Norbert College, De Pere. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Birder Hall. Admission is free. Kurt Dietrich, professor of music and the Barbara Baldwin De Frees Chair in […]
“Mexican-American Artist Brings Unique Perspective Of Rural Experience,” a profile about Ripon College Associate Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas, will air on Wisconsin Public Television at 7 p.m. Sept. 20. The segment is part of Wisconsin Life, hosted by Angela Fitzgerald. Salas, who also writes as an art critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel […]
A reading from Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Profiles from the Heartland, a new book by Kurt Dietrich, professor of music and the Barbara Baldwin De Frees Chair in the Performing Arts at Ripon College, will be held Tuesday, Sept. 25, at Ripon College. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the North Reading Room, Lane […]
“American Doctrine: The Foundation of Grand Strategy,” an article by Lamont Colucci, associate professor of politics and government, has been published by Sage Journals. The article “examines the definition of Grand Strategy, why Grand Strategy is often ignored, how Grand Strategy relates to national security doctrines, how national security doctrines are created and implemented, what […]
An opinion piece by Brian Smith, professor of religion, the Charles and Joan Van Zoeren Chair in Religion, Ethics and Values, chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and co-director of the Center for Politics and the People, was published Monday, Aug. 20, by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “To heal from latest priest sex […]
Mary Unger, assistant professor of English, received an award for an essay she published at the end of last year. She received the Katharine Newman Best Essay award, given annually to the best essay published in the peer-reviewed journal, Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS), for her essay “Literary Justice in the Post-Ferguson Classroom,” […]
Memuna Khan, associate professor of biology and chair of the Department of Biology, was featured in an article, “Eastern bluebirds find a home at UW-Oshkosh,” published July 26, 2018, in UW-Oshkosh Today. Khan, who studies Eastern bluebirds with her students at Ripon College, visited a nest box on the Oshkosh university campus recently and banded […]
Matt Knoester, associate professor of educational studies, was honored in the 2018 Emerald Literati Awards. His article, “Why do young adults vote at low rates? Implications for education,” was published in Social Studies Research and Practice and was selected by the awards editorial team as Highly Commended. The article can be read here. Also, Beyond […]
An article co-written by Julia Meyers-Manor, Ripon College assistant professor of psychology, has garnered widespread attention nationally and internationally, including coverage from Time, NBC News, Inside Edition, the Daily Mail, The Conversation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and numerous other print and broadcast outlets. “Lending a helping paw: Dogs will aid their crying human” was written […]
Allyson Fleck, former adjunct instructor of music at Ripon College, is the executive director, assistant artistic director and violist for the Midsummer’s Music festival in Door County, Wisconsin. An article about her involvement can be read here. In it, she talks about her parents, Bob Fleck ’65 and Ruth Ann Potts Fleck ’66, meeting while […]
An opinion piece by Associate Professor of Politics and Government Lamont Colucci was published July 13, 2018, on InHomelandSecurity.com from American Military University. “The U.S. Must Create a Space Corps to Remain Dominant over Its Enemies” advocates creating a U.S. Space Corps as a separate military branch to adapt for the future. The crossroads at […]
The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History, a book co-edited by Associate Professor of Sociology Marc Eaton, will be published in August by Temple University Press. The book demonstrates the value of serious academic inquiry into supernatural beliefs and practices through pieces written by several contributors who address encounters with ghosts and the supernatural that […]
“Mexican-American Artist Brings Unique Perspective Of Rural Experience,” a profile about Ripon College Associate Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas, was posted by Wisconsin Life July 9. Salas, who also writes as an art critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper, discusses analyzing his own work, taking inspiration from rural America and his mixed-race identity. […]
The Wisconsin Symphonic Winds, made up of wind, brass and percussion players from this area of the state, will perform a family concert Saturday, June 30, as part of the Green Lake Festival of Music. The concert will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts at Ripon College. […]
“Paul Revere and the roots of American culture,” an opinion piece by Lamont Colucci, associate professor of politics and government, was published June 13, 2018, on AMI Newswire. Colucci writes, “American cultural myths are an important part of American nationhood especially at a time those values are under siege.” He says that modern historians “seem […]
John Hughes, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, will direct a new four-day choral workshop, “Composer Residency,” featuring music of composer Ola Gjeilo June 21-24 at the Rodman Center for the Arts at Ripon College. The final concert of the Green Lake Festival of Music event will be held at 3:15 p.m. […]
Mary Williams-Norton, professor of physics emerita, had an article published in the quarterly spring issue of Radiations, the official publication of the Sigma Pi Sigma physics honor society. In the “Hidden Physicists” section of the publication, Williams-Norton writes about her philosophy that “every child should be able to have fun with physics.” “This was my […]
Associate Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger will participate in WaterMarks, a public art project, Saturday, June 9, in Milwaukee. WaterMarks invites artists, scientists, students and community members to explore together our connections to the land, the lake and rivers. On Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Oblinger and Nancy Frank, associate professor of urban planning […]
In the spring of 2018, I worked with a group of faculty to develop and hone student-centered teaching strategies through the Faculty Learning Community on Active Learning. The 10 faculty participants represented seven different departments and brought different levels of teaching experience and expertise to the group. A Faculty Learning Community (FLC) is an interdisciplinary […]