What combines shipwrecks, disguises, misguided love, twins, drinking parties and song? We know that sounds like a weekend in Door County – but it’s actually the Ripon Summer Players production of Shakespeare’s great comedy “Twelfth Night or What You Will.” The play will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 1, and Saturday, June 2, […]
Kurt Dietrich, professor of music and the Barbara Baldwin De Frees Chair in the Performing Arts, will be a guest Thursday, May 17, on “Central Time,” a program on the Ideas Network of Wisconsin Public Radio. Dietrich is the author of the recently published book Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Profiles from the Heartland. Dietrich’s book was […]
Associate Professor of Politics and Government Lamont Colucci has several recent publications related to current world events. “Syrian Civil War: The Necessity of a Tactical, Operational, and Strategic Response” was published April 20, 2018, under the peer-reviewed Praeger Security Series. The essay focuses on the American response to the Syrian regime of Bashir Al-Assad’s use […]
Kurt Dietrich, professor of music and the Barbara Baldwin De Frees Chair in the Performing Arts, is the author of the recently published book Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Profiles from the Heartland. Dietrich’s book was published this month by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. On Monday, April 30, he will speak at 7 p.m. at the […]
Kurt Dietrich, professor of music and the Barbara Baldwin De Frees Chair in the Performing Arts, was quoted in an article about UW Jazz Week at the University of Wisconsin-Madison April 23 in the Wisconsin State Journal. Dietrich earned his Ph.D. from UW-Madison and is the author of the recently published book Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz […]
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. 2018 Award Recipients Achievement Award in Anthropology: Holly I. Erickson Achievement Award in Art and Art History: Madeline G. Hantzsch Achievement Award in Biology: Hannah F. Brodner, […]
Todd Petersen ’19 of Emerald, Wisconsin, presented research at the Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C) conference, hosted at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The research was conducted during the summer with Associate Professor of Chemistry Joe Scanlon in collaboration with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby. Using computational chemistry, which simulates reactions using […]
Ripon College has received a gift from alumni Mark and Janice Franzen ‘83 ‘83 to establish a new endowed professorship in applied mathematics. The Franzen professorship will support a full-time, tenured or tenure-track professor in applied mathematics and provide faculty development funds, and equipment and resources to support the teaching of mathematics. “Mark and Janice […]
Brett Barwick, associate professor of physics and the Harrison E. Farnsworth 1918 Chair in Physics, has received a $300,000, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation that will provide equipment and monies for several summer research students. “Over the last decade, a new research field has developed by combining electron microscopy with ultrafast lasers,” Barwick […]
Associate Professor of Politics and Government Lamont Colucci published an opinion piece March 28 in The Washington Times titled “How North Korea flouts international sanctions.” In the article, Colucci highlights key findings from a not-yet-released U.N. Security Council report dated March 1, 2018, which explains in detail how North Korea and other rogue nations are […]
Robert L. Wallace, professor of biology and the Patricia and Philip McCullough 1969 Professor in Biology at Ripon College, was mentioned in an article published March 13, 2018, by EurekAlert: The Global Source for Science News. “Team discovers that wind moves microinvertebrates across desert” addresses how the work of faculty and students from The University […]
“Addressing Local Environmental Issues” will be the focus of talk presented April 2 at Ripon College. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall. It is sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People. In the United States, the regulation of business activities provides one approach to certain basic […]
“The main principles of improv comedy are that you have to be really present, you have to be supportive of the other people on stage, you have to be willing to listen, and you have to be willing to take risks,” says Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences Andrea Young. During her postdoctoral days, Young travelled […]
Former Ripon College basketball coach Harold Olsen, who led Ripon teams to three conference titles, was featured in an article March 18, 2018, in the Leader-Telegram newspaper of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. “Rice Lake native helped create March Madness” details how Olsen, head coach of basketball for 24 years at Ohio State University and a posthumous […]
Professor of Religion Brian Smith presented a paper, “What Does the Bible Say about LGBTQ?” at the Midwest American Academy of Religion’s annual conference, March 2-4, 2018, at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Three Ripon students also presented papers at the conference: Kim Frisque ’19, Menominee, Michigan; Justine Jacobsen ’18 of Green Bay, Wisconsin; […]
In the midst of the recent flu season, Mark Kainz, professor of biology at Ripon College, presented on this year’s influenza before the Communicable Disease Division of the Winnebago County Health Department. The title of his presentation was: “Influenza: a Local and Global Health Concern, Now and in the Future.” “The Communicable Disease Division monitors […]
For first-year students who maintain a high grade point average, hold leadership roles in organizations and are active in their community, Ripon College offers another great growth opportunity — the Presidential Leadership Program. “The Presidential Leadership Program is a unique, mentored cohort program that provides opportunities for outstanding Ripon College students to pursue personal achievement, […]
Former Ripon College physical education instructors Mark and Ella Magruder were featured in an article March 7, 2018, published by Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia. The Magruders now are dance professors at Sweet Briar College. They each recently published chapters in “Perspectives on Dance Education,” edited by Mohd Anis Md Nor. Ella Magruder’s chapter […]
The Ripon College Chamber Singers will conduct their annual tour during spring break March 9-13. John C. Hughes, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, is the conductor. The ensemble will perform a variety of unaccompanied choral works, including a wide variety of works from Renaissance madrigals to new arrangements of Native American […]
Associate Professor of Biology Barbara Sisson has been awarded the Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society. The funds will support her research on the biology of cartilage and bone development in vertebrate organisms. “Facial birth defects are among the most prevalent birth defects in humans and are often the result of defective bone […]