Jessica Calderwood, an associate professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, will have an exhibit of her work shown Jan. 29 through March 11 at Ripon College. The exhibit will be in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. An artist’s talk will be presented at the opening at 7 p.m. Jan. 29 […]
The Center for Politics and the People and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion co-sponsored a panel discussion about police-community relations Jan. 18, 2016. Hear what some of the panelists, including police officers and Ripon College alumni Deronis Cooper ’97 and Lindsey Gorske Michels ’04, had to say about the event, and then follow the […]
Cellist Astrid Schween will appear at Ripon College Saturday, Jan. 23, as part of the Chamber Music & Jazz at Ripon series and the annual Lynn Northrop Memorial Concert. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Michael Gurt will be the piano accompanist. Program selections […]
On Jan. 18, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Center for Politics and the People and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Ripon College will co-sponsor a panel discussion about police-community relations today. The discussion will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. Panelists will include: Pam Oliver, professor of sociology, […]
The Ripon College Creative Enterprise Consultants and Ripon Main Street Inc. will host a free business-planning seminar Thursday, Feb. 11 (Rescheduled from Feb. 2). The seminar will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Silver Creek Room at the Ripon Public Library. The discussion will review some of the basics that go into […]
Every year as the weather gets colder, the Center for Social Responsibility (CSR) sponsors a campus-wide food drive. Over the years, other groups at Ripon have joined in their efforts. The Department of Sociology and the Sociology Club have contributed to this larger drive for the past five years. Last year, the Student Athletics Leadership […]
Alexander Wolff, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, will speak at Ripon College from 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8. The talk in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, will be about his new book The Audacity of Hoop: Basketball and the Age of Obama (Temple University Press). “In some ways, basketball has spoken to the Obama […]
The Bill Schang Campus Memorial Event will be held from 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. The celebration of Schang’s life, work and influence will take place in the Dahm Heritage Room, S.N. Pickard Commons. It is being sponsored by his former colleagues in the Department of English. Schang, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, was a professor of […]
Grayson Brooke ’05 of Long Beach, California, a TV/film producer, will present a talk and discussion via Skype at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in Room 200 of Smith Hall. After graduating from Ripon College in 2005 with degrees in theatre and communication, Brooke headed to Hollywood. His production credits include such television series as […]
An International Fair will be held during the Golden Hour, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Nov. 24 in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. Many Ripon College students say they have not been exposed to the various cultures represented at Ripon College, says Kyonna Withers, director of multicultural affairs. “This event will be a meaningful […]
Practical Love Songs, a public workshop with composer-in-residence Dale Trumbore and mezzo-soprano JaneMarie Erickson ’16 of Redgranite, Wisconsin, will begin at 12:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20. The workshop will be presented in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the Ripon College campus. Erickson, a senior music and theatre major, will perform […]
A unique collaboration between Ripon College student vocalists, instrumentalists and researchers, as well as Ripon area community members and organizations, will culminate in a concert and event commemorating the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center […]
The chemistry department of Ripon College is hosting a speaker this week. Professor Laura Gagliardi, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, will give talks on Thursday and Friday. Her research talk, “Gas Separation and Catalysis in Metal-Organic Frameworks,” will be presented at 6 p.m. Thursday in Room B-18, S.N. Pickard Commons. […]
Hunger in Ripon and Beyond: A Panel Discussion will be presented Thursday, Nov. 19, by the Sociology Club of Ripon College. The discussion will begin at 7 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the Ripon College campus. The discussion is free, and all are welcome to attend. The panel will discuss how poverty […]
Composer-in-residence Dale Trumbore will discuss her experiences as a female in the male-dominated field of music composition Thursday, Nov. 19, at Ripon College. “Music and Gender” will begin at 3 p.m. in Room 147, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend. Professor of Music Sarah Kraaz will be the moderator. Trumbore, […]
“Where Do We Stand? A Ripon College Student Panel on Key Issues in American Politics and Society” will be presented Wednesday, Nov. 18, on the Ripon College campus. The program will run from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. Representatives from the College Republicans, College Democrats and Young Americans for Liberty […]
“Empty Bowls,” a project which aims to end hunger and food insecurity in America, has been offered at Ripon College for the past five years. The project was started by the nonprofit group Imagine/RENDER, who seek to advocate for positive change. “Empty Bowls” events happen across the nation. At Ripon College, the project is a […]
Poet Brenda Cárdenas will give a reading of her work Wednesday, Nov. 18, on the Ripon College campus. The reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Lane Library. Books will be available for purchase, and all are welcome to attend. Cárdenas is the author of Boomerang (Bilingual Review Press, 2009) and the chapbooks Bread of […]
McKenzie Lamb, associate professor of mathematical sciences and chair of the department at Ripon College, will present the talk “Modeling Monopoly: Discrete Approximations, Google PageRank, and Homotopies” Tuesday, Nov. 10. The talk will run from 3-4 p.m. in Todd Wehr Hall, Room 216, on the college campus. He will speak about a joint research project […]
Henry Brown III, a civil rights activist from Milwaukee, will deliver an address about his personal experience with racism and current developments in the civil rights movement across the country for the Black Student Union. The talk will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the Dahm Heritage Room, S.N. Pickard Commons as a […]