Poet Chen Chen will read Wednesday, Feb. 23, as part of the Visiting Writers Series at Ripon College. The virtual event will begin via Zoom link at 7 p.m. Central Time. Chen Chen is a poet and essayist interested in Asian American histories and futures, family — bio and found, queer friendship, multilingualism, hybrid texts, […]
Dear Ripon College community: Today marks the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is a time when our nation remembers the life and legacy of one of our great civil rights leaders. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. embodied the ideals of servant leadership with a focus on the well-being of those around […]
“Everybody,” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, a modern adaptation of the classic play “Everyman,” will be presented Dec. 8 to 11 in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. Shows will begin at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend, and masks are required to be worn. Admission is free, but ticket reservations […]
Steve Bellin-Oka, Ripon College’s first poet-in-residence, will be one of the readers at Saturday’s Wisconsin’s Own Library Open House held at Ripon. All are welcome to attend. He will read selections he has written at Ripon during his semester here, as well as from his first book of poems, Instructions for Seeing a Ghost. This […]
Wisconsin’s Own Library Open House will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at Ripon College. The event is sponsored by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Wisconsin. The event showcases the Wisconsin’s Own Library collection of books and poetry by Wisconsin authors and illustrators, housed at Ripon College’s Lane Library, 300 W. […]
Internationally recognized disability advocate Judith Heumann will be a special guest Nov. 10 for Ripon College’s Center for Politics and the People. Her talk, “Judy Heumann: Our Fight for Disability Rights,” will be presented virtually via Zoom at 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. Registration can be accessed at ripon.edu/rights. Her story was featured in the […]
“Redistricting and its Impact on Voting” will be a ZOOM webinar presented Wednesday, Nov. 3, by the Center for Politics and the People of Ripon College and the League of Women Voters of the Ripon Area. The webinar will run from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Access is available at ripon.edu/voting. A post-event recording will be […]
“Refugee Children at the Border,” a Zoom talk, will be presented Thursday, Oct. 14, as part of Latin Heritage Month at Ripon College. Presented by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, the program will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Zoom ID is 256 018 4018. The speaker will be Enrique Morones, a longtime […]
Authors of the book News Hole: The Demise of Local Journalism and Political Engagement will speak Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Ripon College. The free talk by Jennifer Lawless and Danny Hayes will be presented by the Center for Politics and the People. It will begin at 6:30 p.m. Central Time via a Zoom webinar. Registration […]
Alex Lasry, co-owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks and a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, will speak Thursday, Oct. 7, at Ripon College. His appearance is hosted by the Center for Politics and the People and will run from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall. Lasry will discuss his goals and […]
One Day Stronger: How One Union Local Saved a Mill and Changed an Industry — And What It Means for American Manufacturing, a new book by Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson, will be the focus of a panel discussion Wednesday, Sept. 29, at Ripon College. The free discussion is sponsored by the Center for Politics […]
Join Ripon College students today for their culminating presentations in the capstone seminar of the Catalyst curriculum. Catalyst Day — held each fall and spring — is designed to showcase Ripon College’s Catalyst curriculum and celebrate the achievements of the students who are completing the capstone seminar in Applied Innovation. The theme for Catalyst Day […]
All may attend a guest lecture about arts education, arts management and professional practice to be presented Monday via Zoom webinar. Frank Juarez, art department chair at Sheboygan North High School, contributing editor of SchoolArts Magazine and publisher of Artdose Magazine, will speak for Professor of Art Rafael Salas’ Senior Studio Project students. The lecture […]
Allen J. Buechel and Rick Gedemer, candidates in the April 6 election for Fond du Lac County executive, will participate in a virtual candidates forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 18. The forum is hosted by the League of Women Voters of the Ripon Area, of which Ellen Sorensen ’00 is president; and Ripon College’s […]
Author Souvankham Thammavongsa will read Wednesday, March 17, as part of the Visiting Writers Series at Ripon College. The virtual event will begin via Zoom link at 7:30 p.m. Thammavongsa is the author of four poetry books and the short story collection How to Pronounce Knife (Little, Brown, 2020), a finalist for the National Book […]
“Can Islam Coexist with Democracy?”, a virtual webinar, will be presented Feb. 9 by the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College. The talk will run on Zoom from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Central time. Iran and Indonesia will be of primary focus in the webinar discussion. Ali Abootalebi and Alexander Arifianto will […]
A post-election webinar panel will be sponsored by Ripon College at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 12. The link to register for the webinar can be accessed at ripon.edu/election. The event is sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People and the Ripon College chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society. The […]
Award-winning author Karen Tei Yamashita will read virtually Wednesday, Oct. 21, as part of the Ripon College Visiting Writers Series. Members of the greater Ripon communoity can attend via a Zoom link. Yamshita is a professor of literature and creative writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is the author of Through the […]
2020 is the 100th anniversary year of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which gave women the right to vote, as well as the founding of the League of Women Voters by Ripon native Carrie Chapman Catt. In celebration during this presidential election year, a panel discussion via Zoom webinar will be held from 6:30 […]
The Ripon College Visiting Writers Series will be held virtually this year, and members of the greater Ripon community can attend via a Zoom link. Two session are scheduled for the fall semester. Poet and novelist Liz Kay will read Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 p.m. She holds a master of fine arts from the […]