The indigenous right to vote will be the focus of a discussion Oct. 18 at Ripon College. Renee Gralewicz, an elder and peacemaker for the Brothertown Nation and descendant of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, and Maria Haskins, a regional tribal organizer in the Lac Courte Oreilles, Oneida and Stockbridge communities, will discuss strategies to […]
Local Politics: Challenges and Opportunities, a panel discussion with three area public officials, will be presented Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Ripon College. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the campus. It is presented by the Center for Politics and the People and will be free and open […]
Author Sarah Shun-lien Bynum will be opening the 2022-2023 Visiting Writers Series at Ripon College. Her reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the MLK Lounge of Harwood Memorial Union. Admission is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase and author signing. Bynum is the author of […]
Memoirist Kelly Sundberg will speak virtually Wednesday, April 27, as part of the Visiting Writers Series at Ripon College. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Central Time. The Zoom link is ripon.edu/Sundberg. Sundberg’s memoir, Goodbye, Sweet Girl: A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival, was published in 2018 by HarperCollins. It has been praised […]
“Immigration and Citizenship after COVID-19,” a Zoom talk, will be presented Tuesday, April 19, at Ripon College. Presented by the Student Advisory Board of the Center for Politics and the People, the program will run from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Zoom link is at ripon.edu/Morones. The speaker will be Enrique Morones, a longtime San […]
“Civic Virus: Why Polarization Is a Misdiagnosis” will be presented in a Zoom conversation March 29 by the Center for Politics and the People and the Department of Psychology at Ripon College. The presentation will run from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. Central Time. Registration can be accessed at ripon.edu/Polarization. The speaker is Richard C. Harwood, […]
“Russia-Ukraine War,” a live webinar discussion about the current event, will be presented Tuesday, March 8, by the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College. The webinar will begin at 6:30 p.m. Central Time. The Zoom link is here. This webinar discusses Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, its causes, ongoing battles, reactions and […]
The developing crisis in Ukraine will be one of the topics highlighted in a virtual talk March 10 by the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College. “Price Wars: How the Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World” will be presented by author and filmmaker Rupert Russell at 4:30 p.m. Central time. The Zoom […]
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 […]