Keynote speaker Sammy Rangel will speak Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Ripon College as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Week observance on campus. Rangel, co-founder and executive director of the organization Life After Hate, will highlight best practices and current strategies for working through hate. His presentation, “In the Face of Hate,” will begin […]
“Hate Crime: It’s REAL,” a 2½-hour panel discussion, will be held from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. The event is being co-hosted by the College’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion and the Center for Politics and the People in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2018. […]
Tommy Thompson, former Republican governor of Wisconsin and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, will speak at Ripon College Nov. 29. The talk will run from 6:45-7:45 p.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union, and is hosted by the Ripon College Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom. There is no charge for admission. […]
The fourth annual celebration of Las Posadas, hosted by La Unida, will start at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, in Bovay’s Study Bar & Mercantile, 329 Watson St., downtown. Students are welcome to join La Unida for a night of caroling, music and food. At 6 p.m., participants will rehearse Spanish carols, one of which […]
Rick Scott ’70, a former Foreign Service officer, will present a talk, “U.S. Foreign Aid: Does It Really Work?” Nov. 27 at Ripon College. The talk is sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People and will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall. Scott has worked for the U.S. Agency […]
“One Big Sexy Blowout,” an annual event hosted by the Ripon College Feminists, will be held from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, in the Heritage Room, S.N. Pickard Commons. The event will bring together students, faculty and other clubs to discuss uncomfortable, but important, issues in a welcoming environment. Topics include feminism, mental health and […]
The fifth annual International Fair will be held Tuesday, Nov. 21, sponsored by Ripon College’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion. The event will run from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. It is part of the celebration of International Month, which strives to showcase cultures and traditions from around the […]
Ambassador Henry F. “Hank” Cooper, chair of the Board of High Frontier and director of the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) during the Bush administration, will speak at Ripon College, Monday, Nov. 20. The program, “Missile Defense and EMP,” will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union, on the campus. The Ripon […]
The 11th annual Soul Food Dinner will be held Sunday, Nov. 12, hosted by the Black Student Union of Ripon College. The dinner will run from 5-6 p.m. at The Terrace in Bovay Hall. Members of the Ripon College and Ripon communities are invited to attend free of charge and enjoy traditional soul food prepared […]
“How to Engage in Civil Dialogue with Those With Whom We Disagree Politically” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Ripon College. The Ripon Area Ministerial Association will host the panel discussion as part of the College’s The Center for Politics and the People. The talk will be in Kresge Little Theatre, […]
Jazz pianist Rob Clearfield will perform Friday, Oct. 27, as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series at Ripon College. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Ticket information is available by calling 920-748-8791. Clearfield offers lyrical emotive compositions inspired by gospel […]
Swedish foreign correspondent Karin Henricksson will speak Tuesday, Oct. 24, at Ripon College. Her talk, “A View from Europe of Donald Trump,” will begin at 11:15 a.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. Henricksson will discuss current thoughts about the Trump presidency. This event is sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People. Henriksson […]
“Civil Rights at Ripon in the 1960s and Today,” a panel discussion about Ripon College’s conflicted involvement in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, will begin at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 23 in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the campus. The presentation is co-sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People, and the […]
Jennifer Guzman, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will give a special talk for the Department of Biology Friday, Oct. 6. All are welcome to attend. Guzman’s talk, “Building the Vertebrate Brain,” will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Bear Auditorium, Farr Hall 130. Guzman’s laboratory applies genetic, developmental, molecular, and cell […]
Author Nate Marshall will visit Ripon College Wednesday, Oct. 4. He will talk about his recent book, Wild Hundreds, at 7:30 p.m. in Lane Library. His visit is a part of the Ripon College Visiting Writers Series. Originally from the south side of Chicago, Marshall is an editor of The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry […]
Professor of Biology George “Skip” Wittler will give a special talk for the Department of Biology Friday, Sept. 29. All are welcome to attend. Wittler’s talk, “Discovering the Prairie,” will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Bear Auditorium, Farr Hall 130. The talk is part of the Biology Senior Studies program.
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin’s largest cultural organization, returns to Ripon College for its 45th appearance Sunday, Oct. 1. The performance is offered free of charge as a thank-you to the community, and no tickets are required. The performance is part of the Caestecker Fine Arts Series at Ripon College and will begin at 2:30 […]
“We were egomaniacs with no self-esteem — that’s what made it dangerous,” ex-skinhead Frank Meeink explained in a recent talk at Ripon College. Meeink told the story of his descent into the neo-Nazi movement and what brought him out of hatred. Meeink was introduced by Professor of Communication Jody Roy. Roy assisted Meeink in writing […]
The talk “Asymmetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats” will be presented Oct. 2 by the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College. The focus will be on how Democrats and Republicans think differently about politics, rely on distinct sources of information, argue past one another, and pursue divergent goals in government. […]
Denise Leong, a Buddhist woman priest, will discuss Buddhism Friday morning for Professor of Religion Brian Smith’s Comparative World Religions class. All are invited to attend. The talk will run from 10:10 to 11 a.m. in Todd Wehr 113. Leong was born and brought up in Milwaukee by Chinese immigrant parents. She retired after spending […]