The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble, directed by Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Tobin Shucha, will perform at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. Masks are required to be worn. Selections include Overture from […]
“A Night at the Operetta,” featuring scenes from the light opera repertoire, will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. Masks are required to be worn. In collaboration with pianist and Visiting […]
The Ripon College Orchestra will perform at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend, and masks are required to be worn. C. Patrick Perkins, adjunct instructor of music, is the director. Lydia Wiley Deal ’22 of Whitewater, Wisconsin, is the assistant conductor. […]
Student members of the Momentum Leadership Fellows Program completed a service project in South Woods on the morning of Oct. 30. With the help of Professor Emeritus of Biology George “Skip” Wittler and representatives of the South Woods Park Association, the students assisted with clearing the woods of three invasive plant species. “Among other things, […]
The Ripon College choirs will present their fall concert Sunday, Nov. 7. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend, and masks are required to be worn. Paul Thompson, assistant professor of music, is the conductor and Deb MacKenzie, visiting instructor […]
Zoe Kazan’s play “After the Blast” will be presented Oct. 14-17 by the Ripon College Department of Theatre. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, through Saturday, Oct. 16, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on Union Street. Tickets are free, but reservations are […]
Ripon College President Zach Messitte announced today that he will leave his position at the end of the fall 2021 semester and return to his hometown of Washington, D.C. Messitte became the 13th president of the 170-year-old institution in 2012. “I have loved being the president of Ripon College and feel honored that the Board […]
Seventeen students collaborated with Professor of Chemistry Joe Scanlon and Associate Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby on ground-breaking research that resulted in a published article this summer. The article was published in Journal of Organic Chemistry and addresses the discovery of a new chemical reaction, the aryne-Abramov reaction. It also details how Scanlon, Willoughby and […]
The Ripon College community is growing. As of Aug. 27, we welcome a class of 250 first-year students and nine transfer students. This compares to the fall of 2020, which had 241 first-year students and 10 transfers. Seventy-one percent of the incoming class come from Wisconsin. Seventy-four students represent 23 other states: Alaska, Arizona, California, […]
When Chase Polyak ’25 of Lombard, Illinois, starts at Ripon College as a freshman this fall, she brings with her some touching family connections. She is a Legacy student as her maternal grandfather is John Robertson ’68. And she is bringing with her a very special Ripon College quilt made by her paternal great-aunt, Nancy […]
Ripon College’s inaugural Momentum Leadership Fellows Program launched Monday with 26 participating students and will run for three weeks up to the start of the regular fall semester. Momentum is a summer bridge to an academically enriching, community-minded and culturally diverse environment for highly qualified students from historically underrepresented and first-generation populations. The aim is […]
It was a long time coming. A few dozen members of the Class of 2020 came back together Sunday, Aug. 8, for an eagerly anticipated and long-overdue celebration of their graduation from Ripon College. Their original Commencement ceremony was cancelled in May 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rainy conditions necessitated moving the ceremony into […]
National Intern Day is being observed today, July 29. This summer, numerous Ripon College students are gaining professional experience by participating in internships close to home and beyond. They include: Madelyn Kohn ’24 of Dalton, Wisconsin, is completing a sports management internship with JustAGame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells. She is a double major in communication; […]
The Ripon Historical Society will hold an ice cream social from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 21, at the Pedrick-Lawson House museum, one block from campus at 515 Ransom St., and the Pickard House, 508 Watson St. This summer, Associate Professor of Art History Travis Nygard and three students have been working with volunteers […]
“Inquiry into the educational implications of voting practices of young adults in U.S. mid-term elections,” a paper co-written by Matthew Knoester, associate professor of educational studies, has been published in The Journal of Social Studies Research. “This study examines political attitudes and experiences of young adults in the United States, with particular focus on voting practices,” […]
We celebrate the Class of 2021, what they have achieved during their years at Ripon and what they hope to achieve in the next chapter of their lives. Juan Carlos Razo ’21 of Avalon, California, majored in sociology with a minor in anthropology. He plans to go straight into the workforce and build his resumé […]
We celebrate the Class of 2021, what they have achieved during their years at Ripon and what they hope to achieve in the next chapter of their lives. Dasia Davis ’21 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, majored in psychology. She will enroll into the Milwaukee Police Department. After taking a year off from schooling, she will pursue […]
We celebrate the Class of 2021, what they have achieved during their years at Ripon and what they hope to achieve in the next chapter of their lives. Conrad Winkelman ’21 of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, majored in politics and government, communication and economics. He will work at Our Saviour’s parish in Ripon. He says the […]
We celebrate the Class of 2021, what they have achieved during their years at Ripon and what they hope to achieve in the next chapter of their lives. Cameron Klein ’21 of Clinton, Wisconsin, majored in business management with minors in economics and history. He plans to gain work experience before pursuing a master’s degree […]
We celebrate the Class of 2021, what they have achieved during their years at Ripon and what they hope to achieve in the next chapter of their lives. Maggie Bouque ’21 of Genoa, Illinois, majored in biology. She will be working as a certified nursing assistant and plans to later attend schooling to become a […]
Stephanie Boahen ’21 of Accra, Ghana, and Brianna Bembenek ’22 of Campbellsport, Wisconsin, each earned a 2020-2021 TriBeta Research Grant from Beta, Beta, Beta, the national biological honor society. Boahen majored in chemistry-biology with a minor in Francophone studies. Bembenek is majoring in chemistry-biology and psychology. Her research is focused on investigating changes in the […]