A holiday concert will be presented by the music ensembles of Ripon College Sunday, Dec. 8. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in the Willmore Center Field House. Admission is free and open to the public. The concert will include performances by Chamber Singers, Choral Union, Jazz Ensemble, Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Selections […]
Students of the Ripon College Department of Music will perform a recital Tuesday, Dec. 3. The performance will begin at 11:15 a.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. Selections will include: Toccata in d, BWV 565, by Johann Sebastian Bach, with Caleb Klinzing […]
The Fantasticks, the joint production of the departments of music and theatre at Ripon College, has been nominated for several awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Heidi DeCaluwe ’20 of West Bend, Wisconsin, received a Certificate of Merit for her costume design. Lindsey Wigand ’22 of West Allis, Wisconsin, received a Certificate […]
Abby Korb ’20 of Burlington, Wisconsin, spent the summer interning under the policy director at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in Washington, D.C. Korb is a double major in psychology as well as politics and government. “I am extremely grateful for the experience and loved my coworkers and being in the […]
Observations of life in public office were part of the experience for Luke Dretske ’21 of Berlin, Wisconsin, during the summer of 2019. Dretske interned in the office of Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson in Washington, D.C. He was supported in part by a $2,000 Internship Supplemental Grant from the Center for Politics and the People […]
After a summer participating in a research program in Pennsylvania, Valerie Doornbos ’21 of Allendale Michigan, presented about her work at a conference in September. The summer research program was located at the Penn State University Park Campus in State College, Pennsylvania. The program was sponsored through the Penn State Department of Engineering, but Doornbos […]
An internship during the summer of 2019 “will make a lasting impact on my future endeavors in law and education,” says Nate Jung ’20 of Kewaskum, Wisconsin. Jung is a double major in politics & government and economics, with a minor in national security studies. He interned for Justice Brian Hagedorn in the Wisconsin Court […]
Five students received $2,000 Internship Supplemental Grants from the Center for Politics and the People (CPP) during the summer of 2019. The grants helped defray expenses for students to participate in unpaid internships. Erin Bailey ’21 of Walworth, Wisconsin, is a double major in politics & government and communication, and she interned with Planned Parenthood […]
A mini-internship at Vans headquarters in Costa Mesa, California, opened a world of opportunities for Zoe Hazel ’22 of Friendship, Wisconsin. She worked at Van’s during the week of Sept. 23. Hazel applied for this internship through the clothing store Zumiez at the beginning of the summer of 2019. She then put it out of […]
“Play Nice!”, a “modern, dark fairy tale” by Robin Rice, will be presented Oct. 9-12 at Ripon College. Show times are 7:30 in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Tickets are free, but reservations are recommended by contacting 920-748-8791 or [email protected]). The play’s director, Robert Amsden, Ripon College director emeritus, says this exciting […]
Inspiration for a national security studies senior presentation came from a summer spent studying in Morocco for Stephanie Verbockel ’19 of Grand Chute, Wisconsin. “The Checkered Experience of Battling Islamist Terrorism: An American vs. MENA Response and How to Coordinate for Greater Success,” explored differences between American and MENA (Middle East-North African) region perspectives and […]
A career goal of working in community outreach for a professional sports organization inspired the senior seminar research of Eric Fels ’19 of Hubertus, Wisconsin. Fels, who had a double major in exercise science-sports management and history and a minor in economics, examined the impact community outreach programs of National Basketball Association (NBA) teams has […]
“Feminist Epistemology: Knowing Through Stories” was presented by Morgan Makar ’19 of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, as part of her Department of Philosophy senior seminar course. Makar had a double major in business management and philosophy and a minor in criminal justice. Her research was inspired by her own personal experience being a woman studying philosophy, […]
The Fox Valley Battalion of ROTC, of which the Ripon Red Hawks Company is a part, will hold its spring commissioning ceremony at 3 p.m., Friday, May 24, in the field house at Willmore Center. Graduated commissionees will be sworn in as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Those from Ripon College are Nathan Faucett […]
Faculty, staff and students of Ripon College were honored at the College’s annual Awards Convocation. Faculty honorees were: Faculty/Staff Mentor Award: Mary I. Unger, associate professor of English Senior Class Award: Mark S. Kainz, professor of biology and Catalyst curriculum director May Bumby Severy, Class of 1908, Award: John G. Dalziel, associate professor of theatre, […]
Brice Swick ’20 of Kimberly, Wisconsin, a pitcher on the Red Hawks’ baseball team, was featured in a news story and online by Fox11 WLUK-TV Tuesday, May 7. The story “Ripon College’s Brice Swick beats the odds after devastating crash in 2017” details a car crash Swick went through, its aftermath, and his fight to […]
The Ripon College rocket team participated in The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Collegiate Rocket Launch competition Sunday, April 28, at the Richard Bong State Recreation Area in Kenosha County. The team was one of 11 from Wisconsin to participate. The article “Day after snowstorm, rockets take to the sky” was featured April 28, 2019, in […]
The Ripon College Orchestra, Chamber Singers and Choral Union will join together to present a collaborative concert Sunday, May 5. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Orchestra is conducted by Dylan Chmura-Moore, adjunct professor of music. Chamber Singers and Choral Union are conducted by […]
An exhibit of work by senior art majors will be on view May 3-19 in the lobby C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Seniors Rebecca “Becky” Bajt of Mazon, Illinois; Ellen Frost of Appleton, Wisconsin; Madeline “Maddie: Hantzsch of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin; Khun Maung if Yangon, Myanmar; and Amelia “Emmi” Nievinski of Eland, Wisconsin; will present […]
A student music recital will be presented Tuesday, April 30, at Ripon College. The recital will begin at 11:15 a,m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Selections will include: “Concertino for Trombone, op. 45, no. 7,” by Lars Erik Larsson, with Eric Westberg ’20 of North Mankato, Minnesota, trombone; and Professor […]