The Ripon College Orchestra will perform its spring concert at 3:15 p.m. May 1 in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. Admission is free and open to the public. Selections will include Overture to “The Abduction from the Seraglio” K. 384, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791); “Simple Symphony,” Op. […]
The Ripon College Department of Music will present a student recital at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The program will feature: Second Movement of Symphony No. 100, by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), with Kate Cichon ’19 of Menasha, Wisconsin; Mitchell Eithun ’17 of New London, Wisconsin; […]
The Ripon College Chamber Singers and Choral Union will present a concert Sunday, April 24. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. It is free and open to the public. Selections for the Chamber Singers are “Kyrie,” from “Missa Orbis factor,” anonymous […]
Ripon College’s Environmental Group of Ripon (EGOR) is planning several events in celebration of Earth Week. Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an award-winning independent documentary film, will be shown at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in Bear Auditorium, Farr Hall. “Discover Green Lake: A Local Gem in Our Big Backyard” will be presented […]
Chapter 4: Cherishing Time [Editor’s Note: Chuchen Tan ’16, Sara Driebel ’16, and Jacob Sahr ’16 are writing rotating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their senior year experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life At Ripon!] Happy April everyone! As of this moment, Commencement is just a little more than […]
Chapter 4: Decisions [Editor’s Note: Raymond Allen ’15, Karena Schroeder ’15, and Madeline Poullette ’15 are writing rotating monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] Circa 1,851 days post-zombie outbreak… You sprint down the corridor, burst into the weapons storage room […]
“Publishing a paper is a huge milestone that I pictured being far away, so the fact it’s official is still hard for me to fully grasp,” says Ray Allen ’15 of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin. The paper, co-written by Assistant Professor of Biology Barbara Sisson and Professor of Biology Bob Wallace, focuses on zebrafish, something […]
“Those Who’ve Called Ripon Home,” a walking tour highlighting distinguished Riponites, will be presented from 7-9 p.m. April 15. The tour will begin at 314: Ripon College Project Space on Watson Street in downtown Ripon. All are welcome to attend. Project developers are Holly Erickson ’18 of Union Grove, Wisconsin; and Zachary Peterson ’16 of […]
The Ripon College chapters of biology, chemistry and psychology honor societies will host a Research Symposium during the Golden Hour, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. Students who recently have done original research or literature views will present on their work.
The Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College presents a student debate, “Should the United States Intervene Militarily to Mitigate and Solve the Syrian Conflict?” on Wednesday, April 13. The debate will run from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union, on the campus. The debaters will be: Wyatt McGillen’19 […]
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform its spring concert at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, April 17, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The concert will feature works from a wide range of musical styles and time periods. Highlights include two popular, powerful and colorful contemporary works, Frank Ticheli’s “Vesuvius,” a […]
The One-Act Play Festival, a celebration of short plays presented by student directors, will be presented April 14-16 by the Ripon College Theatre Department. Performances are free and open to the public. The lineup includes: Thursday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. “St. Francis Preaches to the Birds,” by David Ives, directed by JaneMarie Erickson ’16 of […]
On April 1 and 2 at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, five Ripon students, along with Brian Smith, professor of religion, Charles and Joan Van Zoeren Chair in Religion, Ethics and Values, and Chair of the Department; and David William Scott, Pieper Chair in Servant Leadership and assistant professor of religion, gave paper presentations […]
Emily Marie Rausch ’16 of Deerfield, Wisconsin, who is majoring in music and business management, will give a senior piano recital at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9. The recital will be presented in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Selections will include works by Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart and Zaimont
A student-written non-linear e-book about the life and work of Wisconsin-born architect Frank Lloyd Wright can be accessed here. The e-book came about through a Ripon College fall semester class, “Frank Lloyd Wright: Master Architect, Artist and Thinker,” taught by Travis Nygard, assistant professor of art, chair of the department and registrar of the College […]
Robert Enright ’17 of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, received an honorable mention in the 2016 Goldwater Scholarship Competition. This scholarship program limits the number of applicants per institution to four to six students in mathematics, science-related, engineering and computer disciplines. More than 1,000 undergraduate sophomores and juniors were nominated by institutions across the country. Seven students […]
The Ripon College Center for Politics and the People hosted a panel discussion about the future of the Republican Party last night. Seeing that the discussion took place on the eve of a hotly contested primary election in the state of Wisconsin and in the proclaimed “Birthplace of the Republican Party,” the event was ripe […]
“The Hunting Ground,” a documentary film about the incidence of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States, will be shown Wednesday, April 13, on the Ripon College campus. The showing will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Bear Auditorium, Farr Hall, and the public is welcome to attend. The film focuses on two former […]
Animal lovers can rejoice as President Zach Messitte today announced a new addition to the Ripon College family beginning this fall. Messitte announced that an underground, invisible fence will be installed around the perimeter of the upper campus this summer and that when students return in August, there will be a new four-legged friend running […]
Jordan Buhle, a 2015 graduate of Ripon College, has been awarded a 2016 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. Her award is in the field of chemistry-chemical catalysis. She is in her first year in the Ph.D. program in chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Winning honorable mentions were: Christine Anhalt-Depies ’09 in the filed of […]