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Ripon College exceeds $75 million campaign goal: Sets new target of $100 million
In December 2023, Forever Ripon, Ripon College’s five-year comprehensive campaign and largest philanthropic effort in its history, achieved its initial goal of $75 million, 18 months ahead of schedule. While Ripon will keep the original campaign timeline with an ending date of June 30, 2025, it now will pursue an extended goal of $100 million. […]
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Daniel Trampf inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame
Daniel Trampf was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame on April 24, 2022. Dan has been a practicing certified athletic trainer for 31 years in Wisconsin in a variety of settings including high school outreach, clinical in-patient rehab, and occupational health. The recognition is the highest professional honor an athletic trainer […]
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CPP, Student Advisory Board to co-host 2024 election results student panel
Ripon College’s Center for Politics and the People (CPP) and its Student Advisory Board will co-host a student panel discussion on the 2024 election results in Kresge Little Theatre of East Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 5:15 p.m. The panel, “After the Election – Now What?,” will address topics such as polling, Wisconsin’s role in […]
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Ripon College Announces Articulation Agreements for Direct-Entry Master of Science in Nursing
with Alverno College, Carroll University, Elmhurst University, Johns Hopkins University, and Rosalind Franklin University Ripon College is pleased to announce new articulation agreements with five institutions—Alverno College, Carroll University, Elmhurst University, Johns Hopkins University, and Rosalind Franklin University—that will provide streamlined pathways for Ripon students to pursue a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). The […]
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Ripon College Placed on Multiple National Rankings Lists
Ripon College again has been placed on national rankings lists of the best institutions for undergraduate education. Ripon is included in The Princeton Review’s 2025 edition of The Best 390 Colleges and one of the Best Regional Colleges list for the Midwest. The Princeton Review also ranked Ripon #18 for Best Athletic Facilities and #21 […]
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Ripon College celebrates $23 million fundraising year – approaches Forever Ripon extended campaign goal of $100 million
Ripon College celebrated its second largest fundraising year ever in fiscal year 2024 with more than $23 million in new gifts and commitments. This contributed to Ripon’s Forever Ripon campaign reaching $88 million toward the extended $100 million goal, with one year still remaining in the campaign. The College achieved its initial goal of $75 […]
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Book by Kurt Dietrich about Al Jarreau ’62 wins silver medal
Never Givin’ Up: The Life and Music of Al Jarreau, written by Kurt Dietrich, professor of music emeritus, about the 1962 Ripon College alumnus, has won a silver medal in the Performing Arts and Music category of the Foreword INDIES awards. The INDIES are a prestigious award in the independent publishing world which considers books […]
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Myers ’14 provides support for LGBTQ+ students in role at UW-Milwaukee
Ariana Myers ’14 says her experience at Ripon College was integral to her process of self-discovery. Her first semester at Ripon, Ariana was cast in an ensemble role for the theatre department’s production of “Cabaret.” When the student cast in the Emcee role fell ill, Ariana — who was the only one who fit the […]
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Fine arts departments offering an evening of events April 26
Rodman Arts Celebration, an evening event featuring all areas of the fine arts at Ripon College, will be held Friday, April 26, in C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All events are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. 6 p.m.: A reading by Wisconsin’s Own Library poet-in-residence Sonya Lara in Caestecker […]
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Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger has work in solo exhibit in Oshkosh
“Prolonged Current,” a solo exhibit of artwork by Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger, is on view through Feb. 29 at Annex Gallery at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. The gallery is located in Room N204 on the second floor of the Arts and Communication Center. “The artworks in this exhibit form a portrait of the evolving […]
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News Update from Tom Mueller ’89
Tom Mueller ’89 retired from HP Inc. at the end of April 2023.
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Ripon High School Spanish teacher will receive Ripon College’s Distinguished Educator Award
Marta Ruiz Yedinak, a Spanish teacher at Ripon High School, will be presented with Ripon College’s Distinguished Educator Award at the 2023 Commencement ceremony May 14. Each year, the College celebrates an outstanding elementary, middle or high school teacher or a school administrator who has greatly impacted students and is admired by fellow teachers for […]
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We celebrate Clarissa Tucker Tracy, ‘Mother of Ripon College’
As International Women’s Day is celebrated today, we honor Clarissa Tucker Tracy, a botanist and the first female professor at Ripon College. Her scholarship and mentoring influence led to her being affectionately called “the mother of Ripon College.” Tracy was born Nov. 12, 1818, in Jackson, Pennsylvania. By the age of 14, she had started […]
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Ripon College, WACTE recognize area teachers for professional excellence
Teachers in the Ripon Area School District and the Kettle Moraine School District have been honored as outstanding educators by Ripon College and the Wisconsin Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (WACTE). Both have ties to Ripon College. Maitlin Arts ’19, a seventh-grade English/language arts teacher at Kettle Moraine Middle School in Dousman, Wisconsin, received […]
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Title IX marks 50th anniversary and lasting effects on campuses today
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Title IX is a federal equity law and prohibits federally funded educational institutions from discriminating against students or employees based on sex or gender. It reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis […]
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Commencement regalia of Jairo Javier Morales ’19 on display at Smithsonian
When Jairo Javier Morales ’19 accepted his diploma in the Willmore Center field house wearing a gown adorned with the wings of a monarch butterfly, he was making a statement about immigrant rights. Now, his graduation cap — with its decorated mortar board that states “I am one of those people Mexico sent” — his […]
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Today is just TOO much
It is often said, “Good things come in pairs,” and today’s date offers symmetrical synchronicity for pattern lovers! Today is 2-22-22 and falls on a TUESDAY, or should we say TWOS-DAY? Where will you be at 2:22 on 2/22/22 this Tuesday? Feb. 22, 2022, is a palindrome date, meaning it reads the same backward and […]
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And now for the mathematical considerations
Today is a palindromic date: 2-22-22. While some people may view this as a lucky date, I view it as an opportunity to reflect on the humble number “two.” We all know that two is the smallest prime number and the smallest positive even number. However, here are two more mathematical facts involving two. Picture […]
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Black alumni panel to speak Thursday
A panel of Black alumni will speak via Zoom from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday as part of Black History Month. The event is sponsored by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion. The panel is open to all. The Zoom ID is 256 018 4018. Panel members will speak about their journeys after college, and […]
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Jeanne Lyke to receive Ripon College’s 2022 Founders’ Day Award
Jeanne Lyke, a Ripon pediatrician, will receive Ripon College’s 2022 Founders’ Day Award at the College’s Commencement ceremony May 15. The award is presented annually to an individual or organization in Ripon and surrounding communities who exemplifies the ideals behind the creation of Ripon College. The College was officially founded Jan. 29, 1851. A celebration […]
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