As we celebrate the 40th federal observation of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a small group of Ripon College students is looking forward to next Monday night. That’s when they will meet for the first class of a new sociology course focused on human and civil rights. Professor of Sociology Jackie Clark […]
Class of 1867: First graduating class Susan Ann Wright Salisbury was one of the four members of the first graduation class of 1867 at Ripon College. She was born Jan. 10, 1848, in Metomen, Wisconsin, completed her preparation for college in the classes preceding regular college work at Ripon, then studied in the scientific course […]
Class of 1867: First graduating class Mary Frances Spencer was one of the four members of the first graduation class of 1867 at Ripon College. She was born Aug. 28, 1842, in Fairfield, Ohio, and was listed as being from Poy Sippi, Wisconsin. She spent eight years at Ripon, as a pupil and teacher, and […]
Class of 1867: First graduating class Luthera Harriet Adams was one of the four members of the first graduation class of 1867 at Ripon College. She also received an advanced degree in 1870. She was born July 31, 1841, and came from Omro, Wisconsin. At Ripon, she studied in the classical course. It took seven […]
Founder John Scott Horner, a lawyer, politician and land speculator, was considered “the first citizen of the village,” according to “Ripon College a History.” He was born Dec. 5, 1802, in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. He was a graduate of Washington (now Washington and Jefferson) College in western Pennsylvania in 1819 and became an attorney. […]
Founder William Stevens Brockway was born in 1825. In Ripon, he was a young merchant and a trustee of the First Congregational Church of Ceresco. To raise money to continue construction of the College, the Lyceum of Ripon directors issued stock for purchase. On Jan. 1, 1851, they met and needed to decide on a […]
Connections made in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, brought an early settler and Ripon College founder to Ripon. Jehdeiah Bowen had clerked in a store in eastern Pennsylvania owned by Capt. David P. Mapes and in 1850 followed Mapes west to Ripon and became one of the community’s earliest settlers when there were but four buildings in town. […]
Founder Capt. David Parshall Mapes was the driving force behind developing the new “embryo city” of Ripon as well as the school that would become Ripon College. He was born Jan. 10, 1798, in Coxsackie, Greene County, New York. He worked in various positions in the East, including one term in the New York legislature, […]
First president 1863-1876 On April 23, 1863, the Rev. Dr. William E. Merriman, a graduate of Williams College and Union Theological Seminary, was elected the first president of Brockway College, at a salary of $1,000 a year. He immediately relinquished his salary (except for living expenses) to bring the College out of debt. There were […]
Ripon College’s Center for Politics and the People (CPP) and the Department of Economics and Business Management will co-sponsor a panel discussion on the evolving landscape of global commerce and its impact on Wisconsin businesses. The event will be held in Great Hall of Ripon College’s Harwood Memorial Union, Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 6:30 p.m. […]
A small group of Ripon College students spent their spring break in Alabama where they attended the inaugural national symposium of the Fred D. Gray Institute for Human & Civil Rights. Al Sturgeon, associate vice president for student success and assistant professor of political science, and Ji’Mya Sullivan-Owens ’24, post-graduate assistant for student life and […]
Six Ripon College students traveled to Jamaica during last week’s spring break with Professor Emeritus of Psychology Joe Hatcher as part of a unique class. The half-semester course taught by Hatcher, “Cross-Cultural Psychology: Impact of Culture on Everyday Life,” is designed to provide an overview of the ways that social norms, social cognition and social […]
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, professor of political science and professor and chair of religious studies at Northwestern University, will discuss the intersection of religion and politics in the Gaza war Thursday, April 3, at 4:30 p.m. in the Kresge Little Theatre inside Ripon College’s East Hall. The talk is sponsored by Ripon College’s Center for Politics […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]