“I’ve loved acting since I was young,” says Amanda Finn ’14 of Madison, Wisconsin. “It was my first love.” At Ripon, Finn majored in theatre, English and film/media studies. As a sophomore, she was encouraged by Professor of Theatre Bob Amsden to participate in the O’Neill Critics Institute within the Kennedy Center American College Theatre […]
When planning for her summer activities, Kathryn Bruhns ’16 of Oak Park, Illinois, hoped to do research at a different college. She approached Andrea Young, assistant professor of mathematical sciences and chair of the department, for a letter of recommendation. When Bruhns found out she did not get into the program she had applied for, […]
Chapter 1: Shifting Focus [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!] I still can’t believe that graduation was over three months ago. I should be back […]
Chapter 1: A Change of Pace for Senior Year [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!] Senior year is finally here! The past three years, […]
A former policy analyst in the Reagan White House, Dinesh D’Souza will speak at Ripon College on Sept. 23. His talk, “America: Imagine a World Without Her,” will be presented from 4-6 p.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union, on the campus. Admission is free and open to the public. D’Souza has had a 25-year […]
Jesse Rye ’02, co-executive director of Food Systems Enterprise at Farm Fresh Rhode Island, will present an Alumni Master Chat Tuesday, Sept. 15. The talk will begin at 11:15 a.m. in the Kresge Little Theatre of East Hall. Rye’s organization is committed to growing a local food system that values the environment, health and quality […]
The grand opening for Ripon College’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, in the lower level of Bartlett Hall. “Students, staff and administration have teamed together to make sure the new center is a safe space where students will find community building and congregation […]
While they were students at Ripon College, both Mark Franzen ’83 and Janice Heinz Franzen ’83 conducted research and found the experience to be positive. “We think research can be an important part of a liberal arts education,” Mark Franzen says. “Janice and I both had wonderful relationships with our professors when we were at […]
Christine Nguyen ’17 of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is using family, Ripon College and McNair Scholar connections to advance her career. “Coming from a low-income, underrepresented background, I entered Ripon College as a first-generation college student oblivious of my qualifications for becoming a McNair Scholar,” she says. But she soon was introduced to the College’s Student Support […]
I arrived in Chicago at the end of July of 1957, to get ready to be enrolled at Ripon College. It was very strict, according to the foreign currency exchange regulations in Japan, to exchange yen to dollar at the time, and so I had only $26 with me when I left Japan. My father […]
Lamont Colucci, associate professor and chair of the politics and government department, recently published an opinion piece for U.S. News & World Report about his perspective as interest in the coming election rises. “Each time the United States and the United Kingdom have a general election, the far-left candidates delineate themselves by their domestic socialist, […]
Scott Strazzante, a 1986 graduate of Ripon College, will have his work on display Sept. 11 to Oct. 11 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the college campus. Strazzante is a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle and previously worked for the Chicago Tribune and other news sources. His book Common […]
During his senior year of high school, Ricardo Jaimes ’17, moved from a large city in Illinois to the much smaller community of Marinette, Wisconsin. “I started noticing nature and doing more outdoor activities,” he says. His newfound love of Wisconsin’s natural beauty inspired him to attend college to study environmental science. As part of […]
A serendipitous disappointment at Ripon College led to a career choice for Brandi Gaspard Mans ’10 of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mans got into theatre in high school in Anoka, Minnesota, because some of her friends were doing it. “The theatre bug bit me,” she says, and she received a theatre scholarship to attend Ripon College. However, […]
Mollie Oblinger, associate professor of art, and Rafael Salas, associate professor of art, have work included in a group exhibit through Sept. 5 at the Thelma in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Oblinger also has work in a group show at the Angela Meleca Gallery through Sept. 3 in Columbus, Ohio; and her work will be […]
Julie Sikkink Lee ’88 is a high school history and English teacher at Oregon Episcopal School in Portland, Oregon. She predominantly teaches 9th- and 10th-graders in literature, ancient world history, medieval history and American history. “My favorite part of my school job is watching my students’ faces when something clicks for them and they see […]
As a double-major in art history and history, Laura Shively ’15 of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, prepared research presentations for not just one Senior Seminar, but two. She focused on how media, such as art, have influenced people throughout history. Her art history project was based on the comic book hero Captain America. “His name is Captain […]
Writing in various forms has provided a creative outlet for Ken Luber ’60 of Idyllwild, California, throughout his life. He has written poetry for much of his life, was an English major at Ripon College and was editor of the Ripon College literary magazine, Parallax, during his senior year. He since has written for several […]
Lamont Colucci, associate professor and chair of the politics and government department, recently published an opinion piece for U.S. News & World Report. In “Russia Keeps Winning,” Colucci writes that Russian foreign policy is putting America’s to shame. He writes that if anything can characterize the Obama foreign policy, it would be the phrase “the […]
Professor of Religion Brian Smith and Associate Professor of History Becky Matzke will serve as co-directors of the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College during the upcoming 2015-2016 academic year. The Center, founded in 2014 with a lead gift from Ripon College Trustee Bill MacLeod ’73, was created to promote constructive political […]
Twenty-eight incoming, first-generation students will attend the Bridge Program this week on the Ripon College Campus. This is the sixth year the program will be held. The Bridge Program, sponsored by Student Support Services, helps incoming, first-generation college students make a smooth personal and social transition to college life, assist with building a community of […]