Therapy can come in many forms. Kristina Davis ’73 of Appleton, Wis., is a licensed clinical social worker. She has been providing counseling for families, couples and individuals for 27 years in the Fox Valley area. In 1995, Davis created a 14-week group for “at-risk” adolescent girls called Teen Awareness Girls’ Group (TAGG). The purpose […]
The Environmental Group of Ripon (EGOR) has teamed with Sodexo Food Services on campus to provide incentives for students to reduce their consumption of paper. Students who bring their own re-usable mugs to the “We Proudly Serve Starbucks” coffee shop in Pickard Commons will be entered in a raffle. Prizes include gift cards, stainless steel […]
The world of the future is developing today through Peter Bock ’62 of Washington, D.C., the fall 2012 Knop speaker at Ripon College. Bock is a former NASA scientist and a professor emeritus of engineering at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he was on the computer science faculty for more than 40 years. […]
Chapter 8: Setting Goals [Editor’s Note: Katlyn Lee ’12 and Jeremy Johnson ’12 are writing monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their own post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] February 2, 2013 Dear Journal, When I last left off, I mentioned a new-found desire I had to […]
Chapter 8: The Beginning of a New Semester [Editor’s Note: Jeremy Johnson ’12 and Katlyn Lee ’12 are writing monthly entries for the Ripon College Newsletter chronicling their own post-graduation experiences. We hope you enjoy their perspectives on Life After Ripon!] The end of winter break seemed to come too quickly. Just a few days […]
Amanda Finn, a junior theatre and English major at Ripon College, has advanced to the national finals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). She advanced after competing in the O’Neil Critics Institute portion of the regional competition in Saginaw, Mich. in January. As one of only eight national finalists, Finn will receive […]
Lamont Colucci, chair of the Politics and Government department at Ripon College and coordinator of the National Security Studies program, has been named Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs for the American Foreign Policy Council. For nearly three decades, the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) has played an essential role in the U.S. foreign policy […]
Mollie Oblinger, assistant professor in the Ripon College department of art and art history, as well as director of the College’s Caestecker Gallery, has opened the exhibit “In Fringes Among Battered” the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s Allen Priebe Annex Gallery. Oblinger says she drew inspiration for the works in the new show from her time last […]
Dmytro Zhosan, associate professor of Business and Economics at Ripon College, and co-author Roy Gardner (late Professor of Economics at Indiana University), examine different factors that can help avoid tragedy of the commons in a new article published in Environment and Development Economics. In the article, “Problems of the commons: group behavior, cooperation and sanctioning […]
Deb Kupinsky’s exhibit, “Echo,” currently on display in the Caestecker Gallery in Ripon College’s Rodman Center for the Arts received a warm review in the Appleton Post-Crescent. The Crescent‘s Taima Kern writes that Kupinsky’s art, “brings a sense of wonder, and otherworldly interest to the table with a series of sculptures that require a closer […]
On February 6, 2013, Ripon College hosted political consultant and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for a talk in Harwood Memorial Union’s Great Hall. You can watch the event in its entirety below: [iframe src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/pXAizvYU3IA?rel=0″ width=”600″ height=”450″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen]
With the public launch of the Imagine Tomorrow comprehensive campaign on February 1, Ripon College has been featured in a number of news outlets. Here are a few news highlights and video from the campaign launch event at the Woman’s Club of Wisconsin. Ripon Commonwealth Press – “Ripon College Racing Through $50 million Campaign” Fond […]
The Janus Trio comes to Ripon College on Friday, February 15, 2013, as part of the 2012-2013 Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon Series. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall at the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts on the Ripon College campus. The trio from Brooklyn formed in […]
Artist Deb Kupinsky will give an artist talk at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, in the lobby of Rodman Center for the Arts on the Ripon College campus. The talk will be in conjunction with an opening reception in Caestecker Gallery for the exhibit, “Echo,” which will run through March 1. Kupinsky is Uihlein Fellow […]
This year’s Founders’ Day award was presented to Gregory Marcus of The Marcus Corp. The award is presented annually to an individual or an organization in the Ripon community who exemplifies the ideals of the founders of Ripon College. The Marcus Corp., headquartered in Milwaukee, was founded Nov. 1, 1935, by Ben Marcus with the […]
The Suzanne and Richard Pieper Family Foundation has funded a new Chair in Religion and Servant Leadership at Ripon College. The foundation has established servant leadership chairs at several Wisconsin colleges and universities. The first holder of Ripon College’s Pieper Chair is David William Scott of the Religion Department. “Universities are the likely places where […]
A team of students and staff members from Ripon College Residence Life won first place in the annual WAICU Residence Life RA Conference Roll Call. In a skit conceptually created by Raymond Allen ’15, the staff created a political ad about why they supported Ripon College. To follow the conference theme of “True Colors,” they […]
In March 1965, marches and protests held in Alabama marked the political and emotional height of the American civil rights movement. The three attempts to march from Selma to Montgomery, the state capital, were in support of Black voter registration. The first march took place on March 7 and became known as “Bloody Sunday” after […]
In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 21, Ripon College will hold a series of events: Inauguration Oath Screening 10:30 a.m., Monday, January 21,The Pub, Harwood Memorial Union. Watch as President Barack Obama renews his vow to lead the nation in his second term. MLK Week Brunch 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. […]
The Office of the Registrar at Ripon College has released the names of the Fall 2012 Dean’s List. A total of 317 students were named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2012 semester. Students who earned grade-point averages of 3.40 or higher in at least 12 semester credit hours of regular letter-graded work are […]
After Tuesday’s 56-38 win at Lawrence University, Ripon College’s women’s basketball head coach Julie Johnson now needs one more victory to become just the fourth coach in Midwest Conference history to win 300 career games. Her first chance to reach that milestone comes in Saturday’s home game against Grinnell, beginning at 1 p.m. With a […]