The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will return to the Ripon College campus for a free performance Sunday, Nov. 13. The concert is part of the Caestecker Fine Arts Series at Ripon College and will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the field house of Willmore Center, corner of Thorne and Union streets. No tickets are required. For […]
The Ripon College Department of Theatre opens its 2022-23 season with the 2009 Tony Award-winning comic drama “God of Carnage,” by Yasmina Resa, translated by Christopher Hampton. The show runs Wednesday, Oct. 26, through Saturday, Oct. 29. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Tickets are free, but reservations […]
Michael Bess, author of the new book Planet in Peril: Humanity’s Four Greatest Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them, will be the guest speaker Oct. 27 at Ripon College. His presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the Ripon College campus. The talk is free and open to […]
John P. Harden, who recently joined Ripon College as an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, already has gotten involved in the wider Ripon community. He has been appointed to the Plan Commission for the city of Ripon’s City Council. He has been attending Common Council meetings since he moved to Ripon. He […]
Jan Plane, associate professor of computer science, has been awarded the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Service to the University by the University of Maryland. Plane recently retired as a computer science faculty member from the university where she had worked since 1989. With graduate degrees in both computer science and education, she focuses on […]
Rafael Francisco Salas, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, is the guest curator for an exhibit for the Museum of Wisconsin Art. “Strange Lands: The work of Tom Antell, Chris T. Cornelius, and Sky Hopinka” opens Friday, Oct. 7, at the MOWA|DTN Gallery, the museum’s satellite location inside […]
The indigenous right to vote will be the focus of a discussion Oct. 18 at Ripon College. Renee Gralewicz, an elder and peacemaker for the Brothertown Nation and descendant of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, and Maria Haskins, a regional tribal organizer in the Lac Courte Oreilles, Oneida and Stockbridge communities, will discuss strategies to […]
Professor of Psychology Kristine A. Kovack-Lesh had an article published this summer with Ripon College alumnae and other collaborators. “Inconsistent flanker congruency effects across stimulus types and age groups: A cautionary tale” was published in the journal “Behavior Research Methods.” “The flanker task is a common measure of selective attention and response competition across populations, […]
A recent study by Assistant Professor of Political Science John P. Harden has been receiving widespread media attention. “Looking Like a Winner: Leader Narcissism and War Duration” was published this month in the Journal of Conflict Resolution. Harden has since been interviewed and featured on numerous news sources and websites worldwide, including Newsweek, Salon, International […]
The flexibility a liberal arts education affords its graduates allowed Kevin Sheridan ’82 of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, to pivot successfully during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Pre-pandemic, Sheridan, an internationally recognized keynote speaker on the topic of employee engagement, was a frequent keynote speaker at live international and national events. He worked with organizations […]
Benjamin Fisher ’23 of Waupun, Wisconsin, won the Theta Chi fraternity’s 2021/2022 James Ralph “Shug” Jordan Award which he received at the 166th Anniversary Convention held during the summer in Washington, D.C. He was selected from the fraternity’s 159 active chapters for its top scholar-athlete award for demonstrating impressive leadership service, and scholastic accomplishments as […]
A unique event will open the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series Friday, Oct. 14, at Ripon College. It will feature a showing of the classic 1922 silent film “HÄXAN” accompanied by a live score composed by Joe Clark and Chad McCullough. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. […]
Professor Emeritus of Politics and Government Martin Farrell will present a talk at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at Mead Public Library, 710 N. Eighth St., in Sheboygan. His discussion of the Quad Alliance is part of the library’s Great Decisions lecture series. No pre-registration is required. The Quad Alliance is an informal alliance between the […]
Alaura Lemieux of Luck, Wisconsin, is a research associate at the Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, the main lab contracted to do the bulk of testing for several studies for the CDC. Lemieux conducts scientific research for a few classified projects. “I get to do the actual science for projects versus the more labor-intensive tasks, though […]
Associate Professor of Biology Robin Forbes-Lorman and Miye Aoki-Kramer ’20 of Seattle, Washington, had a paper published on BioOne.org, a database of research in the biological, ecological and environmental sciences. Aoki-Kramer was a biology major with minors in educational studies and chemistry. She graduated magna cum laude with honors in biology. As a goal keeper […]
Associate Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby has a paper published by ACS Publications. Two of the student co-authors are Ripon College alumnae: Sierra Thein ’22 of Oostburg, Wisconsin, a chemistry major; and Abbigail Grieger ’22 of Fargo, North Dakota, a chemistry-biology major. The paper describes a collaboration between Ripon College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison […]
Candice North ’04 of Carmichael, California, is a first-generation student who grew up in rural Montana. At Ripon College, she majored in biology. At the University of Arizona, she received her doctor of medicine degree in the global health distinction track. She now is a hospitalist, an internal medicine or family medicine physician who performs […]
Christopher Reed-Waddell ’07 took an early interest in making the world a better place. At Ripon, he majored in communication and philosophy, and he later received a master’s degree in public administration from University of Colorado Denver. As a Ripon student, Christopher went to New Orleans with classmates several times to volunteer after Hurricane Katrina. […]
Alexis Riggs ’21 of Madison, Wisconsin, had challenges as she prepared to achieve her dream of higher education. She is a first-generation college student from a family with limited means, and she was born missing the lower part of both arms. But with a lot of determination and a lot of help, her dreams are […]
Currently Consul General at the U.S. Consulate General in Milan, Italy, Robert Needham ’86 has long been a citizen of the world. He was born in England and grew up in Northern Ireland before immigrating to Wisconsin with his parents in 1979. At Ripon, he majored in politics and government. He learned about the State […]
Gregg Petersen ’78 of Columbia, Maryland, says that he grew up as a “bird nerd.” After retiring as a defense consultant in 2015, he spent time bird watching and taking photos of birds He connected with Nancy Buck Hintz ’82 of Rochester, Minnesota, when both served on Ripon College’s Alumni Board. Hintz is on the […]