Eleven Ripon College students are gaining excellent teaching experience as interns with the Boys & Girls Club of the Tri-County Area at its new Ripon site this summer. Nicole Arnhold, a senior double majoring in studio art and secondary education, is an art teacher for children in first grade through tweens and teens at the […]
Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas’ 2021 painting “The Pioneers” is featured on the cover of the July/August 2025 issue of Newcity Art Chicago magazine. The summer issue devoted to “Art in Wisconsin” also features an essay Salas wrote titled “Out on the Farm: Rural Art Residencies Thrive in Wisconsin.” About six years ago, Newcity […]
Federal grant will boost student retention, graduation rates The U.S. Department of Education renewed its funding with Ripon College, therefore awarding a grant of $1.51 million by 2030 to support TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) to improve retention and graduation rates among low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities. “The goal of the program is […]
Toby Shucha, assistant professor of music and director of bands and music education, has written a chapter for the recently published book “Methodological Musings: Thinking with Narrative in Music Education Research.” The chapter, based on this doctoral dissertation, focuses on narrative methodology — or understanding human experience through storytelling. In his dissertation research, he interviewed […]
Micael Rivera ’21 and Associate Professor of Psychology Julia Meyers-Manor had their research titled “Beware of Strangers: Dogs’ Empathetic Response to Unknown Humans” published in a special issue of Animals called “Emotional Contagion in Animals.” Meyers-Manor’s research on empathy in dogs began in 2016, an exploration ignited by her very own dog and how it […]
Message from President Folse… Dear Campus Community, Over the last week, the United States Army Cadet Command (USACC) publicly released its Rebalance and Optimization Plan, which impacts several Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) programs across the country. As part of this reorganization, Ripon College was informed that the Fox Valley Battalion — the ROTC program […]
By Joleigh Petrik June 18, 2025 I studied abroad with Barcelona SAE in the Spring of 2025; I took three classes and did an internship for three additional credits. I enjoyed my classes, but I LOVED my internship. I am interested in going into veterinary medicine and the Barcelona SAE team did an amazing job […]
Rebecca Matzke, associate dean of academic affairs, chair of history and the Ralph Hale Ruppert Distinguished Professor of American History, Principles and Traditions had her article “The Cold War Public Relations Campaign for the Atlas Missile and Nuclear Deterrent Strategy in the Great Plains, 1958–1962” published in War in History, a peer-reviewed history journal. Matzke’s […]
Megan Gannon, associate professor of English and chair of the English department at Ripon College, has achieved more accolades for her poetry recently. For Gannon, being acknowledged in this way is quite significant. However, she said she’s been in the poetry-writing business long enough to know there are no set rules for what makes poetry […]
Sarah Anderson ’10 has been selected as one of the Ecological Society of America’s (ESA) 2025 Early Career Fellows for her landscape ecology work. “Receiving this recognition is truly humbling,” Anderson said. “To have your entire professional community recognize the work you do is significant, especially when my work doesn’t quite measure up to the […]
Al Sturgeon promoted to position Ripon College has announced that Christophor M. Ogle, vice president and dean of students, will retire after more than 45 years at the institution, with his last day being July 11. He will be succeeded by current Associate Vice President Al Sturgeon. A student and star athlete, Ogle graduated from […]
Mary Unger, associate professor of English and director of women’s, gender and sexuality studies, had her book, “Reading the Renaissance: Black Women’s Literary Reception and Taste in Chicago, 1932-1953,” published by the University of Massachusetts Press. In her book, Unger constructs a reception history of the Black women who read, reviewed, published, promoted, collected and […]
Julie Ricciardi has been appointed as Ripon College’s new vice president for advancement, bringing more than 26 years of experience to her position effective July 1. Ricciardi currently serves as associate vice president for development at Hollins University in Hollins, Virginia, where she leads major giving, planned giving and annual giving, including the university’s $250 […]
Amira Albagshi, assistant professor of educational studies at Ripon College, has published her research on students’ perspectives regarding individuals with disabilities. The work, titled “A Mixed-Methods Study to Investigate the Effect of Person-Centred Videos on Students’ Attitudes Toward Individuals With Disabilities,” explores how watching videos featuring individuals with disabilities positively engaging in everyday activities could […]
The Ripon College class of 2025 celebrated the 159th Commencement ceremony at Ripon College Sunday afternoon. The theme was “Discovery Has No Limits: Celebrating Women in STEM.” A full video of the commencement ceremony can be viewed at ripon.edu/live. Over 160 undergraduates and 11 master’s graduate students heard from four honorees: keynote speaker and honorary […]
Dr. Betsy Kleba, vice president of product for cancer screening at Exact Sciences in Madison, Wisconsin, will receive an honorary degree and present a speech during Ripon’s commencement ceremony on May 18. “I’m humbled and incredibly grateful for the opportunity to address a group of people who are about to embark on their professional journey,” […]
Dr. Corryn Greenwood, a 2002 Ripon College graduate and neonatologist and medical director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Illinois, will be presented with an honorary degree at Ripon’s commencement ceremony May 18. She is the founding medical director of the Silver Cross NICU, the first and […]
Hannah Truesdale, a math teacher at Ripon High School, will be honored as Ripon College’s Distinguished Educator for 2025 at the commencement ceremony May 18. The Distinguished Educator Award is given out annually to an elementary, middle or high school teacher or administrator who has greatly impacted students. Nominations are made by Ripon College seniors […]
Kiana Fall ’23 was published as the primary contributor in the peer-reviewed academic journal BIOS for her research on female rats conducted during her senior seminar at Ripon College. “My research was influenced by existing literature that linked the hormones estrogen and progesterone, which fluctuate significantly throughout the female menstrual cycle, to heightened anxiety levels […]
Senior studio art majors Johnathan Derrick and Ruth Roltgen are hosting an art show titled “Adipose Playground” in Ripon College’s Caestecker Gallery of Art in the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, with an opening reception tonight, May 2 at 7 p.m. The art exhibit will run until May 16 and will be accessible during […]
Ripon College’s Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas will open a two-person exhibition, “Everyday Heaven,” at the Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from May 23 to July 12. An opening night reception will be held May 23 from 5-7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. “Everyday Heaven” is […]