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Mehring to perform senior baritone, piano recital May 3

Owen Mehring of Waterford, Wisconsin, is performing his senior baritone and piano recital in Demmer Recital Hall of Ripon College’s C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts Saturday, May 3, at 11 a.m. He will be accompanied by Adjunct Instructor of Music Deb MacKenzie, piano and organ; Johannes Deegen ’18, violin; and junior Rori Beatty, cello. […]

Max Landvatter stands with their research

Landvatter ’25, Kovack-Lesh present senior seminar, SOAR projects at psychology conference

Senior Max Landvatter and Professor of Psychology Kristine Kovack-Lesh presented Ladvatter’s senior seminar project and a Summer Opportunities for Advanced Research (SOAR) research project at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in Chicago April 10-12. Landvatter’s senior seminar project, titled “They Decide Your Rights: The Effects of Election Stress on Minority-Status College Students,” was presented during […]

Mikayla Flyte sits in a strawberry patch holding a handful of fresh berries.

Mikayla Flyte ’23 announced as finalist for Alice in Dairyland

Ripon College graduate student Mikayla Flyte is among the finalists to become the Wisconsin agriculture spokesperson and ambassador Alice in Dairyland. “I am honored to be a top candidate for the 78th Alice in Dairyland,” Flyte said. “I am really excited about the opportunity to learn more about Wisconsin agriculture and represent the diverse agribusinesses […]

One Act Play Festival flyer shows the date as May 2 and 3 at 7.pm.m. at the Benstead Theatre in the CJ Rodman Center for the Performing Arts.

Students to direct plays in One-Act Play Festival May 2-3

Students will be directing a diverse collection of one-act plays in the One-Act Play Festival in Benstead Theatre of Ripon College’s C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, Friday and Saturday, May 2-3, at 7:30 p.m. Each of the five plays runs between 10 to 30 minutes. The event is free and open to the public. […]

Lauren Stae holds her 2023 diploma

Lauren Stae ’23 published as first author in academic journal

Lauren Stae ’23 was listed as the first author of her senior seminar research on zebrafish embryos, which was published in the peer-reviewed academic journal BIOS. Stae collaborated with Associate Professor of Biology Barbara Sisson in investigating the effects of white LED light exposure on wild-type zebrafish embryos in the article “A pilot study on […]

Photo, clockwise from top left: Betsy Kleba, Corryn Greenwood, Bill Wyman, Hannah Truesdale

Ripon College’s 2025 Commencement speakers, award winners announced

The speakers and award winners for Ripon College’s 2025 Commencement Ceremony May 18 will feature notable women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), as well as distinguished community members. The commencement theme is “Discovery Has No Limits: Celebrating Women in STEM,” emphasizing Ripon’s commitment to recognizing the contributions of women in STEM fields. The […]

Alicia Rytlewski ’10 stands in a floral background

Alicia Rytlewski ’10 to perform piano, voice recital April 26

Classical pianist and vocalist Alicia (Rhyner) Rytlewski ’10 will perform an alumna piano and voice recital in Demmer Recital Hall of Ripon College’s C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts Saturday, April 26, at 7 p.m. Rytlewski will be performing pieces mostly from her debut album of songs, “When We Were Bears,” released in late January. […]

Bryan Nell publishes research in scientific journal

Bryan Nell, assistant professor of chemistry at Ripon College, recently published a paper in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Acta Crystallographica Section E about a new X-ray crystal structure of a compound he synthesized. The paper, “Synthesis and crystal structure of sodium (ethane- 1,2-diyl)bis[(3-methoxypropyl)phosphinodithiolate] octahydrate,” details a new molecule that has never been reported with its […]

Student and professor work on project in science

Lydia Fredrick ’23 featured as first author for research publication

Lydia Fredrick ’23 had her senior seminar research on female rats published in the peer-reviewed academic journal BIOS, marking her first time as the primary contributor to a study. Fredrick collaborated with Associate Professor of Biology Robin Forbes-Lorman on the article titled “Trial and error: The effect of omega-3 fatty acids and ovarian hormones on […]

Singer Lucie-Petri-Rose holds a microphone and sings in a cozy room.

Petri-Rose to perform senior mezzo-soprano recital April 12

Lucie Petri-Rose of Omro, Wisconsin, is performing her senior mezzo-soprano vocal recital in Demmer Recital Hall of Ripon College’s C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts Saturday, April 12 at 3:15 p.m. She will be accompanied by Adjunct Instructor of Music Deb MacKenzie, piano; junior Ayanna Jorgenson, soprano; local musician Rob Milanowski, drums; senior Ruth Roltgen, […]

Thank you from all of us at Ripon College. Rally Days 2025!

Ripon College Rally Days 2025 exceeds goal

Ripon College surpassed its goal of achieving 1,000 gifts during the eighth annual spring giving event, Rally Days 2025, from April 2-4, with more than eight hours left of the event. At the end of Rally Days, the College received 1,091 gifts and raised $506,534.20. The theme this year was “Impact History.” Every contribution moved […]

Two actors stand with floral staffs.

Ripon College theatre department presents ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ April 4-11

Ripon College’s theatre department is presenting a touring production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with on-campus performances in the Benstead Theatre in the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts on Friday and Saturday, April 4-5, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 6, at 1:30 p.m. The play will tour several Wisconsin high schools, including […]

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

When: April 4th and 5th at 7:30pm. April 6th at 1:30pm. Where: Benstead Theatre Admissions is free to the campus and community Four young lovers—Hermia, Lysander, Helena, and Demetrius—find themselves in a magical forest where the fairy king Oberon and his mischievous servant Puck create chaos with love potions. Titania, the fairy queen, becomes embroiled […]

Photo of Ripon College alumna Danielle Paiz Gunter ’06 holding a puppy.

Celebrating ‘National Puppy Day’ with Danielle Gunter ’06

Danielle Paiz Gunter ’06 is helping feed dogs and cats in no-kill shelters. As executive director of Puppy Food Bank, she spearheads efforts to collect donations that fuel the work of rescue organizations across the country. Since its founding in October 2022, Gunter has helped Puppy Food Bank distribute more than 500,000 pounds of dog […]

Jackie Clark appointed ACM Academic Leadership Fellow

Jackie Clark, professor of sociology and Helen Swift Neilson Professor of Cultural Studies, has been designated as an Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Academic Leadership Fellow in the second cohort of appointed leaders.  She is one of 10 faculty at nine ACM colleges appointed for two-year terms beginning in July 2025. The program will […]

Author Frank Smoll

Frank Smoll ’63 publishes e-book for youth sport parents

Frank Smoll ’63, Ph.D., recently published an e-book for youth sport parents after enjoying a career as a developmental sport psychologist and professor emeritus of the University of Washington. Titled “Sports and Your Young Athlete: Developing Champions in Sports and Life,” the e-book provides comprehensive information that assists parents in enhancing the well-being of their […]

A teacher teaches little students

Special education teaching license introduced at Ripon College

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has approved Ripon College for a teaching license in kindergarten through grade 12 cross-categorical special education, available for students now. According to the Wisconsin State Legislature, a cross-categorical special education license “authorizes an individual to teach in a program that provides services to pupils in kindergarten through grade […]

Lezlie Heard Bishop, Class of 1964

Ripon alumna believed to be first to pledge

In 1964, the Ripon College chapter of Alpha Chi Omega made history by pledging Lezlie Heard Bishop ’66. It is historic because Bishop is believed to be the first black woman to pledge a National Panhellenic sorority. According to Bishop, Ripon’s Alpha Phi chapter also was interested in pledging her, but the national office of […]

Photo of Jeffrey Frost, Ripon College Class of 1989

Ripon anthropology major has lead to success for Frost ’89

Jeffrey Frost ’89 is a specialist in Central and South American archaeology. Since graduating with his major in anthropology from Ripon, Frost has conducted archaeological research in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Mexico and throughout the Midwest and eastern United States.  He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is currently an […]

The performers and graphic of the Jazz ensemble

Baritone Aaron Agulay, pianist Aurelia Andrews to perform Feb. 21

Baritone Aaron Agulay and pianist Aurelia Andrews will present a recital titled “Rule of Three” as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon Series Friday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. at Ripon College in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. In addition to their evening performance, the artists will lead […]

Ulysses S. Doss Jr. Ripon College Class of 1957

Doss ’57 achieved two firsts for African Americans

Ulysses S. Doss Jr. ’57 was the first African American to become an ordained minister in Wisconsin and first to become a full professor at University of Montana-Missoula. It was at Missoula where, in 1968, he worked with students to found what was just the second African-American Studies program in the nation. He served as […]