The 2025 conference of the Higher Education Diversity Initiative Team (HEDIT), will be held Thursday, April 3, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Great Hall of Ripon College’s Harwood Memorial Union. The conference theme of “Unity Across Our Communities” will be addressed by keynote speaker Julie A. Mavity Maddalena. Maddalena is University Chaplain, […]
RIPON, Wis. – Ripon College is adding women’s flag football as its newest sport, with competition set to begin in the spring of 2027. The College will hire a head coach in the spring or summer of 2025 to begin recruiting student-athletes for the inaugural season. Flag football is one of the fastest-growing sports in […]
Ripon College’s choirs will honor members of the senior class during the Choral Collage Concert Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The concert will feature all three of the College’s campus choral ensembles: Chamber Singers, Choral Union and Concert Choir. Each choir will sing a […]
Benji Backer, founder and current executive chairman of the American Conservation Coalition (ACC), will discuss his new book “The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable Future” Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. at Knuth Brewing Company (upstairs) 230 Watson St., Ripon. The book talk is sponsored by Ripon College’s Center for Politics and […]
In 1951, Delroy L. Cornick ’52 became the first black student to be elected president of the Ripon College Student Senate (referred to as Student Council at the time). It was not without controversy, however, as his opponent dropped out of the race, “refusing to compete against a black” (Ripon Magazine Winter 2000). Later, the […]
RIPON, Wis. – Ripon College and Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) have established an articulation agreement that enables students earning Associate of Arts (AA) and Associate of Science (AS) degrees at FVTC to easily transfer to Ripon College, where they will be recognized with junior status and complete their Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor […]
Who was the first black student at Ripon College? It is a challenging question. Over the years, it has been thought to be answered and then corrected. Turner Jones, class of 1939, of Piney Woods, Mississippi, was incorrectly identified in the Spring 2001 issue of Ripon Magazine as the first African American to attend Ripon. […]
Associate Professor of Chemistry Patrick H. Willoughby co-authored a paper published in Nature Chemistry, the chemistry-focused subsidiary journal of Nature. The paper, “Biocatalytic asymmetric aldol addition into unactivated ketones,” describes new approaches for the enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of amino acids. Willoughby worked alongside his students and his collaborators at UW-Madison to expand this idea to include […]
Karen Ann Hoffman, an award-winning Haudenosaunee raised beadwork artist, is bringing her art to Ripon College’s Caestecker Gallery of Art in the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts from Feb. 28 to April 11. She will host an artist talk Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, followed by a reception. The exhibit […]
RIPON, Wis. – The Oshkosh Area Community Foundation (OACF) has been named the 2025 recipient of the Ripon College Founders’ Day Award. The formal presentation of the award will occur at the 158th Commencement ceremony May 18. Bill Wyman, president and chief executive officer of the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, will accept the award […]
RIPON, Wis. – Kimberly Zimmerman has been appointed as Ripon College’s new vice president for enrollment, bringing over 15 years of experience to her position effective March 3. Zimmerman currently serves as assistant vice president of admissions at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where she has strategically prioritized regional, transfer and international recruitment, created a […]
Atimevu Drum and Dance Group will perform as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon Series at Ripon College in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts on Friday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. The ensemble will also lead a song workshop open to the community at 4:15 p.m. that day […]
Ripon College’s Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas has contributed artwork to an upcoming exhibition, “A Creative Place: Art from Northeastern Wisconsin 1940 to Present,” at the Trout Museum of Art in downtown Appleton, Wisconsin, from Jan. 24 to May 18. An opening night reception will be held on Jan. 24 from 5-8 p.m. It […]
Classical pianist and vocalist Alicia (Rhyner) Rytlewski ’10 is set to release her debut album of songs, “When We Were Bears,” Friday, Jan. 24. Rytlewski graduated summa cum laude from Ripon with a music major and minors in Spanish and studio art. She has been teaching piano in Milwaukee for more than 10 years. Her […]
RIPON, Wis. – A new exhibit titled “A Private Collection Revealed,” curated by Ripon College art students and Art Professor Travis Nygard, will open in Caestecker Gallery in the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts from Jan. 21 to Feb. 14. In addition to the exhibit opening, a curator’s talk will be given on Jan. […]
RIPON, Wis. – Ripon College’s theatre department is hosting open auditions and a crew call for a touring production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” in the Benstead Theatre in the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts on Jan. 22-23 from 7-9 p.m. The play, written by Shakespeare, features four young lovers – Hermia, Lysander, Helena […]
RIPON, Wisconsin – Shawn Karsten, vice president for advancement, marketing and communications and chief of staff, will leave Ripon College to join XPRIZE Foundation. A 2009 Ripon alumnus, he will remain in his role at Ripon College through Feb.1 after serving at the institution for more than a decade. As vice president for advancement, Karsten […]
RIPON, Wisconsin – Dr. Audra Hoffmann has been appointed as Ripon College’s new vice president for finance, bringing more than 20 years of experience to her position effective Dec. 16. Hoffmann most recently served as Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at Froedtert Health in Milwaukee, where she specialized in capital planning, as well as […]
Kaleb Schroeder of Iron Ridge, Wisconsin, is performing his senior tenor vocal recital in the Benstead Theatre of the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts at Ripon College Saturday, Nov. 23 at 5 p.m. He will be accompanied by Adjunct Instructor of Music Deb MacKenzie on piano. Admission is free and open to the public. […]
Six students from the Ripon College Ethics Bowl team competed in the Upper Midwest Regional Ethics Bowl Nov. 16 at the University of Chicago. The Ripon team ended the competition with one win and three losses. The first round was against the University of Chicago, which Ripon lost 0-3. Round two was against Carleton College, […]
Ripon College’s theatre department is presenting a “Cabaret Night” variety show in the Benstead Theatre in the C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. The two nights will include a variety of acts including music, dance, theatre, spoken word, poetry and stand-up comedy. Both students and […]