Ripon College and the Wisconsin Association of Colleges for Teacher Education recently honored outstanding educators in the state. Anthony “A.J.” Zayia graduated from Ripon College in 2015. He majored in exercise science and minored in health. He is a physical education teacher at Northland Pines Middle and High School in Eagle River. Michael Schmitt is […]
Faculty, staff and students of Ripon College were honored at the College’s annual Awards Convocation. Faculty honorees were: Faculty/Staff Mentor Award: Mary I. Unger, associate professor of English Senior Class Award: Mark S. Kainz, professor of biology and Catalyst curriculum director May Bumby Severy, Class of 1908, Award: John G. Dalziel, associate professor of theatre, […]
Ripon College and College of Lake County, a community college in Grayslake, Illinois, have approved a Guaranteed Transfer Admission agreement for students who want to complete a bachelor’s degree. This cooperative relationship will facilitate the transfer process from the community college to Ripon College. To guarantee admission to Ripon College, applicants must meet certain requirements, […]
Steven Miller, visiting professor of philosophy, has a short Mother’s Day essay published in the online magazine Guernica. It is his first published piece of creative non-fiction. “Squirrel King” can be read here. Miller is a 2007 graduate of Ripon College.
Brice Swick ’20 of Kimberly, Wisconsin, a pitcher on the Red Hawks’ baseball team, was featured in a news story and online by Fox11 WLUK-TV Tuesday, May 7. The story “Ripon College’s Brice Swick beats the odds after devastating crash in 2017” details a car crash Swick went through, its aftermath, and his fight to […]
Rebecca Matzke, professor of history and dean for faculty development, will be featured in a Wisconsin National Guard documentary that premieres May 14. “Dawn of the Red Arrow” is about the beginnings of the 32nd Red Arrow Division in Wisconsin during World War I. Matzke is one of the historians interviewed in the film. Matzke […]
A release published on whitehouse.gov on May 3, and carried by several media outlets around the country, highlighted Doug Cole ’86 of Upper Arlington, Ohio. President Donald J. Trump announced his intention to nominate Cole to serve as judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Cole is a partner at […]
Julia Meyers-Manor, assistant professor of psychology, was quoted as a dog behavior expert in a PBS NOVA story about a researcher’s study with dogs and wolves. Meyers-Manor was not involved in the study. “Wolves Boop Their Snoots to Touch Screens to Feed Their Friends. Dogs? Not So Much” was published May 1, 2019, on the […]
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble will perform their annual Pops Concert Wednesday, May 8. The concert will begin at 5 p.m. Because of the forecasted rain, the performance will be in S.N. Pickard Commons. Each group will play lighter works they have performed during the course of the year, with a […]
“Americans Need to Overcome Complacency About National Security,” an opinion piece by Lamont Colucci, associate professor of politics and government, was published March 29, 2019, on Newsmax. Colucci describes what he sees as complacency in regard to national security in the last few generations of United States citizens, and suggests people of the United States […]
Ripon College’s second annual #OneDayRally giving day was a success by all accounts. With more than eight hours remaining on Wednesday, May 1, the online campaign reached $940,817 and 100 percent of its initial goal for donor participation. As #OneDayRally came to a close after 18 hours and 51 minutes, a record $1,085,314 was raised […]
The Ripon College rocket team participated in The Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium Collegiate Rocket Launch competition Sunday, April 28, at the Richard Bong State Recreation Area in Kenosha County. The team was one of 11 from Wisconsin to participate. The article “Day after snowstorm, rockets take to the sky” was featured April 28, 2019, in […]
Power of Pollinators, a free, family-friendly community day of discovery, will be held all day Saturday, May 4. Organized collaboratively by Ripon College Sustainability and the Ripon Public Library, activities will be held on the Ceresco Prairie Conservancy, in the library and in The Heist in the Treasury building during its opening weekend. Events include […]
An opinion piece by President Zach Messitte was published Monday, April 29, in The Washington Post. In “As nationalism surges, Italy must reckon with its fascist past: Italians celebrate their resistance to fascism, but have yet to fully understand their support for it,” Messitte writes: “As nationalism resurges around the world, and in Italy, Il […]
The Ripon College Orchestra, Chamber Singers and Choral Union will join together to present a collaborative concert Sunday, May 5. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Orchestra is conducted by Dylan Chmura-Moore, adjunct professor of music. Chamber Singers and Choral Union are conducted by […]
An exhibit of work by senior art majors will be on view May 3-19 in the lobby C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Seniors Rebecca “Becky” Bajt of Mazon, Illinois; Ellen Frost of Appleton, Wisconsin; Madeline “Maddie: Hantzsch of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin; Khun Maung if Yangon, Myanmar; and Amelia “Emmi” Nievinski of Eland, Wisconsin; will present […]
After training in and teaching taekwondo for more than 30 years, Mark Henkel ’70 and Hilde Bormann Henkel ’73 of Rudolph, Wisconsin, now run Stevens Taekwondo Academy at the Stevens Point YMCA. The couple both came to Ripon College as National Merit Scholars. They both had had family members attend Ripon, and the small-town setting […]
Gene Kain, professor emeritus of art, will show recent work in “Painted Steel Wall Reliefs” at Bare Knuckle Arts, 1949 Winnebago St., Madison. The exhibit will open from 5-9 p.m. Friday, May 3. The gallery is run by Amy Mietzel ’91, also a practicing artist. (Recent work by Gene Kain)
“Brass man Dietrich preparing to retire after long tenure at RC,” a feature story about Kurt Dietrich, professor of music and the Barbara Baldwin De Frees Chair in the Performing Arts, was published April 24 in the Ripon Commonwealth Press. Dietrich is retiring from the College after 39 years and will conduct his final two […]
A student music recital will be presented Tuesday, April 30, at Ripon College. The recital will begin at 11:15 a,m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Selections will include: “Concertino for Trombone, op. 45, no. 7,” by Lars Erik Larsson, with Eric Westberg ’20 of North Mankato, Minnesota, trombone; and Professor […]
A one-act play by Anne Negri ’03 will be produced Thursday through Sunday at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. “Not a Test” addresses issues surrounding standardized testing in public schools and the lasting impact it has on those who don’t meet the standards. An article about the show was published on the local […]