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 […]
A desire to help others and to share her passion for language led Madeson Walgenbach’16 to major in educational studies and Spanish at Ripon College. “I decided to attend Ripon College because of the connections I had in the area,” she says. “I also received a good scholarship and liked the idea of attending a […]
Justin Filter ’19 of Janesville, Wisconsin, and Shelbi Buettner ’19 of Dane, Wisconsin, presented at the National Undergraduate Honors Conference in Communication at Depauw University April 4-6. Buettner, a double major in communication and business management, presented “Redefining Gender Roles: The Defense of All Things Feminine.” Filter, a double major in communication and history, presented […]
Kurt Dietrich, director of the Ripon College band ensembles for 39 years, will retire at the end of this academic year. His final two large band concerts will be held Friday and Saturday at the College. Both concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for Arts, and are free […]
Ripon College’s Senior Showcase, a campus-wide celebration of excellence, will be held Tuesday, April 23, starting at 6:30 p.m. Graduating seniors will demonstrate their dedication and passion in their major areas of study by offering research and poster presentations as a culmination of their scholarly and artistic work at Ripon College. The showcase will take […]
Michael J. Brose ’87 of New Richmond, Wisconsin, was appointed to Gov. Tony Evers’ Governor’s Judicial Selection Advisory Committee, responsible for interviewing and recommending candidates to the governor for consideration when he fills judicial vacancies. A story about the new membership, “Gov. Evers Announces Appointments to Judicial Selection Advisory Committee,” was shared in the Wisconsin […]
Helping students achieve their dream of a college education is the focus of Jenelle Simon ’15 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since August 2016, Simon has worked as an Americorps member with College Possible, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making “college admission and success possible for low-income students through an intensive curriculum of coaching and support.” At […]
The Ripon College team, comprising Tyler Sturzl ’19 of Crandon, Wisconsin; Wyatt McGillen ’19 of Kalispell, Montana; and Haley Stowell ’20 of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, placed first in the undergraduate division of the International Business Ethics and Sustainability Case Competition this past weekend at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Their topic, “A Continent […]