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 […]
“Racial Disparities in the U.S. Judicial System,” a panel discussion, will be presented April 25 on the Ripon College campus. The presentation will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Kresge Little Theater, East Hall. It is free and open to the public. Significant racial disparities can be found in all aspects of the American criminal justice […]
Firelines: Humans and Habitat Renewal, photographs of controlled burns in Wisconsin, is on display through May 19 in East Hall Gallery, first floor, on the Ripon College campus. It is open to the public during business hours. A presentation and reception will be held at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 15, in Kresge Little Theatre, East […]
The first-ever image of a black hole, a space phenomenon located in a distant galaxy, was released Wednesday with details published in Astrophysical Journal Letters. It was photographed by Event Horizon Telescope, a network of eight linked telescopes across the world, because no single telescope is powerful enough to do so on its own. The […]
Robert Wallace, professor of biology and the Patricia and Philip McCullough 1969 Professor in Biology, is a co-author of a chapter in the recently published book Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates, Keys to Palearctic Fauna, fourth edition.
The Department of Theatre’s production of “Tartuffe” received several nominations for the next Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in a five-state theatre region. Theatre professors from area campuses reviewed the show and nominated various production participants for as many awards as possible for an associate production, says Ken Hill, professor of theatre, the Doreen […]
“Protesting: Provocative, Patriotic, Pertinent,” a panel discussion, will be presented April 17 at Ripon College. The event will begin at 4:15 p.m. in Kresge Little Theater, East Hall, and is free and open to the public. Protesting has been a time-honored right of American citizens from the days of the American Revolution. However, when is […]
Dick Bennett ’65 of Nekoosa, Wisconsin, was featured in the article “Dick Bennett, Tony Bennett’s Dad: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know” April 6, 2019, on heavy.com. The article details Dick Bennett’s time as a student-athlete at Ripon College, as well as his legacy as a coach of building the Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix men’s […]
Hank Borg ’57 of Mount Dora, Florida, will be inducted into the Springfield (Illinois) Sports Hall of Fame April 8. At Ripon College, Borg played basketball and golf, was captain of the golf team in 1956 and 1957 and was the medalist in the conference tournament in 1956. From 1970-95, he played golf in 48 […]