Meghann Morrissey Jarchow ’03 of Vermillian, South Dakota, chair of the sustainability and environment department at the University of South Dakota, was profiled in the student newspaper, The Volante, Aug. 29, 2018. “Professor shares her passion for sustainability, provides students with opportunities” details how Jarchow obtained a degree in biology from Ripon College and her […]
“Bridging the Political Divide: How We Can Advance Civil Discourse” will be presented Sept. 6 at Ripon College. The panel discussion will run from 6:30-7:45 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the campus. The focus will be on how we can have civil discussions with others whose views are fundamentally opposed to ours, […]
An opinion piece by Brian Smith, professor of religion, the Charles and Joan Van Zoeren Chair in Religion, Ethics and Values, chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and co-director of the Center for Politics and the People, was published Monday, Aug. 20, by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “To heal from latest priest sex […]
Mary Unger, assistant professor of English, received an award for an essay she published at the end of last year. She received the Katharine Newman Best Essay award, given annually to the best essay published in the peer-reviewed journal, Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS), for her essay “Literary Justice in the Post-Ferguson Classroom,” […]
AthleticBusiness has taken note of the immediate success of Willmore Center. In a feature published this month on the website, it cites several impressive statistics, including 28 percent more student athletes making deposits, 40 percent more student athletes taking tours of campus, and nearly double the number of football recruits to the College in one […]
A story by former executive director of development Larry Malchow has won a cash prize as a finalist in Easy Street magazine’s first annual Portal Prize for Speculative Fiction. “Liberty Motel” will be published by Easy Street in 2019.
Memuna Khan, associate professor of biology and chair of the Department of Biology, was featured in an article, “Eastern bluebirds find a home at UW-Oshkosh,” published July 26, 2018, in UW-Oshkosh Today. Khan, who studies Eastern bluebirds with her students at Ripon College, visited a nest box on the Oshkosh university campus recently and banded […]
Matt Knoester, associate professor of educational studies, was honored in the 2018 Emerald Literati Awards. His article, “Why do young adults vote at low rates? Implications for education,” was published in Social Studies Research and Practice and was selected by the awards editorial team as Highly Commended. The article can be read here. Also, Beyond […]
An article co-written by Julia Meyers-Manor, Ripon College assistant professor of psychology, has garnered widespread attention nationally and internationally, including coverage from Time, NBC News, Inside Edition, the Daily Mail, The Conversation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and numerous other print and broadcast outlets. “Lending a helping paw: Dogs will aid their crying human” was written […]
At Ripon College, Zachary Peterson ’16 discovered his passions in life, and now he is hoping to use his skills to address institutional mental health in the United States. Peterson is pursuing a master’s degree in the English Writing Program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he is a graduate assistant director in the […]
Allyson Fleck, former adjunct instructor of music at Ripon College, is the executive director, assistant artistic director and violist for the Midsummer’s Music festival in Door County, Wisconsin. An article about her involvement can be read here. In it, she talks about her parents, Bob Fleck ’65 and Ruth Ann Potts Fleck ’66, meeting while […]
An opinion piece by Associate Professor of Politics and Government Lamont Colucci was published July 13, 2018, on InHomelandSecurity.com from American Military University. “The U.S. Must Create a Space Corps to Remain Dominant over Its Enemies” advocates creating a U.S. Space Corps as a separate military branch to adapt for the future. The crossroads at […]
The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History, a book co-edited by Associate Professor of Sociology Marc Eaton, will be published in August by Temple University Press. The book demonstrates the value of serious academic inquiry into supernatural beliefs and practices through pieces written by several contributors who address encounters with ghosts and the supernatural that […]
Ripon College has been named the No. 1 school in Wisconsin whose grads earn the most in mean wages 10 years after graduation. The study, using data collected by the United States Department of Education, was published this week by Zippia, a new website dedicated to helping recent graduates with their career choices. The report […]
John Bitter ’02 is now the vice president of ticket sales for the Milwaukee Admirals Hockey Club. But when he was looking for a college home, Ripon College quickly fit the bill. “Taking the campus tour sealed it for me,” he says. “It didn’t take much walking around to pick up on the sense of […]
Ripon College offers a wide variety of study areas and personalized education options, and Amanda Finn Haggerty ’14, took full advantage. She triple-majored in English, theatre and a self-designed major in film/media studies. She has parlayed that background into a career as an arts journalist. She is the Illinois editor and venue relations coordinator for […]
The opportunity to continue playing basketball and the personal interest of coaches were deciding factors for Brad Alberts ’92 to attend school at Ripon College. “I was looking for a school to play basketball, and Ripon was very comfortable to me,” Alberts says. “Coach Bob Gillespie or a member of his staff was at every […]
Generous financial aid enabled Kathryn Schultz ’89 to attend Ripon College, and she pays it forward with financial, mentoring and promotional support. “I would not be where I am professionally, personally and financially were it not for my Ripon College education,” Schultz says. She majored in politics and government at Ripon College, with a minor […]
Lincoln Wurtz ’17 chose to attend Ripon College because of the opportunities for a richly personalized education. When he visited, he says, “Everyone was interested in me as a whole person. I loved the idea of smaller classes taught by approachable faculty.” Wurtz majored in mathematics and chemistry-biology. He currently is pursuing a dual M.D.-Ph.D. […]
The tight-knit community that makes up Ripon College first attracted Lindsay Gorske Michels ’04, and it is what she values now in her life. “Ripon College was very welcoming,” she says. “I enjoyed the campus and tight-knit community. The small class size was very appealing to me. It also gave me the opportunity to get […]