“Free Speech on Campus,” a staff/student panel discussion, will begin at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union, on the Ripon College campus. Panelists will be: Michele Wittler, associate dean of faculty, registrar, adjunct assistant professor of mathematical sciences, and Affirmative Action officer Steve Martin, associate professor of communication and chair […]
“Shakespeare’s Sisters: Women Writers Before Austen” will be presented from 10:10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 8, at Bovay’s Study Bar & Mercantile. All are welcome to attend the “Before Austen” course to celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day. Students of Ann Pleiss Morris, assistant professor of English, are writing their own scripts […]
Dr. Bernard Schroder Adams, 88, the ninth president of Ripon College from 1966-85, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. A graduate of Princeton University, Adams earned his master’s degree from Yale University and his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to assuming the presidency at Ripon at the age of 38, he served for two […]
Five students represented Ripon College in the 21st Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl competition this past Sunday, Feb. 26, in Dallas, Texas. The Ripon team comprised senior Zachary Matson, juniors Lauren Hince, Erika Isaacson and DeLou Wilson, and sophomore Wyatt McGillen. The competition was held as part of the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics 26th annual […]
Ripon College students Jacob Kramer ’19 of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Ben Wozniczka ’18 of New London, Wisconsin, attended the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., Feb. 23. They were featured in a video interview expressing enthusiasm about President Trump’s first weeks in office that was published by The Washington Post online Thursday. (Photo: Jacob […]
Bassist, vocalist and composer Katie Ernst will be the guest artist March 3 at a Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon concert at Ripon College. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts Ernst sets Dorothy Parker poetry to music in her song cycle, Little Words. […]
Sexual assault will be the subject of a talk presented at noon Thursday, March 2, at Ripon College. Keith E. Edwards will speak in Todd Wehr 104 on the campus. Edwards is a scholar and educator about sexual violence prevention, men’s identity, social justice education, curricular approaches and leadership. He assists campuses in educating students […]
William Shakespeare’s famous tragicomedy “Measure for Measure” will be presented by the Ripon College Depart of Theatre March 1-4. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. The Bard’s landmark tragicomedy of deception and sexual blackmail stretches from the brothel to the prison to the […]
Led by members of the Black Student Union, Ripon College is celebrating Black History Month. Keynote speaker Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu will make a presentation from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Feb. 28 in the Heritage Room, Pickard Commons. He will speak on the theme for the month, “When Silence Becomes Betrayal,” and touch on the […]
“Redistricting and the Future of Congress” will be the subject of talk presented by Dr. Michael Crespin today at Ripon College. The program will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Todd Wehr 104. His talk is presented by the Center for Politics and the People. Crespin is the associate director of the Carl Albert Congressional Research […]
Changing the way that society and her discipline treat autistic people is the goal of Rachel Stanley ’17 of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Stanley, a psychology major and an autistic woman, is focusing both of her senior projects on the experiences or treatments of autistic people. Her first project focused on the impact of the “autistic” label […]
Mike Louison ’07 of Champaign, Illinois, will give an alumni talk about fishing Feb. 17. “The Science of Fishing: Why (some) fish strike lures” will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Bear Auditorium, Farr Hall. Louison has been an adjunct instructor in the biology department, received a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and is […]
The Ripon College Chamber Singers will present a combined concert with the Augustana Choir of Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois) on Sunday, Feb. 19. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. This is a part of the Midwest tour of Augustana Choir. John C. Hughes, […]
Theresa Kedinger ’10 of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, has been accepted into the Peace Corps and will serve in Costa Rica. She leaves Feb. 20 to begin training as a community economic development volunteer. A story in the Fond du Lac Reporter states: “Kedinger will work at the community level to build one-on-one relationships with […]
Fiction writer emily danforth will appear at Ripon College Wednesday, Feb. 15. Her reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Lane Library. It is free and open to the public. Danforth is appearing as part of the Visiting Writers’ Series at Ripon. Danforth’s debut novel, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, was the winner of the […]
Sarah Mahler Kraaz, professor of music and college organist, has received a contract from Routledge (Taylor and Francis group) to edit a volume, Music and War in the United States. Seventeen scholars from the United States and Canada each will write a chapter on music in the military and domestic music during conflicts in which […]
A launch party Feb. 14 will kick off Ripon College’s new downtown venture, Bovay’s Study Bar & Mercantile, 329 Watson St. The play “The Vagina Monologues” will be a highlight. Doors will open at 5 p.m., and the show will begin at 5:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by the […]
Jazz legend and seven-time Grammy winner Al Jarreau ’62 died today, just days after being hospitalized for exhaustion. He was 76 years old. “Al Jarreau loved Ripon College, and Ripon College loved Al Jarreau,” said President Zach Messitte. “All of us at his alma mater are deeply saddened by his passing and express our sympathies […]
Jake Baus ’17 grew up on a small dairy farm near Mount Calvary, Wisconsin. As a first-generation college student, Baus was not entirely sure what the college experience would be like. In some ways, it was as he imagined. “It definitely met my expectations as far as social life and how tight knit the community […]
Dr. Brad McDonald ’88 of Milbank, South Dakota, will speak about competitive birding Feb. 10 in Bear Auditorium, Farr 130. “The Bad Weather Big Year” will begin at 2:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend. McDonald is the father of Seth McDonald ’17 and Allwin McDonald ’17. To read an archived story about Brad McDonald, […]