An opinion piece by President Zach Messitte was published Jan. 17 by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “The inauguration speech Trump won’t make” addresses Messitte’s views of issues and statements Trump might apologize for and how this could make the country better. “We have important work to do together to continue to make America great,” Messitte […]
Mary Avery, professor of business management emerita and a certified management consultant, has received the 2016 Distinguished Woman of the Year Award from the Ripon-Green Lake Chapter of Women in Management. The award is given to a woman who demonstrates commitment to her career goals and professional growth; exhibits the characteristics of a mentor to […]
An opinion piece by Jack Christ, emeritus professor and director of Leadership Studies, was published Jan.10 by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He discusses the “disastrous consequences” that could ensue with some Americans denying a lot of what trained scientists and educated citizens understand about a range of important issues. “Now we are pondering life in […]
Chicago trumpeter Marquis Hill and his group Blacktet will be the guest artists at the Friday, Jan. 20, Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon Series at Ripon College. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Tickets may be reserved by calling 920-748-8126. In 2014, Hill […]
Five current and past Ripon College Latin students came together in an hour-long panel at the recent annual conference of the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers to introduce and to guide audience discussion on “Trigger Warnings for Sex and Gore in Latin Literature.” Trigger warnings for literature are classroom notices given in advance of […]
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion and the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College again are combining forces for Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2017 event. A three-hour symposium will be held from 4-7 p.m. Monday, January 16, in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union, on the campus. The focus will be on […]
As the new executive director of the J. J. Keller Foundation, Heidi Foster Dusek ’02 of New London, Wisconsin, is “building relationships and connecting others to help make a difference,” she says. The foundation supports hundreds of nonprofits that impact the lives of thousands of people in the communities they serve, Dusek says. Created in […]
In helping those with mental health issues and emotional distress, Virgil Stucker ’74 of Tryon, North Carolina, focuses on a holistic approach of psychiatric care as well as community healing to help people recover and re-establish their sense of belonging in the world. Stucker is the founding executive director of the Cooperriis Healing Community. Founded […]
The Ripon College Chamber Singers, under the direction of John C. Hughes, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, will take to the road for a four-city tour of the Midwest. Performances will be at: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, at First Congregational Church, 220 Ransom St., Ripon, Wisconsin 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. […]
Ripon College was referenced in the article “To Save Themselves, Small Colleges Offer Lifeline to Their Hometowns,” published Dec. 21 in the Wall Street Journal. “Feeling weight of job losses and local flight, rural schools invest in nearby communities; ‘we can’t survive if this town isn’t healthy,’ ” the article states. “At Ripon College in […]
Associate Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas was featured Tuesday in an interview on WUWM, Milwaukee Public Radio. He discusses his current projects on view through late February in the exhibit “Pastoral Testimony” at Latino Arts, 1028 S. Ninth St., Milwaukee. The interview can be accessed here.
WAUPUN — Madeson Walgenbach ’16 of Ripon, Wisconsin, received a 2016 Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT) Future Language Teacher Award, awarded to students in teacher-training programs who have shown exceptional promise and potential to become outstanding world language educators, the WAFLT says. Walgenbach received degrees in educational studies middle childhood/early adolescence and Spanish from […]
Molly Nellen ’18 of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, was awarded a DAAD (Deutscher Akademisher Austauschdienst / German Academic Exchange Service) scholarship for the spring 2017 Bonn semester. She will have an internship with the Biological Station of the University of Bonn. She was one of the “highly qualified undergraduate students” (quoted from the DAAD website) chosen for […]
President Zach Messitte contributed to an opinion piece that was published Friday, Dec. 16, in The Baltimore Sun. “Look to Agnew for insight to Trump” compares some of the current president-elect’s reactions with those of Spiro Agnew, President Richard Nixon’s vice president, who resigned the position in 1973. The three authors, who are researching a […]
Ripon College is ranked number one in the nation on the Power 150 Index, an identification of Best Colleges for Students of Color by Alliance College-Ready Public Schools. “While more than two-thirds of public colleges and universities have increased graduation rates over the last decade, the graduation gap grew by 19 percent between white students […]
“I always felt a draw to serving in the armed services, but I was never sure how to merge that desire with my academic interests,” says Chris Kochanski ’11 of Annapolis, Maryland. “Through college and grad school, I tried to walk a line between pursuits in the hard sciences and policy studies, specifically national security […]
Sharon Jackson, Ripon College’s new director of student activities and orientation, has an opinion piece, “Sorry, Mom,” published on the website of NASPA, the leading association for the advancement, health and sustainability of student affairs administrators in higher education. She discusses her experiences in being biracial and frustrations in filling out inadequate forms.
Ripon College will present its annual Holiday Concert Sunday, Dec. 11. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The concert is free and open to the public. Four of the College’s ensembles will be featured. Jazz Ensemble will perform “Christmas Time is Here,” from “A […]
Tara Schultz ’17 of Ripon, Wisconsin, is showing artwork influenced by the abstract expressionistic works of Joan Mitchell, Mark Rothko and Hans Hofmann in “Indication” Dec. 7 to Jan. 3 in the Langdon Divers Gallery, Fond du Lac Public Library. An artist’s reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, in […]
The exhibit “Figure Drawings and ‘Go Figure’ Paintings” will open Dec. 9 at 314: Ripon College Project Space, in downtown Ripon. The artist is Daniel Volkmann, a multi-media artist based in Ripon. An opening reception will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 9, and refreshments will be served. Volkmann holds a bachelor’s degree in studio […]