Led by members of the Black Student Union, Ripon College is celebrating Black History Month during February with a number of events following the theme “When Silence Becomes Betrayal.” Starting today: The month kicks off with a monthlong poster display across campus. Featured posters include historically prominent black Americans with inspirational quotes. Today: Garry Moise, […]
“The Crisis of Human Trafficking Globally and in Wisconsin” will be held presented Tuesday, Feb. 7, at Ripon College. The program will begin at 4:15 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, and is sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People. All are welcome to attend. The trafficking of human beings is a […]
The following message was released by the Office of the President to the Ripon College campus community Tuesday, January 31, 2017, in response to President Trump’s executive order on immigration. Dear Ripon College Community, On Friday, January 27, 2017, President Trump issued an executive order that bans anyone with passports from Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, […]
Thomas E. Caestecker, a resident of Green Lake, Wisconsin, and Kenilworth, Illinois, will be honored with the Ripon College Founders’ Day Award on Jan. 31, 2017. The program will begin at 11:15 a.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. The annual award recognizes members of the community who represent the ideals of Ripon College and […]
Richard T. Ford, a leading expert on civil rights and anti-discrimination law, will speak at Ripon College Thursday as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Week activities. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. Ford will look at the practical goals of civil rights. During the Jim Crow era, […]
Two exhibits running at the Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fond du Lac have ties to Ripon College. “Rafael Francisco Salas: Salvage and Sky” features of the work of Salas, associate professor of art. He combines landscape, the legacy of Byzantine iconography, portraiture, architecture and country music into artwork that evokes a strange, […]
As part of Martin Luther King Jr. Week on campus, on Wednesday students will discuss how integrated the Ripon College community is. The program will run from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. in Kresge Little Theater, East Hall. All are welcome to attend. The panel of students will discuss integration of races, gender, class, ability and […]
Robert Amsden, professor of theatre and the Doreen L. ’73 and David I. Chemerow Chair in Theatre, received the Regional Faculty Service Award for Wisconsin at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region 3, in Indianapolis in January. Amsden has been associated with the festival since 1978 and initiated Ripon College’s participation in the […]
Steve Martin, associate professor of communication and chair of the Department, has a chapter in a book that became available Friday, Jan. 20. “Debunking Hitler: True Comics as Counter-Propaganda” is Chapter 9 in the book The 10 Cent War: Books, Propaganda, and World War II, published by The University Press of Mississippi. It is available […]
“Otherlands,” an exhibit of work by Milwaukee-based artist Nina Bednarski, will be on view Jan. 27 through March10 at Ripon College. The exhibit will be on view in C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. An artist talk will begin at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 in Demmer Recital Hall. A reception will follow in Caestecker Gallery. […]
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 […]