Eighty-two students from seven area high schools will participate in Ripon College Band Festival, to be held Monday, April 24. Participating schools are Horicon, Oakfield, Princeton, Ripon, Valley Christian School, Watertown and Waupun. During the all-day band festival, students will work with Ripon College music faculty, preparing the music for a concert that will conclude […]
The Ripon College Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will perform Friday, April 21. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. The director is Adjunct Instructor of Music Paul Dietrich. Jazz Ensemble will perform “Sweet Time Suite: Opening,” […]
Richard Kammen ’68, of Hilton Head, South Carolina, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, was interviewed March 30 on National Public Radio. The interview can be heard here and addresses the CIA’s torture program that continues to have huge implications at the U.S. military court and prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where 40 accused terrorists […]
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform Sunday, April 16. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. Tobin Shucha is the director. Selections will include “Flourish for Wind Band,” by Ralph Vaughan Williams; “Amazing Grace,” by […]
The annual One-Act Play Festival, featuring short plays directed by students, will be held April 14 and 15 at Ripon College. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. Admission is free and open to the public. The plays and cast members are: “Harold’s Ear,” […]
“The Business of Show Business,” a discussion about theatre with acclaimed theatre critic Peter Filichia, will be held Tuesday, April 18, at Ripon College. The discussion will run from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Rodman 147, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The event is free and open to the public. Filichia serves on […]
Open to the public, Sage Dining Foodservice at Ripon College is hosting an Easter brunch buffet. No reservations required. Price includes a prime rib carving station, mac & cheese bar, omelets, a chocolate fountain, full soups and salad bar, allergen-free station and more! $20 per person, ages 13+ $8 per person, ages 6-12 Free for […]
Henrik Schatzinger, professor of political science and interim director of the Center for Politics and the People, was interviewed for “WisconsinEye,” a 30-minute cable TV show, for its segment “Newsmakers: A Preview of the Spring General Election Ballot” ahead of Tuesday’s election. “WisconsinEye” is a nonprofit, private public affairs network delivering state government news. Schatzinger, […]
The path to dentistry for Dr. Ross Oberschlake ’07 was built on a foundation made at Ripon College. “Taking key courses through the biology and chemistry departments got me ready to enter into any career in the health field,” says Oberschlake of Hillcrest Family Dental in Waukesha, Wisconsin. “All the professors gave incredibly personalized attention […]
Jeffrey Charles McAndrew ’81 of North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, has been named North Fond du Lac’s inaugural poet laureate by Spillman Public Library. He is involved with numerous artistic activities within the community. He started the podcast “Poets Have Something to Say” in October 2022, and it can be heard on the “Great Poets” […]
Assistant Professor of Music Erin Bryan will be the soprano soloist when the Oshkosh Chamber Singers presents Josef Haydn’s masterpiece oratorio “The Creation” on Palm Sunday, April 2. The performance will begin at 3 p.m. at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, St. Mary site, 605 Merritt Ave., Oshkosh, with choir, soloists and an orchestra of […]
“Esperanza: A Musical of Love and Hope,” with book and lyrics by Ken Luber ’60 of Idyllwild, California, will have its world premiere April 7 at Mount San Jacinto College in California. “Esperanza” is a comedy/romance with “the grit of three fallen stars making their final comeback from darkness when that cheer is no longer […]
Seniors from the community have one last chance to participate in a ceramic tiles project to enhance the new Ripon Senior Activity Center in Murray Park. Students from the ceramics classes of Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger at Ripon College have been collaborating with seniors from the community since last fall to create ceramic tiles […]
Ripon College announces that Kenny Finco has been selected as its next head coach of men’s basketball. He will assume his duties April 3. For the last six seasons, he has served as an assistant men’s basketball coach and an assistant in the sports performance center at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. “Kenny’s cerebral approach […]
In both of the last two years, Ripon College students have been awarded the TriBeta Biological Honors Society Research grant. Each year, TriBeta awards grants to students to support their undergraduate research. After performing research with the grant, students present their results at a Regional District Convention or a National Biennial Convention. This year, Lydia […]
“Cancel Culture: Accountability or Censorship?” will be presented April 11 at Ripon College. The discussion will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Kresge Little Theatre, East Hall, on the Ripon College campus. The talk is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Center for Politics and the People. The talk will focus […]
RIPON — Torrin A. Greathouse, author of the award-winning poetry collection “Wound from the Mouth of a Wound,” will read from her work Wednesday, April 12, at Ripon College. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the MLK Lounge, Harwood Memorial Union, on the campus. The reading is free and open to the public. […]
The Ripon College Chamber Singers will participate in several activities this spring. Choral Festival and concert: A Choral Festival will be held Tuesday, March 21, at the College. Eighty high school students from five schools — Ripon, Waupun, Sheboygan North, Little Chute and Cedar Grove-Belgium — will be hosted for a full day on campus […]
Ripon College announces that Christopher Schumacher has been selected as its next athletic director. He will assume his duties June 1. Steve Wammer, associate director of athletics and head softball coach, will serve as the interim athletic director. Current athletic director Ryan Kane has been named athletic director for Carthage College, a role he assumes […]
Ripon College senior Cormac Madigan of Rosendale, Wisconsin, has been awarded a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. The NCAA awards up to 126 postgraduate scholarships annually. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically. The $10,000 scholarships are awarded three times a year corresponding to each sport season (fall, winter and spring). Twenty-one […]