Andrew Limouris ’94 of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, has received the Hellene of the Year Award from the Hellenic Bar Association Foundation. According to the foundation, Limouris is president and CEO of Medix and Talentoday, a family of companies specialized in connecting talent to the right career opportunities and supporting employers with the right workforce solutions. […]
“Send in the Clowns,” an abstract painting from the collection of artist Claudette Lee-Roseland. ’60 of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, has been donated to Ripon College in her memory by her husband, Dean Roseland. Lee-Roseland died Oct. 3, 2021. At Ripon, she studied philosophy and psychology and participated in student government and Alpha Phi/Kappa Sigma Chi. She […]
Ripon College student-athletes have swept the 2021 Midwest Conference (MWC) Awards for academic success. Payton Rahn, an English and politics and government double major from Omro, Wisconsin, received the Ruth Peterson Award, and Cormac Madigan, a chemistry-biology major from Rosendale, Wisconsin, received the Roy W. LeClere Award. The Peterson and LeClere awards are presented to […]
Nicholas Eastman, assistant professor of educational studies, and Ethan Hansen ’23 of Raymond, Wisconsin, collaborated for an article in the forthcoming issue of the academic journal Education & Culture, the journal of the John Dewey Society. The article is titled “Classroom Exchanges: Big Data and the Commodification of Educational Communication.” Eastman and Hansen also presented […]
Memuna Khan, professor of biology, and several students published a paper in the August 2021 issue of the journal Northeastern Naturalist. “Do We Impact Neighboring Nests When Managing for House Sparrows on Nest-Box Trails?” featured work by Micaela M. Rivera ’21 of River Falls, Wisconsin; Max Mindiola ’20 of East Troy, Wisconsin; Erin Engstrom ’20 […]
Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas was among five authors profiled on Wisconsin Public Radio Nov. 12. Salas is a contributor to the book Hope is the Thing: Wisconsinites on Perseverance in a Pandemic, edited by B.J. Hollars, published by Wisconsin History Press and available on amazon.com. Other contributors include Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly, […]
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble, directed by Assistant Professor of Music Dr. Tobin Shucha, will perform at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. Masks are required to be worn. Selections include Overture from […]
“A Night at the Operetta,” featuring scenes from the light opera repertoire, will be presented at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend. Masks are required to be worn. In collaboration with pianist and Visiting […]
The women’s basketball team will celebrate its 1,000th game in program history Wednesday when they host the University of Wisconsin-Platteville at 7 p.m. at Willmore Center. “The game is a great reflection of all of the time, energy and effort Coach Elaine Call, Coach Julie Johnson and all the assistants and players have dedicated to […]
Steve Bellin-Oka, Ripon College’s first poet-in-residence, will be one of the readers at Saturday’s Wisconsin’s Own Library Open House held at Ripon. All are welcome to attend. He will read selections he has written at Ripon during his semester here, as well as from his first book of poems, Instructions for Seeing a Ghost. This […]
The Ripon College Jazz Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend, and masks are required to be worn. The director is Paul Dietrich, adjunct instructor of music. The program will be selected from: “Dance You Monster To My […]
The Ripon College football game with Lawrence University has been canceled, Director of Athletics Ryan Kane announced today. The Midwest Conference game, originally scheduled for Nov. 13 on Ron Roberts Field at the Banta Bowl in Appleton, Wisconsin, was postponed because of COVID-19 protocols. The game had been rescheduled for Nov. 20 before the decision […]
The Ripon College Orchestra will perform at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend, and masks are required to be worn. C. Patrick Perkins, adjunct instructor of music, is the director. Lydia Wiley Deal ’22 of Whitewater, Wisconsin, is the assistant conductor. […]
In observance of Veterans Day, we honor Army Capt. Paul J. Cassidy ’89 of Laingsburg, Michigan, the most recent designee to the Ripon College War Memorial. Cassidy died of non-combat injuries at Camp Babylon, Iraq, July 13, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was 36. At Ripon, he majored in physics, participated in swimming and […]
Volunteer work by Roger Gertenrich ’56 of Portland, Oregon, was highlighted Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the Portland Tribune in advance of Veterans Day. “Korean vet continues to give back” highlights Gertenrich’s efforts to preserve Portland’s maritime history, including its wartime ship-building history and other links to naval history. At Ripon, Gertenrich majored in chemistry-biology and […]
“Dispatch from the Domestic Interior,” a poem by Associate Professor of English Megan Gannon, was included in the art exhibition “Claiming Space: A New Century of Visionary Women” at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. The exhibit ran July 24 through Oct. 3, 2021. “Claiming Space” celebrated MOWA’s 60th anniversary and its visionary […]
Kurt Dietrich, professor emeritus of music and former Barbara Baldwin DeFrees Chair in the Performing Arts at Ripon College, will discuss his work on the history of jazz in Wisconsin Thursday, Nov. 18, for the Ripon Historical Society. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the historical society museum, 508 Watson St. It is […]
Paul Dietrich has been described as “an apt bandleader, an exception composer, and a superlative performer” (All About Jazz) and “a skilled composer” (JazzTrail) and his music has been praised as “stunningly beautiful” (Audiophile Audition) and “captivating” (Chicago Jazz Magazine).
A composer, trumpet player and educator based in the Midwest, Dietrich has led the Paul Dietrich Quintet since 2012 and the Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble since 2016. The Chicago-based Quintet has released two albums: Focus (2017, ears&eyes) and We Always Get There (2014, Blujazz). The Paul Dietrich Jazz Ensemble’s 2019 album Forward features guest artist and world-renowned drummer Clarence Penn (Dave Douglas, Maria Schneider) alongside many of the Midwest’s best jazz musicians.
As a composer, Dietrich has completed over a dozen commissions for schools and organizations including the Isthmus Jazz Festival, Lawrence University’s Jazz Weekend, Ripon College, Madison College, the Mount Horeb Middle School Jazz Festival, and various high schools throughout Wisconsin. He is a two-time recipient of the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium’s Artistic Development Grant.
Paul holds a Bachelor’s degree in trumpet and jazz studies from Lawrence University and a Master’s degree in Jazz Studies from DePaul University. As an educator, Paul has directed the Jazz Ensemble at Ripon College since 2021, and served as co-trumpet instructor with his wife, Jessica Jensen, while filling in for his former teacher, John Daniel, at Lawrence University in 2021. Previously, Paul taught at Prairie Music & Arts in Sun Prairie, WI, and directed the jazz ensemble at Madison East High School.
Student members of the Momentum Leadership Fellows Program completed a service project in South Woods on the morning of Oct. 30. With the help of Professor Emeritus of Biology George “Skip” Wittler and representatives of the South Woods Park Association, the students assisted with clearing the woods of three invasive plant species. “Among other things, […]
Wisconsin’s Own Library Open House will be held from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at Ripon College. The event is sponsored by the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of Wisconsin. The event showcases the Wisconsin’s Own Library collection of books and poetry by Wisconsin authors and illustrators, housed at Ripon College’s Lane Library, 300 W. […]