The Ripon College choirs will present their fall concert Sunday, Nov. 7. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend, and masks are required to be worn. Paul Thompson, assistant professor of music, is the conductor and Deb MacKenzie, visiting instructor […]
“Art, Activism & Intersectionality: An Exhibit of Contemporary Posters” will open Nov. 5 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the Ripon College campus. A lecture and opening will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The exhibit will continue through Dec. 10 and is free and open to the public. Masks […]
Internationally recognized disability advocate Judith Heumann will be a special guest Nov. 10 for Ripon College’s Center for Politics and the People. Her talk, “Judy Heumann: Our Fight for Disability Rights,” will be presented virtually via Zoom at 6:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. Registration can be accessed at ripon.edu/rights. Her story was featured in the […]
Ripon Drug/Ben Franklin is now the official provider of off-line Ripon College merchandise. The business is located at 328 Watson St. in downtown Ripon and will provide more consistent staffing and hours than were available at the College’s brick-and-mortar store. Because of the business’ close proximity to campus, many students, faculty, staff and alumni already […]
Karlyn Schumacher ’15, assistant librarian-access services, wrote a blog post titled “Starting from Scratch: OER at a Small Liberal Arts College” for OER and Beyond, posted Oct. 6, 2021. The blog post about open educational resources can be accessed here.
“Redistricting and its Impact on Voting” will be a ZOOM webinar presented Wednesday, Nov. 3, by the Center for Politics and the People of Ripon College and the League of Women Voters of the Ripon Area. The webinar will run from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Access is available at ripon.edu/voting. A post-event recording will be […]
“Considering their NFL teams, it’s even farther from Green Bay to Washington, D.C., than you think,” an opinion piece by President Zach Messitte, appeared Oct. 22, 2021, in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper. Ahead of Sunday’s game between the Green Bay Packers and the Washington Football Team, Messitte laments the downward spiral of his hometown […]
Mark Franzen ’83 of Paradise Valley, Arizona, will chair the search committee in the process to select the next president of Ripon College. President Zach Messitte has announced that he will leave his position at the end of the fall semester. Franzen has been a member of the Ripon College Board of Trustees since 2011 […]
Guest recitalists Demondrae Thurman, euphonium, and Kathryn Fouse, piano, will perform in the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series Friday, Oct. 22, at Ripon College. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. It will be free and open to the public. Per Ripon College […]
Ripon College is expanding its Local Commitment Award outreach to two additional counties in Wisconsin — Outagamie County and Brown County. Two years ago, Ripon College launched its Local Commitment Award, offering financial assistance of up to $34,000 per year to students who graduated from high school in the four counties immediately surrounding the campus. […]
Director Emeritus Robert Amsden discussed an upcoming Ripon College theatre production Monday on Hometown Broadcasting and The Wave – 93.1FM & 1600AM. A recording of the radio interview can be heard here. The production of Zoe Kazan’s play “After the Blast” will be presented Oct. 14-17 by the Ripon College Department of Theatre. Performances begin […]
Casey Gott ’14 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was featured on the website of Milwaukee’s Hunger Task Force on Monday, Oct. 11. “Hunger Task Force honors Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Casey Gott reflects on family heritage” describes Gott’s heritage as a member of the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, her work as a staff member of the Hunger Task Force […]
Research from a 2020 paper on dog empathy, “A shoulder to cry on: Heart rate variability and empathetic behavioral responses to crying and laughing in dogs,” written by Associate Professor of Psychology Julia Meyers-Manor, was cited in an article published Oct. 1 on nationalgeographic.com. The article, “Yes, dogs can ‘catch’ their owners’ emotions,” discusses research […]
“Refugee Children at the Border,” a Zoom talk, will be presented Thursday, Oct. 14, as part of Latin Heritage Month at Ripon College. Presented by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, the program will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Zoom ID is 256 018 4018. The speaker will be Enrique Morones, a longtime […]
Authors of the book News Hole: The Demise of Local Journalism and Political Engagement will speak Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Ripon College. The free talk by Jennifer Lawless and Danny Hayes will be presented by the Center for Politics and the People. It will begin at 6:30 p.m. Central Time via a Zoom webinar. Registration […]
Zoe Kazan’s play “After the Blast” will be presented Oct. 14-17 by the Ripon College Department of Theatre. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, through Saturday, Oct. 16, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on Union Street. Tickets are free, but reservations are […]
An 1883 oil on canvas painting of Ripon College founder Jehdeiah Bowen has been donated to the College by Erika Doss ’78 and Geoffrey Thrumston ’78 of South Bend, Indiana. The artist is early Wisconsin painter Mark R. Harrison. The portrait is now hanging in the Ripon College Museum in West Hall. Thrumston is a […]
This week, Ripon College is honoring and welcoming the new members of the Board of Trustees. The board will meet on campus this week. Blaine E. Gibson ’81 of Grafton, Wisconsin, has been elected as a new member of the Ripon College Board of Trustees, effective June 5, 2021. He is vice-president-financial advisor, RBC Wealth […]
This week, Ripon College is honoring and welcoming the new members of the Board of Trustees. The board will meet on campus this week. Cameron Klein ’21 of Clinton, Wisconsin, was elected as a Ripon College Special Graduate Trustee by students of the College. He will serve a two-year term. Klein majored in business management […]
There is more on the line than a win for this Saturday’s football game between Ripon College and Illinois College. The presidents of the two institutions have agreed that the president of the losing team will make a donation to a local charity of the president of the winning institution’s choosing. Ripon College President Zach […]