Each year, thanks to the support of generous donors, Ripon College is able to recognize the outstanding achievements of faculty, staff and students at the annual Awards Convocation. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has shut down the campus, the on-campus celebration of previous years could not be held. This year’s awards have been presented […]
Studio5 is an intimate performing arts venue in Chicago will feature a streaming performance by Don Stiernberg ’77 and the Don Stiernberg Quartet tonight, May 7, at 8 p.m. CDT. Stiernberg recently began his fifth decade as a working musician. Along the way he has been involved in many musical activities: performing, writing, recording, producing, […]
Because of school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of K-12 students from 18 states and Canada have been taking advantage of e-tutoring services offered by education students through a collaboration of eight private and public universities in Wisconsin and Georgia. The program has been a huge success, and today, a virtual celebration will […]
Bailey Jerrick ’20 of Stoughton, Wisconsin, is headed for Disney World after graduation in May. She has been accepted into the Disney College Program and will work in the costuming department. After the program, she hopes to work as a character performer for the company. At Ripon, she is double majoring in theatre and biology. […]
After graduation, Katelyn Peroutka ’20 of Waunakee, Wisconsin, will begin working at EPIC, a developer of software for the healthcare industry, in Madison, Wisconsin. She is a double major in business management and economics with a minor in psychology. “The most important thing that I learned from Ripon is to try new things,” she says. […]
Cameron Gruenwald ’20 of Iola, Wisconsin, is majoring in physical education with minors in health and educational studies. He hopes to work in elementary or high school physical education. He says that the most important lesson he learned at Ripon College “is that you make some of your best friends for life here. Don’t take […]
Lindsey Karras ’20 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will be student teaching in Milwaukee during the fall semester, and she says she is “very excited to begin.” She is a double major in psychology and educational studies early childhood. “Ripon College has taught me that it is OK to ask for help,” she says. “As college students, […]
With a triple major in theatre, English and history, Madeleine Craig ’20 of West Bend, Wisconsin, has a variety of options. After graduation in May, she plans to take a gap year during which she will work and apply to graduate programs in theatre or English. She hopes to pursue a master’s degree and Ph.D. […]
Laryssa Vaclavik ’20 of Portage, Indiana, will return to Ripon in the fall for student teaching, and she also will be looking for other jobs to help her get into the school systems later. She is a double major in educational studies and history. “One of the most important lessons that I have learned with […]
Today, on the 50th anniversary of the killings of student Vietnam War protestors on the Kent State University campus in Ohio, a related editorial co-written by President Zach Messitte appears in The Washington Post. Messitte’s coauthors of “Harsh rhetoric tears us apart — and can make violence seem acceptable: The lessons of the 1970 Kent […]
Christopher Miller ’20 of Ripon, Wisconsin, will be attending U.S. Marine Corps Officer Candidates School in the fall. He is majoring in politics and government and business management with a minor in philosophy. “The most important lesson I learned while at Ripon is the realization that the more I put into things — such as […]
After graduation in May, Julia Sanchez ’20 of Zion, Illinois, will return to the Waukegan Park District as a summer camp counselor. She then will seek a full-time job in the sports industry. She is a double major in business management and exercise science: sports management. “The most important lesson I learned at Ripon is […]
A job in the history field, hopefully in the national parks, is the aim of Lane Brown ’20 of Avondale, Arizona. He is a history major with minors in mathematics as well as Ancient, Renaissance and Medieval Studies. “The most important lesson I learned is no matter what happens you have to take care of […]
In the fall, Miye Aoki-Kramer ’20 of Seattle, Washington, plans to student teach. She is a biology major with minors in chemistry and educational studies. She says the most important lesson she learned at Ripon College is that “it’s important to be an active member of the community and to support each other. And to […]
The worldwide Ripon College community came together in this era of social distancing to smash all previous records for the annual #OneDayRally giving day. With more than three hours remaining on Wednesday, April 29, the online campaign reached 100 percent of its donor participation goal of 1,851. As #OneDayRally came to a close after 18 […]
Savannah Jane Walford ’20 of Waldo, Wisconsin, will be seeking a job in church work or in the nonprofit field after she graduates in May. She is a religion major with a minor in nonprofit management. She says the most important lesson she learned at Ripon College is “to try new things and take on […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how Kirsten Funk ’21 of Menasha, Wisconsin, does her job. She is majoring in chemistry-biology with a minor in health and works as an emergency medical technician (EMT) basic for Ripon Guardian Ambulance. She provides emergency care to patients, moves them to a cot, assesses their vital signs and applies […]
The most important lesson that Grace Larson ’20 learned during college is “that your heart can have two homes,” she says. Larson, of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, is majoring in English with minors in psychology and sociology. She will be staring a new job in Minneapolis after graduation in May. Because of the off-campus end to […]
DeShawn Thomas ’20 of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is ready to move forward with a career in the performing arts. The theatre major has accepted a position as a performing arts coordinator at a summer camp, and he has applied to study for a master of fine arts in acting at the University of North Carolina at […]
Using stitching skills she learned as a theatre major at Ripon College, Brandi Gaspard Mans ’10 of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been joining her colleagues at the Minnesota Opera to make face masks to contribute toward the COVID-19 pandemic. Mans says that after COVID-19 forced the opera to close their last two shows of the season, […]