Conference attendance allows education students to share ideas with those in the field
Hannah Brockman ’24 of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and Meredith Thiessen ’26 of Stoughton, Wisconsin, attended the 2023 Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT) conference in Appleton, Wisconsin, Nov. 2-4. Brockman is majoring in Spanish, French in a self-designed major, and education. Thiessen is double majoring in Spanish and secondary education. At the conference, Brockman made […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Academics, Student.
Timothy Reed publishes article in The Coastal Review
A peer-reviewed article by Professor of Spanish Timothy Reed was published in The Coastal Review. “Hauntology and Epistemology in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth and Juan Antonio Bayona’s The Orphanage” touches on contemporary Hispanic cinema, historical memory and the fantastic. The abstract reads: “This article analyzes the narrative function of the fantastic in two commercial […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty, Research.
Poem by Timothy Reed in national publication
Timothy Reed, professor of Spanish, had a poem published in the spring 2020 issue of The Forum, the official publication of the Phi Sigma Iota International Foreign Language National Honor Society. The poem is titled “Las Meninas” and can be found on page 6 of the issue here.
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Dominique Poncelet publishes article in The French Review
Dominique Poncelet, professor of French and Francophone studies, is the author of “Le livre comme tombeau litteraire: Franz et Francois de Francois Weyergans et D’autres vies que la mienne d’Emmanuel Carrere” (“The Book as a Literary Tomb in Franz and Francois by Francois Weyergans and Lives Other Than Mine by Emmanuel Carrere”). The article was […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Rick Estberg ’75 publishes book about Cold War experiences in West Berlin
Rick Estberg ’75 of Severna Park, Maryland, recently published his first book, Berlin Daze: Tales of a Cold Warrior on the “Island of Freedom”. Estberg graduated from Ripon College with a degree in combined foreign language and earned his master’s degree in international relations from Boston University. Berlin Daze recounts the time Estberg worked as […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
One-act play by Anne Negri ’03 will be presented this weekend
A one-act play by Anne Negri ’03 will be produced Thursday through Sunday at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. “Not a Test” addresses issues surrounding standardized testing in public schools and the lasting impact it has on those who don’t meet the standards. An article about the show was published on the local […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Constant adaptation enhances teaching for Madeson Walgenbach ’16
A desire to help others and to share her passion for language led Madeson Walgenbach’16 to major in educational studies and Spanish at Ripon College. “I decided to attend Ripon College because of the connections I had in the area,” she says. “I also received a good scholarship and liked the idea of attending a […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Alumni.
Eddie Lowry gives presentation at state convention
Eddie Lowry, the Marie Zarwell Uihlein Chair in Classical Studies, gave a one-hour presentation on “Exclusus Amator: The Lover Shut Out” at the Latin sessions of the annual conference of the Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers (WAFLT) in Appleton Nov. 2. The content of this Roman culture presentation supported the conference’s general foreign language […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Faculty.
Ripon No. 1 in state for how much graduates earn, according to U.S. Department of Education
Ripon College has been named the No. 1 school in Wisconsin whose grads earn the most in mean wages 10 years after graduation. The study, using data collected by the United States Department of Education, was published this week by Zippia, a new website dedicated to helping recent graduates with their career choices. The report […]
Posted by Dale Devries in Rankings.