Rebecca Matzke, professor of history and associate dean for faculty development, had recent professional activities. She presented a paper, “Britain’s Great War Naval Propaganda: A Campaign to Create a ‘Special Relationship,’” at the Southern Conference on British Studies, Nov. 9, 2018, in Birmingham, Alabama. She also wrote a historical piece for the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper […]
“My Brief Personal Account of the Life of my mother Dora,” was the title of the heartfelt, genuine presentation delivered Tuesday morning in Great Hall by Steven L. Russek. Before the talk even began the room was filled, and members of the audience rushed to set out additional chairs as more Ripon College and community […]
“Memories of the Holocaust,” a presentation by the son of a Holocaust survivor, will be given Nov. 13 at Ripon College. The talk will run from 11:15 a.m. to noon in Great Hall, Harwood Memorial Union. It is free and open to the public. Nov. 9 is the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of Broken […]
Kim Frisque ’19 of Menominee, Michigan, was selected as a fellow for the Graduate School Exploration Fellowship for the summer of 2018. The program provides research experiences at leading universities to undergraduate minority and other under-represented students who are a part of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Frisque is majoring in religion and history […]
Various areas of study, small class sizes and the equestrian team drew Katie Warczak ’16 to Ripon College. “Being able to challenge myself academically as well as athletically at Ripon sealed the deal for me,” Warczak says. Warczak is originally from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. At Ripon, she majored in English and history and minored in American […]
Matthew D. Dacy ’79 of Rochester, Minnesota, is featured in Ken Burns’ latest documentary, “The Mayo Clinic: Faith-Hope-Science,” which debuted on PBS in September. Dacy graduated from Ripon College with a degree in history and from the University of Missouri in Columbia with a master’s degree in journalism. At Mayo Clinic, he is the director […]
Mark Krause ’19 of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, is one of six recipients of the 2018 Manson Stewart Award, granted by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS). CAMWS is the largest regional classical association in North America, with 1,500 members from 28 states and three Canadian provinces. Krause is a double major […]
At Ripon College, Zachary Peterson ’16 discovered his passions in life, and now he is hoping to use his skills to address institutional mental health in the United States. Peterson is pursuing a master’s degree in the English Writing Program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he is a graduate assistant director in the […]
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 […]
The opportunity to continue playing basketball and the personal interest of coaches were deciding factors for Brad Alberts ’92 to attend school at Ripon College. “I was looking for a school to play basketball, and Ripon was very comfortable to me,” Alberts says. “Coach Bob Gillespie or a member of his staff was at every […]
The multi-faceted approach of a liberal arts education allowed William Chester Jordan ’69 to study in numerous areas. He majored in history, Russian and mathematics, and he also studied extensively in English. He went on to receive a Ph.D. in history from Princeton University, where he now serves as the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at […]
“My family has a long and rich history with Ripon, having had many members prior to me attend, and my dad, Chuck Larson, was a coach and professor,” says Charlie Larson ’00. “However, that didn’t make it an automatic that I was going to attend Ripon. I looked at a number of other liberal arts […]