Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and former Vice President and Dean of Faculty David Seligman has published an essay, “The Catch and Release Conundrum,” in Hunting and the Ivory Tower: Essays by Scholars Who Hunt. The book was published this year by the University of South Carolina Press. It includes essays by 17 hunter-scholars who explore […]
The Ripon College Ethics Bowl team competed at the Upper Midwest Regional competition at Illinois Institute of Technology Nov. 17 and 18. Both teams garnered a record of 2-2 against teams from Macalester, Adrian, Illinois Wesleyn, Carleton, UD Mercy, Tiffin and Bowling Green. They ranked 11 and 16 among 30 teams. Members of the team […]
Associate Professor of Philosophy Paul Jeffries attended the 12th annual conference of the International Society of MacIntyrean Enquiry (ISME) held at St. John’s College at Durham University in Durham, England in July 2018. The four day conference focused on the work of Alasdair MacIntyre, one of the most distinguished moral philosophers of the late 20th […]
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 […]
“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 […]
A great, updated video clip summarizing the acting career — so far! — of Frances Lee McCain ’66 can be viewed on Vimeo here. McCain has had memorable roles on stage and in such films as “Back to the Future” (1985), “Gremlins” (1984) and “Footloose” (1984). She majored in philosophy at Ripon College.
Ripon College students placed well at the International Business Ethics Case Competition held April 18-20 in Boston, Massachusetts. Lauren Hince ’18 of Blaine, Minnesota; DeLou Wilson ’18 of Madison, Wisconsin; Erika Isaacson ’18 of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Rose Hogmire ’18 of Lake Elmo, Minnesota; and Wyatt McGillen ’19 of Kalispell, Montana, took home first-place awards […]
The deep, metaphysical implications of traveling back in time were explored by Evie Green ’18 of Lane Cove, Australia, in her senior philosophy seminar research project, “Why Assuming a Time Theory that Allows for the Philosophical Possibility of Backward Time Travel Makes Our Lives Fatalistic.” Green was inspired by her lifelong love of “Doctor Who,” […]
A panel of three Ripon College students will discuss the use of data and its intersection with privacy at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, in Kresge Little Theatre of East Hall. The discussion, sponsored by the College’s Center for Politics and the People, also will explore the relationship between big business and government. Panelists will […]
Professor of Religion Brian Smith presented a paper, “What Does the Bible Say about LGBTQ?” at the Midwest American Academy of Religion’s annual conference, March 2-4, 2018, at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Three Ripon students also presented papers at the conference: Kim Frisque ’19, Menominee, Michigan; Justine Jacobsen ’18 of Green Bay, Wisconsin; […]
WLUK-TV FOX 11 was on campus March 6 to cover the Ripon College Center for Politics and the People-sponsored “Democracy Beyond the Ballot Box” discussion. Their coverage can be viewed here. The entire discussion can be viewed on youtube.
The Ripon College Ethics Bowl team placed third in the nation at the 22nd Annual Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl National Competition in Chicago, Illinois held on Mar 3-4. Composed of Lauren Hince ’18 of Blaine, Minnesota, DeLou Wilson ’18 of Madison, Wisconsin, Erika Isaacson ’18 of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Rose Hogmire ’18 of Blaine, Minnesota and […]
Ben Konecny ’07 of Greeley, Colorado, wrote an opinion piece that appeared in The Tribune, serving Greeley and Weld County, Colorado, Feb. 17, 2018. Konecny writes how, despite the myriad number of ways it is possible to communicate today, we also need to be aware of interactions with one another. “ … In our world […]