“Fake News and Conspiracy Theories in the Age of Trump,” a talk by investigative journalist Michael R. Isikoff, will be offered via Zoom webinar Oct. 20 by Ripon College. The talk will run from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. Registration is available at ripon.edu/fake-news. A post-event recording will be available on YouTube at go.ripon.edu/p1a. The event […]
Michael Hartman ’20 of Grafton, Wisconsin, is a new Graduate Trustee on the Ripon College Board of Trustees. The board meets this week. He currently works for Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (WI-05) in his Washington, D.C. office. “As a legislative correspondent, I respond to constituents regarding the congressman’s position on legislative issues,” Hartman says. […]
Steve Martin ’96, professor of communication, has an upcoming Zoom guest lecture with Fontebonne University in St. Louis, Missouri. His guest lecture will include questions and answers with a political communication class. The focus will be Martin’s current book, Game Changers; How Dark Money and Super PACs are Transforming U.S. Campaigns, co-written with Henrik Schatzinger, […]
Rhett Cunningham ’22 of Ripon, Wisconsin, gained experience working with a primary election campaign over the summer with assistance from a CPP Fellowship Grant for student interns in public policy or politics from the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College. He worked for the Committee to Elect Luke Dretske. Dretske ’21 was […]
Lamont Colucci, professor of politics and government, has an article in the August 2020 publication of the American Foreign Policy Council. Colucci is a senior fellow in national security affairs for the council. “Defense Technology Program Brief: the Case for Space Development” examines how, for us to view space as an arena for commerce and […]
A virtual candidates’ forum will be held Thursday, Sept. 17, by the League of Women Voters of the Ripon Area and the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College. The forum will begin at 7 p.m. It will be broadcast on the Ripon Cable channel 986; live-streamed by the CPP on Facebook Live; […]
Through an internship this summer, Hanan Majid ’22 worked with Nate Zimdars (D), who is running for the 41st district of the state assembly. To help support the internship, Majid received a CPP Fellowship Grant for student interns in public policy or politics from the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College. His […]
Two virtual candidates’ forums are scheduled to be held this month by the League of Women Voters of the Ripon Area and the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College. Both forums will begin at 7 p.m. They will be broadcast on the Ripon Cable channel 986; live-streamed by the CPP on Facebook […]
Michael Cohoon ’21 of Union Grove, Wisconsin, was able to take part in the political process thanks to a CPP Fellowship grant for student interns in public policy or politics from the Center for Politics and the People at Ripon College. He interned for the City of Kenosha (Wisconsin) Clerk’s Office. He set up the […]
The passion to become an immigration attorney was solidified this summer for Nhi Le ’21 as she served a remote internship with the International Rescue Committee in Baltimore, Maryland. Her experience was supported by a $1,500 CPP Fellowship grant from the Center for Politics and the People for student interns in public policy or politics. […]
In the summer of 2018, Abby Korb ’20 of Burlington, Wisconsin, had a personal experience with Kamala Harris, D-Calif., the newly named running mate of presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Korb was working for the re-election campaign of Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., supported by a Internship Supplemental Grant from the Center for Politics and […]
In the fall, Riley Printz ’20 of Rosholt, Wisconsin, will be attending Marquette Law School. At Ripon, he is majoring in history with a minor in politics and government. “The biggest thing I learned while attending Ripon was to continue working in the face of adversity,” he says. “I am coping with being off campus […]
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, Ryan Krogsgaard ’20 of Lewisville, Texas, will be entering the military full time. “I am currently in the process of transferring from the Army National Guard to the active-duty Army,” he says. “Basically I’m going from part-time to full-time service.” He is majoring in politics and government. He says the most […]
Tristan Lingle ’20 of Carbondale, Illinois, will start a 12-month position with NCCC FEMA Corps beginning in late July, working directly with FEMA staff on disaster response and recovery efforts. He is a double major in history and politics & government. He says “There’s this idea that by the time you graduate college, you should […]
Henrik Schatzinger, associate professor of politics and government and co-director of the Center for Politics and the People, was interviewed in a segment that aired Friday on KFIZ Radio (1450 AM) in Fond du Lac. He was interviewed by host Marty Schibbelhut. They discussed a range of topics, including the effects of the coronavirus on […]
A new door is opening for Nate Jung ’20 of Random Lake, Wisconsin. In the fall, he will enter Marquette Law School in Milwaukee. At Ripon, Jung is majoring in politics & government and economics, with minors in national security studies and law and society. “The most important lesson I learned from attending Ripon College […]
Abby Korb ’20 of Burlington, Wisconsin, is headed for graduate school in Washington, D.C., this fall. The politics & government and psychology double major will study for her master’s degree in public policy at American University. She also will work as a graduate assistant and will seek another job position in Washington, as well. “The […]
“How Coronavirus felled ‘Woke” – for now,” an opinion piece by Lamont Colucci, associate professor of politics and government, was published today on Newsmax.com. He discusses how the stories and news shared with the publicduring the COVID-19 crisis have been shifted “by a segment of the population with a desperate desire to control and manipulate […]