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Katelyn Spaeth '20

We’re still here: Katelyn Spaeth ’20

Katelyn Spaeth ’20 of Kaukauna, Wisconsin, hopes to teach children with disabilities. She has been finishing up her special education certification and student teaching over the past year and is coping with the restrictions of the current COVID-19 pandemic. “Living at home while finishing up my student teaching has been motivating,” she says. “I will […]

A Ripon College student tutors a fellow student

Ripon teacher candidates will help tutor younger students online during COVID-19 pandemic

Ripon College is among a group of higher education schools in Wisconsin that is offering tutoring services across the country during the COVID-19 disruption through its teacher candidates. More than 100 education students and teacher candidates from Ripon College, St. Norbert College, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and UW Stevens Point will provide grade-appropriate online […]

Jean Rigden, left, and Abby Hilker '18

Ripon College educator expands her influence by training teachers of the future

Director of Teacher Education Jean Rigden focuses her energy on building future teachers that, in turn, expand the horizons of future generations of students. Her classrooms are enriched with her first-hand experiences with kindergarten through undergraduate education. For nine years, Rigden taught in various Wisconsin school districts. She was then a K-12 Principal at Princeton […]