Ripon College 2017-2018 Annual Report

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PR E SI DE N T ’S L E T T ER

Let’s Brag a Little Bit

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here are good years. And then there was 2018. It was a fantastic year for Ripon College. So let’s brag a little bit, shall we?

Our admission numbers have taken off: There were a record-breaking 2,619 firstyear applications for enrollment to the Class of 2022. Even more impressive are the 273 first-year students, as well as 13 new transfers. It is the largest class since 2010.

Fundraising at all-time highs: The past year brought in an astounding $13,594,244. Sixty-three new members of the 1851 Club (those who support the College at or above the $1,000 level in a given year or whose lifetime support is $50,000 or more) brought the grand total to 544 members by household.

Faculty grants keep pushing us forward: Our faculty won 10 grants in 2018 totaling $467,173. Funding from the National Science Foundation, the Pieper

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Family Foundation, the Kohler Company and the Scholarship Fund for Business and Economics Majors led the way.

Commencement speaker, Judy Woodruff,

Special alumni gifts make dreams a reality: Our appreciation to Mark and Janice Franzen ’83 ’83 who established an endowed professorship in applied mathematics; and to Kyle Greene ’15 for supporting our first full-time varsity cycling coach.

principles, but recognize that others have

Willmore Center is second to none: Our new health, wellness and athletic center is the envy of the Midwest Conference and beyond. Willmore is one of the premier venues in the state and now has more than 300 community members. In 2018, it served as the home base for the 77th annual Badger Boys State, hosted team practices by the Wisconsin Herd, the new NBA G-League team of the Milwaukee Bucks, and accommodated double-digit track-and-field meets and youth basketball tournaments.

and 45 double-majors. The top majors

Like Willmore? Check out Demmer, Todd Wehr B22, The Spot and The Nest: As part of our ongoing emphasis to make campus more modern and inviting, we unveiled the newly remodeled Demmer Recital Hall, inaugurated our first state-of-the-art active classroom in Todd Wehr, rechristened The Pub as The Spot and developed a cool new student game room in Bovay called The Nest.

Keeping our eyes on the prize of civil discourse: Left, right, center, Republican, Democrat or independent — in a time of incivility, Ripon College remains committed to hearing all points of view through our Center for Politics and the People and student groups of every political persuasion. Our 2018

the host of PBS NewsHour, nailed it when she said, “Hold your strong beliefs and a different set of views. … We need to do a better job of listening to each other.”

Our graduates are number one in more ways than one: We said farewell to 159 new Ripon graduates in 2018, including 16 Phi Beta Kappa, 33 legacies were Business, Psychology, Exercise Science, English, Economics, Biology, and Politics and Government. Ripon ranked first in Wisconsin for how much our graduates earn in mean wages 10 years after graduation, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard.

More sustainable because it’s the right thing to do: Thanks to the generosity of the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Alice Reznickova as our new director of sustainability.

She will lead our campus-wide effort beginning this fall to make Ripon College a more environmentally friendly institution.

And we can’t wait for 2019: Think we are ready to rest on our laurels? Think again. We want to exceed the amazing past year. Look for more renovated spaces, new faculty and staff and continued marketing and communications upgrades.

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THE IMPACT OF WILLMORE CENTER

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The $23.5 million Willmore Center expansion and renovation opened in August 2017 with a new 65,000-square-foot field house and an additional 100,000 square feet of new or renovated space. It is having a great impact on the campus and the greater Ripon area.

More than 300 community members joined Willmore Center in FY’18. The facility also hosts a vibrant open tennis scene as well as Ripon Senior Center Water Aerobics, averaging 20 swimmers per class three times per week.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT:

ripon.edu/ willmore-center

V I S ITO R S Area youths also have benefitted from the new space. Willmore Center hosted seven area high school track-and-field practices and meets because of inclement Wisconsin spring weather.

Staff estimate an additional 1,200 visitors and increased concessions sales as a result.

Six youth basketball tournaments were held during weekends in the winter and spring months, averaging approximately 800 visitors per tournament.

The Department of Exercise Science, now with offices and facilities in Willmore Center, found new ways to engage local public school students. Four events were held with Ripon’s Journey Charter School, averaging 200 visitors per event.

Badger Boys State, a civic engagement and leadership program of the Wisconsin American Legion, held at Ripon College since 1941, took advantage of Willmore Center’s space. In each of its 77 years, the high-profile program brings to campus 1,000 high school boys from all across the state. The field house was the perfect venue for a ceremony featuring Gov. Scott Walker.

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Pro teams played in the facility, as well. Wisconsin Herd, the new NBA G-League team of the Milwaukee Bucks, used Willmore Center for team practice. We also welcomed three of its visiting teams to practice while they waited for their new facility to be built in Oshkosh.

A special basketball game between Packers alumni was held in Weiske Gymnasium in fall 2017 and brought 500 visitors to Willmore Center.

1 A Wisconsin Herd visiting team practices.

2 A community member works out.

3 Journey Charter School students get in on some action.

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REVENUE AND EXPENSES

The majority of our expenses in FY’18 were devoted to student tuition support, costs to sustain academic instruction as well as curricular services and upgrades to facilities.

the prior year. The average endowment investment returns for one, three and five years were 7.7 percent, 5.9 percent and 7.2 percent.

Planned expenses in FY’18 included outlays for upgrades to infrastructure, classroom technology and research facilities. Notable projects were the new ADA-compliant entrance to Lane Library, significant upgrades to the campus electrical system, and improvements to the residence halls.

The College provided $17,327,966 in financial assistance during the 2017-18 academic year, covering 100 percent of the student body.

Financial statements for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018, reflect an increase in net assets of $1,953,176.

The market value of our investments as of June 30, 2018, was listed at $91,279,362.

This reflects an increase of $3,343,906 from

At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Willmore Center project was formally completed and the College took full possession of the facility. Pledged contributions to the project will continue to accrue until the summer of 2020.

R E V E N UE

Student Tuition & Fees

EX P ENSES

$12,407,966

38.2%

Instruction

$11,150,567

36.5%

Auxiliary Enterprises

$5,772,575

17.8%

Institutional Support

$5,745,822

18.8%

Contributions

$6,925,271

21.3%

Auxiliary Enterprises

$5,634,532

18.5%

Investments

$5,765,367

17.8%

Student Services

$6,078,508

19.9%

Other Income

$1,597,746

4.9%

Academic Support

$1,126,324

3.7%

$779,996

2.6%

Public Services TOTAL

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One-hundred percent of our students received some type of financial aid during FY’18. The effects of oxidative stress on protein structure was the focus of research by Eva Schaible ’19 of Green Bay, Wisconsin, who worked in collaboration with Professor of Chemistry Colleen Byron. Their work could help address degenerative diseases.

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$32,468,925

100%

TOTAL

$30,515,749

100%

GIFTS AND GRANTS

Gifts to Ripon College during FY’18 included $2,729,953.14 in unrestricted funds; and $10,864,290.88 in restricted funds, for a combined total of $13,594, 244.02.

Seventy-two percent of the Class of 2018 contributed to the Senior Class Gift. The total of $2,832.62 will be split evenly between the Ripon Fund and the Senior Class Gift Endowed Scholarship awarded the following academic year.

NEW GIVIN G CLU B M E M B E R S 1851 Club: Now in its seventh year of existence, the club welcomed 63 new members for a total of 544 members by household in FY’18. This special society recognizes the value of annual giving in the life of the College. Members include donors who give $50,000 or more to the College during their lifetime, donors who give $1,000 or more during the fiscal year, and young alumni (up to 10 years out) who give an equivalent of $100 for each year since graduation.

Partners in the Legacy: Five new households notified us of estate plans which include Ripon College, bringing the total current number of Partner households to 501.

RE AL IZ E D F UN DI N G P RO P O SA L S Twenty grant proposals with a total value of $2,033,603 were submitted to foundations, corporations and grant-funding agencies on behalf of Ripon College or individual faculty members; 10 proposals were funded as of June 30, 2018, totaling $467,173.

They include: $301,261: National Science Foundation, Fundamental Lectron-Photon Interactions, Brett Barwick, associate professor of physics, the Harrison E. Farnsworth 1918 Chair in Physics, and chair of the Department of Physics

$120,012: Pieper Chair in Servant Leadership, Suzanne and Richard Pieper Family Foundation. Steve Martin, associate professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication, served as the Pieper Chair in Servant Leadership until January 2018; Joe Hatcher, professor of psychology and chair of the Department of Psychology is the current Pieper Chair in Servant Leadership. $20,000: Kohler Company, Scholarship Fund for Business and Economics Majors

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$6,000: Franklin Research Grant, American Philosophical Society, Barbara Sisson, associate professor of biology. $6,000: UW Stout-CSII Program, Civil Liberties Speakers Series, Steve Martin, associate professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication $5,000: UW Stout-CSII Program, “How Does Ballot Information Affect Voter Turnout Among Young Adults?”, Associate Professor of Educational Studies Matt Knoester

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$5,000: UW Stout-CSII Program, fired faculty and free speech research, Steve Martin, associate professor of communication and chair of the Department of Communication $2,500: Alliant Energy Foundation, R-Lab Innovative Teaching and Learning Program, Lindsay Blumer, assistant dean, Career and Professional Development $1,000: Kohler Foundation, antiquities showcase, Eddie Lowry, professor of classical studies and the Marie Zarwell Uihlein Chair in Classical Studies $400: Student/Faculty Science Research, TriBeta, Molly Nellen ’18

1 Brett Barwick, associate professor of physics and the Harrison E. Farnsworth 1918 Chair in Physics, oversees Ryan Anthony-Ceres ’19, left, and Jared Zeman ’19 as they work with a laser. Barwick received a $301,261, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation, Fundamental Lectron-Photon Interactions, to support summer research students.

2 Kevin Dykstra proudly leads the Class of 1983 during the All-Alumni March at Alumni Weekend.

Dykstra was a new member of Partners in the Legacy during FY’18. The Class of 1983, celebrating its 35th reunion, also presented the largest one-year reunion gift total of $1,232,908.86.

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CATALYST

Catalyst Curriculum Completes Year Two with Introduction of New Sophomore-Level Seminars Ripon College’s new Catalyst curriculum entered year two of implementation during the 2017-18 academic year, marked by the introduction of the first sophomore-level Intercultural Competence (Catalyst 210) and Integration (Catalyst 220) seminars. A total of 22 faculty members taught 18 new seminars, with several sections team-taught.

First-year courses included 14 sections of Writing (Catalyst 110) and 12 sections of Quantitative Reasoning (Catalyst 120). Approximately onethird of these were entirely new, and the others were substantially revised.

A total of 44 seminars were offered in 2017-18, representing approximately 15 percent of all credits delivered. This brought the total Catalyst sections taught to 70 since the new curriculum was launched in fall 2016. More than half of Ripon’s student body, including every first-year and sophomore student, were enrolled in a Catalyst seminar each semester.

Faculty also began prepping for the Applied Innovation Seminar (Catalyst 300), to be delivered to all juniors in its initial offering during spring 2019. The seminar requires public presentations of solutions proposed by each student team, which will be open to students, faculty and the community. April 24, 2019, has been designated Catalyst Day, and all classes will be cancelled so that the campus and community may attend.

The Catalyst program has garnered national recognition for Ripon College and much interest from other institutions looking for creative models to inspire general education reform. The College regularly receives inquiries for information from other campus leaders.

Vice President and Dean of Faculty Ed Wingenbach organized a panel on innovative general education reform for the 2018 Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting. The panel was covered on Inside Higher Ed. Wingenbach and Mark Kainz, director of the Catalyst Curriculum, led a pre-conference workshop on general education reform, using Catalyst as the case study.

In December, students presented professional posters demonstrating collaborative group research in preparation for the capstone Applied Innovation Seminar.

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In June, Ripon College was among 29 institutions selected to attend the Council of Independent Colleges institute on “Diversity, Civility and the Liberal Arts.” Ripon’s proposal for the institute centered on the implementation of the Catalyst 210 experiential and applied learning component, focusing on how predominantly white institutions might prepare students to become competent citizens of a diverse, global society.

sample courses

sample courses

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C ATA LYS T 220

Pickers & Artists: Culture in Antiques and Art

Democracy Counts

My House is Your House: Understanding Hispanic Cultures

Bring Out Your Dead: Infectious Disease through History

All because of Globalization: The Imperative of Intercultural literacy, and Intercultural Perspectives on World Cinema

Who Rules the Street?

Poetry, Prose, Pinterest: Writing and Contemporary Collage

OUTCOMES

Ripon College Career and Professional Development staff develop and teach innovative, personalized curriculum in the Catalyst program throughout a student’s four years.

This focused approach, combined with individualized career counseling through innovative hands-on opportunities, measurably prepares students for life after Ripon. We focus on four impact areas:

Employers responding to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) 2018 Job Outlook survey said problem-solving skills and teamwork abilities — beyond a strong GPA — are what they most want to see on students’ résumés.

CURRICULUM INTEGRATION CO-CURRICUL AR EXPERIENCE

C A R E E R- R E A DY S K I LL S I N PR AC TI C E

EX TRA-CURRICUL AR SUPPORT

1 Career and Professional Development curriculum focuses on building a personal brand and sharing that in relatable ways with peers so teams function effectively in and out of the classroom.

OUTCOMES MEASUREMENT

2 01 7 FI R S T D E S TI N ATI O N S U RV E Y R E S U LT S Ripon College participates in the First Destination Survey (FDS). The FDS is a national survey tool developed by the National Association of Colleges and Employers to capture information regarding new college graduate outcomes within six months of graduation.

96% of ripon college graduates are employed or in a continuing education program within six months of graduation .

2 Career and Professional Development events have a guiding big question that participants must solve using their networking and professional resources and explain why their solution works.

3 Career and Professional Development outcomes demonstrate that when students learn to tell a compelling story about their Ripon College experience, they are able to communicate exactly how they contribute to society in meaningful ways.

55%

EMPLOYED

37%

CONTINUING ED

3% IN SERVICE

Military, Peace Corps, Americorps

< 1%

NOT SEEKING EMPLOYMENT OR CONTINUING ED

*2016 national graduate outcomes rate is 81%.

SEEKING EMPLOYMENT 5% OR CONTINUING ED

Jacob Joseph Baus ’18 of Mount Calvary, Wisconsin, is inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor society before the May 2018 Commencement ceremony. He majored in biology with a minor in chemistry, and he now is a graduate student in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program.

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STUDENT SUCCESS

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Tutoring services by fellow students are now a free offering for all Ripon College students.

Free tutoring services, along with a new stream-lined process for requesting tutoring, has resulted in many more students taking advantage of the academic assistance through Ripon.s Student Support Services office.

Services formerly had to be requested in person with a hard-copy form. Since the spring of 2018, services now can be requested online, making it faster and easier for students. By Sept. 10, 2017, 330 tutor requests had been received and 160 contracts were signed. This was the highest number of tutor requests and contracts in 10 years.

By the end of the fall semester in 2017, 402 requests were received.

Fall 2018 requests are continuing to trend upwards. By Sept. 10, 2018, requests were at 404, and 180 contracts had been signed.

“Tutoring sometimes has a negative connotation. Many students, regardless of their needs BRENDA GABRIELSON

or performance in the classroom, seek out tutoring. We have a lot of students who are really

Assistant Director of Student Support Services

good students with high GPAs who request a tutor before the semester even starts because they know they benefit from that added support, regular practice and review.”

Brenda Gabrielson, assistant director of Student Support Services and Ripon College’s tutor coordinator, says tutoring requests started coming in in June, right after first-year orientation. Peer tutors conduct one-on-one sessions to address individual needs and sessions with one to three students.

In spring 2018, a Plus program was added for biology 121. This fall, chemistry 111 was added to this program because of high demand for academic assistance in these introductory courses. These peer-led sessions, for up to 10 students at a time, are group-based and activity-based. “Plus is not a lecture,” Gabrielson says. “It is a supplement

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UTOR REQUESTS SEP.Tutors 10) meet with the instructor weekly to collaborate on approaches to classroom (BY work.”

TUTOR REQUESTS

that will assist the participating students.

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“They know they will have those two hours a week with the tutors. Tutoring is adding

330 academic support and study time2017 with a peer. It lets them bounce ideas off that person and understand the material a little better.”

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Currently, there are 53 tutors at Ripon College.2018 Tutors must maintain a certain grade point average and have earned a B or higher in the course they are tutoring. Tutors are recommended by professors and are trained to create activities that will keep their students engaged.

In addition to being paid, tutors gain several benefits. Tutoring is a leadership position on campus, and peer tutors develop many skills transferrable to their future workplaces.

CONTRACTS SIGNED Students who go on to graduate school often work as teaching assistants, and working as a tutor at Ripon College develops skills in working with other students in this type of capacity.

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Tutoring also helps the tutors review material in both introductory and mid-level courses, which helps as they advance to higher-level courses in the subject area.

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Students requesting tutoring are from every grade level, and Gabrielson says it is a great academic resource for any student. “Tutoring sometimes has a negative connotation. Many students, regardless of their needs or performance in the classroom, seek out tutoring. We have a lot of students who are really good students with high GPAs who request a tutor before the semester even starts because they know they benefit from that added support, regular practice and review.”

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1 Inesha Wiseman ’22 of Hazel Crest, Illinois, gets some pointers from Briana Bartz ’20 of Brandon, Wisconsin.

2 Jacie Verstegen ’20 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, listens 2017 2018 to an explanation by Alex Cluff ’20 of Waterman, Illinois.

ON CAMPUS • Student Life staff addressed all first-year Catalyst classes on alcohol abuse, diversity, bystander intervention strategies, creating a positive community, Title IX policies.

• “Rec N Roll” at Willmore Center attracted nearly 300 students who participated in arts and crafts, grocery bingo, 3-point contest, video game tourney, inflatable games and more.

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• Counseling, Health Services, Student Activities and the Dean of Students worked with Drug Free Communities of Fond du Lac County to produce an alcohol awareness pamphlet that was sent to all parents of first-year students.

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STUDENT / FACULTY COLLABORATIONS

1 Andrianne “Parker” Anding ’18 of Waterloo, Wisconsin, presents his research on “The Impact of Running Surfaces on Lower Extremity Injuries” during the Senior Seminar Colloquium on April 26, 2018. He worked with Mark Cole, associate professor and chair of the Department of Exercise Science, on the project. Anding is planning to attend graduate school in athletic training or physical therapy.

2 Diana Meredith ’19 of Ripon, Wisconsin, follows the progress of young Andrew Lesh on screen shots in the Infant Cognition Lab, under the supervision of Associate Professor of Psychology Kristine KovackLesh. Meredith worked in the lab during the summer and fall of 2017 as part of an ongoing project with collaborators from other campuses to study the development of attention in children ages 2-10.

3 Merranda Schmid ’18 of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, reviews research data acquired using the National Science Foundation-funded LC/MS instrument purchased in 2014. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby points out the mass spectrometry peaks that appear in one of the windows. Schmid now is studying for a Ph.D. in chemistry at Colorado State University.

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2018 GRADUATES

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TO P M A J O R S

1 Business

5 Economics

2 Psychology

6 Biology

3 Exercise Science

7 Politics and Government

4 English

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

Honors and achievements that regularly go to Ripon College professors demonstrate the significant recognition they receive for their work as active scholars and leaders in their disciplines. Their rich, real-world experience offers unique educational mentoring and collaborative research opportunities for our students. Here are some of the highlights of their achievements for FY’18.

Research conducted by JULIA MEYERS-MANOR, assistant professor of psychology, and Emily M. Sanford of Johns Hopkins University, garnered widespread attention nationally and internationally, including coverage from Time, NBC News, Inside Edition, Daily Mail, The Conversation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and numerous other print and broadcast outlets. Her research article was titled “Lending a helping paw: Dogs will aid their crying human.”

LAMONT COLUCCI, associate professor of politics and government, wrote a chapter for the second edition of Homeland Security and Intelligence, published by ABC-CLIO. He also frequently publishes opinion pieces in national publications.

KURT DIETRICH, professor of music and the Barbara Baldwin De Frees Chair in the Performing Arts, has a new book, Wisconsin Riffs: Jazz Profiles from the Heartland, published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press.

ROBERT WALLACE, professor of biology and the Patricia and Philip McCullough 1969 Professor in Biology, participated in a long-running collaboration study of microinvertebrates in ephemeral desert wetlands; published work in several publications, including Zookeys, Limnologica and Limnology

and Oceanography – Letters and in M. K. Skinner’s Encyclopedia of Reproduction; and was part of several research programs that made presentations at the 15th International Rotifer Symposium in June 2018 in El Paso, Texas.

MARK COLE, associate professor of exercise science, presented sessions on psychological skills for athletic trainers and students at the Wisconsin Athletic Trainers’ Association in Wisconsin Dells and the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers’ Association in Chicago.

A book co-edited by Associate Professor of Art TRAVIS NYGARD Landscapes of the Itza: Archaeology and Art History at Chichen Itza and Neighboring Sites, has been released. He also co-wrote a chapter in the book, “To Face or to Flee from the Foe: Women in Warfare at Chichen Itza.” It focuses on a set of murals in two temples that have rarely been studied.

MOLLIE OBLINGER, associate professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, had a solo exhibit of her work and gave a lecture at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She also

created the cover illustration for a new book of poetry by Marian University professor C. Kubasta, and she participated in WaterMarks, a public art project, June 9, 2018, in Milwaukee.

MARC EATON, associate professor of sociology, presented research on paranormal investigation at Northwestern University; and had an article about paranormal investigation published with Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.

Associate Professor of Art RAFAEL FRANCISCO SALAS had work in several solo and group exhibitions; regularly publishes reviews in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper; was featured in articles in the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters and on Wisconsin Public Television; gives guest lectures and serves on the board of directors of the Museum of Wisconsin Art. Associate Professor of Chemistry JOE SCANLON, left in the photo above, in collaboration with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Patrick Willoughby, worked with Todd Petersen ’19 of Emerald, Wisconsin, to perform computational chemistry research in the summer of 2017. Here, Scanlon and Petersen look at the structure of a molecule that Petersen modeled.

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CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS

1 Honorees spotlighted at Commencement

4 Students place highly at ethics competitions

Ripon ranks eighth among all national

“Civil Discourse and Dialogue” was the theme at

The Ripon College Ethics Bowl team was third

liberal arts colleges for social mobility.

the 152nd Commencement ceremony at Ripon

in the nation at the 22nd Annual Intercollegiate

College, held May 13, 2018. Judy Woodruff,

Ethics Bowl National Competition in

anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour,

Chicago, Illinois, March 3-4. The same team

received an honorary degree and delivered the

of students took home first-place awards in

Commencement address. Rep. Joan Ballweg,

the 10-Minute Presentation Undergraduate

who represents Wisconsin’s 41st district in the

Division 5 and the 90-Second Competition

State Assembly, received an honorary degree

Undergraduate Division 2 at the International

and Ripon College’s 2018 Founders’ Day Award.

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Business Ethics Case Competition held

Dr. Richard Zimman, retired superintendent

Academic All-District honors

April 18-20, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ripon received four Academic All-District

of the Ripon Area School District, received the Distinguished Educator Award.

Members of both teams were Wyatt McGillen ’19 of Kalispell, Montana, shown

Ripon No. 1 in state for how much

at left in the photo; Erika Isaacson ’18 of

graduates earn

Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Rose Hogmire ’18

Ripon College produces the highest-earning

of Lake Elmo, Minnesota; Lauren Hince

graduates in the state of Wisconsin, according

’18 of Blaine, Minnesota; and DeLou

to the Department of Education’s College

Wilson ’18 of Madison, Wisconsin.

Scorecard. The website Zippia used scorecard

Ripon College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. Ripon also was included in the “2018 Best Colleges: Region

by Region” web feature in the Midwest category.

honors during FY’18: women’s soccer’s Miye Aoki-Kramer ’20 of Seattle, Washington; football’s Jacob Diny ’19 of Greenleaf, Wisconsin; men’s basketball’s Isaac Masters ’18 of Greendale, Wisconsin; and women’s basketball’s Emma McDonald ’18 of Onalaska, Wisconsin. McDonald also became the 28th student-athlete in school history to be selected

data to determine the school in each state

Franzen gift establishes new professorship

to the Academic All-America Team, as one of

whose graduates earned the most in mean

Ripon College has received a gift from alumni

just six players in all of Division III women’s

wages 10 years after graduation. The report has

Mark and Janice Franzen ’83 ’83 to establish

basketball to be named to the First Team. To

been shared by news media across the country.

a new endowed professorship in applied

be nominated for Academic All-District, a

mathematics. The professorship will support

student-athlete must be a starter or important

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a full-time, tenured or tenure-track professor

reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade-

to sustainability

in applied mathematics and provide faculty

point average at his or her current institution,

Every Ripon College student will directly

development funds, equipment and resources

while also participating in at least 50 percent of

engage with sustainability principles in a

to support the teaching of mathematics.

the team’s games at his or her listed position.

a new campus-wide initiative targeting the

5 Red Hawks cycling reinvigorated

Women’s basketball ties for first in MWC

curriculum, student life and administrative

by alumnus gift

Ripon’s women’s basketball team earned

decision-making. Alice Reznickova was

The Ripon College Cycling program received

a share of the 2018 Midwest Conference

hired as the new director of sustainability

a renewed “kickstart” thanks to a major gift

Championship, their first since 2009. With

to support both the culture and context of

by cyclist Kyle Greene ’15 of Minneapolis,

a 14-2 conference record, they also hosted

sustainability at Ripon. The new initiative

Minnesota, and his family. Their $250,000

the 2018 MWC Tournament. The Red

is supported in part by a $350,000 grant

donation to Red Hawks Cycling includes

Hawks finished with a 17-win season for

from Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies.

funds to hire the team’s first full-time varsity

the second consecutive year and broke the

coach and establishes The Greene Family

school record for most-blocked shots in a

Cycling Room within the new Willmore

single season, while also ranking second in

Center for athletics, health and wellness.

school history for single-season rebounds.

nation was held Feb. 5, 2018, at Ripon College.

The gift was a featured example in an

Two players earn MWC newcomer honors

Anne Hazlett, United States Department of

article about donations with specific

Agriculture (USDA) Assistant to the Secretary

restrictions being made to colleges,

for Rural Development, led the first of several

published in The Wall Street Journal.

Rosendale, Wisconsin, in men’s basketball;

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in baseball. A transfer from Cardinal Stritch,

on national rankings lists

Semenas ranked sixth in the MWC in

U.S. News & World Report again named Ripon

scoring (15.3 ppg) and 15th in rebounding

College a tier 1 National Liberal Arts College

(5.3 rpg). A business management major

on its annual rankings list. Ripon also remains

from Rosendale, Wisconsin, he also

on the list of “A+ Schools for B Students.”

ranked second in the league in field goal

structured and meaningful way, thanks to

3 First Rural Prosperity Roundtable in nation held at Ripon The first Rural Prosperity Roundtable in the

national Rural Prosperity Roundtables with federal, state and community leaders.

Panelists discussed rural America’s unique challenges and needs. The roundtable was held in Ripon College’s new Willmore Center.

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Two Ripon players earned MWC Newcomer of the Year honors: Tyler Semenas ’18 of and Austin Fox ’21 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin,

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percentage (.549), third in steals (2.0 spg),

an Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship competition

and eighth in free throw percentage (.742).

semi-finalist and a Design and Technical

Fox is a chemistry-biology major and finished the 2018 season with a team-best 4-3 record, to go along with a 4.02 ERA, 25 strikeouts,

Management finalist in the same week, Jan. 9-14, 2018. The annual Kennedy Center for the Arts Theatre Festival has given more

and an opponent batting average of .234.

than 400,000 college theatre students an

The highlight of his season came in an 8-0

immersive theatre experience, allowing them

win against Beloit, which saw him record

to receive feedback on dramatic, technical

a one-hit shutout, while striking out eight,

and playwriting activities and participate in

with Beloit’s only hit coming on a pinch-hit

competitions through the course of one week.

single with one out in the ninth inning. That performance earned Fox the National Rookie of

Robert Enright ’17 becomes National

the Week Award from the National Collegiate

Science Foundation fellow

Baseball Writer’s Association (NCBWA).

Robert Enright ’17 of Stevens Point,

Combating hate was focus of MLK talk by former violent extremist Keynote speaker Sammy Rangel spoke at The Pub, in the lower level of Harwood Memorial Union, has been remodeled and renamed The Spot, in honor of a popular downtown gathering establishment in prior years.

Ripon College Jan. 24, 2018, as part of the

Wisconsin, received a 2018 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program award. Just 2,000 recipients were selected from more than 12,000 applications.

Martin Luther King Jr. Week observance on

Winners receive a three-year annual stipend

campus. Rangel, co-founder and executive

of $34,000, as well as a $12,000 cost-of-

director of the organization Life After Hate

education allowance for tuition and fees. They

Inc., suggested best practices and current

also are inducted as fellows into the NSF,

strategies for working through hate. Life After

are granted opportunities for international

Hate is a nonprofit organization founded

research and professional development, and

and run by former violent extremists.

the freedom to continue research at any

Former Gov. Tommy Thompson

U.S. graduate institution of their choice.

spoke at Ripon College Nov. 29 Tommy Thompson, former Republican governor of Wisconsin and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, spoke at Ripon College Nov. 29, 2017. The talk was hosted by the Ripon College Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom.

Dean of Students Chris Ogle, Ripon alumni co-write handbook on mental health Dr. Philip K. McCullough ’69 and his

O N E DAY R A LLY The #OneDayRally giving day engagement soared beyond expectations.

After just 18 hours and 51 minutes and thousands of social media shares on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, Ripon College’s first-ever giving day campaign April 25, 2018, came in at 221 percent of goal. Donors included 63 percent alumni, six percent students and 10 percent faculty and staff.

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daughter Kristen M. Granchalek ’04, a

RED Talks create new forms of expression

licensed clinical social worker, have written

and story-telling at Ripon College

a book in collaboration with Vice President

During the academic year, Friday nights at

and Dean of Students Chris Ogle. “Mental Health and the Adaptation to College: a Handbook for Residence Advisors” is available through Amazon and other retailers in both paperback and ebook formats.

Ripon College were filled with storytelling, thanks to Real Entertaining Dialogue (RED) Talks, a weekly open-mic storytelling event at Bovay’s Study Bar & Mercantile in downtown Ripon (above). The program was created during

The handbook was released in November and

fall 2017 by the Ripon College Speakers Bureau

is being used at Ripon College with the hope

as a one-credit co-curricular course run by

other colleges and universities will adopt it as

faculty of the Ripon College Department

a resource for residence advisors and faculty.

of Communication: Jody Roy, professor of

Theatre major Jimmy Balistreri ’19 excels

communication and the Victor and Carrie

at regional theatre festival

Palmer Endowed Chair for Leadership Values;

Theatre major Jimmy Balistreri ’19 achieved a

and Steve Martin ’96, associate professor of

first in Ripon College history: becoming both

communication and chair of the department.

PROFILE OF THE CLASS OF 2022

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A record-breaking 2,619 first-year applications for admission to the Class of 2022 were received by Ripon College. From these, 1,805 students were offered admission and 273 first-time, first-year students were welcomed to campus in the fall of 2018. There also are 13 new transfer students for a total of 286 new students. This is the largest class since 2010.

Among the Class of 2022, there are 25 Legacies whose brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, grandparents or great-grandparents also have called Ripon home. There are a total of 135 first-year, first-generation students, including transfer and international students. This represents 47 percent of the Class of 2022.

The gender breakdown of the class is 51 percent female and 49 percent male.

The most popular name for female students in the Class of 2022 is a tie between Morgan and Emily. The most popular name for our male students is Ryan.

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Wisconsin residents represent 70 percent of the class. There also are students from 18 other states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Washington; and from the countries of India, Iran and Nepal. The makeup of this class has 18 percent domestic diversity.

In looking at their academic achievements, the first-year students have an average grade-point average of 3.40 and an average ACT score of 24, in line with recent entering classes at Ripon College. They come from high school graduating classes as large as 745 students and as few as 12 students. There also are students from home-schooled backgrounds. Their average class size was 204.

Virtually all of the first-year students were involved in their school and had some form of community service. There are 148 student-athletes who plan to participate in varsity sports on campus; and 60 artists, musicians and thespians who plan to continue with their fine arts interests.

Students have chosen 42 different major areas of study.

286 new students

47%

first- generation students

18%

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legacy students

1 Roommates Madelyn Pinnow â&#x20AC;&#x2122;22 of Ripon, Wisconsin, left, and Emily Livingston â&#x20AC;&#x2122;22 of Siren, Wisconsin, get ready for the start of their first year in August 2018.

2 Sonja Brueggemann â&#x20AC;&#x2122;22 of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois, gets some help from her father, Kurt, on move-in day in August 2018.

3 Vice President and Dean of Students Chris Ogle greets new first-year students at the Matriculation Convocation held Aug. 25, 2018.

4 President Zach Messitte welcomes first-year students to the Ripon College family at the Matriculation Convocation held Aug. 25, 2018.

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