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Amsden Presents Mask Workshop
Robert Amsden, Ripon College Professor of Theatre, presented a “Mask Improvisation Workshop” at the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, Region 3, held January 8-13, 2013 at Saginaw Valley Stage University in Saginaw, Michigan. The workshop provided students with an introduction to mask work with beginning character masks; physical and mental centering that expands to working with movement centers; and character…
Posted in Faculty News, Fine Arts
Tagged amsden, drama, improvisation, liberal arts, mask, masks, ripon, ripon college, theater, theatre, workshop
Nate Silver to Deliver Commencement Address
Ripon College announced that writer and statistician Nate Silver of The New York Times will receive an honorary degree and serve as the commencement speaker at Ripon College’s one hundred forty-seventh graduation exercises, on May 12, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. Silver will address the theme of “data and decision making” in his speech. Ripon College made The Washington Post’s list…
Posted in Alumni News, Student News
Tagged author, blog, commencement, election, elections, graduate, graduation, nate silver, new york times, poll, polls, sabermetrics, statistics
Ripon College Named to 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
Ripon College joins a prestigious list of colleges and universities named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Each year, the President of the United States recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and civic engagement, and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. Honor…
Posted in Admissions, Student News
Tagged award, Community, community service, engagement, leadership, public service, Service, volunteer, volunteerism
Ethics Bowl Team Finishes Top 8 Nationally
The Ripon College Ethics Bowl Team advanced to the National Quarterfinals at the 17th Annual Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. The Ethics Bowl Team finished the event ranked in the top eight in the country. Team members included Kyle Ruedinger ‘13, Ariel Berres-Green ‘13, Amy Reuling ‘13, Paul Meuer ‘13 and Sophia Kaounas ‘12. They were coached by…
Posted in Student News
Tagged championship, championships, competition, ethics, ethics bowl, intercollegiate, moral, national, philosophy, rhetoric
Alumni Profile: Communication Alum Finds His Mark in Reality TV
Grayson Brooke ’05 of Monrovia, Calif., was hooked on film from early on. “I’ve always loved film since I was a small child,” Brooke says. “I think the catalyst was after I walked out of the film ‘Jurassic Park’ in the summer of 1993, having never seen anything like what I had just watched on screen before. I realized at…
Posted in Alumni News
Tagged alumni, communication, HGTV, production, reality television, ripon, ripon college, tv, writer, writing
Martin Presents at Chávez Symposium
Steve Martin, associate professor of communication at Ripon College, was a featured presenter at a recent symposium hosted by the Center for Democratic Deliberation and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Penn State University in February. Martin presented “Remembering (and Forgetting) César Chávez: The Texas Board of Education’s Efforts to Erase Chávez from U.S. History.” The symposium was…
Posted in Faculty News
Tagged César Chávez, communication, faculty, History, professor, public address, rhetoric, ripon, ripon college, texas
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