Boys & Girls Club of the Tri-County Area will be 2024 Founders’ Day recipient
The Boys & Girls Club of the Tri-County Area will be the 2024 recipient of Ripon College’s Founders’ Day Award. The formal presentation of the […]
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Ripon College exceeds $75 million campaign goal: Sets new target of $100 million
In December 2023, Forever Ripon, Ripon College’s five-year comprehensive campaign and largest philanthropic effort in its history, achieved its initial goal of $75 million, 18 […]
Peter E. Stone to receive Ripon College’s Founders’ Day Award
Peter E. Stone of Fond du Lac, chairman of the board of National Exchange Bank and Trust (NEBAT) as well as the private Stone Family […]
Ripon College launches $75 million campaign — largest in school history
On Saturday, during the inauguration of Dr. Victoria N. Folse as Ripon College’s 14th president, the College announced the public launch of the Forever Ripon […]
Ripon College installs Victoria N. Folse as its 14th and first female president
On Saturday, Ripon College inaugurated Victoria N. Folse as its 14th president and the first woman to be formally installed as president in the College’s […]
Happy 172nd birthday, Ripon College!
Today, Jan. 29, Ripon College celebrates Founders’ Day, the official date of the founding of the College. A group of nine men who helped found […]
Ripon College announces Dr. Victoria N. Folse as 14th president
The Ripon College Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the unanimous selection of Dr. Victoria N. Folse as the institution’s 14th president. Folse will […]
Interim President Dr. Andrea Young named next vice president for finance and administration at DePauw University
Dr. Andrea Young, interim president at Ripon College, has been named the next vice president for finance and administration as well as chief financial officer […]
An MLK Day message from our Interim President
Dear Ripon College community: Today marks the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is a time when our nation remembers the life […]
Ripon College President Zach Messitte to leave in 2022
Ripon College President Zach Messitte announced today that he will leave his position at the end of the fall 2021 semester and return to his […]
Update from One Merriman Lane: Advancing diversity and inclusion on campus
Dear campus community, Many of us who work, study and care about Ripon College looked at ourselves in the mirror last spring following the murder […]
Update on Fall Semester 2021
Dear Ripon College community, We are pleased to announce that Ripon College’s fall 2021 semester will take place under the presumption of an in-person, residential […]
Alumni Weekend 2021 Updates
Dear Ripon College Alumni, Following months of discussion and planning, and with strong consideration of CDC, Fond du Lac County and campus guidelines, I’m pleased […]
Class of 2020 Commencement Plans
Dear Ripon College Class of 2020, I am reaching out to you today to provide updates related to the planning for an in-person Commencement. The […]
COVID-19: One Year Later
Dear campus community, A year ago today, the College’s administration was sitting around a table in Smith Hall trying to determine whether or not we […]
President Messitte addresses coup, supports students and alumni from Myanmar
On Feb. 1, the military of Myanmar seized control of the country following a general election. You may reference this story from the BBC for […]