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Undergraduate Programs
We offer more than 80 areas of study. How you make them yours is up to you. Pursue what you’re meant to do.
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Graduate Programs
Stretch your potential further. Earn a Master of Exercise Science in our 4+1 direct-entry program.
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Community is everything. Yours can be anything you want it to be — intramurals, honor societies and more.
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Athletics
Our Red Hawks compete on 18 NCAA Division III teams. But they see themselves as more than just athletes.
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News & Events
Alumni Weekend
Save the date for the next Alumni Weekend – June 19-22, 2025, 2025! Watch for weekend details to be shared as we get closer to the event.
Summer Orientation: Session #1
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Summer Orientation: Session #2
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Commencement keynote advises students to stay curious
The Ripon College class of 2025 celebrated the 159th Commencement ceremony at Ripon College Sunday afternoon. The theme was “Discovery Has No Limits: Celebrating Women in STEM.” A full video of the commencement ceremony can be viewed at ripon.edu/live. Over 160 undergraduates and 11 master’s graduate students heard from four honorees: keynote speaker and honorary […]
Kleba announced as honorary degree recipient, keynote speaker at commencement
Dr. Betsy Kleba, vice president of product for cancer screening at Exact Sciences in Madison, Wisconsin, will receive an honorary degree and present a speech during Ripon’s commencement ceremony on May 18. “I’m humbled and incredibly grateful for the opportunity to address a group of people who are about to embark on their professional journey,” […]
Greenwood ’02 selected as honorary degree recipient
Dr. Corryn Greenwood, a 2002 Ripon College graduate and neonatologist and medical director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Illinois, will be presented with an honorary degree at Ripon’s commencement ceremony May 18. She is the founding medical director of the Silver Cross NICU, the first and […]
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