Ripon College Commencement This Weekend
17 May 2019 News
Ripon College will hold its 2019 Commencement ceremony at 1 pm Sunday afternoon on the lawn of the Harwood Memorial Union. The field house in the Willmore Center is the rain location. Acting President Ed Wingenbach says the commencement speaker is Marc Edwards the hero in the Flint Water Disaster. “The professor who led the team that discovered the problems in Flint, Michigan. He is also a MacArthur Genius Grant award winner for his work in social justice and water quality.” John Nelson of Green Lake will also receive an honorary degree. He is a former member of the Green Lake Board and also taught civil and environmental engineering at the UW-Madison. Founders Day awardees prior to commencement will include the Green Lake Association, Green Lake Sanitary District, and Green Lake Conservancy for their efforts in sustainability and conservation efforts in Green Lake. The theme for this year’s commencement is “Caring for Our Environment.”
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