RIPON, WISCONSIN (April 23, 2019) — Devin Hoaglin, a Junior at Ripon College from Davenport, Iowa, will deliver an applied innovation-presentation during Catalyst Day, Wednesday, April 24. Hoaglin is the child of Shane and Regina Hoaglin of Davenport.
Catalyst Day is designed to showcase Ripon College's new Catalyst skills-based curriculum and celebrate the achievements of the students who are completing the capstone seminar in Applied Innovation.
The theme for this year's Catalyst Day reflects Ripon's institutional commitments to sustainability and innovation. Student teams will present their proposals to help solve one of five problems situated within the UN Sustainable Development Framework: food-for-all, mental-health systems, climate-change mitigation, water-pollution, and reducing inequalities.
Catalyst Day attendees can watch these public presentations live in conference-style format all morning with the rest of the Ripon College community. In the afternoon, student teams from the sophomore, junior, and senior classes will compete in a lively Applied Innovation Hackathon before a panel of expert judges from nonprofits and industry. Milwaukee-based urban farmer and retired professional-basketball player Will Allen wraps up Catalyst Day with a keynote address on sustainability.
View the full schedule, presentation locations and access the livestream atripon.edu/catalyst-day.
Ripon College, founded in 1851, is Wisconsin's best-value private-college and a national leader in liberal-arts education, devoted to ensuring every student realizes their unique potential. Ninety-six percent of alumni are employed, in graduate-school or student-teaching within six months. In recognition of its academic excellence, the college was awarded a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1953, placing it among a select group of the nation's top colleges. Ripon has the highest-earning graduates in Wisconsin, according to the US Department of Education's College Scorecard. Ripon ranks first in Wisconsin and third in the Midwest on Washington Monthly's list of "Best Bang for the Buck" colleges. The College has the highest minority graduation-rate in the nation. Ripon is consistently recognized as a "Best Value" and "Best 383 College" by The Princeton Review and a Top Tier National Liberal Arts College by US News and World Report. For more information about Ripon College, visit ripon.edu.
