Mission Statement
Empowering learners, engaging community, enriching the world.

Vision Statement
One of Wisconsin’s finest school districts, fostering excellence for all through innovation.

Core Values
Integrity: Exemplifying honesty and trustworthiness while adhering to high moral principles
Excellence: Striving for the utmost quality in any endeavor
Commitment: Devoting full energies and talents to successfully complete undertakings
Collaboration: Working together inclusively toward a positive outcome, locally and globally
Innovation: Taking initiative and risks to seek better solutions
Kindness: Treating ALL others and self with consideration and generosity

Ripon College is a private undergraduate liberal arts and sciences college located in the historic town of Ripon, Wisconsin. Founded in 1851 by Former New York State Legislator David Mapes and townspeople, the College has a long tradition of excellence in facilitating transformational interdisciplinary learning within its beautiful century-old buildings and in communities near and far. The intentionally small residential campus enrolls some 1,000 bright, high-achieving young men and women from nearly every state and from countries around the world. For more than 150 years, the College and the City of Ripon have forged such a strong bond that the 2007 Princeton Review ranked Ripon fourth in the nation for town-gown relations.