The Ceresco Prairie Conservancy is used by different classes in a number of different disciplines. Trails for walking and snowshoeing throughout this area connect to a municipally run older growth woods nature park, the South Woods, which consists of 55 acres (22.26 ha).
=== Environmental activism by students and faculty ===
A student group, EGOR: The Environmental Group of Ripon, focuses on awareness of environmental issues and contributes to the restoration and preservation of the prairie.
=== Environmental Studies major ===
Students can also major in environmental studies, which is an interdisciplinary program.
== Media ==
College Days – a monthly newspaper, published both in print and digitally
WRPN-FM – a campus radio station with digital broadcasts
RCTV – a television production group (defunct as of Fall 2022)
Parallax – a literary magazine
Crimson – yearbook that was formerly distributed every spring. The last issue was published in the spring of 2017.
== Student life ==
=== Clubs ===
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