Political science professor Mike Nelson, who organizes Great Decisions, will present Monmouth College's first program of the year on January 31

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 25, 2024) — In what's been called the biggest election year in world history, more than four billion people — more than half of the world's population — will participate in elections in 2024.

A wrong turn en route to Pico Duarte delayed the arrival of part of Monmouth College's traveling party, but they eventually all made their way to the top

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 24, 2024) — A two-week January-term trip to the Dominican Republic led by Monmouth College biology professor James Godde was so full of adventures and Caribbean climate that the group almost didn't want to come home.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 23, 2024) — During a career spent working in the restaurant/food service industry, Amber Dawson came to a conclusion a few years ago while employed in the Rocky Mountain state.

"I realized that higher education is where my heart lies," said Dawson, who, at the time, was in the midst of a seven-year stint with Bon Appetit Catering at Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

Chapter presidents Will Plumley (center) of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Julia Bean of Pi Beta Phi are pictured with Monmouth College Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Student Engagement Cullen Marshall

Pictured from left are Monmouth College faculty members David Wright, Anne Mamary, Valerie Deisinger, and Bob Simmons

Pictured in front of the Singapore National Library are, from left, the student members of Monmouth College's group: Ethan Forsberg, Michael Andal, Jacinda Garcia, Addison Cox, and Kylie McDonald

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 17, 2024) — A group of Monmouth College students, graduates, and professors will share their findings several times this spring about their research about migrant domestic workers in Singapore.

The three Monmouth College students who were in Burlington, Iowa, for one of Monday night's caucuses in the state are, from left, Anita Gandara, Cameron Shook, and Payton Crims. In front are Monmouth political science faculty members Robin Johnson and Andre Audette

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 11, 2024) — Monmouth College will host a celebration of the life and impact of the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr on January 15.

The MLK Day event will feature inspirational music and a keynote address by the Rev Charles Burton, a 1992 Monmouth graduate. Free and open to the public, the event will be held at 11AM in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

The 1997 movie Wag the Dog is on Monmouth College political science lecturer Robin Johnson's list for his "Film and Politics" class this semester

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 10, 2024) — A Monmouth College political-science class will be back by popular demand this semester.

For the second time, the department's Robin Johnson will teach "Film and Politics," a course that examines both the politics of moviemaking and politics in the movies.

The students in Monmouth College professor Andre Audette's class found that Republicans were more likely than Democrats to want to discipline a professor but were also more likely to say that it is the professor's right and academic freedom to make such comments

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