MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 27, 2026) — This year's matriculation ceremony at Monmouth College was a new experience, in many more ways than one.

For starters, it was held inside the college's air-conditioned Dahl Chapel on a Tuesday morning, rather than outside in front of Wallace Hall on a hot and humid Saturday afternoon.

So many questions

Four new faces, along with the familiar face of bagpiper Orin Weiss ('29), are pictured during new faculty orientation activities earlier this week. From the left are Carissa Murphy ('04), Marco Wiedenhoeft, Lexi Gao, and Rodrigo Dalvit. Murphy will teach accounting, while the other three are part of the School of Engineering, Sciences, and Innovation

The Art Sisters: Pictured from left are Mary Schuytema, Janis Mars Wunderlich Minor, Rae Standard, Linda Sickmon, Chris Dokolasa, and Lori Reed

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 18, 2026) — Six artists who share a bond of friendship and creativity — including a Monmouth College art professor — will be featured in the college's first exhibition of the 2026-27 academic year.

These workers make their way back to the ground after installing the Greek letters at the new home of Sigma Phi Epsilon

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 11, 2026) — Over the past year, a new Monmouth College facility hasn't risen from the ground, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been a busy year in terms of physical upgrades.

More than a dozen projects, which touch several areas of campus life, have been completed or are almost finished.