MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (July 1, 2025) — Building on its 172-year legacy of academic excellence, Monmouth College is taking a bold step forward in its evolution as a strong, vibrant liberal-arts institution. In a strategic move to expand academic opportunities, realign with student interests, and position the college for long-term growth, Monmouth proudly announces the creation of six new academic Schools offering a robust and holistic academic portfolio.

On their trip through England at the end of May, the Monmouth College group stopped at around three churches per day

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 30, 2025)  "For May will have no sluggardry at night/Season that pricks in every gentle heart/Awaking it from sleep, and bids it start." — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale

Monmouth College students Bronte de Zwart, Lizzy Durfee and Gianna Maughan have a lot to smile about, as they're enjoying the exciting opportunity to work on what physics professor Chris Fasano called "a world-class experiment at a world-class laboratory"

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 25, 2025) — Monmouth College's fifteenth president recently received an award from her undergraduate alma mater.

Patricia Draves recently returned to Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, to receive the Elizabeth Topham Kennan Award. The honor is given to an alumna for outstanding achievement in and contributions to the field of education.

Five members of the Rural Schools Collaborative staff, along with educational studies professor Tammy La Prad and Lori Ferguson (third and second from right), visited the yurt classroom at the Monmouth College Educational Farm last summer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 24, 2025) Since its founding in 2015, the Rural Schools Collaborative has worked to build sustainable rural communities by focusing on place, teachers, and philanthropy.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 13, 2025) — Although artificial intelligence has been around for years, in some respects, it was born on November 30, 2022, said Phil Ice, chief data scientist for Campus Works.

"That's when AI became accessible to the masses," said Ice, who gave an April talk to Monmouth College faculty and staff titled "Beyond the Buzz: Envisioning the Future of Artificial intelligence in Higher Education."

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 12, 2025) While most Monmouth College seniors were busy tackling capstone projects and planning post-graduate life, business majors Jackson Bergren and Kyler Pessman found themselves with something else on their hands: time. With Bergren finishing his Fighting Scots football career and both friends entering their final semester, they began filling the void in an unconventional way - by making funny videos.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 9, 2025) — The following students recently met the graduation requirements at Monmouth College. The school held its 168th Annual Commencement Exercises on May 18, with an address to the graduates by 1972 Monmouth alumnus Lon Helton, the longtime host of Country Countdown USA.

Zane Beebe of Davenport (52806)

Kiersten Fuhr of Milan (61264)

Madison Heisch of Illinois City (61259)

William Plumley of Geneseo (61254)

Waid Gymnasium, as it appeared in 1934

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 5, 2025) — Monmouth College will soon be looking back fifty years as it hosts a golden anniversary reunion of its Class of 1975. Part of the annual Golden Scots Celebration, which brings alumni back to campus from 45 years ago and beyond, the reunion will take place June 5-8.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 4, 2025) — The students on this list earned a grade-point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale while taking at least 3.0 academic credits during the Spring 2025 semester at Monmouth College.

Danielle Beach of Geneseo

Xanthia Colter of Geneseo

Logan Corgan of Silvis

Nylea Cruz of Silvis

Brayden Deem of Andalusia

Connor Deem of Andalusia

Sara Francescon of Coal Valley

Kiersten Fuhr of Milan

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