Be it a parade, or a home football game, or the matriculation and Commencement ceremonies that bookend the academic year, the appearance of the Pipe Band lets the audience know it's an authentic Monmouth College event

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 12, 2026) — A longtime Monmouth College trustee with a heart for the bagpipes has made a significant gift to his alma mater.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 11, 2026) — Featuring an address by a 1989 alumnus who's highly accomplished in multiple areas, Monmouth College will hold its 169th Annual Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 17.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 6, 2026) — After a career spent raising funds for major strategic initiatives, Kellie Kohler Esters, a 1986 graduate of Monmouth College, felt it was only fitting that her alma mater was included.

"I think it's important to lead by example and inspire other alumni to consider supporting initiatives that are important to them," said Esters, who has retired after a 37-year career and lives in Sun City West, Arizona.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 4, 2026) — An assistant professor in the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Texas, Regina Mangieri leads a research team at the university's Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research. Her days are full of science.

From left, Cohen Ledet, Kaden Olsen, and Cadan De Jong showed off their project, which is titled "Development of a Portable Livestock Watering Station for Pasture and Pen Use." Not pictured is the fourth member of their team, Ian Rowland

Justin Swearinger will direct the Monmouth College Wind Ensemble concert during its May 2 concert, and he also oversees The Jammers, who will perform as part of the May 3 event

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 29, 2026) — April rehearsals bring May concerts — four of them on the Monmouth College campus from May 1-5, to be exact.

Ron Wheeler is pictured in the upper right. Continuing clockwise are his sister, Barb Wheeler Byrne ('77), his late mother, Phyllis Holmquist Wheeler ('49), and his brother, Paul Wheeler

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 29, 2026) — Fans of Monmouth College history are likely fans of Fannie.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 24, 2026) — With Monmouth College's May 17 Commencement exercises less than one month away, the sprint to the finish of the spring semester has clearly begun. Here are a few of the many events that will be happening on campus through the end of April. They are all free and open to the public.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 20, 2026) — "It's Scots Day, baby (uh-huh, uh-huh)!"

That was the cry from nearly thirty members of the Fighting Scots Marching Band as they performed on the steps of the Huff Athletic Center during Monmouth College's tenth annual Scots Day of Giving on April 15.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 16, 2026) — A couple with a long history of giving back to their alma mater have chosen Monmouth College's new nursing program as their next area of focus.

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