From left, Madison Hieser, Jazib Shahid, Irie Woods, Cally Tate, and Madison Rusk are this summer's student workers at the Monmouth College Educational Farm

Over the years, the little red Monmouth College flag has been in a lot of places, and that includes St. Andrews in Scotland, where a group of more than 20 students traveled in May

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (July 9, 2025) — At the end of May, a group of Fighting Scots not only learned more about the economics of Scotland — as well as its culture and history — but they contributed to it, as well.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (July 7, 2025) — A day that Monmouth College physics professor Mike Solontoi has been anxiously awaiting for years became reality on June 23, when the first images from the 8.4-meter Legacy Survey of Space and Time telescope at the Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile (below) were released.

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.

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