Courier staff members displaying this year's awards include, from left, Billy Lopatto, Mikaela Avery, Elena Fry-Hernandez, Seamus O'Sullivan, Riley King, Dawsyn Wilson, and Ryan Philliips

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 25, 2026) — The staff at The Courier, Monmouth College's student newspaper, had their finest year ever in terms of awards from the Illinois College Press Association.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 20, 2026) — Monday morning's enewsletter from Marketing Innovation included a poll that asked a simple question: Did you like the Super Bowl 2026 ads?

If Monmouth College students in professor Tom Prince's "Introduction to Marketing" class had completed the poll, their majority response from the three options would've been "Eh. They were OK."

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 17, 2026) — A festival of new plays will be showcased at Monmouth College February 20-22, as student playwrights and directors are featured in "Breaking Ground."

The production, which features four short plays written by Monmouth students, will be staged in the Hewes Library Studio Theatre. Monmouth theatre professor Vanessa Campagna is overseeing it all.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 16, 2026) — In 1969, before he was even born, eventual Monmouth College graduate Dave Mann lost his father in the Vietnam War.

Fifty-six years later, Mann visited the site of his father's death at Dak To through the 2 Sides Project.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 11, 2026) — A Monmouth College graduate who's paired an extremely successful legal career with shaping his world through service and leadership will deliver the keynote address at his alma mater's 169th Commencement Exercises.

Retired attorney Brad Nahrstadt ('89), who's served on the Monmouth College Board of Trustees for nearly a quarter-century, will address the Class of 2026 at noon, May 17, on Wallace Hall Plaza.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 6, 2026) — Monmouth College's annual Great Decisions series on foreign affairs will begin February 11 and run through the next-to-last Wednesday in April.

"One of my favorite aspects of this series is that we always have a diverse audience, including members of our campus community as well as the surrounding community," said political science professor Mike Nelson, who's organized the series the past several years.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 2, 2026) — Celebrated February 2-6, National School Counseling Week's theme is "School Counselors Amplify Student Success," highlighting their role in academic, career, and social/emotional development.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 28, 2026) — During the Christmas break academic session known as J-term, a group of Monmouth College students embarked on an unforgettable academic journey to Peru, combining physical challenge, cultural immersion, and historical exploration along one of the world's most iconic routes — the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 26, 2026) — A college education can be difficult enough as students wrestle with academic rigor, time management, and new surroundings. But add in such challenges as a disability, being a first-generation college student or coming from a low-income family, and that level of difficulty can be raised.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 21, 2026) — A transformational $5 million investment from 1965 graduate William Goldsborough — the former chair of his alma mater's Board of Trustees — and his wife, Beverly, is accelerating Monmouth College's momentum, strengthening the student experience, modernizing the campus, and investing in the college's future.

"Beverly and I made a decision to pull our estate gift forward so we could see its impact in our lifetime," said Goldsborough.

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