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.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 13, 2026) — This fall, Monmouth College will launch a significant enhancement to its computer-science program through a partnership with Rize Education, a national leader in career-aligned program design. Monmouth's computer science students will be able to pursue one of three new concentrations — cybersecurity, applied artificial intelligence, and web development — giving them a sharper, more targeted path into the technology careers shaping the modern world.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 8, 2026) — Great pancakes, big personality, quirky glasses. Know who we're talking about?

Unless you're living under a rock, you know that can only be one person — Judy Wang, from Judy's Family Café in Galesburg, Illinois.

Nearly a dozen members of Monmouth's Zeta Beta Tau chapter turned out March 28 to help Doug Liniger ('87) (back row, far right) move his parents from the house they've lived in at 306 South A Street for the past sixty years

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 1, 2026) — "He ain't heavy, he's my brother." — The Hollies, 1969

The couch, as it turns out, was heavy. But their brother was not.

Mary Ann Eiserman (left) and Cherry Simmons discussed the creation of their new children's book during a March 18 program at their alma mater, Monmouth College

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 25, 2026) — Even a short book can take a long time.

That's one of the lessons that the Galusha sisters — alumni Mary Ann Eiserman ('72) and Cherry Simmons ('80) — shared with a group of Monmouth College students Wednesday evening during a talk on campus.

"He's back by popular demand," said MLCCS organizer Stan Jenks about David Burnham. "He incorporates his show with the audience so well. He just brings the audience in"

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 24, 2026) — The March 31 piano recital by Ian Moschenross has been cancelled.

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