18 Jun 2024

Retiring Monmouth College professor Brad Sturgeon Made Contributions in Teaching, Service, Scholarship

By Barry McNamara

Coffee, the Bahamas, and casual comfort were regular features of Brad Sturgeon's seventeen-year career as a Monmouth College chemistry professor. He's shown here before his final faculty colloquium talk in March

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 18, 2024) — Established in 2004, Monmouth College's Hatch Awards recognize outstanding work by its faculty in the areas of teaching, scholarship, and service.

13 Jun 2024

Monmouth College Student Kailyn Gore Honored as Newman Civic Fellow for Commitment to Solving Public Problems

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 13, 2024) — An "exemplary student and innovative leader" from Monmouth College is among the students nationwide recognized as a 2024-25 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow.

Kailyn Gore ('26) of Marlton, New Jersey, received the honor after being nominated by Monmouth President Clarence Wyatt.

11 Jun 2024

New Issue of Monmouth's Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research Explores Diverse Range of Disciplines, Including Shortage of Teachers in Illinois

By Barry McNamara

For the first time, physics professor Michael Solontoi served as the coordinating advisor for the Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 11, 2024) — The Illinois educator shortage — an issue that Monmouth College is taking an active role in trying to solve — is just one of the topics addressed in the new edition of the College's Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research, which is now available in print.

10 Jun 2024

Partnership Between Monmouth College, Illinois Regional Office of Education N° 33, Focused on Helping More Students Attend College

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 10, 2024) — The Illinois Regional Office of Education N° 33 and Monmouth College have announced a new partnership to better serve students in Henderson, Knox, Mercer, and Warren counties.

The goal of the partnership — which includes all educational institutions in the region — is to provide students a seamless path from K-12 to college, according to Regional Office of Education N° 33 Superintendent Jodi Scott.

07 Jun 2024

Liberal Arts Farming: Monmouth College's Educational Farm and Garden Offers Life Lessons to Crew, Area Schoolchildren

By Barry McNamara

Elijah Perry ('26) tends to a chore at the Monmouth College Educational Farm

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 7, 2024) — School may be out for the summer, but that doesn't mean questions like the following ever go away. Complete the following sentence: The Monmouth College Educational Farm and Garden is a) a laboratory, b) a classroom; c) a canvas; or d) all of the above.

05 Jun 2024

Looking for a Good Summer Read? Monmouth Faculty, Staff Suggest Several Titles

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 5, 2024) — Long summer days make it a perfect season for reading, and members of the Monmouth College community have several recommendations to help people fill out their hours.

Among the books recommended are titles connected to the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, to authors connected to the College and to what Monmouth's dean and head librarian are reading.

04 Jun 2024

Monmouth College Emeritus Professor William Urban to be Honored by Colleagues, Sudents with “Festschrift”

By Barry McNamara

William Urban is flanked by Tom Sienkewicz, left, and Jeff Rankin, co-editors of his upcoming "Festschrift"

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 4, 2024) — William L Urban, who taught history at Monmouth College for nearly a half century, will be honored by former colleagues, students, and friends with a Festschrift.

03 Jun 2024

Kellogg Printing, a Business Partner of Monmouth College, Celebrates 100 Years

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (June 3, 2024) — Last month, Monmouth College held its 167th Commencement Exercises. Not long after the College staged its 100th Commencement in the late 1950s, Kellogg Printing began producing the program for the ceremony, and the Monmouth company has been doing it ever since.

30 May 2024

Monmouth College's Craig Vivian is Officially Retired as a professor, But His Teaching Days are Far from Over

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 30, 2024) — Craig Vivian has retired from being an educational studies professor at Monmouth College, but it would be incorrect to say he's retired from teaching.

29 May 2024

Central Intermediate School Students Get to Be a Scot for a Day at Monmouth College

By Barry McNamara

Central Intermediate School sixth graders got to level up a few years on May 17 by seeing what life is like for Monmouth College students. Prior to walking back to Central on the steamy day, they enjoyed some cool push pops courtesy of the admission department

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