MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 6, 2023) — Ross Donnan started his Monmouth College baseball career in style, as his first hit as a Fighting Scot was a home run.

Donnan is hoping to make a similar splash in an entirely different endeavor this spring, as he'll be a contestant on the NBC singing contest, The Voice.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 3, 2023) — Monmouth's 2022-23 Maple Leaf Community Concert Series will continue March 7 with a celebration of the biggest hits by some of the greatest divas in music history.

The group Divas3 will take the stage at 7PM in the Kasch Performance Hall of Monmouth College's Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. Tickets, both individual and memberships, are available at the Buchanan Center for the Arts, 64 Public Square, Monmouth.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 3, 2023) — A Grammy Award-winning singer found a new fan in Monmouth when Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — the CNN documentary about the 1970s pop icon — aired a few years back.

Now, that avid fan — Monmouth College junior Ryan Bowman — is hoping to generate interest among his peers in the talented songstress, who recorded in diverse genres until her retirement in 2011 because of Parkinson's disease.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 1, 2023) — A guest speaker with a considerable amount of cachet in the accounting world was on Monmouth College's campus earlier this week.

Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino visited three Monmouth accounting classes, and the students appreciated the opportunity to hear about his career and his office's responsibilities.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 28, 2023) — The Monmouth College Chorale and Chamber Choir will head for the Rockies during the upcoming spring break at the western Illinois school.

The thirty-student Chorale will perform three times in Colorado, including two public performances. On their way out west, the students will sing in Lincoln, Nebraska, and they'll perform in Kansas City on their way home. All of the public performances are free and open to the public.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 24, 2023) — Rebecca Quick ('21) made a valuable contribution to the Monmouth art scene two years ago when she collaborated as an artist-in-residence with Kendall Thompson ('17) on the large, colorful mural on the north wall of Tin Cup Coffee Shop in the 200 block of South Main St.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 23, 2023) — Monmouth College Wind Ensemble to perform Bach-inspired concert on February 26

German composer Johann Sebastian Bach will feature prominently in a February 26 concert at Monmouth College.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 22, 2023) — When it comes to her academics, Monmouth College junior Jan Abel has mastered the three R's. The English and public relations double major from Wataga, Illinois, excels in reading, writing, . . . and radio.

Abel was recently named one of five national Next Step Radio Scholars for 2023. The program was launched a year ago to help college students who aspire to have a career in radio.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 17, 2023) — Themes of connection and resurrection will be at the forefront at Monmouth College on February 22, when the school's new chaplain, the Rev Dr John Huxtable ('04), leads an ecumenical Ash Wednesday service.

Open to the public, the half-hour service will begin at 12:05PM in the College's Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

Later, on Ash Wednesday, at 3PM, a Catholic Mass will be held in Dahl Chapel.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 16, 2023) Running television commercials during the Super Bowl is a highly-calculated risk, and a group of Monmouth College students spent part of their Wednesday morning discussing which companies scored touchdowns and which ones fumbled "on the largest advertising stage of the year."

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