27 Jan 2023

Academic “Touches” Make Fighting Scot Teams Big Winners in the Classroom

By Duane Bonifer

Track and field standout Addison Cox was recognized at a home basketball game for being named Monmouth College's Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. Helping to congratulate her are President Clarence Wyatt and her track coach, Brian Woodard

26 Jan 2023

Led Again by Gabriela Madu ('23), Monmouth College Students Find Success at Theater Festival

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 26, 2023) — Whether or not honors were received at this year's Region 3 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, it was a rewarding experience for the fourteen Monmouth College students who made the trip earlier this month to Flint, Michigan.

25 Jan 2023

Monmouth College Dean's List Fall 2022

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 25, 2023) — To be eligible for the Dean's List, students needed to take at least 3.0 academic credits while maintaining a grade-point average of at least 3.5.

Xanthia Colter of Geneseo

Madison Coopman of Rock Island

Sara Francescon of Coal Valley

Kiersten Fuhr of Milan

Lauren Fulscher of Moline

Madison Heisch of Illinois City

Emily Henson of Geneseo

Thomas Henson of Geneseo

Emily Laughlin of Milan

25 Jan 2023

In Its 43rd Year at Monmouth College, Great Decisions Will Again Discuss Russia and Ukraine

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 25, 2023) — A year ago, Monmouth College kicked off its annual series of Great Decisions discussions with a very timely talk on Russia. A few weeks later, the nation had gone to war with Ukraine.

23 Jan 2023

Book Edited by Monmouth College Anthropology Professor Petra Kuppinger Explores How Change and Innovation Can Emerge from Small Urban Spaces

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 23, 2023) — A big difference can emerge from small urban spaces.

That's one of the lessons in a new book edited by a Monmouth College professor.

20 Jan 2023

Monmouth College Study-Abroad Group Discovers History, Hospitality, and “Heaven” in Greece

By Duane Bonifer

Part of the Monmouth group is pictured at the Parthenon, just one example of the "astonishing staying power" of Greek architecture that dates back roughly 2,500 years or more

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 20, 2023) — "Greek life" took on a whole new meaning for seventeen Monmouth College students who traveled to Greece during Christmas break.

17 Jan 2023

Monmouth College Martin Luther King Jr Day Convocation Speaker Harold Green Shares How to Get “Views from the Mountaintop”

By Duane Bonifer

Author Harold Green delivers the keynote talk at the Monmouth College Martin Luther King Jr Day Convocation, held in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 17, 2023) — "I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land."

16 Jan 2023

Members of Monmouth College Community Part of Effort to Welcome Ukrainian Refugees to Area

By Duane Bonifer

Pictured from left are Stepan Skrypnychenko and Olesia Chychaova and the Bud family, including parents Vitalii and Irene and their oldest son, Zack. In front are the Buds' twins, Milena and Mark

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 16, 2023) — Monmouth College has been part of a community effort to help two Ukrainian families relocate to the area from their war-torn country.

11 Jan 2023

Monmouth College Students Learn About Issues Facing Maple City Through Journalism Assignment

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (01/10/2023) — A group of Monmouth College students recently took a closer look at the city where they go to school, and they say they discovered some surprising facts about the Maple City.

09 Jan 2023

Monmouth College Receives $750,000 Federal Grant to Support Efforts to Prepare Teachers for Rural Communities

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 9, 2023) — Monmouth College's educational studies program has received a major boost in its efforts to prepare more teachers for rural communities.

The support comes in the form of a $750,000 federal grant, which US Representative Cheri Bustos of Illinois secured through the federal Community Project Funding program.

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