MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 22, 2022) — Fifteen years ago, famous actor Richard Thomas walked into a Boston gift shop co-owned and managed by 1971 Monmouth College graduate Mark Duffield.

Rather than ask the actor who portrayed John-Boy on the TV show The Waltons for his autograph, Duffield instead described a project he was planning to Thomas, who helped him add a vital piece to the elaborate puzzle.

Carl Hamberg, a food service employee with more than a half-century of service to Monmouth College, was congratulated at the December 8 Employee Recognition Event by President Clarence Wyatt

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 16, 2022) — When he took a seat in the Private Dining Room of Monmouth College's Stockdale Center to be interviewed on the final day of the fall semester, Carl Hamberg's long career on campus had come full circle.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 8, 2022) — Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew and American attorney Bryan Stevenson both have words of wisdom that a Monmouth College class taught by professor Craig Vivian has taken to heart.

And because of it, Galesburg senior citizens are experiencing a brighter Christmas season.

Vivian is an instructor of "Inquiry and Identity," a first-year experience required for Monmouth students.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 5, 2022) — Monmouth College has received a major national grant to help make higher education more inclusive.

The $470,666 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will be used to help create a seamless transfer pathway for Illinois Central College students from underrepresented backgrounds who want to earn a Bachelor's degree in mathematics and science at Monmouth.