MONMOUTH, ILL. (January 20, 2020) — The keynote speaker at Monmouth College's convocation celebrating the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr requested a few words from the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium audience for what he called his "lay-up line" — an opening exercise that warmed him up for the event as he constructed an impromptu poem using those words.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 16, 2020) — Some decades in history are easier to name than others.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 13, 2020) — A group of Monmouth College students received a lesson in the American Dream while working on a project about the region's efforts to recover from an economic catastrophe.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 7, 2020) — Bruce Haywood, the tenth president of Monmouth College who helped expand the College's endowment and lay a foundation for dramatic expansion in the 21st century, died at home in his sleep January 7. He was 94.