23 Jan 2020

Local Students among Monmouth College Dean's List Fall 2019

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 23, 2020) — These students achieved at least a 3.5 GPA for the Fall 2019 semester at Monmouth College while taking at least three academic credits.

Hunter De La Rosa of Moline

Emily DeWitt of Rock Island

Karlie Drish of Milan

Carly Dunham of Illinois City

Riley Fetterer of Milan

Hannah Jones of Davenport

Emily Laughlin of Milan

Sydney McVay of Illinois City

Katelynn Mickle of Bettendorf

23 Jan 2020

Haylee Riggs of Port Byron, Illinois, Graduates from Monmouth College

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 23, 2020) — Haylee Riggs of Port Byron, Illinois, recently graduated from Monmouth College. Riggs was one of 23 Monmouth students who graduated at the completion of the fall semester.

23 Jan 2020

Monmouth College Political Science Expert Says Iowa Democrats Focused on Four Words

By Duane Bonifer

 

20 Jan 2020

Monmouth College Convocation Celebrates King's Bravery, Strength, Action, and Love

By Duane Bonifer

 

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.

20 Jan 2020

Monmouth Students Study Wildlife, Mayan Ruins on "Eye-Opening" Trip to Belize

By Duane Bonifer

 

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 20, 2020) — In one respect, Monmouth College biology professor James Godde saved the best for last for the 27 students who accompanied him and two other faculty members on a two-week study-abroad trip in January to the Central American countries of Belize and Guatemala.

16 Jan 2020

Monmouth College History Professors Give Their Initial Analyses of the Now-Completed 2010s

By Duane Bonifer

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

13 Jan 2020

Monmouth College Students Continue Research on How Maytag Closing Affected Region

By Duane Bonifer

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.

13 Jan 2020

Monmouth College Students Continue Research on How Maytag Closing Affected Region

By Duane Bonifer

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.

13 Jan 2020

Monmouth College to Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day with Community Program, Day of Service

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 13, 2020) — The community is invited to celebrate this year's Martin Luther King Jr Day at Monmouth College.

The College will commemorate King's legacy with a convocation at noon on January 20 in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. The event — which will feature a keynote by nationally known poet and spoken-word artist Harold Green of Chicago — is free and open to the public.

07 Jan 2020

Bruce Haywood, Monmouth's Tenth president, Remembered for Leading Liberal-Arts College's Resurgence in 1980s

By Duane Bonifer

 

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.

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