14 Sep 2023

Kristy Krisher to Open Monmouth Associates Series with September 18 Talk on Galapagos Islands

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 14, 2023) What it's like to live and work on the Galapagos Islands will kick off this year's Monmouth Associates series, a college-community luncheon series featuring Monmouth College speakers.

Kristy Krisher, who serves as Monmouth's associate director of employer relations and internship director, will speak at noon September 21 at Meks on Main, 201 N Main St, Monmouth. The title of her talk is "Adapting to Change in the Galapagos."

14 Sep 2023

Monmouth College Professor Says US is Closely Watching the Increase of Coups in Africa

By Duane Bonifer

Prior to joining the faculty at Monmouth College, political science professor Michael Nelson was chair of the African Studies Department at Wesleyan College in Connecticut

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 14, 2023) — If a government falls in Africa, does it make a sound in the United States?

The answer, said Monmouth College professor of political science Michael Nelson, is a definitive "Yes."

13 Sep 2023

At Monmouth College's Wiswell-Robeson Lecture, Lurkins Says Agriculture “Central and Integral” to Solutions That Society Seeks to Environmental Challenges

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 13, 2023) — During the latter portion of her Wiswell-Robeson Lecture at Monmouth College on September 11, environmental and agricultural public policy consultant Lauren Lurkins shared a glimpse with members of the agriculture community of four major issues on the horizon.

11 Sep 2023

Monmouth College's Gayle Walker, Ben Dorn Part of Game-Day Staff for NFL's Chicago Bears

By Duane Bonifer

Ben Dorn is pictured before his first preseason game at Soldier Field last month

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 11, 2023) — Two members of the Chicago Bears game day staff used an internship they found at Monmouth College as a gateway to work for the NFL team.

07 Sep 2023

Monmouth College Panel to Discuss “The Constitution and Artificial Intelligence” September 18

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 7, 2023) — The growth and accessibility of artificial intelligence tools presents numerous constitutional issues: Does AI have rights? How can we protect intellectual property? Can the global community govern this ever-evolving technology?

06 Sep 2023

Monmouth College's Family Weekend Set for September 8-10

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 6, 2023) — With Labor Day in the rearview of the September calendar, fall is in the air. Monmouth College is ready to embrace the season with football, marching musicians, and, yes, kettle corn as it welcomes scores of parents, grandparents and siblings to campus for its annual Family Weekend, September 8-10.

01 Sep 2023

Monmouth College's Wiswell-Robeson Lecture on September 11 to Focus on Importance of Farmers Actively Engaging in Environmental Policy Issues

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 1, 2023) — Law and agriculture will be brought together at Monmouth College on September 11 when environmental public policy consultant Lauren Lurkins delivers the annual Wiswell-Robeson Lecture at 7PM in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

31 Aug 2023

Monmouth College Welcomes Thirteen New Full-Time Faculty for 2023-24 Academic Year

By Duane Bonifer

Pictured from left are Mary Harmon, Alec Stinnett, Blake Haas ('21), Herb Schmidt, Tiffany Springer ('03), Marnee Fieldman, Sabino Luevano-Ortega, Brian Park, Peter Rule, and Arren Duggan

29 Aug 2023

Monmouth College's Corey Pevitz Awarded Zeta Beta Tau's Largest Student Scholarship, Part of Fraternity Chapter's Outstanding Summer

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 29, 2023) — During the course of his studies at Monmouth College, Corey Pevitz ('24) of Naperville, Illinois, has applied more than once for a scholarship from his Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.

This spring, the process grew a little more lengthy, and that's because the ZBT Foundation was targeting Pevitz for something special.

28 Aug 2023

We're N° 1: Monmouth “COMMutopia” Department Earns Top US Ranking

By Duane Bonifer

Members of Monmouth College's communication studies department include, from left, Reginald Bell, Shweta Srivastava, Chris Goble, Trudi Peterson, Ethan Hager and Lori Walters-Kramer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 28, 2023) — Every first-year Monmouth College student takes at least one course from an academic department judged to be the best in the nation.

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