08 May 2023

Monmouth College's 166th Annual Commencement Exercises to Be Held May 14; Former Rep Richard A Gephardt to Deliver Address

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 8, 2023) — Featuring an address by former US Representative Richard A Gephardt, Monmouth College will hold its 166th annual Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 14.

Gephardt will deliver the Commencement address to about 185 members of the Class of 2023 at noon on the Wallace Hall Plaza, weather permitting. The rain site will be the Huff Athletic Center.

02 May 2023

Monmouth College History Major from Quad Cities Connects with QC History Expert

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 2, 2023) — Two Quad Cities residents with a passion for history connected at a "Cider with Classics" event at Monmouth College last fall. The meeting led to career advice and inspiration for junior Larissa Pothoven (’24), as well a neat professional opportunity.

01 May 2023

Making the Grade: Nine Students Taken on Monmouth College's New Rock-Climbing Course

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (May 1, 2023) — A pair of Monmouth College professors are teaching students how to solve a giant puzzle and also maybe strengthen their position for a job.

The faculty are teaching a course on rock climbing, which is held twice a week in the Trotter Fitness Complex of the College's Huff Athletic Center.

28 Apr 2023

Six Monmouth College Music Ensembles to Hold Four Concerts in Five Days

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 28, 2023) — Spring is in the air, and that means music is, too, as Monmouth College will host four concerts to close out the academic year.

All of the concerts will be in the Kasch Performance Hall of Dahl Chapel and Auditorium and are free and open to the public. They will all be streamed on the Monmouth College Facebook page.

27 Apr 2023

Monmouth College Scholars Day: “I've Never Learned So Much, So Fast”

By Duane Bonifer

At Monmouth College's 2023 honors convocation, held in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium, the Monmouth chapter of Blue Key Honor Society named Todd Fowler of Chatham, Illinois (left), Senior Man of the Year; the College's chapter of Mortar Board honor society named Kaitlyn Fox of VIllinoisla Park, Illinois (center) Senior Woman of the Year, and Kailyn Gore of Marlton, New Jersey, Freshman Woman of the Year.

25 Apr 2023

Monmouth College President Wyatt To Retire at End of 2023-24 School Year

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 25, 2023) — Monmouth College President Clarence R Wyatt has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2023-24 school year, upon completion of his tenth year as Monmouth's president.

21 Apr 2023

“Passionate” Monmouth College Student Leader Anita Gandara Named Newman Civic Fellow, Will “Keep Pushing for Change”

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILL. (April 21, 2023) — At the heart of the Newman Civic Fellowship is honoring and empowering students who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing their communities.

20 Apr 2023

Book by Monmouth College Professor Petra Kuppinger Explores the Role of Major Cities in a Globalized World

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 20, 2023) — The development, transformation, and role of major cities and regional centers in a globalized world is the topic of the latest book by a Monmouth College professor.

Monmouth anthropology professor Petra Kuppinger has authored Cities and Spaces: An Introduction to Urban Anthropology, a college-level textbook published by Waveland Press.

20 Apr 2023

Monmouth College Wind Ensemble to Perform World Premiere of Paideia Fanfare, a Celebration of the Liberal Arts in the Midwest, at April 28 Concert

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 20, 2023) — The world premiere of a piece commissioned by Monmouth College music professor Justin Swearinger will be featured during the Monmouth Wind Ensemble's final concert of the academic year.

18 Apr 2023

Award-Winning Ocean Explorer Erika Bergman to Speak April 24 on Eve of Monmouth College's Scholars Day

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 18, 2023) — On the eve of its Scholars Day celebration, Monmouth College will host a guest speaker who explores places in the ocean few people have ever seen.

Deep-sea submersible pilot Erika Bergman will speak at 7PM, April 24, in the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. The College's biology and chemistry departments are sponsoring the pre-Scholars Day talk, which is free and open to the public.

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