President C Andrew McGadney with this year's recipients: Kathy St Cyr ('68), Knox Service Award; Martin Reichel ('71), Knox Alumni Achievement Award; and Max Potthoff ('14), Knox Young Alumni Achievement Award

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (October 21, 2025) — During the Homecoming Convocation, Knox honored a trio of alumni. The College presented three awards recognizing extraordinary service, professional excellence, and emerging leadership within the Knox community.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (October 2, 2025) — Knox College will hold a discussion titled Rights for Robots at 6PM, Tuesday, October 7, at the Orpheum Theatre in Galesburg. As artificial intelligence advances and human reliance on AI grows, this event will explore timely questions about AI and rights.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (September 30, 2025) — Only two years into its existence, Knox College's Chicago Term: Life, Work, and Culture in the Second City has become a successful short-term, summer immersion program. This July and August, twelve students spent three weeks in Chicago, engaging in internships, neighborhood tours, museum visits, and city-based experiences as part of a fully immersive course.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (September 29, 2025) — Knox College began the 2025-26 academic year welcoming more than 340 new students, one of the largest classes in College history, representing 32 states and 20 countries.

"A third of our incoming class are international students," Knox College President C Andrew McGadney shared during welcoming remarks on Tuesday, September 9.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (September 24, 2025) — On a warm, sunny September Monday, Knox College opened its 188th academic year with its annual Opening Convocation on the South Lawn of Old Main. The crowd included staff, faculty, returning students, and more than 340 new students from 32 states and twenty countries.

Business major and Student Senate President Manavi Subba ('26) opened the ceremony, reflecting on her growth at Knox and the importance of learning with others.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (September 15, 2025) — The Knox College Department of Music is proud to announce the 2025-26 Knox Jazz Year, a season filled with acclaimed guest artists and student performances.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (September 13, 2025) — Knox College will host its first Knight Fund Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, Michael Takeo Magruder, from September 16 to September 30, 2025. Magruder is an internationally-known artist who has held over 300 exhibitions in 35 countries, including a recent exhibition at the British Library in London.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (September 10, 2025) — As the new academic year begins, Knox College announces the addition of six new tenure-track faculty to its academic program. The new faculty span the arts and sciences, including art, chemistry, computer science, environmental studies, and psychology.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (August 26, 2025) — The old saying goes, 'it takes a village' to support children's growth and learning. This summer, Knox College lived that motto by hosting its annual College 4 Kids program, made possible by community members, sponsors, and gifts. Community support throughout Knox College and Galesburg enabled children to have a meaningful experience.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (August 6, 2025) — This summer, the labs, observatory, and lecture halls of the Umbeck Science and Mathematics Center at Knox College are seeing a more than normal amount of use as Knox was chosen to be one of fourteen nationwide host sites for SSP International's prestigious Summer Science Program in the field of astrophysics.

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