27 Feb 2024

Zoo Camp: Creating Conservation Connections

By Niabi Zoo

COAL VALLEY, ILLINOIS (February 27, 2024) — Zoo Camp 2024 all about creating conservation connections! Through activities, hands-on lessons, and animal experiences, your camper will learn about different animal groups and their survival needs, as well as ideas of what their future can hold. Each day is crafted to enlighten, encourage, and enrich your campers in an education-based summer camp. Join conservation educators this summer to link art, science, and animals!

27 Feb 2024

The Courier, Monmouth College's Student Newspaper, Earns Several Statewide Awards

By Barry McNamara

This photo by Kiersten Fuhr of Moline, Illinois, from a rehearsal of the theatre department's production of "Peter Pan" earned second place at the Illinois College Press Association award ceremony

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 27, 2024) — After spending most of the school year writing about news on campus, Monmouth College's student newspaper made some news of its own.

27 Feb 2024

Gov. Reynolds Statement on 8th Circuit Ruling Upholding Gov Kim Reynolds’ Mask Mandate Prohibition in Schools

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 27, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to the US 8th Circuit ruling in The Arc of Iowa v Reynolds:

27 Feb 2024

Quad City Storm Duo Brent Moran and Kevin Resop Named Warrior/SPHL Co-Players of the Week

By Brian Rothenberger

HUNTERSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA (February 27, 2024) — The SPHL announced today that goaltenders Brent Moran and Kevin Resop of the Quad City Storm have been named the Warrior/SPHL Co-Players of the Week for February 19-25.

27 Feb 2024

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Leader Emerson Sykes to Present Curtis Family Lecture March 4

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 27, 2024) — Augustana College will host the 2024 Ellwood F Curtis Family Lecture in Public Affairs Monday, March 4, 7PM. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Senior Staff Attorney Emerson Sykes will present the lecture “Freedom of expression and freedom of inquiry in polarized time” at 7PM in Wallenberg Hall at the Denkmann Memorial Building, 3520 7th Ave, Rock Island.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

27 Feb 2024

Augustana College’s Prison Education Program to Host Reentry Simulation March 13

By Mary McNeil
27 Feb 2024

First Bill of 2024 Sent to Gov Kim Reynolds’ Desk, Iowa House Passes Foreign Ownership of Land Bill

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 27, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds issued the following statement in response the Iowa House passing SF 2204 on Monday, February 26:

26 Feb 2024

Brody Condon of De Witt, Iowa, Accepted into Wartburg College's Teacher Education Program

By Emily Christensen

WAVERLY, IOWA (February 26, 2024) — Brody Condon has been accepted into the Wartburg College Teacher Education Program.

Condon, of De Witt, Iowa, had to demonstrate effective reflective components in teaching and complete several other requirements to be considered for the program.

Admission to the Teacher Education Program allows students to begin professional education courses in their field.

26 Feb 2024

They’re Back: Wisenheimer, Long-Form Improv, Returns to The Black Box

By Lora Adams

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (February 26, 2024) — Wisenheimer’s first show at the Black Box Theatre is fast approaching.

The long-form improvisation troupe, founded in 2011 and featuring Leslie Mitchell, Jeff De Leon, and Jen Kuhle, appears Saturday, March 2, 7:30PM.

26 Feb 2024

During Peace Corps Week, Monmouth College Students Reminded the Agency Transforms Worldviews

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 26, 2024) — You don't know what you don't know.

That was a message conveyed by Monmouth College political science professor Jessica Vivian when she discussed her "life-transforming" experience in the Peace Corps.

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