05 Mar 2024

Central College Students Study Around the World

By Jeanette Budding

PELLA, IOWA (March 5, 2024) — Central College supports off-campus programs around the world, and each academic major allows space for students to study abroad while earning credit toward a major, minor, or core-curriculum requirements.

Hailey Glover of Eldridge (52748) is studying this semester at University of Roehampton in London, England. Glover is a Philosophy major with the Class of 2026.

04 Mar 2024

2006 Grad Dr Jenn Hintzsche Impacting Families with PherDal Fertility Science

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (March 4, 2024) — For people exploring medical options in their struggle to conceive children, emotional and financial stress are familiar territory. Now the FDA has granted clearance to an at-home insemination kit that allows would-be parents to take control of their experience. The creator of the device is Dr Jenn Hintzsche (’06), CEO of PherDal (pron “fertile") Fertility Science Inc.

01 Mar 2024

Remembering "Home Front Hero" and Monmouth Grad Mary Fernald Schrenker (’42)

By Barry McNamara

Mary Fernald Schrenker is pictured second from left, along with her husband and two children. Janet Bender is closest to Mary

01 Mar 2024

Kaitlyn Collins of Cordova, Illinois, Serving as Student Teacher on Behalf of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

By Chris Lindeke

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (March 1, 2024) — Kaitlyn Collins from Cordova, Illinois, who is studying Special Education at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is representing the university as a student teacher during the spring 2024 semester.

Collins, a student in UW-Whitewater's College of Education and Professional Studies, is serving as a student teacher in Special Education in the Milton school district(s) through the end of the school year.

01 Mar 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds Announces $1 Million to Support Credentials for Child Care Careers Grant Program

By Kollin Crompton

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 1, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds has announced $1 million in initial funding for competitive grants available through the Iowa Department of Education to support school districts that partner with or create local child-care centers to help more high-school students earn a national child-development credential.

29 Feb 2024

Legacy Student Lauren Anderson Blazing Her Own Trail at Monmouth College

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 29, 2024) — Lauren Anderson's experience at Monmouth College is a lesson in the value of testing preconceived notions.

29 Feb 2024

Central College Students Participate in Service-Learning Projects

By Jeanette Budding

PELLA, IOWA (February 29, 2024) — A pillar of a Central College education is community service and civic engagement. In Spring 2024, 115 Central students are participating in a service-learning opportunity to build civic engagement.

Peyton Bytnar of Bettendorf, Iowa (52722), is helping Rock Steady Boxing with a Disability in America project, in Pella, Iowa. Bytnar is a member of the Central Class of 2024.

28 Feb 2024

Award-Winning Poet Taylor Byas to Read From Her Works March 4 at Monmouth College

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 28, 2024) — A public reading will be one of the highlights of a visit to Monmouth College's campus by award-winning poet Taylor Byas.

Byas will read from her works at 4:30 p.m. March 4 on the upper floor of Hewes Library, outside the Len G Everett Gallery. The event is free and open to the public.

28 Feb 2024

Rachel Green of De Witt, Iowa, Among Wartburg College Students Honored at Annual Iowa College Media Association Awards

By Emily Christensen

WAVERLY, IOWA (February 28, 2024) — Rachel Green was one of 29 Wartburg College students to be recognized for their work with student media at the annual Iowa College Media Association Awards.

Green, of DeWitt, Iowa, received first place in Best Short Video Documentary.

KWAR, the student-run radio station, received the Audio Excellence of the Year Award.

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.

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