13 Sep 2024

Over 400 Des Moines University Students Receive Their First White Coat

By Denise Lamphier

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (September 13, 2024) — On, Friday, September 13, local students were among 438 Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences future health-care professionals from five programs to receive their white coat during the university's annual White Coat Ceremony.

Jacob Parker of Bettendorf (52722) — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Master of Science In Biomedical Sciences

Gabriela Loiz of Davenport (52807) — Doctor of Physical Therapy

13 Sep 2024

Logan Braun of Rock Island, Illinois, Named University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Resident Assistant

By Chris Lindeke

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (September 13, 2024) — Logan Braun, from Rock Island, Illinois, who is studying Legal Studies, has been named a Resident Assistant (RA) at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for the 2024-25 academic year.

RAs are part-time student staff members who live in the residence halls with students, serve as a resource and positive role model, and help build a sense of community by hosting floor events.

12 Sep 2024

Conversation Key to Building Trust Between Agriculture Community and Consumers, Monmouth College Wiswell-Robeson Lecturer Says

By Duane Bonifer

Center for Food Integrity CEO Charlie Arnot delivers the eighth annual Monmouth College Wiswell-Robeson Lecture on September 9 in the college's Dahl Chapel and Auditorium

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 12, 2024) — Elvis Presley might have urged "a little less conversation" in his 1968 song by the same name, but that's not what Charlie Arnot counseled the agriculture community to do in the eighth annual Monmouth College Wiswell-Robeson Lecture.

12 Sep 2024

Upcoming Events at Monmouth College, September 17-19

By Barry McNamara

Former Monmouth professor Stacy Cordery's latest book is her third major biography, joining works on Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Juliette Gordon Low

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 12, 2024) — The week of September 16 will be a busy one on the Monmouth College campus and in the community, including the return of a popular luncheon and a popular professor, as well as an annual event celebrating the Constitution.

09 Sep 2024

Internships Provide Monmouth Students Valuable Experiences, Sharpen Their Professional Skills

By Barry McNamara

Anna Caster (left) was able to utilize her exercise science and psychology majors while interning at Warren Achievement Center in Monmouth

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 9, 2024) — For three seasons, Anna Caster ('25) of Greenfield, Indiana, and Lea Selquist ('25) of Peru, Illinois, shared playing time as goalkeepers on the Monmouth College women's soccer team.

09 Sep 2024

Emmy Award-Winning Filmmakers Appear with Film “Moved by Waters” Wapsi River Education Center September 14

By Fourth Wall Films

DIXON, IOWA (September 9, 2024) — Emmy award-winning filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films turned their lens on the Upper Mississippi watershed in Iowa and Illinois for their new documentary Moved by Waters. The film program will be presented on Saturday, September 14, 2:30PM, at the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center, 31555 52nd Ave, Dixon, Iowa.

06 Sep 2024

Local Students Named to Buena Vista University's Summer 2024 Dean's List

By Christine Ellinghuysen

STORM LAKE, IOWA (September 6, 2024) — Buena Vista University congratulates more than 100 students who were named to the Summer 2024 Dean's List. The Dean's List recognizes full-time students achieving a 3.5 grade-point average or higher for the semester.

Ashley Graves of Davenport

Kathryn Stauffer of Muscatine

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06 Sep 2024

Bettendorf Community School District — Edison Academy Ribbon-Cutting September 18

By Deanna Jensen-Valliere

BETTENDORF, IOWA (September 6, 2024) — Bettendorf Community School District – Edison Academy (Alternative High School) will host a ribbon cutting to celebrate this new building on Wednesday, September 18, 4PM. It is located at 3066 Victoria St, Bettendorf, Iowa.

06 Sep 2024

Gov Kim Reynolds, Iowa Department of Education Award Nearly $4 Million in Charter School Start-Up and Expansion Grants

By Mason Mauro

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 6, 2024) — Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today announced that eleven charter schools will receive a total of nearly $4 million in grant-funding through the Iowa Charter Start-Up and Expansion Grant program. The grants will support new charter schools as they prepare for future operation as well as existing high-performing charter schools to improve or expand their classroom and course offerings.

05 Sep 2024

Brad Nahrstadt to Discuss His Biography of Forgotten 1904 Presidential Candidate Alton B Parker

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 5, 2024) — During the first week of September, a large headline at the top of a popular website proclaimed "It. Is. Close." when analyzing the 2024 presidential election.

That's an election sentiment that a guest speaker at Monmouth College won't be using when he discusses his new book that focuses on one of the major figures of the 1904 presidential election.

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