ROCHESTER, NEW YORK (February 21, 2023) -- Desmond Almanza of Rock Island, Illinois (61201), was named to the Dean's List at Rochester Institute of Technology for the fall semester of the 2022-2023 academic year. Almanza is in the laboratory science technology program.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 17, 2023) — Themes of connection and resurrection will be at the forefront at Monmouth College on February 22, when the school's new chaplain, the Rev Dr John Huxtable ('04), leads an ecumenical Ash Wednesday service.

Open to the public, the half-hour service will begin at 12:05PM in the College's Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

Later, on Ash Wednesday, at 3PM, a Catholic Mass will be held in Dahl Chapel.

WAVERLY, IOWA (February 16, 2023) — Wartburg College's Castle Singers and Kammerstreicher will perform Saturday, February 25, at St Paul Lutheran Church, 2136 Brady St. The concert is part of the ensembles' domestic tour that will go through Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 16, 2023) — In the heyday of the Monmouth College Octopus Club — and when the legendary Bobby Woll was just a rookie head coach for the Fighting Scots — Bernie Bolon was a big man on campus. Bloon and his future wife, 1939 classmate Rosemary Field, were a popular couple.