06 Sep 2023

Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) Announces Summer 2023 President's List

By Siobhan Lopez

MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE (September 6, 2023) — It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following students on being named to the Summer 2023 President's List. The summer terms run from May to August.

01 Sep 2023

Monmouth College's Wiswell-Robeson Lecture on September 11 to Focus on Importance of Farmers Actively Engaging in Environmental Policy Issues

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 1, 2023) — Law and agriculture will be brought together at Monmouth College on September 11 when environmental public policy consultant Lauren Lurkins delivers the annual Wiswell-Robeson Lecture at 7PM in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

31 Aug 2023

Monmouth College Welcomes Thirteen New Full-Time Faculty for 2023-24 Academic Year

By Duane Bonifer

Pictured from left are Mary Harmon, Alec Stinnett, Blake Haas ('21), Herb Schmidt, Tiffany Springer ('03), Marnee Fieldman, Sabino Luevano-Ortega, Brian Park, Peter Rule, and Arren Duggan

31 Aug 2023

Wartburg College Celebrates Significant Increase in New Student Enrollment

By Emily Christensen

WAVERLY, IOWA (August 31, 2023) — Drawn by the college's rigorous academics, nationally-competitive athletics and world-renowned music programs, a growing number of students will call Wartburg College home beginning this fall.

At least 470 new students are expected to begin classes at Wartburg on September 6. This is the largest year-to-year percent increase in students since 2016.

31 Aug 2023

Forbes Advisor Education Recognizes Upper Iowa University (UIU)'s Online Public Administration Degree

By Lynette Brandt

FAYETTE, IOWA (August 31, 2023) — Forbes Advisor Education has recognized Upper Iowa University (UIU) for offering one of the best online Bachelor's degrees in Public Administration. Upper Iowa and nine other US institutions were recognized.

30 Aug 2023

High School Grade Inflation on Rise, Especially in Math

By Allie Ciaramella

IOWA CITY, IOWA (August 30, 2023) — The average GPA for high schoolers continued to rise between 2010 and 2022, with evidence of grade inflation in high school math, science, English, and social studies courses, 

30 Aug 2023

Six Hundred University of Iowa Students Receive Degrees After 2023 Summer Semester

By Rick Klatt

IOWA CITY, IOWA (August 30, 2023) — Earlier this month, more than 600 University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students received their degrees. These Hawkeyes have engaged, excelled, and stretched to reach their goals.

Take, for example, McKenna Warnock. She helped lead the Hawkeye women's basketball team to the national championship game and plans to continue her studies after graduation to become a dentist.

29 Aug 2023

Monmouth College's Corey Pevitz Awarded Zeta Beta Tau's Largest Student Scholarship, Part of Fraternity Chapter's Outstanding Summer

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 29, 2023) — During the course of his studies at Monmouth College, Corey Pevitz ('24) of Naperville, Illinois, has applied more than once for a scholarship from his Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.

This spring, the process grew a little more lengthy, and that's because the ZBT Foundation was targeting Pevitz for something special.

29 Aug 2023

Augustana College Ready to Welcome the Class of 2027

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 29, 2023) — Augustana College will welcome new students to campus on move-in day Friday, September 1. The Class of 2027 is among the largest and most diverse in the college’s 163-year history, with 800 first-year, transfer and exchange students from thirty states and 35 countries.

28 Aug 2023

We're N° 1: Monmouth “COMMutopia” Department Earns Top US Ranking

By Duane Bonifer

Members of Monmouth College's communication studies department include, from left, Reginald Bell, Shweta Srivastava, Chris Goble, Trudi Peterson, Ethan Hager and Lori Walters-Kramer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 28, 2023) — Every first-year Monmouth College student takes at least one course from an academic department judged to be the best in the nation.

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