PELLA, IOWA (10/31/2022) — Central College student Bria Holthe of Muscatine, Iowa, is studying at the University of Roehampton in London, UK, in the fall semester. Holthe is a Environmental and Sustainability major in the Class of 2023. 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.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 28, 2022) — Monmouth College already provides its educational-studies majors with personalized support to help them grow and develop into teachers who are effective classroom leaders.

The addition of two new licensure programs — one in health education and one in science education — will make the College's teacher preparation even more distinctive. Both programs were recently approved by the Illinois State Board of Education.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 28, 2022) — Total spending for Halloween this season is expected to hit a record $10.6 billion. The October 31 holiday — much like the inside of a jack-o'-lantern — is lit.

Kevin Roberts, a lecturer in Monmouth College's English department, has noticed that trend, leading him to create a lit course, "Ghost Stories."

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 27, 2022) — Scheduled just one day before Halloween, the annual fall concert for Monmouth College's Wind Ensemble will indeed touch on the spooky holiday as part of its overall theme of "A Fall Cornucopia."

Playing for the first time under new director Justin Swearinger, the Wind Ensemble will perform at 4PM, October 30, in the College's Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.

IOWA CITY, IOWA (October 25, 2022) — The University of Iowa is celebrating Homecoming this week and that means the fourteen-member executive council is busy, really busy.

Madysen Robinson of Davenport (52806)

President Andrea Kathryn Talentino at the October 15 inauguration ceremony at Augustana College

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 25, 2022) — Augustana College selected forty students to serve as honored student delegates at the October 15 inauguration ceremony of Andrea Kathryn Talentino.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (October 25, 2022) — Students and staff in nineteen Iowa schools, along with visitors to eleven Iowa community spaces, parks, and trails now have better access to convenient Elkay water-bottle filling stations. Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation, along with public and private partners, donated $185,000 in the sixth year of the Rethink Your Drink program.

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (October 25, 2022) — Knox College is introducing its new Prairie Fire Flagship Match financial-aid program for students applying to Knox for the fall of 2023. The Prairie Fire Flagship Match guarantees admitted students from 39 eligible states, including Illinois, pay no more to attend Knox than their home state's flagship public university. Students from other states — and international students — pay no more than the cost of Illinois' flagship rate.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 25, 2022) — Monmouth College's first staging of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in more than 70 years set a high bar for the rest of the 2022-23 theatre season, but there are still three full-length productions to try and top it.

CLINTON, IOWA (October 13, 2022) — Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) is bringing the community together to celebrate the grand opening of Clinton Community College’s Clinton Career Advancement Center

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