MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 3, 2021) — Monmouth College's educational studies department is already on top of a major issue, helping prepare its graduates to work in rural school districts, where there has been a shortage of teachers.

Pictured from left are Shayne Sendera ('21), Kyle McEwen ('13), Mitchell Perez ('21), and Kenzi Lafferty ('19)

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 2, 2021) — Monmouth College graduates have a presence up the road from campus in Aledo, and there's room for more.

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (December 2, 2021) — Grace Stephan of Davenport, Iowa, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Stephan was initiated at The University of Kansas.

FAYETTE, IOWA (December 2, 2021) — A new "Peacock Promise" tuition award at Upper Iowa University (UIU) will make college free for many Iowa students. Beginning with the 2022-2023 academic year, the Peacock Promise will eliminate tuition for any eligible student for the Iowa Tuition Grant. The Peacock Promise turns the $6,800 Iowa Tuition Grant into a $32,589 tuition award for eligible students new to UIU's Fayette Campus.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 2, 2021) — "Christmas at Monmouth" is back in front of a live audience this year, and Monmouth College choral director Tim Pahel is thrilled for the underclassmen in the College's various musical ensembles.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 1, 2021) — The career of Monmouth College graduate Robin Ottenad Galloway is a testament to the power of liberal-arts degree. A three-decade veteran of the ice-cream industry, Galloway has also worked in the oil and automotive industries.

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 1, 2021) — If your family will have a new college freshman next year, this is a great time to look for scholarships that will help offset the cost of an education. Scholarships are considered "gift aid," meaning that they do not need to be repaid later. Some are one-time awards that can be used while a family's college savings continues to grow; others are renewable as long as the student remains eligible.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 30, 2021) — Emeritus professor of English Gary Willhardt slipped into the "Realms of Light" on November 27. He was 84 at the time of his death in Clarksville, Iowa.

In addition to teaching English at Monmouth for 33 years, Willhardt was a 1959 Monmouth graduate.

Monmouth College psychology professors Carolyn Liesen, far left, and Sydney Greenwalt, far right, took seven Monmouth students to the Tri-State Undergraduate Psychology Conference, held earlier this month in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. From left: Liesen, Abigail Schaeffer ('24), Hannah Jones ('22), Kaid Landon ('24), Ivair Pacheco ('23), Samantha Weidman ('22), Hannah Rossmiller ('23), Michaela Jelenova, and Greenwalt

back row — Directors Karen Kline-Jerome, Bruce Potts, Kent Paustian, Vice President Linda Hayes and Director Allison Beck

front row — Superintendent TJ Schneckloth, IASB Associate Executive Director of Board Leadership and Legal Services Lou Ann Gvist, and Davenport School Board President Dan Gosa.

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