28 Aug 2026

Monmouth College Earns National Honor for Welcoming Transfer Students with Open Arms

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 28, 2026) — For the sixth straight year, Monmouth College has been named to Phi Theta Kappa's Transfer Honor Roll, recognizing institutions that demonstrate excellence in creating and supporting pathways for community college transfer students. This year, only 275 schools earned the prestigious recognition.

28 Aug 2026

Des Moines University Clinic Welcomes First Psychology Intern

By Denise Lamphier

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 28, 2026) — For the first time, Des Moines University Clinic has a psychology intern on its team, providing advanced clinical training while expanding access to mental-health care.

28 Aug 2026

Western Illinois University Rings in New School Year with Carillon Challenge

By Drew Donahoo

MACOMB, ILLINOIS (August 28, 2026) — Since 1939, the sound of the Western Illinois University carillon has been part of the Leatherneck experience, marking the hours, welcoming students and carrying traditions like “Western Loyalty” across campus. Larry Ferrere (`81) recently committed a generous gift and challenged the WIU community to help restore and modernize this iconic campus staple, ensuring it continues to ring for future generations of Leathernecks.

28 Aug 2026

Thousands of Children Across the United States Waiting for a Permanent Family: Iowa Non-Profit Encourages Everyone to Help

By Diana Lang PhD

AMES, IOWA (August 28, 2026) — Across the nation, many children have lost their legal relationship with every parent — and are waiting to be adopted by a permanent, safe, loving family. Children enter foster care because of circumstances they did not create (typically related to abuse, neglect, or unsafe living conditions). They may experience separation from siblings, multiple placements, trauma, uncertainty, years in temporary care, and aging out of the foster care system.

28 Aug 2026

Great Oaks High School and Career Center to Celebrate Davenport Opening with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

By Stacey Cassidy

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 28, 2026) — Great Oaks High School and Career Center will celebrate the opening of its new Davenport campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, September 30, 11AM. with Education Champion Governor Kim Reynolds in attendance alongside students, families, school leaders, and community partners. This will be held at 3562 Brady Street Davenport, Iowa, 52806.

28 Aug 2026

University of Dubuque Fosters Student Success, Advances Academic Excellence, and Supports Growth and Innovation Through New Academic Structure

By Stacey Ortman

DUBUQUE, IOWA (August 28, 2026) — After several years of significant growth and change, this academic year the University of Dubuque (UD) implemented a recalibrated Office of Academic Affairs structure that will enhance both longstanding and new programs. The recalibration moved UD from one seminary, one college, and seventeen departments to one seminary, two colleges, and five schools.

27 Aug 2026

Let the College Experience Begin: Monmouth Welcomes 270 New Students

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 27, 2026) — This year's matriculation ceremony at Monmouth College was a new experience, in many more ways than one.

For starters, it was held inside the college's air-conditioned Dahl Chapel on a Tuesday morning, rather than outside in front of Wallace Hall on a hot and humid Saturday afternoon.

So many questions

27 Aug 2026

Hannah Highberger of Bettendorf, Iowa, Selected to Nebraska Business Honors Academy

By Sean Hagewood

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (August 27, 2026) — Hannah Highberger of Bettendorf, Iowa, a recent graduate of Pleasant Valley High School, is among 41 incoming first-year students selected to join the Nebraska Business Honors Academy at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall. Comprising the academy's fourteenth cohort, the students hail from eight US states and sixteen Nebraska communities.

Highberger is majoring in accounting.

25 Aug 2026

Flat Tires, The Dark Tetrad, and Customized Bone Replacements

By Barry McNamara

Faculty member James Godde (on bike) is pictured with the four students he led on a tour of Wisconsin. From the left are Calvin Cotton, Grant Haste, Lennon Klinck and Lexi Serpette

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 25, 2026) — Steep hills. Dehydration. Uncooperative tents. Cold. Flat tires. Balky gears. The police.

25 Aug 2026

Augustana College’s Engineering Program Earns ABET Accreditation

By Joushua Blount

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 25, 2026) — Augustana College’s Bachelor of Science degree program in Engineering has been accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, a non-profit, ISO 9001-certified quality-assurance organization. Through the accreditation of academic programs, recognition of credentials, and assessment of student learning, ABET supports excellence in education worldwide. The accreditation is effective October 1, 2024.

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