18 Sep 2024

Two September 26 Events at Monmouth College

By Barry McNamara

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 18, 2024) — An award-winning history professor from Rutgers University will help Monmouth College kick off a series of events funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Earlier this year, Monmouth College received a $149,965 grant from the NEH to fund a three-year history project about west central Illinois, titled "Resituating the Humanities in Place-Based Learning."

18 Sep 2024

St Ambrose University First in Iowa to Join Common App's Direct Admissions Program to Provide First-Generation and Low-Income Students with Proactive Admissions Offers

By Brian Boesen

DAVENPORT, IOWA (September 18, 2024) — St Ambrose University is excited to announce its participation in Common App’s Direct Admissions program for 2024-2025. St Ambrose, located in Davenport, Iowa, is the first higher education institution in the state to join the innovative nationwide program. The initiative is designed to give more than 400,000 first-generation and low-income students, who are interested in college, access to a valuable degree through proactive admissions offers.

18 Sep 2024

Des Moines University Chapter of Gold Humanism Honor Society Inducts 31 Students and Honored Faculty Member

By Denise Lamphier

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (September 18, 2024) — Robert Gallagher, from Bettendorf, Iowa, was one of the 31 students from the Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program, class of 2025, inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. The induction ceremony, held on June 4, 2024, also featured a keynote address by retiring faculty member, Paul Volker MD, who was also inducted into the society.

17 Sep 2024

Rededication of Stockdale Center to Highlight Monmouth College's Family Weekend, September 20-22

By Barry McNamara

The family of Cassandra Nolasco '26 (center) enjoyed the weekend's festivities last year

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 17, 2024) — A rededication of the Stockdale Center will be one of the highlights of Monmouth College's Family Weekend September 20-22, which annually brings to campus the parents, siblings, grandparents and other relatives of current students.

16 Sep 2024

Morgan Janes of Rock Island, Illinois ('25), Receives Prestigious Gilman Award for Study Away

By Nicole Lauer

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 16, 2024) — Morgan Janes ('25), a biology major from Rock Island, Illinois, was awarded a nationally-competitive Benjamin A Gilman International Scholarship for study away.

13 Sep 2024

Over 400 Des Moines University Students Receive Their First White Coat

By Denise Lamphier

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (September 13, 2024) — On, Friday, September 13, local students were among 438 Des Moines University (DMU) Medicine and Health Sciences future health-care professionals from five programs to receive their white coat during the university's annual White Coat Ceremony.

Jacob Parker of Bettendorf (52722) — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Master of Science In Biomedical Sciences

Gabriela Loiz of Davenport (52807) — Doctor of Physical Therapy

13 Sep 2024

Logan Braun of Rock Island, Illinois, Named University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Resident Assistant

By Chris Lindeke

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (September 13, 2024) — Logan Braun, from Rock Island, Illinois, who is studying Legal Studies, has been named a Resident Assistant (RA) at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for the 2024-25 academic year.

RAs are part-time student staff members who live in the residence halls with students, serve as a resource and positive role model, and help build a sense of community by hosting floor events.

12 Sep 2024

Conversation Key to Building Trust Between Agriculture Community and Consumers, Monmouth College Wiswell-Robeson Lecturer Says

By Duane Bonifer

Center for Food Integrity CEO Charlie Arnot delivers the eighth annual Monmouth College Wiswell-Robeson Lecture on September 9 in the college's Dahl Chapel and Auditorium

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 12, 2024) — Elvis Presley might have urged "a little less conversation" in his 1968 song by the same name, but that's not what Charlie Arnot counseled the agriculture community to do in the eighth annual Monmouth College Wiswell-Robeson Lecture.

12 Sep 2024

Upcoming Events at Monmouth College, September 17-19

By Barry McNamara

Former Monmouth professor Stacy Cordery's latest book is her third major biography, joining works on Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Juliette Gordon Low

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 12, 2024) — The week of September 16 will be a busy one on the Monmouth College campus and in the community, including the return of a popular luncheon and a popular professor, as well as an annual event celebrating the Constitution.

09 Sep 2024

Internships Provide Monmouth Students Valuable Experiences, Sharpen Their Professional Skills

By Barry McNamara

Anna Caster (left) was able to utilize her exercise science and psychology majors while interning at Warren Achievement Center in Monmouth

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (September 9, 2024) — For three seasons, Anna Caster ('25) of Greenfield, Indiana, and Lea Selquist ('25) of Peru, Illinois, shared playing time as goalkeepers on the Monmouth College women's soccer team.

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