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Monmouth College Named a Top 30 College for Social Mobility by 'U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges' Guide
Monmouth College is one of the best colleges in the country when it comes to providing students a path to social mobility. In the 2024 issue of the U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges guide, released Sept. 18, Monmouth is ranked No. 29 among Nati...
Sep 18, 2023, 12:10am EDT
Bossert Second, Stevens Fourth at Fighting Scot Invite
The Monmouth College golf teams hosted the fall Fighting Scots Invite this weekend at a soggy Gibson Woods Golf Course. Briggs Bossert (Evanston, Illinois) finished second overall in the men's event while Amanda Stevens (Mason City, Illinois) finished ...
Sep 17, 2023, 7:46pm EDT
Tennis Battles but Falls to Cornell and Grinnell on Saturday
The Monmouth College women's team started Midwest Conference play with a pair of losses on Saturday. The Scots won a match against perennial champions Grinnell for the first time in over a decade and then lost to Cornell 5-4. In the Grinnell match, Mo...
Sep 16, 2023, 8:48pm EDT
Volleyball Wins Twice on Saturday
The Monmouth College volleyball team won twice on Saturday at the Loras Invite. Monmouth beat St. Mary's in five sets and then swept St. Scholastica in the second match. The Scots jumped out to the lead in the first set, going on top 2-0 with a kill ...
Sep 16, 2023, 8:00pm EDT
Scots Knock Off Vikings 70-13
The Monmouth College football team racked up 660 total yards and 70 points on Saturday in a 70-13 road win over Lawrence University. The Scots (2-1, 2-0) had touchdowns from eight different players, including four first-time scorers in the win. The f...
Sep 16, 2023, 7:43pm EDT
Scots Draw Augustana on Senior Day
The Monmouth College women's soccer team scored first and last in a 2-2 home draw against Augustana on Saturday afternoon. The Scots (2-3-2) celebrated senior day and honored five seniors pregame. Senior Jae Mitchell (Rockford, Illinois) put the Scot...
Sep 16, 2023, 3:39pm EDT
Volleyball Falls Twice on Friday
The Monmouth College volleyball team lost twice on Friday at the Loras Invite in Dubuque, Iowa. The Scots pushed host Loras to four sets in an opening 25-14, 23-25, 25-16, 25-15 loss and then fell to Central 25-16, 25-16, 25-15. The Scots jumped out t...
Sep 15, 2023, 9:37pm EDT
Scots Runners Set Personal Bests in Bradley Meet
A number of Monmouth College cross country runners set season and lifetime personal bests on Friday as both the men's and women's teams competed in the Bradley Intercollegiate. The event, at Peoria's famed Detweiller Park, included teams from Division ...
Sep 15, 2023, 9:21pm EDT
Monmouth College professor says U.S. is closely watching the increase of coups in Africa
If a government falls in Africa, does it make a sound in the United States? The answer, said Monmouth College professor of political science Michael Nelson, is a definitive, "Yes." Prior to joining Monmouth's faculty in 2017, Nelson served as chair ...
Sep 14, 2023, 2:38pm EDT
Krisher to open Monmouth Associates series with Sept. 18 talk on Galapagos Islands
What it's like to live and work on the Galapagos Islands will kick off this year's Monmouth Associates series, a college-community luncheon series featuring Monmouth College speakers. Kristy Krisher, who serves as Monmouth's associate director of empl...
Sep 14, 2023, 11:03am EDT