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After 17-year journey, Monmouth College classics professor Bob Simmons celebrates his first book with 'amusement, relief, satisfaction'
Students who occasionally miss a deadline for an assignment will be pleased to know there is at least one Monmouth College professor who can lend a sympathetic ear. More than a year after he was granted a three-month deadline extension, Monmouth clas...
Feb 15, 2023, 2:53pm EST
Shorthanded Scots Fall at Cornell on Tuesday, Rematch Set for Next Friday
Apologies for the Wednesday morning send, MERIT was down Tuesday night after 10 pm. - The Monmouth College men's basketball team played short-handed in the regular-season finale and lost 80-75 at Cornell on Tuesday. The Fighting Scots (14-11, 10-6...
Feb 15, 2023, 10:25am EST
Women's Basketball Drops Season Finale at Cornell
The Monmouth College women's basketball team lost their season finale 66-55 at Cornell College on Tuesday night. The Fighting Scots (10-15, 6-10) were officially eliminated from Midwest Conference tournament contention with the loss to the third-place ...
Feb 14, 2023, 11:07pm EST
Monmouth College's 'Light This Candle Campaign' Smashes Its $75 Million Goal, Raises a Record $80.1 Million
Monmouth College has completed a record-setting campaign that will help set the College's course throughout the rest of the decade. The College's Light This Candle Campaign, which was launched publicly in March 2019, had a goal of raising $75 million ...
Feb 14, 2023, 5:00am EST
Scots Win 12 Events at Roger Haynes Invitational
The Monmouth College track and field teams had multiple winners in front of a boisterous home crowd at the first-ever Roger Haynes Invitational on Saturday. The men won seven individual events and swept the relays while the women won three events as mo...
Feb 11, 2023, 10:33pm EST
Scots Close in on MWC Touranment Berth with Saturday Win
The Monmouth College men's basketball team made 12 3-pointers to build an early lead before hanging on to win at Ripon 82-73 Saturday afternoon The Fighting Scots (14-10, 10-5) are back in second place in the Midwest Conference and assured of finishing...
Feb 11, 2023, 6:34pm EST
Wall Scores 17 but Scots Fall at Ripon
The Monmouth College women's basketball team fell to Ripon College 69-49 on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (10-14, 6-9) will wrap up the regular season on Tuesday at Cornell. Ripon got off to a hot start with an 8-0 lead before Lily Harlan (Washington, ...
Feb 11, 2023, 5:34pm EST
Distinguished Monmouth College alum Fujita '92 featured in video from Office of Prime Minister of Japan
If Monmouth College students are looking for inspiration in the early days of the spring semester, they would be wise to watch a four-minute video recently released by the Office of the Prime Minister of Japan, which highlights the remarkable career of...
Feb 10, 2023, 9:38am EST
Monmouth College's Fox Classics Lecture on Feb. 20 will show that ancient Athens had bad citizens, too
The pandemic and many other controversies over the past few years have shed light on the different ways that Americans define good citizenship in our democratic republic. An upcoming talk at Monmouth College will provide perspective on how democratic A...
Feb 9, 2023, 9:30am EST
Scots Put Five in Double Figures to Sweep Knox
The Monmouth College men's basketball team put all five players in double figures and completed the season sweep of Knox with an 86-80 home win on Wednesday. The Fighting Scots (13-10, 9-5) are in third place in the Midwest Conference with two games le...
Feb 8, 2023, 11:40pm EST