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Monmouth College business, science students helping test cutting-edge panels for leading solar company
Monmouth College business professor Tom Prince doesn't claim to be Nostradamus, but he's pretty sure about a prediction he's made for the 2030s. "We need to take stress off the (energy) grid," Prince told his students. "Looking 10 or 20 years out, a...
Dec 9, 2020, 10:04am EST
Former Scot QB Alex Tanney Back with the Giants
After being cut by the New York Giants in September, former Monmouth College quarterback Alex Tanney rejoined the team on Saturday. Tanney, originally signed to a two-year deal in 2019, inked a practice squad deal with the Giants over the weekend. ...
Dec 7, 2020, 11:13am EST
Scots' Men's Lacrosse Regaining Momentum with Fall Practice
When we last left the Monmouth College men's lacrosse team, the Fighting Scots were six games into the season, and leading the nation in man-down defense. That was all the motivation they needed to be energized for this fall's practices. "I think we...
Dec 7, 2020, 4:00am EST
Midwest Conference Cancels Winter Sports Seasons
The Midwest Conference - of which Monmouth College is a member - will not hold winter sports during the 2020-21 school year. The Midwest Conference Presidents Council announced this morning that the conference will not sponsor league competition, in...
Dec 3, 2020, 11:00am EST
Attitude the Name of the Game for Scots' Women's Lacrosse Fall Ball
With their promising season canceled after just three games last spring, the Monmouth College women's lacrosse team entered their 2020 fall ball practice season with a bit of an attitude. "Yeah, I think the returners all had a little bit of a chip o...
Nov 30, 2020, 4:00am EST
Monmouth College Concludes 2020 Fall Semester Classes
Monmouth College 2020 fall semester classes concluded on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Final examinations and projects will take place remotely Monday, Nov. 30-Friday, Dec. 4. Upon completion of fall classes, Monmouth President Clarence R. Wyatt sent the follow...
Nov 25, 2020, 11:29am EST
Baseball's Fall Ball a Time of Rebirth for Scots
With the 2020 spring baseball season shortened to just 10 games, Monmouth College coach Alan Betourne knew his squad was ready to begin the fall ball season. "Everyone was really upbeat and excited," reported Betourne of the first practice back in S...
Nov 16, 2020, 4:00am EST
First-year Monmouth College student Charlie Conkle brings home awards from Security Savings Bank Photography Show
When it came time to pick his next school, Niles West High School graduate Charlie Conkle '24 of Morton Grove, Illinois, chose Monmouth College in large part because of the way it stood out to him at a college fair. Now it's Conkle who's standing ou...
Nov 13, 2020, 3:50pm EST
Chicago Native Dr. Harvey Echols Named to Monmouth College Board of Trustees
Dr. Harvey Echols of Jacksonville, Florida, has been named to the Monmouth College Board of Trustees. A 1981 graduate of the liberal arts college, Echols has worked in the medical profession for more than 25 years. "Dr. Echols is ideal to serve a...
Nov 13, 2020, 3:34pm EST
Scots' Braun Reflects on 21-Game Bronze Turkey Streak
Only a world war and a pandemic could stop the annual Bronze Turkey game between rivals Monmouth College and Knox College. The annual trophy game was halted from 1943-45 during World War II and in 2020 a worldwide pandemic has put the game on hold for ...
Nov 11, 2020, 4:00am EST