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Nick Ehlen named Monmouth College's director of campus safety
Nick Ehlen has been named Monmouth College director of campus safety. Ehlen joined the College's staff in 2015 and returned three years ago to work alongside the previous director, Andy Davis, who resigned his position earlier this summer to take a ...
Jul 30, 2020, 10:28am EDT
Monmouth College's Ambrosch designs new logo for Warren County Public Library
One of the City of Monmouth's oldest organizations has a brand new logo, thanks to the efforts of a Monmouth College student. Mamie Ambrosch '21 of Metamora, Ill., designed a logo for the Warren County Public Library through a class taught by Monmou...
Jul 29, 2020, 9:20am EDT
CORRECTION: Scots' Volleyball Posts Record Team GPA, Earns Ninth National Academic Award
(NOTE: The original release refered to the 2020 season schedule. This update makes note of the Midwest Conference's decision to suspend all sports through Dec. 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) A team-record GPA has earned the Monmouth College volle...
Jul 29, 2020, 9:18am EDT
Scots' Volleyball Posts Record Team GPA, Earns Ninth National Academic Award
(NOTE: The original release refered to the 2020 season schedule. This update makes note of the Midwest Conference's decision to suspend all sports through Dec. 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.) A team-record GPA has earned the Monmouth College volle...
Jul 29, 2020, 4:00am EDT
Gift from Monmouth board member Jawaharlal '86 will boost College's technology
In an April message to his customers at Lockstep Technology Group, President and CEO Mahendran Jawaharlal wrote, "You need to count on your technology and IT services more than ever during uncertain times - and we've got your back." A 1986 Monmouth ...
Jul 28, 2020, 11:34am EDT
Monmouth College Athletics Suspended through December 31
Monmouth College athletics have been suspended through Dec. 31. The decision was made after the Midwest Conference Presidents' Council voted unanimously Monday morning to suspend all athletic competition in the 10-member conference through Dec. 31 beca...
Jul 27, 2020, 2:32pm EDT
Monmouth College receives $2 million estate gift to support the sciences
Monmouth College has received a $2 million gift to support the its science program. The gift is from the estate of Helen McNeel Wiener, a 1938 graduate who died in 2018 at the age of 102. In 2004, shortly after the death of her husband, Bernard, ...
Jul 24, 2020, 12:32pm EDT
Monmouth College receives gift to build Trubeck Amphitheater to enhance outdoor life on campus
Monmouth College students will soon have a new space for outdoor classes, fine arts performances and other campus events. Construction will begin later this summer on the Trubeck Amphitheater, which will be located behind the College's Center for Sc...
Jul 24, 2020, 9:22am EDT
Monmouth College alumna, food activist Nierenberg receives prestigious Julia Child Award
During her childhood, activist Danielle Nierenberg relied on books more than television during her leisure time. Still, the 1995 Monmouth College graduate did have a few favorite TV personalities, including one whose name is on the award that Nierenber...
Jul 23, 2020, 1:09pm EDT
Two Scots' Track Men, One Woman Earn National Academic Awards
A trio of Monmouth College track student-athletes - Austin Pfau (Leland, IL/Somonauk), Reed Wilson (Normal, IL/Community) and Cindy Ladner (Galesburg, IL/Galesburg) - are first-time recipients this year of the All-Academic honor, the highest academic h...
Jul 21, 2020, 4:00am EDT