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Monmouth College class shines spotlight on 'Voices of Maytag,' 15 years after factory's closing
Fifteen years ago, the region lost one of its leading employers when Maytag closed its Galesburg, Ill., factory, throwing 1,600 people out of work. Monmouth College students spent the spring semester exploring how the loss of those 1,600 jobs affect...
May 16, 2019, 5:28pm EDT
'Monmouth in Merida' to be discussed at final Associates program on May 16
A popular site for tourists, Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula has also been the site for the past three springs of a semester-abroad experience for Monmouth College students. At the final Monmouth Associates program of the academic year on May 16, Monmout...
May 13, 2019, 10:37am EDT
Monmouth College Class of 2019 told they have the courage to meet life's adversities
Every year, Monmouth College plans to hold its commencement exercises on majestic Wallace Hall Plaza, its campus's beautiful front lawn. Plans changed this year, as saturated grounds, a temperature that struggled to reach 50 degrees and even more ra...
May 12, 2019, 5:03pm EDT
Weather forces Monmouth College's 162nd commencement ceremony inside
Monmouth College's 162nd commencement ceremony at noon Sunday, May 12, will be held in the College's Huff Athletic Center. College officials decided to move outdoor commencement activities inside because recent rains have saturated campus grounds an...
May 9, 2019, 5:14pm EDT
Growing comfortable being uncomfortable was key for leadership award recipient
There were no acceptance speeches at last month's Highlander Leadership Awards at Monmouth College. But if there had been, Larry Haynes could have given an inspiring message about leadership and community. A graduating senior from Chicago, Haynes...
May 8, 2019, 10:02am EDT
Retiring Monmouth College professor Kristin Larson's next chapter to be in Senegal
Longtime Monmouth College psychology professor Kristin Larson is retiring, but she won't stay idle for long. Starting June 10, Larson will begin training to be a staff member with Mercy Ships, an organization that serves "the world's forgotten poor"...
May 8, 2019, 9:58am EDT
Leader of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to speak at Monmouth College's baccalaureate service
Monmouth College's baccalaureate service will once again be a festive affair, featuring several special music performances. The service will be held at 2 p.m. May 11 in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium, the day before the College's 162nd Commencement Exer...
May 7, 2019, 9:51am EDT
Brinkmeier ready for a classroom all her own after graduating from Monmouth College
Growing up, one of Keeley Brinkmeier's joys was to gather some of her mother's teaching supplies and "play school." In a few short months following her Monmouth College graduation, the educational studies major will have her own classroom full of st...
May 6, 2019, 6:05pm EDT
McMillan retiring after 25 years at Monmouth College as a distinguished business professor
Ken McMillan is moving on to his next challenge. And judging from how his garden is already flourishing, that challenge will be another in a long line of successes for the retiring Monmouth College business professor. Over the course of two stint...
May 6, 2019, 6:02pm EDT
Inspirational speaker Ron Gold to address Monmouth College's Class of 2019 on May 12
Inspirational speaker Ron Gold will address more than 180 graduates at Monmouth College's 162nd Commencement exercises, to be held at noon May 12 on the Wallace Hall Plaza. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the Huff At...
May 3, 2019, 11:59am EDT
