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Monmouth College's WPFS to join in celebration of National College Radio Day on Oct. 5

Amidst all the festivities surrounding Monmouth College's Homecoming, another event is worthy of celebration: Oct. 5 is National College Radio Day, and the College's WPFS-FM is participating. For almost 10 years, the College Radio Foundation has pro...

Oct 4, 2018, 4:18pm EDT

Upcoming events at Monmouth College

Monmouth collage exhibit the work of art professor Stephanie Baugh "Objects & Experience," a collection of 36 collage pieces by Monmouth College art professor Stephanie Baugh, is on display in the College's Len G. Everett Gallery in Hewes Libra...

Oct 4, 2018, 10:33am EDT

The Monmouth College Pipe Band leads the Fighting Scots football team onto Bobby Woll Field at April Zorn Memorial Stadium prior to last year's Homecoming game.

Monmouth College Homecoming set for Oct. 5-7

More than 500 guests are expected to help celebrate Monmouth College's 2018 Homecoming weekend Oct. 5-7. Events will include award ceremonies, reunions, a parade, a football game against Grinnell College, a pre-game alumni gathering and a Saturday nigh...

Sep 26, 2018, 4:14pm EDT

Monmouth classics professor Bob Simmons (left) makes a point during this file photo from a Classics Day event in 2016.

Monmouth College's Classics Day IV an opportunity for immersion into ancient world

Visitors who attend Monmouth College's Classics Day IV on Sept. 29 might feel they've traveled back in time by about 2,000 years. "Classics Day is an immersion into times and places that they would not otherwise have the opportunity to be immersed i...

Sep 24, 2018, 10:20am EDT

Monmouth College's Hutchinson selected to attend NCAA institute

Monmouth College Vice President for Student Life & Dean of Students Laura Hutchinson has been selected to attend the National Collegiate Athletic Association's annual convention in January, participating in its Division III Athletics Direct Report Inst...

Sep 21, 2018, 11:06am EDT

Sarah Poirier, a Monmouth College freshman from Lombard, Ill., works with a sample during a lab session on the day that phage was successfully isolated at Monmouth.

Monmouth College students discovering 'new knowledge' through phage-hunting course

Let the record show that Sept. 18, 2018, was the day that phage was found at Monmouth College. "We have liftoff," said biology professor Eric Engstrom, who teaches the College's phage-hunting course with department colleague Tim Tibbetts. "Our stude...

Sep 21, 2018, 10:45am EDT

Anti-racism activist Jane Elliott to speak Sept. 26 at Monmouth College

Renowned educator and activist Jane Elliott will bring her anti-racism message to Monmouth College. Elliott will speak about "The Anatomy of Prejudice: Jane Elliott Public" at 6 p.m. Sept. 26 in the College's Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. Her talk, wh...

Sep 18, 2018, 3:50pm EDT

Monmouth College to observe Constitution Day with discussion about presidential powers

Presidential powers and constraints will be discussed by three Monmouth College political science professors to commemorate this year's Constitution Day. Titled "Article II: Checks and Balances and Presidential Powers," the discussion will be held a...

Sep 17, 2018, 12:26pm EDT

Monmouth College students and their families always seem to be smiling during Family Weekend. The College will host its annual three-day event Sept. 21-23.

Sept. 20-23 events at Monmouth College

Monmouth Associates program kicks off with talk about study-abroad trip to Sumatra A program about a recent study-abroad trip to Southeast Asia will kick off the 2018-19 Monmouth College Associates luncheon series. Monmouth biology professor...

Sep 14, 2018, 9:45am EDT

Monmouth College Receives $200,000 Grant from Mellon Foundation

Monmouth College has received a grant from one of the largest foundations in the United States to strengthen its liberal arts curriculum. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York has given the College a $200,000 grant to revise and bolster its in...

Sep 13, 2018, 6:43pm EDT

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Founded in 1853 and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Monmouth College provides a transformative educational experience within a caring community of learners. A residential liberal arts college that is the birthplace of the women's fraternity movement, Monmouth College empowers students to realize their full potential, live meaningful lives, pursue successful careers, and shape their communities and the world through service and leadership.