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Gift from area stargazer John Turnbull, 11-inch telescope 'fits a niche' at Monmouth College
Monmouth resident John Turnbull is "Sirius" about stargazing. So serious, in fact, that he's owned several telescopes through the years. That includes an 11-inch Celestron telescope that Monmouth College recently received from Turnbull as a gift-in-k...
Jul 8, 2024, 12:17pm EDT
Monmouth College faculty, staff offer titles that make Olympics, an American pastime more enjoyable
By Barry McNamara Monmouth College Office of Communications and Marketing In preparation for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, which will be held July 26-Aug. 11 in Paris, I asked several Monmouth College employees for help in crafting a reading list ...
Jul 5, 2024, 2:56pm EDT
Megan McGruder named Monmouth College's director of student well-being
Beginning July 15, Monmouth College will have a new director of student well-being. Licensed clinical professional counselor Megan McGruder has been named to the position that helps support Monmouth students' mental health needs. She's spent the past...
Jul 2, 2024, 11:38am EDT
Central Illinois Native Tyler Inselmann Named Softball Head Coach
Central Illinois native Tyler Inselmann has been named Monmouth College softball coach. Inselmann has been part of the Monmouth softball staff for the last two seasons as an assistant coach. "Tyler emerged as the most logical choice during the search ...
Jul 1, 2024, 2:54pm EDT
Dusty Scott '03 dives into the details of creating Monmouth College President Clarence Wyatt's official portrait
There's something about the final semester that brings out the best in Dusty Scott. As a Monmouth College senior in 2003, Scott was coming to terms with the reality that he might graduate in a few weeks without a girlfriend. But then he and his frien...
Jun 25, 2024, 11:53am EDT
A presidential retrospective: Clarence Wyatt looks back on his decade at Monmouth College
Earlier this month, outgoing Monmouth College president Clarence Wyatt attended the 50th reunion of his graduating class at Christian County High School in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Just a few months after he received his high school diploma in 1974, Wya...
Jun 24, 2024, 11:20am EDT
Monmouth College's April Zorn Memorial Stadium undergoing $1.6 million makeover
During his days as a Monmouth College student in the early 1980s, Roger Haynes was once tasked by the athletic department with an important nightshift - guarding the Fighting Scots' track from dusk to dawn during a key time in the installation of its t...
Jun 24, 2024, 11:12am EDT
Work by Monmouth alumnae, students part of International Women in Engineering Day on June 23
#Enhancedbyengineering. That's the theme of this year's International Women in Engineering Day. The June 23 observance promotes the work that women engineers across the globe are doing. And "across the globe" very much includes the Monmouth College...
Jun 21, 2024, 1:38pm EDT
Retiring Monmouth College professor Brad Sturgeon made contributions in teaching, service, scholarship
Established in 2004, Monmouth College's Hatch Awards recognize outstanding work by its faculty in the areas of teaching, scholarship and service. Three years after the award program was established, Brad Sturgeon joined Monmouth's faculty as its phys...
Jun 18, 2024, 3:13pm EDT
Monmouth College student Kailyn Gore honored as Newman Civic Fellow for commitment to solving public problems
An "exemplary student and innovative leader" from Monmouth College is among the students nationwide recognized as a 2024-25 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow. Kailyn Gore '26 of Marlton, New Jersey, received the honor after being nominated by Monmout...
Jun 13, 2024, 2:55pm EDT