Recent News
New issue of Monmouth's Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research explores diverse range of disciplines, including shortage of teachers in Illinois
The Illinois educator shortage - an issue that Monmouth College is taking an active role in trying to solve - is just one of the topics addressed in the new edition of the College's Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research, which is now available in p...
Jun 10, 2024, 12:34pm EDT
Partnership between Monmouth, ROE focused on helping more students attend college
The Illinois Regional Office of Education #33 and Monmouth College have announced a new partnership to better serve students in Henderson, Knox, Mercer and Warren counties. The goal of the partnership - which includes all educational institutions in ...
Jun 6, 2024, 3:13pm EDT
Liberal arts farming: Monmouth College's Educational Farm & Garden offers life lessons to crew, area schoolchildren
School may be out for the summer, but that doesn't mean questions like the following ever go away. Complete the following sentence: The Monmouth College Educational Farm and Garden is a) a laboratory, b) a classroom; c) a canvas; or d) all of the above...
Jun 6, 2024, 11:43am EDT
Looking for a good summer read? Monmouth faculty, staff suggest several titles
Long summer days make it a perfect season for reading, and members of the Monmouth College community have several recommendations to help people fill out their hours. Among the books recommended are titles connected to the 60th anniversary of the Civi...
Jun 5, 2024, 4:01pm EDT
Monmouth College emeritus professor William Urban to be honored by colleagues, students with 'Festschrift'
William L. Urban, who taught history at Monmouth College for nearly a half century, will be honored by former colleagues, students and friends with a Festschrift. The emeritus Lee L. Morgan Professor of History and International Studies and his wife, ...
Jun 4, 2024, 12:47pm EDT
Kellogg Printing, a business partner of Monmouth College, celebrates 100 years
Last month, Monmouth College held its 167th Commencement Exercises. Not long after the College staged its 100th Commencement in the late 1950s, Kellogg Printing began producing the program for the ceremony, and the Monmouth company has been doing it ev...
Jun 3, 2024, 4:30pm EDT
Monmouth College's Craig Vivian is officially retired as a professor, but his teaching days are far from over
Craig Vivian has retired from being an educational studies professor at Monmouth College, but it would be incorrect to say he's retired from teaching. The lifelong learner has also instructed, in one capacity or another, throughout his adult life, and ...
May 30, 2024, 10:39am EDT
Central Intermediate School students get to be a Scot for a Day at Monmouth College
While learning what it was like to be a college student in today's world, sixth graders from Monmouth's Central Intermediate School also got a taste of what it was like a century ago. The Scot for a Day participants were escorted all over the Monmout...
May 29, 2024, 2:52pm EDT
Toberman Finishes 11th in Discus at National Championships
Monmouth College thrower Caleb Toberman (Clifton, Illinois) finished 11th in the discus at the NCAA Division III Track & Field National Championships on Thursday. As a result he earned Second-Team All-American status for the outdoor season to go with h...
May 23, 2024, 1:24pm EDT
Several 2024 classmates ended their time at Monmouth College as couples
As actress Sigourney Weaver and director/producer Jim Simpson related how their creative partnership has flourished over the past four decades during their Monmouth College Commencement address on May 19, members of the Class of 2024 listened intently,...
May 20, 2024, 1:09pm EDT
