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Advice from Monmouth College's A-list Commencement speakers Sigourney Weaver and Jim Simpson impresses members of the College's Class of 2024
From all accounts, the 167th Commencement Exercises at Monmouth College on Sunday, May 19, were a huge success. From the warm and sunny spring day that allowed for an outdoor ceremony on the College's Wallace Hall Plaza, to the traditional pageantry o...
May 19, 2024, 7:42pm EDT
Toberman Set School Discus Record at Augustana Qualifier
A week after winning three Midwest Conference titles, Caleb Toberman (Clifton, Illinois) broke a 10-year-old Monmouth school record in the discus on Thursday. Throwing at the Augustana Last Chance Qualifier, Tobermen sailed the discus 52.66m to break t...
May 16, 2024, 9:28pm EDT
Matkovic Named Second-Team All-Conference for Baseball
The Monmouth College baseball team had one All-Conference selection on Thursday as sophomore outfielder Clayton Matkovic (Sherrard, Illinois) made the Midwest Conference Second Team. Matkovic led the Scots with an overall batting average of .340 on the...
May 16, 2024, 11:50am EDT
Monmouth College senior Rahm Pandey attended every single class - about 1,500 of them
When it comes to his academic record at Monmouth College, Rahm Pandey is batting 1.000. And it's not because of a small sample size. Over the course of his four years at Monmouth, the classics and accounting major has attended roughly 1,500 class ses...
May 16, 2024, 10:34am EDT
Monmouth College thrower, Greek life leader Maddie Boley in rare air
The storied history of women's track and field at Monmouth College has a very short list of Fighting Scots throwers who rank in the top eight of the discus, hammer and shot put. That list is even shorter when being the recipient of an Order of Omega n...
May 15, 2024, 5:57pm EDT
A pipe dream come true: Aledo's Kelly '24 to direct Monmouth College's athletic bands
During his four years as a Monmouth College student, Elijah Kelly has been a member of just about every musical ensemble the school has to offer. Starting the day after his graduation from Monmouth on May 19, Kelly will be in charge of two of those g...
May 14, 2024, 9:07am EDT
Monmouth College's First Destination Survey shows 98% of the Class of '23 at work or in school
It's been almost a year since Monmouth College graduated its Class of 2023, and nearly all of its members are either employed or continuing their education. According to the College's annual First Destination Survey, which tracks information from with...
May 13, 2024, 12:17pm EDT
Ashby, Powers Named Second-Team Softball All-Conference
The Monmouth College softball team put two players on the Midwest Conference Second-Team as All-Conference awards were announced. Infielder Karliegh Ashby (Monmouth, Illinois) and catcher Savannah Powers (Volo, Illinois) earned the honors for the Scots...
May 12, 2024, 3:06pm EDT
Boley, Toberman Lead Scots at MWC Champonships
The Monmouth College track and field teams claimed six more titles on Saturday and finished the MWC Outdoor Championships with nine titles. Caleb Toberman (Clifton, Illinois) and Maddie Boley (Beecher, Illinois) swept their three throwing events and Bo...
May 11, 2024, 7:23pm EDT
Toberman, Boley, Hursey Win Titles at MWC Championships
The Monmouth College track and field teams competed in the first day of the Midwest Conference Championships on Friday at Illinois College. The Scots claimed four individual titles on Friday and heading into Saturday's final day, the men are in fourth ...
May 10, 2024, 9:24pm EDT