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Women's Hoops Fall in Milwaukee on Saturday
The Monmouth College women's basketball team got the offense going in the second half on Saturday but it wasn't enough as they lost 68-43 at MSOE. The Scots will stay in Milwaukee for a Sunday afternoon game at Mount Mary. MSOE led 4-0 when Ashley Jo...
Dec 30, 2023, 5:41pm EST
Hill Scores 34, Plumer's Basket Leads Scots to 2OT Win
Turner Plumer (Canton, Illinois), put the Monmouth College men's basketball team up for good on Saturday with a basket at the rim with 10.8 seconds left in double overtime as the Scots held on for an 81-80 win over Aurora University. Jordan Hill (Chica...
Dec 30, 2023, 5:13pm EST
Scots Beat Westminster in Non-Conference Matchup
The Monmouth College men's basketball team won for the third time in the last 10 days as they beat Westminster College 81-73 on the road Tuesday night. The Scots (6-5) put three players in double figures and will now have 10 days off before taking the ...
Dec 19, 2023, 9:37pm EST
Coming in 2024: New look for Monmouth's Public Square, thanks to $3 million project
Slower traffic around a more scenic Public Square and additional downtown parking spaces are among the highlights of a multi-million-dollar project set to get underway in 2024 in Monmouth. One of the engineers helping to complete the "generational" pr...
Dec 19, 2023, 9:26am EST
After award-winning teaching career, Monmouth College's Peterson to begin work as U.S. asylum officer
For 25 years, Trudi Peterson has shaped Monmouth College students' lives. Now the much-honored communication studies professor will look to do the same in another role for people who have turned to the United States for help. On Dec. 18, Peterson will...
Dec 18, 2023, 12:32pm EST
Scots Put Five in Double Figures to Beat Eureka
The Monmouth College men's basketball team put five players in double figures and ran away from Eureka College for an 83-68 win on Saturday night. The Scots (5-5) used a 7-0 run to start the second half after tying the game in the final possession of t...
Dec 16, 2023, 10:31pm EST
Scots Fall to Webster on Friday
The Monmouth College women's basketball team dropped their final home game of 2023 to undefeated Webster University 98-61 on Friday afternoon. Webster scored the first four points of the game and their full-court pressure forced a couple early turnove...
Dec 15, 2023, 4:47pm EST
Martinez-Urbina commissioned as Army officer in Monmouth College ceremony
Back in May, Alexander Martinez-Urbina of Round Lake Beach, Illinois, was listed in the program for Monmouth College's 166th Commencement Exercises, along with nearly 200 other members of the Class of 2023. But on Dec. 14, he had a printed program al...
Dec 15, 2023, 11:49am EST
Monmouth College's Ogorzalek completes decade-long journey to visit every presidential library
Monmouth College and United States presidents are linked in some very interesting ways, most notably the school's 2000 Commencement address, which was delivered by the 41st chief executive, George H.W. Bush. His predecessor, Ronald Reagan, once lived j...
Dec 14, 2023, 10:41am EST
Monmouth College's top 10 stories of 2023
(Editor's Note: The entire special section, also featuring top photos and feature stories, is available here.) Extraordinary financial support and national recognition of successful teaching and outcomes were among Monmouth College's highlights of 202...
Dec 13, 2023, 4:56pm EST