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Warner, Wall Lead Scots to Sweep of Grinnell
The Monmouth College women's basketball team made it two wins in two days against Grinnell College with a 66-49 home win on Sunday. The win moves the Scots (11-6, 8-3) into a tie for second place in the Midwest Conference. Grinnell got off to a 4-0 l...
Feb 6, 2022, 6:31pm EST
Peckham, Wilson Win Events at Bob Keck Invite
The Monmouth College track and field teams competed at the Bob Keck Invite on Saturday. Hosted by Illinois Wesleyan, the Keck Invite featured teams from Division I and Division III. Jordan Peckham (Farmington, Illinois) won the 400m race in a season-...
Feb 5, 2022, 8:05pm EST
Kintigh, Morgan Lead Scots Past Grinnell
The Monmouth College women's basketball team won the front end of a home-and-home against Grinnell on Saturday. The Scots took the contest in Iowa by the final score of 74-66 as Jordan Kintigh (Goshen, Indiana) led the way with 23 points and Josie Morg...
Feb 5, 2022, 7:21pm EST
Galesburg native and Monmouth College alumnus Brian Franklin is a coffee entrepreneur
Speakers across the land couldn't articulate a commencement message any better or more concisely than Monmouth College alumnus Brian Franklin '95. "The end of college is just the beginning," said Franklin, when asked to offer advice to seniors at his...
Feb 3, 2022, 4:37pm EST
After two-year wait, Lauren Gunderson's 'The Revolutionists' to be staged at Monmouth College Feb. 17-20
The next production in Monmouth College's 2021-22 theatre season -- Lauren Gunderson's "The Revolutionists" -- has been "two years in the making." Originally scheduled on campus for the spring of 2020, the comedy was a casualty of the early days of t...
Feb 2, 2022, 3:00pm EST
Monmouth College faculty member, alumnus Johnson creates scholarship in honor of parents
Before he became a popular Monmouth College lecturer, political campaign consultant and host of the successful Heartland Politics public radio program and podcast, Robin Johnson was a first-generation college student finding his way. Johnson, who grad...
Jan 31, 2022, 11:39am EST
Metcalf Scores 26 but Scots Fall to Knox Saturday
The Monmouth College men's basketball team rallied late but couldn't catch up to Knox in a 79-72 home loss on Saturday. Jordan Metcalf (Aledo, Illinois) posted a 26-point, 11-rebound double-double in the setback. The teams traded baskets early with th...
Jan 29, 2022, 7:22pm EST
Women's Basketball Falls to Knox Saturday
The Monmouth College women's basketball team lost their second straight game with a 67-59 loss to Knox on Saturday. The Scots are now 8-5 on the season, 5-2 in Midwest Conference action. Knox jumped out to an early lead with a 9-0 run as they went on...
Jan 29, 2022, 7:04pm EST
Theme of Monmouth College's Black History Month celebration is 'Champion for Change'
Monmouth College's celebration of Black History Month in February pays tribute to an important local figure from the 19th century. This year's theme "Champion for Change" honors Champion Miller, a Black man who was a distinguished member of the Monmou...
Jan 28, 2022, 4:39pm EST
Great Decisions set to begin 42nd year at Monmouth College with Feb. 2 discussion of Russia and the U.S.
With tensions building between the United States and Russia over Moscow's involvement in Ukraine, the first topic of Monmouth College's Great Decisions discussion forum of 2022 could not be more timely. Monmouth political science professor Michael Nel...
Jan 28, 2022, 12:00pm EST