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Monmouth College Senior Profile: Julia Oakson
Senior Julia Oakson of Lombard, Illinois, has enjoyed and benefited from her time at Monmouth College, but the Goldsborough Scholar has also been keenly aware throughout her time as a student that there's a big world out there waiting to be explored. ...
Feb 7, 2022, 5:30pm EST

Josie Morgan Named MWC Performer of Week
Monmouth College women's basketball senior Josie Morgan (Washington, Illinois) was named the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week on Monday. In four games last week Morgan scored 51 points, grabbed 24 rebounds and handed out 19 assists as the Scots...
Feb 7, 2022, 4:31pm EST

Metcalf, Ewald Combine for 51 Points in Loss to Grinnell
The Monmouth College men's basketball team kept it close throughout but ultimately lost at home to Grinnell College 101-91 on Sunday. The Scots (3-16, 2-9) lost at Grinnell by 52 on Saturday and were within single digits late on Sunday before the Pione...
Feb 6, 2022, 6:41pm EST

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