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Scots Track & Field Grab Multiple Individual Wins at Snow Bird Invite
The men's and women's track and field teams began their indoor season on Saturday at the Snow Bird Invite, hosted by Illinois College in Jacksonville. Among the female winners for the Scots on Saturday were: Kara Fisher (Monmouth, Illinois) in the ...
Jan 22, 2022, 7:35pm EST

Morgan, Wall Leads Scots Past Vikings Saturday
The Monmouth College women's basketball team returned to action with a resounding 71-43 win over Lawrence University on Saturday. The win is the 14th straight at Glennie Gym for the Scots (7-3, 4-0) as they begin a stretch of four games in eight days a...
Jan 22, 2022, 7:03pm EST

Men's Hoops Fall to Lawrence Saturday
The Monmouth College men's basketball team played their first game since December 31, falling at home to Lawrence University 78-51 on Saturday afternoon. The game starts a stretch of four games in eight days as the Fighting Scots fall to 2-10 overall, ...
Jan 22, 2022, 6:59pm EST

Trust gift establishes Monmouth College's Marion Austin Jones Endowed Professorship in Theatre
Family ties that go back more than a century are part of the impetus behind a new endowed professorship at Monmouth College. Through a trust gift from their late father, Addison Jones, brothers Austin Jones and David Jones have established the Marion ...
Jan 20, 2022, 5:36pm EST

Central Illinois Native and Monmouth Alum Hired as Baseball Assistant Coach
Monmouth College alum Jake Starkey already has his name all over the Fighting Scots baseball record books and now he's added the title of full-time assistant coach for his alma mater. Starkey, a 2019 Monmouth College graduate, joined the staff in Dece...
Jan 20, 2022, 2:38pm EST
Monmouth College's Gabriela Madu makes singing, acting history at regional theatre festival
Judges at this month's Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival loved Monmouth College junior Gabriela Madu. That was the theatre department's major takeaway from the Kennedy Center's Region 3 festival, where Madu made history, not once, but t...
Jan 19, 2022, 5:35pm EST

Former Monmouth Track Star Kenzie Baker Named Assistant Coach
Former Monmouth College All-American Kenzie Baker has been hired as a full-time Fighting Scots track and field assistant coach. Baker, a native of Aledo, Illinois, graduated from Monmouth in May 2021 and stared with the Scots in December. Baker was an...
Jan 19, 2022, 2:42pm EST

Monmouth College 'Light This Candle' Campaign Reaches $70.4 Million
With 11 months remaining, the Monmouth College Light This Candle Campaign has raised more than 94% of its $75 million goal. The Campaign, which ends Dec. 31, has raised more than $70.4 million. "I am quite pleased with the Campaign reaching the $70 m...
Jan 19, 2022, 4:00am EST

Monmouth College group spends first days of 2022 in 'fabulous' country of El Salvador
Folks around Monmouth spent Jan. 1 watching bowl games, shoveling eight inches of snow and, perhaps, sleeping in after a rockin' New Year's Eve. A group from Monmouth College celebrated the first day of 2022 in a much more adventurous fashion, traveli...
Jan 17, 2022, 12:28pm EST

Monmouth College to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with talk about 'Sowing Seeds of Legacy'
Monmouth College will commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a talk by alumnus Ed Wimp '12 at noon on Jan. 17 in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. The title of Wimp's talk is "Sowing Seeds of Legacy." It was originally scheduled to be given ...
Jan 14, 2022, 3:10pm EST