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Monmouth College Plans In-Person Classes in Fall
Monmouth College will fully return to in-person classes in the fall. The College has been offering students both in-person and online classes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Monmouth's first day of 2021 fall classes will be Aug. 25. The Col...
Mar 25, 2021, 3:49pm EDT
Nick Thomas Named MLC Defensive Player of Week
Senior defender Nick Thomas (Elmhurst, Illinois) helped the Monmouth College men's lacrosse team earn a season-opening win on Saturday and on Monday he was named this week's Midwest Lacrosse Conference Defensive Player of the Week. Thomas started Sa...
Mar 22, 2021, 5:06pm EDT
Donohoo Scores Five as Men's Lacrosse Wins Opener
The Monmouth College men's lacrosse team got off to a great start on Saturday as they knocked off Northland College 10-6 at April Zorn Memorial Stadium. Sophomore Kain Donohoo (St. Charles, Illinois) scored a career-high five goals, including the game-...
Mar 20, 2021, 8:19pm EDT
Political scientist will examine how Latinos have reshaped American politics during March 23 Monmouth College talk
Is America's fastest-growing racial and ethnic group making a difference on the landscape of U.S. politics? Luis Fraga, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, where he also directs its Institute for Latino Studies, is amon...
Mar 19, 2021, 9:52am EDT
Monmouth College emeritus professor Ken McMillan: U.S. economy 'is basically sound'
For a third of a century, Monmouth Rotarians have engaged in a friendly competition to forecast the year's U.S. economy. To help them make an informed guess about what 2021 holds, the Rotarians turned once again to Monmouth College emeritus professo...
Mar 18, 2021, 9:08am EDT
Women's Lacrosse Falls to Augustana Wednesady
The Monmouth College Fighting Scots women's lacrosse team were shutout 15-0 by the Augustana Vikings on Wednesday night at Thorson-Lucken Field in Rock Island. The Vikings outshot the Scots 32-8 and had three players score at least three goals as the ...
Mar 17, 2021, 10:39pm EDT
Monmouth Baseball Sweeps Saturday Doubleheader
The Monmouth Fighting Scots baseball team baseball team swept Simpson College in a doubleheader 10-7 and 4-2 Saturday at Glasgow Field. The Scots (2-2) had not played at home in 664 days and came from behind to win both games in front of a limited crow...
Mar 13, 2021, 9:38pm EST
'Inspiring public problem-solver' Hafner named Newman Civic Fellow for 2021-22
Monmouth College's Shay Hafner '22 has been named to an exemplary group of students from around the country who are looking "to change the world for the better." The data science and political science major from Sterling, Illinois, is one of 212 co...
Mar 12, 2021, 11:54am EST
Monmouth, Midwest Conference, Set Attendance Policies for Spring Sports
A limited number of spectators will be allowed at Monmouth College's home spring outdoor sports competitions, College officials announced Thursday. Monmouth's next home spring athletics event is a baseball doubleheader scheduled for noon Saturday af...
Mar 11, 2021, 3:20pm EST
Hall of Fame sports broadcaster Joe Tait, who died Wednesday, got his start at Monmouth College
A sports broadcasting legend who died Wednesday got his start as a Monmouth College student. Joe Tait, a 1959 Monmouth graduate and the longtime voice of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, died March 10 at the age of 83. Tait began his sports broadc...
Mar 11, 2021, 11:37am EST