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Scots' Lacrosse Equals Program High, Fourteen Named Academic All-Conference
For the second consecutive year Monmouth's men's and women's lacrosse programs have 14 student-athletes selected as Midwest Lacrosse Conference (MLC) and Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference (MWLC) academic all-conference honorees, equaling last year's ...
Jun 22, 2020, 4:00am EDT
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Monmouth College's Wunderlich receives prestigious Illinois Artist Fellowship Award
In announcing recipients of its 2020 Artist Fellowship Awards, the Illinois Arts Council Agency said the finalists come from "different communities across the state, including urban, suburban and rural communities." The "rural" recipient of one of t...
Jun 18, 2020, 9:20am EDT
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Monmouth College To Start Fall Semester Early, End Classes Before Thanksgiving
Monmouth College will start the fall semester early and conclude classes before Thanksgiving. Classes will now start on Aug. 18, eight days earlier than the originally planned start of the 2020 fall semester. Fall classes will end Nov. 24, two weeks...
Jun 15, 2020, 4:41pm EDT
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Monmouth College To Start Fall Semester Early, End Classes Before Thanksgiving
Monmouth College will start the fall semester early and conclude classes before Thanksgiving. Classes will now start on Aug. 18, eight days earlier than the originally planned start of the 2020 fall semester. Fall classes will end Nov. 24, two weeks...
Jun 15, 2020, 4:28pm EDT
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Despite chaos all around it, it's been a good year at Monmouth College farm, garden
In a year when "normal" has almost faded from memory and the road to recovery is blocked by the orange detour signs of pandemic and civil unrest, two sleepy spots on the east side of Monmouth offer a welcome respite. "Things are falling apart everyw...
Jun 12, 2020, 9:46am EDT
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Scots' Trio of Healthcare Softball Alums Share Thoughts as Nation Reopens
Lauren Bergstresser-Petoskey '12, Kelsey (Barnes) Barger '14 and Kaitlyn (Winkler) Damewood '14 shared common experiences as members of the Monmouth College softball team, and now they've created an even stronger connection as healthcare workers during...
Jun 8, 2020, 4:00am EDT
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Monmouth College community recommends reading list to enliven, enlighten summer
With the rigors of the 2019-20 academic year behind them, now is the time when members of the Monmouth College community turn their attention to unassigned reading. The recommendations from professors, past professors and librarians at the College requ...
Jun 3, 2020, 10:00am EDT
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Retiring English professor Craig Watson had profound impact on Monmouth College
English professor Craig Watson has retired from teaching, but his impact on Monmouth College will be felt for decades to come - by the generations of students he educated and inspired; by the College's curriculum, which he helped to shape; and even by ...
Jun 2, 2020, 3:44pm EDT
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An Email from President Wyatt to Monmouth College Students About Unrest in the Nation
The following email was sent earlier today from Monmouth College President Clarence R. Wyatt to the students of Monmouth College. *** To the Students of Monmouth College: The events of the last several days in our country are tragic for all Am...
Jun 2, 2020, 2:57pm EDT
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Monmouth College seniors Bersell, Taylor, freshmen Cook, Meldrum receive top student honors
A biochemistry major, an exercise science major, a triple major in accounting, business and economics, and an economics major received Monmouth College's most prestigious student honors for the 2019-20 academic year - Senior and Freshman Woman and Man ...
May 28, 2020, 10:24am EDT