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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Scots' Coaches Adjust to Pandemic Recruiting
Monmouth College students have completed their spring semester through online classes, many staff members have worked from home for more than two months, and Fighting Scots' coaches have adjusted their recruiting practices. It's all part of rolling wit...
May 21, 2020, 3:00am EDT
Monmouth's Damian helps students go back in time through 'proxy shipwrecks'
Months before social distancing was a thing, Monmouth College history professor Michelle Damian faced another type of distancing issue: she had no way of getting students in her "Maritime Archaeology" class from Illinois to places where they could get ...
May 20, 2020, 4:44pm EDT
Monmouth College Class of '20 profile
One of Sunday's Monmouth College graduates, Mackenzie Fletcher, expects a group of eager students in August when she begins her position as a third-grade teacher at Hedding Grade School in Abingdon, Ill. Those eager students will be greeted by a tea...
May 20, 2020, 4:42pm EDT