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Fighting Scots tennis to debut new courts, new coach when they host Central on Saturday
New courts, new coach, same players (with an asterisk). The Monmouth College women's tennis team is hoping that formula will help it have a successful, competitive season this fall. The Fighting Scots will open their season at noon Saturday, Aug. 27,...
Aug 25, 2022, 10:58am EDT
Monmouth College's first art exhibit of academic year showcases 'inherent beauty of mechanical things'
Matt Moyer had what he called a "blue-collar upbringing" in Moline, Illinois. Combining that background with an interest in art and "mechanical things" has led Moyer to produce creative work with "a decidedly industrial sensibility." Some of those wo...
Aug 25, 2022, 9:42am EDT
Monmouth College Community Welcomes, Challenges Its Class of 2026
Members of the Monmouth College Class of 2026 on Saturday, Aug. 20, were welcomed, helped, introduced, celebrated, challenged, encouraged, assured and matriculated. The more than 260 new members of the Monmouth community -- who came to the College fro...
Aug 22, 2022, 2:19am EDT
Walker is first to benefit from Monmouth College's Yahnke Endowed Internship Fund that helps support student career goals
Monmouth College student Gayle Walker '23 of Newark, Illinois, got to spend her summer days and nights at the ballpark while building her resume, thanks to a new internship program funded by a Monmouth alumnus and his wife. In the spring, Walker, a bu...
Aug 19, 2022, 12:32pm EDT
Through outreach and partnerships, Monmouth College's educational studies department is moving learning and literacy forward
While Monmouth College's educational studies department makes great use of the school's educational farm, it has no use for a silo. Over the past several months, the department has increased its partnerships with local schools and community organizatio...
Aug 3, 2022, 2:07pm EDT
Quad City Tennis Pro Brian Dahlstrom Named Monmouth Tennis Coach
With more than three decades of tennis coaching and teaching experience, Brian Dahlstrom has been named the Head Tennis Coach for the Monmouth men's and women's programs. Dahlstrom comes to Monmouth from the Quad City Tennis Club in Moline where he w...
Aug 3, 2022, 10:36am EDT
With Monmouth College school year set to begin, rebranded 'Highlander Hub' space will serve students
A project that started with Monmouth College's chaplain office prior to the pandemic is now in the capable hands of the school's Stockdale Fellows leadership program. Located on the lower level of the Stockdale Center - the College's student center - ...
Aug 2, 2022, 9:08am EDT
Monmouth College's Class of 2021 had 98% outcomes rate in jobs or grad school
When it comes to Monmouth College students solving problems in the world of science, May graduate Matt Simonson had few peers. A biochemistry major, Simonson graduated summa cum laude, and he will take the next steps in his education at the University ...
Aug 1, 2022, 11:36am EDT
Ten Monmouth College students discuss their 'graduate-level' summer science research
Monmouth College student Alex Boswell '23 of Dixon, Illinois, had his eyes opened recently by a research opportunity at the College. Boswell is among 10 Monmouth students who are conducting "graduate-level" research this summer as a Doc Kieft research...
Jul 25, 2022, 10:44am EDT
Midwest Conference Names 165 Scots as Academic All-Conference
Monmouth College had 165 student-athletes, representing 17 sports, named Midwest Conference Academic All-Conference on Friday. Of those 165 student-athletes, 98 represent women's teams while 67 come from men's teams. The baseball team leads the way w...
Jul 15, 2022, 11:16am EDT