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Monmouth's Simmons honored for Classics Day with prestigious Outreach Prize
Bringing ancient Greece and Rome to life through his ambitious Classics Day events has earned Monmouth College professor Bob Simmons the 2020 Society for Classical Studies Outreach Prize. Simmons brought Classics Day to Monmouth from his previous cl...
Nov 6, 2020, 11:13am EST
COVID Impacts Philanthropic Arm of Monmouth's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Temperature checks, quarantine, isolation and remote learning have all become a part of life on college campuses during the pandemic, but for the Monmouth College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) there's also been the loss of reaching into the...
Nov 5, 2020, 4:54pm EST
Monmouth College's Johnson said 'fascinating' election likely won't be decided for days
Monmouth College faculty member Robin Johnson typically has the inside scoop on what is happening in the world of politics, but as Election Day rolled into the morning of Nov. 4, he was like everyone else - uncertain of what the result of the president...
Nov 4, 2020, 1:46pm EST
Monmouth College to Begin Cooldown Nov. 9
Monmouth College will enter into a cooldown period that will begin Nov. 9 and last until the end of the semester, Nov. 24. The decision was made in response to rising COVID-19 cases in the region. Because of a rise in COVID-19 cases in the area, the...
Nov 4, 2020, 5:00am EST
Monmouth College's Sienkewicz Lecture on Roman Archaeology to shine light on depiction of play at death
The largest source for scenes of games, contests and play in Roman art is one a person might not expect - coffins and sarcophagi. That bizarre truth will be detailed by Southern Illinois University professor Mont Allen, who will present Monmouth Col...
Nov 2, 2020, 12:54pm EST
NFCA Names Monmouth's McClaughry the 2020 Geri Ann Glasco Memorial Scholarship Recipient
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has announced Monmouth College's Alexa McClaughry as the 2020 Geri Ann Glasco Memorial Scholarship winner, recognizing a female coach in her first five years of coaching who shows a commitment to growin...
Nov 2, 2020, 3:00am EST
Decker pursues passion for music at Monmouth College while also studying psychology, classics
When picturing her senior year at college, Hannah Decker did not plan for a global pandemic. Decker, the youngest of four children, came to Monmouth from Maryland Heights, Missouri, to be closer to her older sister, who went to Knox College. Decker ...
Oct 29, 2020, 10:29am EDT
Monmouth Student-Athletes a Force in Campus-Wide Anti-Bias/Discrimination Pledge
With more than half the student body at Monmouth College comprised of student-athletes, it's only fitting that the Fighting Scots' teams are a driving force to rise up for equality and diversity. Fighting Scots Athletics, the Office of Intercultural...
Oct 29, 2020, 4:00am EDT
Through fellowship, Monmouth College graduate Emily Sheetz will assist NASA's robotics
One of Monmouth College's most accomplished students in the humanities helped bring one of its most accomplished science students to campus. That science student, Emily Sheetz '18, is now a graduate student at the University of Michigan, where she h...
Oct 28, 2020, 2:23pm EDT
When COVID Hit Home, Scots' Teammates Stepped Up
Campuses across the nation began to empty last March when COVID-19 reached the U.S., but for two Monmouth College student-athletes, they had nowhere to go. What they did have were teammates who had their backs, and their temporary homes. Football's ...
Oct 28, 2020, 4:00am EDT