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Several alumni among Monmouth College's new faculty and staff
With the Monmouth College 2021-22 academic year now underway, three new faculty members are in their first semester of teaching at the College. They join a group of new staff members who started at Monmouth over the past few months. One of the new fa...
Sep 1, 2021, 12:32pm EDT
Monmouth College Latin American & Latino Film Festival, which begins Sept. 8, to explore immigration
In its third year, Monmouth College's Latin American & Latino Film Festival will explore issues of immigration. Organized by Monmouth professor Jennifer Thorndike, this fall's series is composed of five films, which will be shown throughout the semest...
Aug 31, 2021, 11:00am EDT
Summer research program gives Monmouth College students 'memorable, enriching learning experience'
Monmouth College freshman Emily Canterbury spoke in front of a full auditorium of college professors and her peers before even taking a formal class at the College. "That was terrifying," Canterbury confided to a fellow student after making her prese...
Aug 27, 2021, 11:11am EDT
U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos to speak on 'future of rural America' at Monmouth College's fifth annual Wiswell-Robeson Lecture on Sept. 7
A politician with deep roots in Illinois agriculture will present Monmouth College's fifth annual Wiswell-Robeson Lecture on Sept. 7. U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, who serves the 17th Congressional District in Illinois, will speak at 7 p.m. in the College's...
Aug 26, 2021, 2:37pm EDT
Exhibit from Monmouth College art collection now on display; reception is Aug. 27
More than six dozen works from Monmouth College's art collection, some of which have not been seen by the public in years, will be on display through Sept. 17. "Highlights from the Monmouth College Art Collection" is currently on display in the Len G....
Aug 25, 2021, 10:52am EDT
Men of Monmouth College's Phi Delta Theta fraternity receive national honor for chapter excellence
Monmouth College's Illinois Gamma chapter of the national men's fraternity Phi Delta Theta received several national honors at the organization's 83rd General Convention, held last month in Pittsburgh. Monmouth's Phi Delts received a Silver Star in th...
Aug 24, 2021, 10:54am EDT
Monmouth College to Hold Tailgating on Campus Before This Year's Home Football Games
Tailgating will return to Monmouth College for football games this season. Tailgating will be held at the College's parking lot on the corner of Euclid Avenue and Fifth Street, across from the city's North Park, for the Sept. 11, Oct. 9, Oct. 30 and N...
Aug 23, 2021, 1:59pm EDT
Corsaro will wear many hats at Monmouth College - chaplain, companion, engager
The Rev. Monica Corsaro, Monmouth's new interim chaplain of community engagement, is grateful for a word that's not in her job title. "They often use the word 'director' in the job titles of people in positions like mine, but we don't direct, we 'comp...
Aug 23, 2021, 1:04pm EDT
One journey ends, another begins for Monmouth College's Class of 2025
A funny thing happened to incoming first-year student David Dessin as he made his way from Bradenton, Florida, for the start of his Monmouth College experience, joining more than 200 other members of the Class of 2025 who officially matriculated at a S...
Aug 22, 2021, 12:26pm EDT
Monmouth's new students to be welcomed Aug. 21 by enthusiastic orientation leaders
Before this week is over, more than 200 new first-year students will arrive at Monmouth College, where they will be welcomed by the entire campus community in what College officials hope will be "as normal an orientation as possible." Chief among thos...
Aug 17, 2021, 3:58pm EDT