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THE JUNIORS: Classmates Kaitlyn Fisher and Cullen Marshall will perform their roles in Monmouth College's production of "Gruesome Playground Injuries" on Thursday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and Feb. 27.

Monmouth College to stage two-actor 'Gruesome Playground Injuries,' Feb. 25-28

When Monmouth College theatre professor Todd Quick was planning his department's next production in the midst of a pandemic, he decided to think small. Very small. Quick will direct a two-person cast in Rajiv Joseph's 2009 play Gruesome Playgroun...

Feb 16, 2021, 11:01am EST

Emotions have 'a history,' says scholar who will deliver Monmouth College's Fox Lecture

Can a person be angry at someone and afraid of them at the same time? According to an upcoming Monmouth College speaker, one of the most famous philosophers of all time, Aristotle, said the answer is "No." David Konstan, a professor of classics ...

Feb 15, 2021, 12:15pm EST

Free COVID-19 Testing Offered to Residents of Henderson and Warren Counties

Monmouth College will offer free COVID-19 testing for residents of Henderson and Warren counties. Testing will be from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays on the ground floor of the Haldeman-Thiessen Science Building.. Monmouth College has contrac...

Feb 13, 2021, 1:50pm EST

Monmouth College's Alex Tanney named as one of new coaches for NFL's Eagles

Former Monmouth College standout Alex Tanney retired from the National Football League on Tuesday, but it didn't take him long to find his next NFL gig. On Thursday, the Philadelphia Eagles announced they'd hired Tanney to join first-year head coach...

Feb 12, 2021, 4:43pm EST

Monmouth College's Mamary produces new book on Harry Potter

Monmouth College philosophy professor Anne Mamary has been a huge fan of the Harry Potter series for two decades, so much so that she even teaches a course called "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Soul." Mamary now has another text that she can u...

Feb 12, 2021, 3:22pm EST

The winning work from the Figge Art Museum’s College Invitational Art Exhibition is a photograph by Monmouth student Grace Cornelius '24 that she says is an attempt "to capture the issue of the overwhelming impact plastic has in our society."

Monmouth College students bring home majority of awards from Figge Art Museum show

Two new artists were among a group of four Monmouth College students who brought home the lion's share of awards from the opening reception of the Figge Art Museum's College Invitational Art Exhibition. Students in the exhibition at the Davenport, I...

Feb 11, 2021, 5:37pm EST

Best-selling author Stacie Berdan will deliver a Global Scots Series talk titled "Why Do You Need a Global Mindset to Get a Job" via Zoom on Feb. 17.

Monmouth College's Global Scots Series to begin via Zoom Feb. 17

Promoting a global mindset will be the focus of a talk kicking off a new series at Monmouth College. Best-selling author Stacie Berdan will open a Monmouth series of Zoom talks related to studying and working abroad when she speaks on Feb. 17 about ...

Feb 10, 2021, 11:46am EST

Two Rocket Mortgage commercials, both starring Tracy Morgan, came in first and second in USA Today's annual ranking of Super Bowl ads.

Monmouth College students don't declare a clear winner among Super Bowl ads

Monmouth College students weren't as impressed by a pair of Super Bowl commercials as the national ranking metric from USA Today, not decisively listing a pair of Rocket Mortgage ads as the best they saw during Sunday's NFL championship game. Monmou...

Feb 9, 2021, 5:24pm EST

Monmouth College political science lecturer Robin Johnson talks with his “Politics and Government in the Midwest” students in this file photo. Johnson has organized a Zoom session on Feb. 15 featuring five young alumni who were involved in politics over the course of the past year.

Five Monmouth College alumni to participate in Presidents Day forum on 2020 election

COVID-19. Economic collapse. Civil unrest. Iowa caucuses. Rep. Steve King's defeat. President Trump. Kenosha. Georgia special elections for the U.S. Senate. The storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6. Election 2020. Monmouth College graduates were eyewit...

Feb 9, 2021, 2:33pm EST

Educational studies professor Craig Vivian believes the grant money received from Compeer Financial will make Monmouth College's Educational Farm more than just a place for short field trips -- children will be able to learn at the site all day.

Compeer Financial awards MORE for Agriculture Grant to Monmouth College

Compeer Financial's Fund for Rural America has awarded $25,000 to the Monmouth College Educational Studies PLACE Site, through a MORE for Agriculture Grant. An acronym for Partnerships Linking Agriculture, Community and Education, the PLACE Site pro...

Feb 8, 2021, 11:28am EST

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