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Scots' Swim Teams Earn Prestigious National Academic Award
For the first time in the history of the program, Monmouth College's men's and women's swim teams have earned Scholar All-America Team status from the College Swimming and Diving Coaches' Association of America (CSCAA) in the same season. The Fighti...
Jul 2, 2020, 4:00am EDT
Like the U.S. Supreme Court, Monmouth College class had opinions on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau case
One of the more consequential cases of the 2019-20 United States Supreme Court term regarding the limits of presidential power was closely followed by a Monmouth College political science class, including two May graduates who are heading to law school...
Jul 1, 2020, 3:48pm EDT
Midwest Conference Announces All Systems Tentatively a Go for Fall Season
The Midwest Conference - of which Monmouth College has been a member since 1924 - said today that it is moving forward with plans to host intercollegiate athletic competition for the fall 2020 season barring changes in infection rates in the Midwest. T...
Jun 30, 2020, 12:05pm EDT
Four Scots Baseball Seniors Take NCAA's Fifth Year COVID Eligibility Offer
It was an offer too good for four Monmouth College baseball seniors to pass up: get an extra year of eligibility from the NCAA after COVID-19 wiped out their spring season. First baseman Mike Dato (Oswego, Ill./Oswego), pitcher Arturo Monroy (Chicag...
Jun 29, 2020, 4:00am EDT
Four Scots Baseball Seniors Take NCAA's Fifth Year COVID Eligibility Offer
It was an offer too good for four Monmouth College baseball seniors to pass up: get an extra year of eligibility from the NCAA after COVID-19 wiped out their spring season. First baseman Mike Dato (Oswego, Ill./Oswego), pitcher Arturo Monroy (Chicag...
Jun 29, 2020, 4:00am EDT
Pandemic gives Monmouth College science faculty special summer research opportunities
This is the time of year when several Monmouth College science majors can typically be found on campus in their role as Kieft Summer Research Students. Established in 2010 and named in memory of the late Monmouth chemistry professor Richard "Doc" Ki...
Jun 25, 2020, 8:46am EDT
At 100, Monmouth College emerita professor Esther White has been a lifelong learner
There may be no typical path for a child to become a professor, but it's safe to say that Esther White had a vastly different experience in her youth than anyone currently serving on the Monmouth College faculty. For starters, White's childhood was ...
Jun 22, 2020, 5:56pm EDT
Monmouth College alumna Fannetta Jones '11 takes lead role in social initiatives
Huey: What do you do when you can't do nothing, but there's nothing you can do? Granddad: You do what you can. - The Boondocks MONMOUTH, Ill. - Fannetta Jones is doing what she can. The 2011 Monmouth College graduate was already doing a lot in ...
Jun 22, 2020, 10:44am EDT
Scots' Lacrosse Equals Program High, Fourteen Named Academic All-Conference
For the second consecutive year Monmouth's men's and women's lacrosse programs have 14 student-athletes selected as Midwest Lacrosse Conference (MLC) and Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference (MWLC) academic all-conference honorees, equaling last year's ...
Jun 22, 2020, 4:00am EDT
Monmouth College's Wunderlich receives prestigious Illinois Artist Fellowship Award
In announcing recipients of its 2020 Artist Fellowship Awards, the Illinois Arts Council Agency said the finalists come from "different communities across the state, including urban, suburban and rural communities." The "rural" recipient of one of t...
Jun 18, 2020, 9:20am EDT