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Monmouth College New Students Arrive on Campus 'Nervous, but Excited' for Start of Fall Semester
Shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, not a parking place could be found along North Ninth Street as families arrived to move their sons and daughters into the residence halls on the east side of Monmouth College's campus. In front of Grier Hall, an incomi...
Aug 15, 2020, 6:16pm EDT
With safety measures in place, Monmouth College is ready to welcome back its students
When Monmouth College students headed home for spring break in early March, no one knew that they wouldn't be right back. After five months away, Monmouth students finally return to campus this weekend in preparation for the start of the fall semest...
Aug 13, 2020, 3:18pm EDT
Scots' Baseball Goes 2-for-2 with National Academic Award
After earning the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award for the first time in 2019, the Monmouth College baseball team made it a 2-for-2 effort, claiming the award again in 2020. The Scots posted a team grade po...
Aug 13, 2020, 4:00am EDT
First installment of Monmouth College mini-classes was a big success
This summer, prospective students got a taste of the Monmouth College educational experience through a series of online mini-classes. The students could choose as many classes as they liked from among 15 offerings, ranging from "Write Now, Right? A ...
Aug 12, 2020, 10:26am EDT
Monmouth College's Ball studies adaptive cruise control through selective REU opportunity
Savannah Ball is not going into her senior year at Monmouth College on cruise control. Instead, the mathematics and economics major from East Peoria, Ill., is completing a demanding Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program through the Unive...
Aug 11, 2020, 12:22pm EDT
Monmouth's Dobberstein Named SLIAC Academic All-Conference
Monmouth College sophomore Ben Dobberstein (Oswego, IL/Oswego) made the grade in his inaugural season of men's golf in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference scoring all-academic honors. After scoring all-league academic honors in his fre...
Aug 10, 2020, 4:00am EDT
Monmouth's Dobberstein Named SLIAC Academic All-Conference
Monmouth College sophomore Ben Dobberstein (Oswego, IL/Oswego) made the grade in his inaugural season of men's golf in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference scoring all-academic honors. After scoring all-league academic honors in his fre...
Aug 10, 2020, 4:00am EDT
Scots' Water Polo Women Earn Team, Individual National Academic Honors
The Monmouth College women's water polo team has earned its third national academic award in five seasons, and five Fighting Scots were honored for their academic work during the 2019-20 academic year by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches...
Aug 5, 2020, 4:00am EDT
Monmouth's Wilson Named IBCA College Women's Co-Coach of the Year
A record-setting year and NCAA tournament appearance has earned Monmouth College's Kyle Wilson the Illinois Basketball Coaches' Association (IBCA) College Women's Co-Coach of the Year honor. "This really is a testament to the hard work our women put...
Aug 3, 2020, 4:00am EDT
Nick Ehlen named Monmouth College's director of campus safety
Nick Ehlen has been named Monmouth College director of campus safety. Ehlen joined the College's staff in 2015 and returned three years ago to work alongside the previous director, Andy Davis, who resigned his position earlier this summer to take a ...
Jul 30, 2020, 10:28am EDT