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Monmouth College students' study of phage takes major step with genome sequencing
Monmouth College students continue to contribute to a "tremendous resource to the scientific community" by helping unlock mysteries about a virus. Phage are viruses that infect bacteria, and they "are everywhere that bacteria are found," said Monmou...
Jan 24, 2019, 3:28pm EST
Monmouth College program offers area residents free assistance with tax returns
Beginning Monday, Feb. 4, Monmouth College's free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program will once again be available to area residents. Through April 15, Monmouth accounting students and faculty will be available in the College's Center for Scien...
Jan 23, 2019, 9:37am EST
Monmouth College students 'explore new worlds' on one-week academic trip to the Bahamas
Monmouth College students "explored new worlds" on a one-week trip to the Bahamas over Christmas break. Led by faculty members Brad Sturgeon and Mike Sostarecz, six Monmouth students experienced the culture and beauty of the island nation while cond...
Jan 22, 2019, 12:07pm EST
Monmouth College begins annual day of service as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration
"Everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love." - Martin Luther King J...
Jan 21, 2019, 7:02pm EST
Monmouth College's Wunderlich details the transformative wonders of running
At age 35, Monmouth College art professor Janis Wunderlich had high cholesterol and was overweight. Not helping matters was that she was "completely unathletic." "My 2-year-old was faster than me," said Wunderlich, who is in her second year on Monmo...
Jan 18, 2019, 9:56am EST
Great Decisions begins 39th year at Monmouth College on Jan. 23
The topic "Refugees and Global Migration" will kick off the 39th year of the Great Decisions series at Monmouth College on Jan. 23. Monmouth anthropology professor Megan Hinrichsen will introduce this year's opening topic at 7:30 p.m. in the Moot Bo...
Jan 16, 2019, 9:18am EST
Wagner '11 oversees Alpha Xi Delta's award-winning national leadership program
Kristen Wyse Wagner '11 loved every minute of her Alpha Xi Delta experience at Monmouth College. Today, she serves the next generation of Alpha Xis in her role as manager of educational initiatives for the national women's fraternity, headquartered ...
Jan 11, 2019, 11:55am EST
Elizabeth Folk exhibit to open at Monmouth College Jan. 18 with gallery reception, talk
For California artist Elizabeth Folk, whose work will go on display this month at Monmouth College, the creative process comes down to answering a series of questions. "Does it look like art?" she asks. If the answer is "Yes," her reply is to start ...
Jan 10, 2019, 5:09pm EST
Illinois professor to discuss mass incarceration at Monmouth College's Martin Luther King Jr. convocation
The director of an Illinois project that brings college classes to prison inmates will be the keynote speaker at Monmouth College's Martin Luther King Jr. Day convocation. Rebecca Ginsburg, who is co-founder and director of the Education Justice Pro...
Jan 10, 2019, 11:28am EST
Monmouth College, Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation create unique scholar-in-residence program
Almost 150 years after its founding at Monmouth College as one of the first women's fraternities in the nation, Kappa Kappa Gamma is again breaking new ground in Monmouth. Monmouth College and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation have created an innovat...
Dec 20, 2018, 11:04am EST
