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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
Urban's latest Baltic history book focuses on decline of the Teutonic Knights
Monmouth College Emeritus Professor of History William Urban has written an account of 600-year-old European history that appeals to scholars and general readers. The Last Years of the Teutonic Knights: Lithuania, Poland and the Teutonic Order (Gree...
Dec 19, 2018, 4:28pm EST
Knox County voters split on President Trump, according to Monmouth College poll
Knox County voters are evenly split on their view of President Donald Trump's performance, according to a Monmouth College survey. About 46 percent of voters surveyed in the county have a favorable view of the president and 46 percent have an unfavo...
Dec 19, 2018, 4:00am EST
Monmouth College's Stewart chosen to be part of selective accounting internship program
Monmouth College's Jeren Stewart will soon be expanding his already burgeoning network of professional contacts. Only months removed from a Fulbright experience in Scotland, the junior from Peoria, Ill., will soon leave for Chicago to participate in...
Dec 18, 2018, 3:46pm EST