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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

Hinck's research on foreign media earns him Monmouth College's prestigious Gundersen Award
A Monmouth College professor whose research benefits the U.S. government is the recipient of the College's Gundersen Junior Faculty Scholarship Award. Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Robert Hinck received the prestigious award for his g...
Dec 18, 2018, 11:36am EST

Monmouth College board chair Kopinski honored for assisting homeless in New York
Mark Kopinski '79, chairman of the Monmouth College Board of Trustees, will be honored today as a member of City & State "Responsible 100" in New York for 2018. The Responsible 100 honors New York's most outstanding responsible executives, thought l...
Dec 18, 2018, 10:08am EST

Monmouth College rededicates renovated Grier Hall
Monmouth College formally rededicated Grier Hall Tuesday afternoon, marking the official completion of a year-long renovation project. Grier Hall was closed at the end of the 2017 fall semester to undergo a top-to-bottom upgrade. New amenities added...
Dec 5, 2018, 9:23am EST

College students can help end polarization, national reporter tells Monmouth classes
A national correspondent for the New York Times recently told students in two Monmouth College classes that the rising generation of college students has the ability to bring an end to the nation's political polarization. "It seems to me that partis...
Dec 4, 2018, 11:10am EST

Senior art exhibit by Monmouth's Curtis a way to 'Experience Math' without numbers
Monmouth College students majoring in mathematics typically spend most of their classroom and study time in the Center for Science and Business. Senior Natalie Curtis certainly spends a lot of time in the CSB. But she is equally at home in McMichael...
Dec 3, 2018, 9:24am EST

Remembering President George H.W. Bush at Monmouth College
The passing of President George H.W. Bush on November 30 is particularly bittersweet for members of the Monmouth College Class of 2000. On the afternoon of May 14, 2000, President Bush delivered the commencement address before record numbers of news me...
Dec 1, 2018, 9:14am EST