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Smith's trip to Brazil increases her anticipation for upcoming Monmouth College basketball season
Playing in her first basketball game in Brazil, Monmouth College's Shayne Smith '21 did what she does best - contribute to a winning effort. Competing with a team of U.S.-based collegiate all-stars against a team from Brazil, Smith came on late to f...
Jul 26, 2019, 9:45am EDT
Monmouth, Knox awarded ACM FaCE grant for environmental education symposium
A team of seven faculty members from Monmouth College and Knox College has been awarded a grant from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest to discuss "Environmental Education and the Liberal Arts." The $15,530 Faculty Career Enhancement Program (Fa...
Jul 23, 2019, 4:21pm EDT
Monmouth's distinctive Kieft Summer Research Program concludes with students' chemistry talks
None of the dozen Monmouth College students who presented talks at the close of the Doc Kieft Summer Research Program wore a cap and gown, but that wouldn't have been out of the question. "You've officially graduated into mentorship," said Brad Stu...
Jul 23, 2019, 9:15am EDT
Algaier completes book project, promoted to general editor of 'William James Studies'
Monmouth College philosophy and religious studies professor Ermine Algaier has had an eventful summer. Alagier is now the general editor of William James Studies, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing scholarly articles ...
Jul 22, 2019, 10:28am EDT
As moon anniversary nears, Solontoi calls NASA's Apollo missions 'mind-blowing'
Monmouth College physics professor Michael Solontoi said there are several ways to look at the moon. Earth's only permanent natural satellite is being celebrated this week, as people around the world observe the 50th anniversary of July 20, 1969, wh...
Jul 17, 2019, 1:23pm EDT
Monmouth College participates in local 'Learning to Teach' grant project
Monmouth College and the Warren Achievement Center collaborated to provide a memorable experience for a dozen of the center's Achievers, thanks to a grant from Monmouth's Buchanan Center for the Arts, the Illinois Arts Council Agency and the National E...
Jul 15, 2019, 4:00pm EDT
White looks back on career spanning from one-room schoolhouses to being a professor
Esther White has seen many changes in education in her 99 years. Her experience ranges from riding a horse-drawn bus to school, to teaching in two one-room schoolhouses, to preparing students to be the next generation of educators while serving as a...
Jul 11, 2019, 2:29pm EDT
Monmouth College class closely followed Supreme Court's 'Peace Cross' case
A Monmouth College class that studied a case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court during its recent term now has its verdict. In late June, the Supreme Court ruled on The American Legion v. American Humanist Association, a case studied by politic...
Jul 8, 2019, 5:23pm EDT
Hinck co-authors book on how foreign media reported 2016 U.S. presidential election
As the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign enters its next stage, a book about the 2016 presidential election by a Monmouth College professor reveals how that campaign was perceived by media in Russia, China and the Middle East. Global Media and Strateg...
Jul 8, 2019, 11:46am EDT
Monmouth graduate is first artist in residence at Buchanan Center for the Arts
As a high-achieving student-athlete at Monmouth College, Natalie Curtis broke new ground in the classroom, where she was a double major in mathematics and art, and in the Fighting Scots' pool as a record-setting water polo goalie. Now, the 2018 gra...
Jul 2, 2019, 4:11pm EDT