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Monmouth College's Doner receives prestigious Fulbright Summer Institute selection
For the second straight year, a Monmouth College student will spend three weeks studying in Scotland through the prestigious Fulbright Summer Institute program. Joe Doner '21 of Arlington Heights, Ill., has received a spot to study July 22-Aug. 10 a...
May 23, 2019, 9:04am EDT
Kathy Haas retiring after 34 years of service to Monmouth College's athletic office
Monmouth College's online Redbook officially lists Kathy Haas as "administrative assistant." But during her 34-year career, Haas was much more than an assistant to the hundreds of students and coaches who have been part of the College's athletics depar...
May 21, 2019, 9:56am EDT
Avila, Smith are first of Monmouth College's Peace Corps Prep Program graduates
Monmouth College study-abroad trips changed the direction of May graduates Yulissa Avila '19 and Elizabeth Smith '19. It also helped the pair make history as they were the first two Monmouth students to complete the College's Peace Corps Prep Progra...
May 21, 2019, 9:15am EDT
Rillie helped make Monmouth College's art collection more accessible to students
Before enrolling later this year at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to pursue a master's degree in art history, 2018 Monmouth College graduate Hannah Rillie of Morrison, Ill., used a gap year to help make the College's art collection more accessi...
May 21, 2019, 9:04am EDT
Monmouth College class shines spotlight on 'Voices of Maytag,' 15 years after factory's closing
Fifteen years ago, the region lost one of its leading employers when Maytag closed its Galesburg, Ill., factory, throwing 1,600 people out of work. Monmouth College students spent the spring semester exploring how the loss of those 1,600 jobs affect...
May 16, 2019, 5:28pm EDT
'Monmouth in Merida' to be discussed at final Associates program on May 16
A popular site for tourists, Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula has also been the site for the past three springs of a semester-abroad experience for Monmouth College students. At the final Monmouth Associates program of the academic year on May 16, Monmout...
May 13, 2019, 10:37am EDT
Monmouth College Class of 2019 told they have the courage to meet life's adversities
Every year, Monmouth College plans to hold its commencement exercises on majestic Wallace Hall Plaza, its campus's beautiful front lawn. Plans changed this year, as saturated grounds, a temperature that struggled to reach 50 degrees and even more ra...
May 12, 2019, 5:03pm EDT
Weather forces Monmouth College's 162nd commencement ceremony inside
Monmouth College's 162nd commencement ceremony at noon Sunday, May 12, will be held in the College's Huff Athletic Center. College officials decided to move outdoor commencement activities inside because recent rains have saturated campus grounds an...
May 9, 2019, 5:14pm EDT
Growing comfortable being uncomfortable was key for leadership award recipient
There were no acceptance speeches at last month's Highlander Leadership Awards at Monmouth College. But if there had been, Larry Haynes could have given an inspiring message about leadership and community. A graduating senior from Chicago, Haynes...
May 8, 2019, 10:02am EDT
Retiring Monmouth College professor Kristin Larson's next chapter to be in Senegal
Longtime Monmouth College psychology professor Kristin Larson is retiring, but she won't stay idle for long. Starting June 10, Larson will begin training to be a staff member with Mercy Ships, an organization that serves "the world's forgotten poor"...
May 8, 2019, 9:58am EDT