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Student leader Crawford thrived during Monmouth College's semester in Mexico
Corrindia Crawford was known as a "silent leader" among her Monmouth College peers. The 2018 graduate didn't make an acceptance speech when she was named this year's Student Leader of the Year at the College, but that wasn't because she didn't have ...
May 23, 2018, 11:20am EDT
Retiring professor Marta Tucker helped usher in computer era at Monmouth College
When computer science professor Marta Tucker announced she was retiring this spring following a 35-year teaching career at Monmouth College, a replacement needed to be found. But when Tucker joined the faculty in 1983, she replaced no one - she was the...
May 23, 2018, 10:01am EDT
Connections, collaborations have helped grow Monmouth College's garden, farm
It takes a village to raise … a crop. That's what attendees at the final Monmouth Associates program of the academic year learned during a presentation Thursday about Monmouth College's Educational Garden and Market Farm by faculty adviser Craig Wat...
May 18, 2018, 3:13pm EDT
Connections, collaborations have helped grow Monmouth College's garden, farm
It takes a village to raise … a crop. That's what attendees at the final Monmouth Associates program of the academic year learned during a presentation Thursday about Monmouth College's Educational Garden and Market Farm by faculty adviser Craig Wat...
May 18, 2018, 11:04am EDT
Graduates Becca and Sarah Mills got the most out of their Monmouth experience
Twins Becca and Sarah Mills of Peoria, Ill., who graduated from Monmouth on Sunday, shared similar experiences during their college careers, but they are quick to point out they didn't do everything together. The sisters both graduated with honors, ...
May 18, 2018, 10:57am EDT
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Monmouth College's Stewart selected for prestigious Fulbright summer institute in Scotland
One Monmouth College student leader plans to use a summer experience in Scotland to enhance his final two years in college and prepare for his professional career. Jeren Stewart '20 of Peoria, Ill., was selected to participate in the Fulbright Scotl...
May 18, 2018, 10:48am EDT
Gersich's behind-the-scenes work at Monmouth College nets prestigious Hatch Award for service
In his role as associate dean of academic affairs at Monmouth College, Frank Gersich doesn't make lesson plans or hold student advising meetings. But he makes those lesson plans and advising meetings better for his colleagues. Gersich was honored fo...
May 15, 2018, 9:09am EDT
Fighting Scots' Fight Celebrated by Monmouth College Commencement Speaker Min Jin Lee
To connect with the 265 Fighting Scot graduates at Monmouth College's 161st Commencement Exercises on a mild, overcast Sunday afternoon, commencement speaker Min Jin Lee could not draw upon a personal Scottish heritage. So the critically acclaimed a...
May 13, 2018, 6:36pm EDT
Monmouth College's Commencement Rock and Octopus Society Have Stood the Test of Time
To most spectators at Sunday's 161st Monmouth College Commencement, it will look like an ordinary rock with graffiti painted on it. But the large limestone boulder that seniors pass as they process to Wallace Hall Plaza for the ceremony has a lot of hi...
May 11, 2018, 3:08pm EDT
Rev. Shannon Kershner to deliver Monmouth College's baccalaureate sermon
Monmouth College's Baccalaureate Service speaker is an example of the importance of asking hard questions and then listening hard for answers. The Rev. Shannon Kershner, pastor of the 5,500-member Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, will deliver ...
May 10, 2018, 4:31pm EDT