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Monmouth College's Huxtable weighs in on the election of American pope, Leo XIV
There have been popes for about 2,000 years. For the first time ever, one was born less than 250 miles from Monmouth. That is one of many notable facts about former Cardinal Robert Prevost, who last week was named the successor to the late Pope Franci...
May 12, 2025, 2:10pm EDT
Baseball Concludes Season With Two Losses at MWC Tournament
The Monmouth College baseball team lost two games for the Midwest Conference Championship on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (19-22) dropped the opener 16-4 to Beloit and the Buccaneers won the title with an 11-4 win in game two. In the 2 p.m. game, R...
May 10, 2025, 11:27pm EDT
Scots Men Win MWC Championship; Boley, Taylor Win Awards
The Monmouth College Track and Field men's team won the Midwest Conference Outdoor Championship on Saturday while the women finished third. The Fighting Scots coaching staff was named Men's Coaching Staff of the Year while Maddie Boley (Beecher, Illino...
May 10, 2025, 10:56pm EDT
Boley Wins Two Titles at MWC Championships on Friday
The Monmouth College Track and Field teams won four individual titles and the women's team is in first place after the first day of action at the Midwest Conference championships. With wins in both the discus and hammer on Friday. Maddie Boley (Beech...
May 10, 2025, 1:35am EDT
Scots Beat Lawrence 12-7, Will Play for MWC Championship on Saturday
The Monmouth College baseball team advanced to the Midwest Conference Championship game with a 12-7 Friday night win over host Lawrence. The Fighting Scots (19-20) will play either Beloit or Lawrence at 2 p.m. Saturday and will have two chances to win ...
May 10, 2025, 12:59am EDT
Scots Rally to Win MWC Tournament Opener
The Monmouth College baseball team started the Midwest Conference Tournament with a comeback 4-3 win over #2 Beloit College on Friday in Appleton, Wisconsin. In the night game, the Fighting Scots (18-20) will face Lawrence Daniel Lummus (New Port Rich...
May 9, 2025, 5:28pm EDT
Monmouth College's 168th Commencement Exercises to be held May 18
Featuring an address by one of the most recognizable non-singing voices in country music, Monmouth College will hold its 168th Annual Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 18. Lon Helton, a 1972 Monmouth graduate and the longtime and award-winning ho...
May 9, 2025, 11:11am EDT
Upcoming events at Monmouth College
As the academic year comes to a close, a pair of popular series hosted by Monmouth College will hold their final events next week before taking a break for the summer. On May 13, the Maple Leaf Community Concert Series will feature Jared Freiburg & Th...
May 7, 2025, 12:39pm EDT
Raul Guillermo III leads Fighting Scots into first postseason appearance since 2019
"Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic." - Crash Davis to Nuke LaLoosh in Bull Durham If you're an old-school baseball fan, would you like to have a play...
May 7, 2025, 10:59am EDT
In four short years, Monmouth grad Alec Cooley '21 has built his 'risk' into a million-dollar business
The fourth and final year of Alec Cooley's time at Monmouth College was not ideal. His senior season of football was canceled by the pandemic, and most of the business major's education was done via Zoom, rather than in the classroom. By contrast, Coo...
May 7, 2025, 10:55am EDT