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Monmouth College President Draves honored by her alma mater with prestigious award
Monmouth College's 15th president recently received an award from her undergraduate alma mater named in honor of its 15th president. Patricia Draves recently returned to Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, to receive the Elizabeth To...
Jun 25, 2025, 10:58am EDT
Track & Field Puts 10 on CSC Academic All-District Teams
The Monmouth College men's and women's track and field teams combined to have 10 student-athletes named to the Division III Academic All-District teams by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) on Tuesday. This marks the final CSC All-District ...
Jun 24, 2025, 2:40pm EDT
Monmouth College has distinctive partnership with Rural Schools Collaborative
Since its founding in 2015, the Rural Schools Collaborative has worked to build sustainable rural communities by focusing on place, teachers and philanthropy. From the very beginning, Monmouth College has played a vital role in that mission, not only ...
Jun 24, 2025, 2:22pm EDT
Heather Turnquist Named Head Softball Coach
Monmouth College alum Heather Turnquist has been named Monmouth College softball coach. Turnquist has been part of the Monmouth athletic department since July 2019 as Administrative Assistant and Senior Women's Administrator while also helping as a vol...
Jun 12, 2025, 5:13pm EDT
The 'coming wave' has arrived: Monmouth College and artificial intelligence
Although artificial intelligence has been around for years, in some respects, it was born on Nov. 30, 2022, said Phil Ice, chief data scientist for Campus Works. "That's when AI became accessible to the masses," said Ice, who gave an April talk to Mon...
Jun 12, 2025, 1:44pm EDT
Bergren, Pessman graduated from Monmouth with a degree in ... viral comedy?
While most Monmouth College seniors were busy tackling capstone projects and planning post-graduate life, business majors Jackson Bergren and Kyler Pessman found themselves with something else on their hands: time. With Bergren finishing his Fighting S...
Jun 11, 2025, 12:21pm EDT
Galesburg's Rockyen Spinks 'overcame a ton in life' to earn Monmouth College degree
Being a first-generation college student can be hard enough, but a member of Monmouth College's Class of 2025 added a few degrees of difficulty to the challenge. Rockyen Spinks, a 2021 graduate of nearby Galesburg High School, completed his bachelor's...
Jun 4, 2025, 12:36pm EDT
As Golden Scots make way back to campus, Monmouth College's Waid Gymnasium celebrates 100 years
Monmouth College will soon be looking back 50 years as it hosts a golden anniversary reunion of its Class of 1975. Part of the annual Golden Scots Celebration, which brings alumni back to campus from 45 years ago and beyond, the reunion will take place...
Jun 4, 2025, 12:14pm EDT
Baseball Lands Two CSC Academic All-District Selections
The Monmouth College baseball team had two student-athletes named Division III Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) this week. To qualify for CSC Academic All-District, student-athletes must be at least sophomore stan...
Jun 3, 2025, 12:43pm EDT
Luther College to Join Midwest Conference for 2026-27 Academic Year
MONMOUTH, Ill. - The Midwest Conference announced on Tuesday that Luther College will join the league beginning with the 2026-27 academic year. Monmouth College is excited to welcome the Norse to the Midwest Conference as another quality opponent in a...
Jun 3, 2025, 12:12pm EDT