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Lines in the sand: Colorado professor to present annual Fox Classics Lecture Feb. 23 The recent discovery of papyrus unearthed from the sands of Egypt provides the topic for an annual guest lecture at Monmouth College. The papyrus contains previou...
Feb 18, 2026, 1:14pm EST
Scots Post Multiple Wins, PRs at Home Meet
The Monmouth College men's and women's track and field teams hosted the Roger Haynes Invitational with nine teams from junior college to Division I. The Fighting Scots pulled off four individual wins on the day, two top-10 marks in school history and n...
Feb 14, 2026, 6:44pm EST
Monmouth College to present 'Breaking Ground,' Feb. 20-22 in Hewes Library
A festival of new plays will be showcased at Monmouth College Feb. 20-22, as student playwrights and directors are featured in "Breaking Ground." The production, which features four short plays written by Monmouth students, will be staged in the Hewes...
Feb 13, 2026, 4:29pm EST
Mann '95 to return to campus to speak at next Monmouth Associates
In 1969, before he was even born, eventual Monmouth College graduate Dave Mann lost his father in the Vietnam War. Fifty-six years later, Mann visited the site of his father's death at Dak To through the 2 Sides Project. At the next Monmouth Associat...
Feb 12, 2026, 4:41pm EST
'American Icons' won over Monmouth College marketing students
Monday morning's enewsletter from Marketing Innovation included a poll that asked a simple question: Did you like the Super Bowl 2026 ads? If Monmouth College students in professor Tom Prince's "Introduction to Marketing" class had completed the poll,...
Feb 12, 2026, 8:20am EST
Stearns Scores Career High 27 but Scots Fall 101-72
The Monmouth College women's basketball team fell at home against Knox on Wednesday by the score of 101-72. The Fighting Scots (7-16, 3-11) are off this weekend before their final home game of the season next Wednesday. Allie Hoy (Woodland, Illinois) ...
Feb 11, 2026, 11:37pm EST
Taylor Scores 1000th Point as Scots Beat Knox Again
The Monmouth College men's basketball team finished off another season sweep of Knox as Kyle Taylor (Moline, Illinois) surpassed the 1000 career point mark in an 82-68 win on Wednesday night. The first-place Fighting Scots (18-5, 13-1) head into Saturd...
Feb 11, 2026, 11:16pm EST
Nahrstadt to address graduates at Monmouth's 169th Commencement
A Monmouth College graduate who's paired an extremely successful legal career with shaping his world through service and leadership will deliver the keynote address at his alma mater's 169th Commencement Exercises. Retired attorney Brad Nahrstadt '89,...
Feb 11, 2026, 9:06am EST
Toth Named MWC Performer of the Week
Monmouth College senior thrower Jillian Toth (El Paso, Illinois) was named Midwest Conference Women's Field Performer of the Week on Tuesday. At Saturday's loaded Keck Select Meet hosted by Illinois Wesleyan, Toth took second in the invitational weig...
Feb 10, 2026, 4:00pm EST
Monmouth chef Kim Fornero recalls staffing the Olympics in Athens, Beijing
Olympians run - and, in the winter, skate, ski and sled - on food for fuel. But there is also a large contingent of non-Olympians at the quadrennial event who need to be fed, and one of Monmouth College's own has had two experiences serving them. Exe...
Feb 10, 2026, 9:51am EST