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Patricia Draves Named 15th President of Monmouth College
Patricia Draves has been named the 15th president of Monmouth College. A veteran higher education leader and former chemistry professor at Monmouth, Draves was unanimously chosen president by the Monmouth College Board of Trustees after an extensive n...
Mar 27, 2024, 10:05am EDT
Monmouth College Highland Harmonizers a cappella group returns, thanks to two QC-area students' leadership and persistence
MONMOUTH, Ill. - As it turned out, the late 2010s weren't the best time to start a new initiative. Right as any momentum was beginning, the pandemic slammed the door shut. That was the fate of Monmouth College's Highland Harmonizers, an a cappella gro...
Mar 26, 2024, 9:05am EDT
Aaron Jensen '89, new president of Midwest Bank, has evolved with the industry
Monmouth College and Monmouth's Midwest Bank change presidents at the rate of roughly once per decade. The new president of the latter institution is a graduate of the former, as Aaron Jensen '89 took over on Jan. 1. A veteran of nearly 40 years in...
Mar 25, 2024, 11:03am EDT
Baseball Falls at IC Sunday, Wins Opening Series
The Monmouth College baseball team was unable to secure the three-game sweep against Illinois College with a 16-9 road loss on Sunday. The Scots (9-6, 2-1) won the series with Saturday's sweep and will next face Grinnell for three. The Scots fell behi...
Mar 24, 2024, 9:05pm EDT
Softball Drops Pair to Blackburn on Sunday
The Monmouth College softball team.dropped a pair of non-conference home games on Saturday. The Scots lost to Blackburn 13-12 in nine innings in the opener and 8-3 in the nightcap. The Scots jumped out to an early lead in the bottom of the first. Kar...
Mar 24, 2024, 8:28pm EDT
Softball Drops First Two Home Games on Saturday
The Monmouth College softball team dropped their home opener on Saturday with a 14-6 loss to Greenville. The Scots also lost the second game of the doubleheader, 7-0. The Panthers took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. Monmouth answered in the bott...
Mar 24, 2024, 12:20am EDT
Baseball Sweeps Saturday DH Against IC
The Monmouth College baseball team swept a Saturday home doubleheader from Illinois College to open Midwest Conference play. The Scots (9-5, 2-0) won the first game 12-2 on the mercy rule and rallied for a 16-11 win in the nightcap. "Feels really goo...
Mar 23, 2024, 11:54pm EDT
Metamora's Schnetzler has taken 'untraditional path' to successful Monmouth College experience
Monmouth College prides itself on being a school where students can be involved in a wide variety of activities simultaneously. The experience that Jeff Schnetzler '25 of Metamora, Illinois, has had on campus supports those cocurricular opportunities...
Mar 22, 2024, 12:25pm EDT
Wyman Homers Twice but Scots Lose Pair at IWU
The Monmouth College softball team dropped a pair of road games at Illinois Wesleyan on Thursday. The Scofs lost the first game 21-2 and the second game 6-1. In the opening game, the Titans scored one in the first inning and 11 in the second to lead 1...
Mar 21, 2024, 8:55pm EDT
Music, sun and sites: Concert tour in Greece was 'life-changing' for Monmouth College students
Spring break is in the rearview mirror at Monmouth College, and by now, most of the campus knows that three music ensembles - the Chorale, the Chamber Choir and the Chamber Winds - traveled to Greece. Those curious about what selections those groups ...
Mar 21, 2024, 9:01am EDT