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"Escapism is good, but we can go too far," warned one SOFIA group, which included returning student Lizzie Durfee '26, shown here helping a visitor to the Aug. 17 poster presentations.

Collaborative escape room one of the highlights of Monmouth College's SOFIA projects

Without the "fire triangle," there's really no story. That was one of the many lessons from the recently completed three-week SOFIA program at Monmouth College. Forty-one Monmouth students participated in this year's SOFIA, which stands for Summer Op...

Aug 23, 2024, 9:55am EDT

New faculty at Monmouth College include, from left, Alex Blum, Nicole Federov, Hannah Bradsahw and Jaime Thissen.

Five faculty members among the new faces at Monmouth College in 2024-25

You may have heard that Monmouth College has a new president, as Patricia Draves has returned to the school where she taught chemistry from 2002-06 to lead the institution. Her inauguration ceremony will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 on Wallace Hall Plaza a...

Aug 22, 2024, 2:09pm EDT

Monmouth faculty and students from both Monmouth and Illinois Central College pose on Aug. 17, when their research projects were presented. Faculty members Michael Solontoi and Kevin Baldwin are in the back row in the center and right, respectively.

Monmouth College-ICC summer program exposes students to the power of research

For a few days this summer, the Monmouth College campus was turned into the solar system. Students who were participating in the inaugural Monmouth-Illinois Central College STEM Summer Scholars Program created a model solar system on campus to help ma...

Aug 21, 2024, 4:31pm EDT

'Seamless transition': Monmouth named to national list of transfer-friendly schools

For the fourth year in a row, Monmouth College has been named to the Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Honor Roll. The list recognizes excellence in the development and support of dynamic and innovative pathways for community college transfer students. "PTK s...

Aug 20, 2024, 12:06pm EDT

Shawn Temple, sports director with Monmouth radio stations WMOI-FM and WRAM-AM/FM, is flanked by Monmouth-Roseville High School football coach Jeremy Adolphson, left, and Monmouth College football coach Chad Braun at Monday’s Monmouth Rotary Club meeting, held at the Monmouth Country Club.

Monmouth-Roseville Titans, Monmouth Scots both have sights set on a postseason repeat

Jeremy Adolphson and Chad Braun have overlapped as football coaches in Monmouth the past 13 years. Adolphson took the reins at Monmouth-Roseville High School in 2011, while Braun was an assistant coach at Monmouth College before getting the school's he...

Aug 19, 2024, 6:18pm EDT

Cooper Pauley head shot (Kent Kriegshauser, Monmouth College)

Monmouth Alum Cooper Pauley Named New Cross Country Coach

Monmouth College alum Cooper Pauley has been named Monmouth College cross country coach. In addition to being the head cross country coach for both the men's and women's teams, Pauley will be an assistant coach for the track and field teams. Pauley ...

Aug 19, 2024, 5:52pm EDT

Monmouth College’s new students gather for a class photo on Saturday afternoon on the steps of the Huff Athletic Center before the annual matriculation ceremony on Wallace Hall Plaza.

Monmouth College welcomes new students into their 'Monmouth Era'

Through applications, campus visits and registering for fall semester courses, students in the Class of 2028 and transfer students had already indicated their interest in attending Monmouth College. But Saturday afternoon's matriculation ceremony took...

Aug 18, 2024, 10:15pm EDT

The Monmouth College Pipe Band makes its way onto Broadway at the start of last year's Homecoming parade.

Monmouth College Pipe Band to appear this fall in three parades, new gig in Iowa

International Bagpipe Day is not until March, but the local, unofficial version will occur the first week in September, which will feature four appearances by the Monmouth College Pipe Band. Directed by 2019 Monmouth graduate Aaron Kimzey, the band, ...

Aug 13, 2024, 2:50pm EDT

WHAT'S SPANISH FOR 'KISS?' On their wedding day, Julia Sterr and Seth King returned to the Monmouth College classroom where they first met in Spanish class and exchanged a "beso."

That's amore: Ravioli plays role in alumni wedding ceremony on Monmouth campus

The "spaghetti kiss" in Lady and the Tramp is an iconic moment from a love story on the big screen. For 2021 Monmouth College classmates Julia Sterr and Seth King, their memorable pasta was ravioli. Julia explained how the Italian dish fits into t...

Aug 12, 2024, 12:49pm EDT

Cikauskas (#99) bears down on the UChicago QB last September (Kent Kriegshauser/Monmouth College)

Cikauskas Named Second Team Preseason All-American

Monmouth College football's defensive end Anthony Cikauskas (Oswego, Illinois) was named second team preseason All-American by D3football.com on Thursday. As a sophomore in the 2023 season, Cikauskas was named All-American by the Assosiated Press, Am...

Aug 8, 2024, 1:19pm EDT

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