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Anderson Tops 19 Meters in Weight Throw as Scots Compete at IC
The Monmouth College track and field teams competed in a 10-team meet at Illinois College on Friday night in the final meet before the Midwest Conference Championships. The Scots had nearly 20 career bests on the night and posted two new top 10 perform...
Feb 17, 2024, 12:03am EST
Scots Swimmers Compete in First Day of MWC Championships
The Monmouth College men's and women's swim teams started the 3-day Midwest Conference Championships at Grinnell College on Friday. After the first day of action the women are in sixth place with 68 points while the men are in eighth place with 57 poin...
Feb 16, 2024, 10:49pm EST
In memoriam: Hal 'Tiny' Devore
Hal "Tiny" Devore, who was an assistant football coach at Monmouth College in the 1980s and '90s, died Monday in Galesburg, Illinois, at the age of 86. One of "Tiny's Fat Boys" summarized the impact that the Fighting Scots offensive line coach had on...
Feb 16, 2024, 11:08am EST
Beach Posts Double-Double but Scots Lose at Cornell
The Monmouth College women's basketball lost at Cornell 66-56 on Wednesday night. Freshman Danielle Beach (Geneseo, Illinois) posted her first collegiate double-double in the loss. Cornell jumped out to an early 4-0 lead before Ella Goodrich (Minonk,...
Feb 14, 2024, 11:24pm EST
Scots Eliminated from MWC Race with Loss at Cornell
The Monmouth College men's basketball team lost at Cornell on Wednesday night, 67-58. The Scots (13-11, 7-8) were eliminated from Midwest Conference Tournament contention with the loss as both Beloit and Ripon won on Wednesday and clinched the final tw...
Feb 14, 2024, 10:49pm EST
Humor a Winning Theme in this Year's Super Bowl TV Ads, Monmouth College Marketing Students Say
If laughter is the best medicine for the soul, it can also be one of the more effective paths to a successful Super Bowl television advertisement. That was one of the lessons learned by Monmouth College marketing students who studied the nearly five d...
Feb 14, 2024, 6:18pm EST
Toberman named MWC Field Performer of the Week
For the third time in four weeks, Monmouth College senior Caleb Toberman (Clifton, Illinois) was named the Midwest Conference Field Performer of the Week for track and field. Toberman won both of the throwing events at the Roger Haynes Invitational o...
Feb 13, 2024, 5:07pm EST
Jim Simpson and Sigourney Weaver Named Monmouth College 2024 Commencement Speakers
Two of America's most respected and widely honored theater and film artists -- writer/director Jim Simpson and actor Sigourney Weaver -- will jointly deliver the address at Monmouth College's 167th Commencement Exercises, to be held on Sunday, May 19. ...
Feb 13, 2024, 5:00am EST
More than 200 years after his birth, Lincoln continues to stand as a model of self-education
In the 215 years since he was born, Abraham Lincoln is remembered not only as the U.S. president who led the nation through the Civil War but also as an example of the early 19th century self-educated citizen. "Lincoln did not have a lot of formal edu...
Feb 12, 2024, 2:00am EST
Scots Win 17 Events at Roger Haynes Invitational on Saturday
The Monmouth College track and field teams hosted the Roger Haynes Invitational on Saturday with 17 overall wins and nearly 40 personal bests. Midwest Conference foes Illinois College, Beloit and Knox attended the meet as did William Woods and Sauk Val...
Feb 10, 2024, 11:05pm EST