16 Jan 2024

Monmouth College Dean's List Fall 2023

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 16, 2024) — The following students made the Dean's List at Monmouth College for the Fall 2023 semester. To qualify for the Dean's List, students had to take at least 3.0 credit hours while achieving a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

Danielle Beach of Geneseo (61254)

Zane Beebe of Davenport (52806)

Neo Colter of Geneseo (61254)

Xanthia Colter of Geneseo (61254)

Madison Coopman of Rock Island (61201)

15 Jan 2024

Book by Monmouth College's Brad Nahrstadt ('89) First Biography of Overlooked, Underappreciated 1904 Democratic Presidential Nominee Alton Parker

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 15, 2024) — A member of the Monmouth College Board of Trustees has stepped up to fill a surprising void in the genre of American political biographies.

Brad Nahrstadt, a 1989 graduate of the College and a retired attorney, has written Alton B Parker: The Man Who Challenged Roosevelt. Published by the State University of New York Press, the 357-page book is available in hardback, with a paperback version due out later this year.

09 Jan 2024

Monmouth College Community Mourns Passing of Legendary Fighting Scots Coach Bill Reichow

By Duane Bonifer

Bill Reichow, pictured in 1965, was one of the winningest Monmouth College coaches of all time in three different sports, including an overall record of 78-31-2 (.712) from 1966-78 in football

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (January 9, 2024) — Bill Reichow, one of the winningest Monmouth College coaches of all time in three different sports, died January 7 at the age of 94.

06 Dec 2023

Norman Lear's Impact on Television Looms Large Today, Monmouth College Media Studies Scholar Says

By Duane Bonifer

Monmouth College communication studies faculty member Chris Goble, right, meets with legendary television creator Norman Lear at the 2015 meeting of the National Association of Television Program Executives in Miami

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 6, 2023) — Few people did more to revolutionize television than the late Norman Lear, the writer-producer who died Tuesday at the age of 101.

21 Nov 2023

Top Work in Monmouth College Student Art Show Calls Attention to "Society's Indifference" Toward Military Veterans

By Duane Bonifer

Monmouth College students who have pieces featured in the Juried Student Art Exhibition are joined by juror April Jackson of Galesburg, Illinois, left. The exhibit is open through December 6 in the College's Len G Everett Gallery, which is on the second floor of Hewes Library

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 21, 2023) — Monmouth College student Joshua Hinkle hopes his award-winning artwork will not only inspire those who view it but lead them to support change.

20 Nov 2023

Hannah Rossmiller of East Moline, Illinois, Presents Her Monmouth College Research at Regional Psychology Conference

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 20, 2023) — A Monmouth College student from East Moline, Illinois, recently presented her psychology research at a regional conference. Hannah Rossmiller ('24) of East Moline presented "The Effects of True Crime on State and Trait Anxiety" at the 32nd annual Tri-State Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, held November 11 at Rockford University.

20 Nov 2023

Monmouth College Psychology Students Present Diverse Research Topics at Regional Conference

By Duane Bonifer

Monmouth College psychology professors Ryan Colclasure, far left, and Alec Stinnett, far right, accompanied six Monmouth students to the 32nd annual Tri-State Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference, held November 11 at Rockford University.

09 Nov 2023

Monmouth Resident Karli Strom Named Top Advocate in Monmouth College's 13th Moot Court Competition

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 9, 2023) — Karli Strom's last-minute decision to participate in this year's Monmouth College moot court turned out to be a wise one.

At Wednesday night's final round, a three-judge panel named Strom top advocate in the College's annual legal competition.

01 Nov 2023

Monmouth College's Zeta Beta Tau Chapter to Host Anti-Semitism Speaker on November 5

By Duane Bonifer

People participate in a Jewish solidarity march on January 5, 2020, in New York City. The march was held in response to a recent rise in antisemitic crimes in the greater New York metropolitan area

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 1, 2023) — They didn't know it at the time, but earlier this year, the brothers of Monmouth College's Zeta Beta Tau fraternity scheduled an anti-Semitism program that is now very much tied to current international events.

01 Nov 2023

Sweet Treat: Monmouth College Business Students Gain Insights from Whitey's Ice Cream VP

By Duane Bonifer

Whitey's vice president Annika Tunberg (in center) poses with members of one of the two Monmouth classes she met with October 26. The students are holding some of the free samples that Tunberg brought with her to campus

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 1, 2023) — Students in a pair of 300-level classes at Monmouth College gained some real-life business insights from a pretty sweet guest lecturer.

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