MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 16, 2023) — In the heyday of the Monmouth College Octopus Club — and when the legendary Bobby Woll was just a rookie head coach for the Fighting Scots — Bernie Bolon was a big man on campus. Bloon and his future wife, 1939 classmate Rosemary Field, were a popular couple.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 15, 2023) Students who occasionally miss a deadline for an assignment will be pleased to know there is at least one Monmouth College professor who can lend a sympathetic ear.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 14, 2023) — Monmouth College has completed a record-setting campaign that will help set the College's course throughout the rest of the decade.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 10, 2023) — If Monmouth College students are looking for inspiration in the early days of the spring semester, they would be wise to watch a four-minute video recently released by the Office of the Prime Minister of Japan, which highlights the remarkable caree

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 9, 2023) — The pandemic and many other controversies over the past few years have shed light on the different ways that Americans define good citizenship in our democratic republic. An upcoming talk at Monmouth College will provide perspective on how democratic Athenians, too, did not always have the same definition of responsible citizenship.

This Monmouth group is not standing in front of the columns at Wallace Hall but, rather, of the Parthenon in Athens, which they visited in January the day before they returned from their study-abroad trip to Greece

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 8, 2023) — To stand where Socrates stood. To get into position at the starting line where the first Olympic athletes raced. To experience "xenia" in its many shapes and forms.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 7, 2023) — The impact of Russia's nearly twelve-month war in Ukraine has rippled across the globe, with dire consequences not only for the Ukrainian people but also energy markets, food security, and international trade. The war has reinvigorated Western alliances, shaken up relationships among post-Soviet states, caused tension with states of the Global South, and raised concern about the role of China in international crises.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 6, 2023) — Black History Month events at Monmouth College, sponsored by its Champion Miller Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, kicked off February 2 with the first of three film discussions.

Clips of the documentary Who We Are: The Chronicle of Race in America were shown and discussed at the Champion Miller Center, 727 E Broadway, and two other movie events will be held in the center from 7-9PM on February 9 and February 16.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 6, 2023) — The Monmouth College chapter of Alpha Xi Delta women's fraternity has shifted its philanthropy focus from raising awareness about autism to fighting child homelessness.

The move was made to give Alpha Xi Delta members more opportunities to make a difference in the local community.

Monmouth College student Elijah Lind (right) is shown working with a student at the Teen Recharge Center in downtown Monmouth, part of the community engagement that professor Lori Walters-Kramer worked into one of her courses last fall

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (February 2, 2023) — A grant to Monmouth and Knox colleges will help both colleges strengthen their ties to their local communities.

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