MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 21, 2023) — Welcome New Scots!

That was the greeting in big letters on several signs around Monmouth College, and it was also the vibe on campus, as more than 200 first-year students participated in the school's matriculation ceremony on Wallace Hall Plaza.

Monmouth biology professor Janet Ugolino is supervising three students who are "hunting for worms" during this month's SOFIA program. Pictured from left are Ilese Rodeffer, Parker Bruch, Ugolino and Elizabeth Towery

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 17, 2023) — In July, one of the biggest stories in science was a 46,000-year-old worm that was brought back to life after being found in a layer of Siberian permafrost.

Nathalie Roy and Bob Simmons are pictured at Monmouth's Fox Classics Lecture in 2022, which Roy presented

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 15, 2023) — Monmouth College has received a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to help US teachers instruct their students about everyday life in ancient Greece.

The grant was the brainchild of Monmouth classics professor Bob Simmons and Louisiana high school classics teacher Nathalie Roy.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (August 10, 2023) — When he was interviewed prior to his alma mater's May 26-28 celebration of the 75th anniversary of Sigma Phi Epsilon on campus, Brad Nahrstadt ('89) of Northbrook, Illinois, spoke very highly of his fraternity experience at Monmouth College.

"It really fundamentally changed who I am as a person," said Nahrstadt, a member of the Monmouth College Board of Trustees for more than twenty years. "It's a debt I'll never be able to repay. I'm blessed."