MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 19, 2024) — Illinois Speaker of the House Welch (above) to deliver Monmouth's Midwest Matters Lecture

Illinois Speaker of the House Representative Emanuel "Chris" Welch will deliver this year's Monmouth College Midwest Matters Lecture.

Welch will speak at 1PM, April 26, in the Hewes Library Studio Theater, which is on the lower level of Hewes Library. His talk is free and open to the public.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 19, 2024) Around 3PM on Thursday, April 18, in the headquarters of Monmouth College's eighth annual Scots Day of Giving, the song "Magic Man" by Heart was playing, one of several tunes selected as part of a special "Monmouth Magic" playlist.

The donor page projected on the screen showed that Monmouth was nearing 75% of its main goal. By the time the day was done at 11:53PM, those numbers had grown, and several goals were reached.

LEBANON, ILLINOIS (April 19, 2024) — McKendree University's new Paraprofessional+ Pathway program has recently gained certification from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), making it the very first institution of higher learning in the state to have an approved apprenticeship program for paraprofessionals who hope to become licensed teachers.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (April 17, 2024) — Augustana College announces higher-education leader Dr Lisa Durant-Jones will deliver the commencement address at the college's 164th annual convocation on May 25. She will also be awarded a doctor of humane letters during the ceremony at the Vibrant Arena at the Mark.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 16, 2024) — With an enrollment of 2,750 students, Homewood-Flossmoor High School in the south suburbs of Chicago is a behemoth. The Vikings' boys basketball team just won a state championship in Class 4A, the classification for the largest high schools in Illinois.

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE (April 16, 2024) More than fifty students and organizations were recognized for their leadership on campus at the 2024 Belmont Student Leadership Awards (BSLA) through the Division for Student Formation Wednesday, April 10.

Representing a wide range of disciplines and interests, BSLA celebrated the contributions students made to the Belmont community.

FAYETTE, IOWA (April 16, 2024) — Upper Iowa University (UIU) is thrilled to announce its eighth annual Giving Day event, "Battle of the Generations," set to take place Wednesday, April 24, and Thursday, April 25, 2024. Since the inception of Giving Day in 2017, the UIU community has generously contributed $750,000 as part of this University-wide fundraising event. Its annual impact advances the unwavering commitment to enhancing the educational journey of its students.

Alumni returning for the 75th anniversary of the Geography Department will tour key sites in the Quad Cities and experience the Mississippi River aboard the geography department’s research boat The Scholarship

GALESBURG, ILLINOIS (April 12, 2024) — Knox College announced today that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa will receive an honorary degree and speak at its 2024 Commencement exercises to be held in June.

Samantha Hartman officially received her award last spring at Monmouth College's annual Honors Convocation. Also pictured is President Clarence Wyatt

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