10 Dec 2020

Monmouth College Receives Grant from Community Health Foundation of Warren and Henderson Counties to Administer COVID-19 Tests

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (December 10, 2020) — Monmouth College has received a grant to help the Monmouth-Warren County community intensify its battle against the COVID-19 virus.

The College has received a $150,000 grant from the Community Health Foundation of Warren and Henderson Counties to purchase 5,000 SHIELD Illinois tests, which the College will help administer to the Monmouth-Warren County community for a nominal fee.

16 Nov 2020

Chicago Native Dr Harvey Echols Named to Monmouth College Board of Trustees

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 16, 2020) — Dr Harvey Echols of Jacksonville, Florida, has been named to the Monmouth College Board of Trustees.

A 1981 graduate of the liberal arts college, Echols has worked in the medical profession for more than 25 years.

10 Nov 2020

Monmouth Theatre Students Hope Next Production Reaches Out and Touches Audiences

By Duane Bonifer

 

Clockwise from left: Student directors Amelia Chavez, Richard Eyre, Noah Harshbarger, and Allie Bryan

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 10, 2020) — Since the invention of cell-phones as brick-sized monstrosities in the 1970s, they have risen in prominence and their use has become ubiquitous.

09 Nov 2020

Monmouth College Students Reflect About Voting in Their First General Election

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 9, 2020) — When current Monmouth College students prepare to vote in the Election of 2060, they might think back to what a crazy time when they voted for the first time — the Election of 2020, held during a global pandemic when US political polarization was high.

06 Nov 2020

Monmouth's Bob Simmons Honored for Classics Day with Prestigious Outreach Prize

By Duane Bonifer

 

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 6, 2020) — Bringing ancient Greece and Rome to life through his ambitious Classics Day events has earned Monmouth College professor Bob Simmons the 2020 Society for Classical Studies Outreach Prize.

04 Nov 2020

Monmouth College's Robin Johnson Said "Fascinating" Election Likely Won't Be Decided for Days

By Duane Bonifer

 

04 Nov 2020

Monmouth College to Begin Cooldown November 9

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 4, 2020) — Monmouth College will enter into a cooldown period that will begin November 9 and last until the end of the semester, November 24. The decision was made in response to rising COVID-19 cases in the region.

02 Nov 2020

Monmouth College's Sienkewicz Lecture on Roman Archaeology to Shine Light on Depiction of Play at Death

By Duane Bonifer

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (November 2, 2020) — The largest source for scenes of games, contests, and play in Roman art is one a person might not expect — coffins and sarcophagi.

22 Oct 2020

Monmouth Professors' Interdisciplinary Research Studies How Foreign Media is Covering Election

By Duane Bonifer

 

Top: Monmouth College communication studies professor Robert Hinck. Below: Monmouth data science professor Robert Utterback 

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 22, 2020) — How Russian, Iranian, and Chinese media are covering the US presidential election is the topic of a recent research article by a pair of Monmouth College faculty.

21 Oct 2020

Janis Wunderlich's Art Exhibit on Display at Monmouth College through November 19

By Duane Bonifer

 

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (October 21, 2020) — When Monmouth College art professor Janis Wunderlich won Best of Show for a ceramic piece at a national juried exhibition last fall, she said the piece depicted "a way to rise above."

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