News
3 February 2005
Volume 118, Number 11
VPAA candidate visits MC
Steve Griffith, the second of four vice presidents for academic affairs (VPAA) and dean of the faculty candidates, visited Monmouth this past week.
On Thursday and Friday, Jan. 26-27, Griffith had brief receptions and question and answer sessions in the Barnes Electronic Classroom in Hewes Library and the Morgan Room in Poling Hall, respectively.
The former VPAA, George Arnold, held the position from 1996 to 2004 before he left MC to assume the presidency at Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wis. Since then, the position has been open.
According to MC, one of the primary tasks of the next vice president will be to implement the newly adopted general education program. Read More...
Luck o’ the Irish
Former professor turned artist
Dustin Morrow has made quite the name for himself from doing everything from traveling to Ireland, making short films and even making time to win an Emmy.
Last Thursday, Jan. 19, Monmouth College had the opportunity to see some of this artist and filmmaker’s work as Morrow showed some of his award-winning photographs and short films from his trip to Ireland in the library’s Barnes Electronic Classroom. Read More...
Daugherty takes over for Tink
Just weeks ago in Polling Hall, Monmouth College added a new face to replace long-time secretary, Carolyn Tinkham, who recently retired.
On Tuesday, Jan. 3, Galesburg native Carol Daugherty filled the position of Assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs.
Daugherty graduated from Galesburg High school in 1975 and in 1982 she moved to Livermore, Cal. with her fiancé, who was recruited from the University of Illinois to southern California to work for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. Read More...
Ready for the real world?
One hundred days to graduation…and counting. Seniors, you have only 100 days left until you walk across that stage, accept your diploma and bid farewell to Monmouth College.
Then what? What is the next step for you? Grad school? Travel? Time off? For many of you the next step is to enter the world of work. Read More...
Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
Alternative Spring Break, a philanthropic organization that has been in effect on campus for roughly 10 years, will be heading to Tulsa, Okla. in March to participate in numerous social awareness activities and humanitarian projects.
Senior Kevin Gebraski and junior Mollie Williams, the group’s student leaders, are optimistic about plans for this year. Read More...
Growing Pains
Apathy and student involvement
Apathy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is “freedom from, or insensibility to, passion or feeling; passionless existence.” Apathy in the student body is equated to death on college campuses across the nation. Student interest and involvement, and a willingness and desire to care about the institution and activities on campus, are the lifeblood of collegiate institutions. Apathy, unfortunately, has severely affected the lives of students at Monmouth College. Read More...
Issues and ideas
American value$
Americans have long distinguished themselves as being a type of exceptional creature. The self-perceived exceptionality of this creature has taken form in the nature of values upheld by American society. The very notion of this exceptionality arose out of the need for the creation of a wholly American rather than European identity. Thus, American exceptionalism has been a constructed national identity. Read More...
Another
new face in Student Affairs
Joe Fitzpatrick has been hired as the new assistant director of residential life, replacing the previous assistant director Ken Morris who left Monmouth College in December.
Previously, Fitzpatrick began as the assistant director of residential life at the College of Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico and eventually became director of residential life. Read More...
Letter from the Editor
The value of the media
As I attended my capstone class for the Public Relations major, Freedom of Expressions, I began to think about the many facets of the media and how it impacts the lives of those who are exposed to its messages. Take the newspaper industry for example. I would venture to say that thousands, if not millions, of American and international business people read it daily to keep afloat to current and pressing issues. However, the issue is this: how many media outlets, in general, portray an accurate representation of a news piece? Read More...
Letter from the Editor
Fans: helping or hurting MC sports?
Letter to Pertinent Members of the Student Body:
We write to register our dismay at the actions of certain members of the student body at the recent Knox-Monmouth basketball game. In particular, we were embarrassed and angered by the actions of the alleged members of the MC football team. The signatories to this letter all played MC varsity football. Read More...
