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Weekly program featuring the people, events, programs and history that make Monmouth College (Ill.) an outstanding, national liberal arts college…all within 18 minutes and 53 seconds.

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    • Oct 17, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 20m AVG DURATION
    • 246 EPISODES


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    Monmouth Conversations -- 2024-25 -- No. 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 20:53


    Music professor and director of choral and vocal groups Tim Pahel previews the Oct. 19 fall choir concert in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium, featuring the Chorale, Chamber Choir and Concert Choir.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2024-25 -- No. 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 22:13


    Chris Pio '84 discusses the final installment in his tetralogy of books on college athletics, “Mustangs, Mariners and Moose: Nicknames and Mascots of the NAIA and other non-NCAA groups.”

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2024-25 -- No. 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 26:21


    Sports Information Director Nathan Baliva gives an update on the Fighting Scots' fall teams.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2024-25 -- No. 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 24:59


    A celebration of Monmouth student media outlets WPFS-FM – also known as “The Greatest Show in Monmouth, Illinois” – and The Courier newspaper. From left: WPFS-FM station manager Ryan Phillips, Courier editor Karli Strom and student media adviser Chris Goble.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2024-25 -- No. 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 17:38


    Philosophy and religious studies professor Anne Mamary previews an upcoming lecture, “Water Snakes, Bears and Wild Pecans: How the Delaware Indians Packed Their Stories and Took Them With Them Every Time They Moved”; theatre professor Todd Quick previews the upcoming production of the stage adaptation of Jane Austen's “Pride and Prejudice.”

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2024-25 -- No. 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 15:36


    Director of Student Well-Being Megan McGruder discusses the programs and services offered by her office to serve students' mental-health needs.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2024-25 -- No. 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 23:50


    Monmouth Lincoln Laureate of 2024-25 Lea Selquist '25 of Peru, Illinois – an accounting and Spanish double major – discusses why Monmouth is “a place where you will be seen,” her involvement with campus life and how drawing a dinosaur for an internship interview eventually led to a job after she graduates in May 2025.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2024-25 -- No. 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 20:21


    Meet new cross country coach Cooper Pauley '18, who has big plans for the Fighting Scots harriers and track and field distance runners.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2024-25 -- No. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 21:07


    Theatre professors Vanessa Campagna and Todd Quick preview the 2024-25 Fighting Scots Theatre season.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2024-25 -- No. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 23:04


    A preview of 2024-25 in music with music professor and chair Tim Pahel, who is also director of choral activities; music professor Justin Swearinger, who is also director of instrumental activities; and Eli Kelly '24, director of the Fighting Scots Marching Band.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 40

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 24:21


    Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research coordinating adviser Michael Solontoi (pictured) and co-lead editors Tyler Houck '24 and Larissa Pothoven '24.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 39

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 19:35


    Professors Mike Nelson and Andre Audette discuss what makes Monmouth's political science department a shining star on campus; political science major Kailyn Gore '25 (pictured) discusses her plans as a 2024-25 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 38

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2024 21:50


    A visit with the summer crew tending to the Monmouth College Educational Farm & Garden.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 37

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 21:05


    Highlights from Commencement 2024: addresses by Lincoln Laureate Lillian Hucke and commencement speakers actress Sigourney Weaver and her writer/director husband, Jim Simpson.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 36

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 23:36


    A visit with some of the denizens of "COMMutopia," Monmouth's top-ranked communication studies department.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 35

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 17:24


    Details of the groundbreaking Monmouth College-OSF 3+1 Nursing Program, which will allow students to earn two bachelor degrees in four years, both on the Monmouth campus.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 34

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 25:14


    A baker's dozen of Scots scholars discuss their research at Scholars Day 2024. Featuring, in alphabetical order: Zane Beebe, Emilie Cain, Victoria Cook, Dylan Copeland, Dean Duncan, Kailyn Gore, Tyler Houck, Tristan Lambert, Mia Martino, Corey Pevitz, Olivia Turley, Vea Vavrosky and Abigail Zayas.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 33

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 24:47


    Monmouth Sports Information Director Nathan Baliva provides an update on spring sports: baseball, golf, softball, tennis, and track and field.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 32

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 28:08


    It's award season at Monmouth, and this week's Monmouth Conversations podcast features members from this year's Blue Key Honor Society induction ceremony and the Highlander Leadership Awards (pictured).

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 31

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 16:59


    Director Lisa Wipperling discusses bringing the 2014 musical “The Theory of Relativity” to the stage of historic Wells Theater, where it will be presented April 18-21.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 30

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 17:32


    A preview of “The Eight,” the 2023-24 senior art show, with art professor Stacy Lotz and art seniors Charlie Conkle, Grace Cornelius, Eli Douglass, Michael Gonzalez, Joshua Hinkle, Z Kendall, Alivia Palicki and Emma Seybold.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 29

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 20:45


    Catching up with the participants in the Women in Law Day event, held on March 23 and sponsored by the Center for Civic and Social Change and the Wackerle Center for Career, Leadership & Fellowships. From left: Jessica Acosta '19, Abierre Minor '21 and Kate Cross '08.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- EXTRA

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 8:05


    Meet Dr. Patricia Draves, who will become the College's 15th president in July 2024.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 28

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 24:11


    Music professors Tim Pahel and Justin Swearinger are joined by Monmouth students to preview the home concert by the Monmouth College Chamber Winds, Chorale and Chamber Choir on March 23 at Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 27

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 18:51


    Business faculty Amanda Cleland and Tom Prince discuss why the time is right for Monmouth to start an academic program in marketing.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 26

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 26:13


    Monmouth College Sports Information Director Nathan Baliva puts the final touches on the winter sports season and previews the spring sports season of baseball, golf, softball, tennis, and track and field.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 25

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 19:33


    Meet the Great 8 scholars of the Class of 2028. Trustees' Scholars: Ryan Garofoli, Caleb Ochs, McKenna Rahn and Karla Ramirez; Goldsborough Scholars: Isabella D'Incognito and James Gustafson; and Admiral's Scholars: Rouya Mirzaei and Angie Swan.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 20:06


    A preview of Peace Corps Week (Feb. 25-March 2) with political science professors Mike Nelson and Jessica Vivian and Director of the Wackerle Center for Career, Leadership & Fellowships Marnie Steach.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 17:10


    Students in business professor Amanda Cleland's “Marketing” class are joined by business faculty member Tom Prince to assess the TV ads aired during #SuperBowlLVII.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 22:02


    Class of 2024 profile: Fatima Gutierrez on how taking risks enhanced her Monmouth College experience.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 21

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 19:24


    Theatre professor Todd Quick previews Julia Cho's bittersweet comedy “The Language Archive,” which will be presented Feb. 15-18 at the Hewes Library Studio Theater.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 20

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 17:21


    Political science professor Mike Nelson previews the Great Decisions program, which will have its 44th year at Monmouth. It begins on Jan. 31. Nelson also discusses the strengths of Monmouth's political science program.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 22:31


    The Voice of Fighting Scots Athletics: Sports Information Director Nathan Baliva on men's and women's basketball, swimming and diving, and track and field. #RollScots #ItsGreatToBeAScot

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2024 22:27


    Monmouth alumnus Brad Nahrstadt '89 discusses his fascinating biography, “Alton B. Parker: The Man Who Challenged Roosevelt.” Parker was the Democrats' 1904 presidential nominee.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 26:59


    Alumni author Chris Pio '84 discusses his third book about college nicknames, "Governors, Gauchos and Gaels: NCAA Division I Nicknames and Mascots From Aces to Zips."

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 22:50


    Alumni authors Roy '13 and Colleen '13 Sye and Jack Clifford '10 discuss their engaging children's book about Monmouth College, "Monmouth College: A to Z."

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 23:44


    A preview of “Christmas at Monmouth” with Justin Swearinger and “A Jazz Christmas?” with Steve Jackson of the music department. A review of the College's annual Juried Student Art Exhibition with art professor Stacy Lotz and awarding-winning artist Joshua Hinkle '24.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 26:02


    Sports Information Director Nathan Baliva previews football's return to the Cousins Subs Lakefront Bowl and reviews Fighting Scots winter sports.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 21:52


    Moot court top advocate Karli Strom (pictured), and moot court organizers political science professor Andre Audette and Wackerle Center for Career, Leadership & Fellowships Director Marnie Steach.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 17:39


    Theatre professor Todd Quick previews "Peter Pan," which will be presented No. 16-19 at the historic Wells Theater.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 20:07


    Professors Anne Mamary and Joshua Gentzke preview the 33rd annual Samuel M. Thompson Lecture, which will be on Nov. 2, and discuss the College's Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 18:08


    Ryan Bowman '24, left, and the Rev. John Huxtable '04 discuss a service-learning trip to Kemmerer Village, in Assumption, Illinois, sponsored by the Chaplain's Office.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 17:10


    Monmouth College Alumni Association President Mark Tupper '94 discusses why he came to Monmouth, what made him get involved with the alumni association and what he hopes to accomplish.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 22:03


    WPFS-FM station manager Jan Abel '24 and faculty adviser Chris Goble discuss World College Radio Day and the opportunities students receive by working at Monmouth's student-run radio station.

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    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 17:13


    Monmouth College's 2023-24 Lincoln Laureate Lillian Hucke talks about her Scots experience, the support she receives from faculty and staff, and how she became the “Face of Monmouth College.”

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2023 19:28


    Theatre professor Vanessa Campagna previews Anton Chekhov's “The Seagull,” which will be performed Sept. 29-Oct 1 at Wells Theater.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 18:45


    Classics Professor Bob Simmons is joined by students Jan Abel '24 and Rahm Pandey '24 to discuss Classics Day VI on Sept. 30 and other happenings in the award-winning department.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 21:02


    Lauren Lurkins of Lurkins Strategies previews her upcoming Wiswell-Robeson Lecture, to be given at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 21:36


    Sports Information Director Nathan Baliva previews the Fighting Scots' 2023 fall seasons.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2023-24 -- No. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 21:51


    Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Karen Ogorzalek, left, and Associate Dean of Students/Director of Residence Life Jerrie Walters discuss how Monmouth's opening weekend comes together behind the scenes.

    Monmouth Conversations -- 2022-23 -- No. 34

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 27:02


    In final Monmouth College Conversations of 2022-23, Sports Information Director Nathan Baliva reviews the year in Fighting Scots athletics.

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