http://www.knox.edu/x160.xmlKnox Newsen-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsseditor@example.comwebmaster@example.comhttp://www.knox.edu/x26971.xmlBy midnight on June 30 -- the end of the Knox College fiscal year -- more than 5,000 Knox alumni had given to the College, helping Knox receive $100,000 from Duke '74 and Nancy Petrovich.Knox CollegeFri Jun 12 18:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26993.xmlLawrence E. Welch has been named the Clara A. Abbott Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Knox College.Knox CollegeTue Jun 30 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26981.xmlTwo Knox College faculty will explore how an ancient Middle Eastern settlement solved economic and ecological challenges, and -- along with four Knox students -- spend this summer excavating a site in Jordan and sharing their findings in a blog.Knox CollegeTue Jun 30 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26980.xmlDennis Schneider, professor of mathematics at Knox College, has been named winner of the 2009 Caterpillar Foundation Faculty Achievement Award. The award is presented annually to a member of the Knox faculty for outstanding achievements in teaching, research, creative activity and service.Knox CollegeMon Jun 29 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26979.xmlL. Sue Hulett, professor of political science, has been named the Richard P. and Sophia D. Henke Distinguished Professor at Knox College. The endowed chair was established in 2007 by a $1 million gift from Richard '56 and Sophia Henke.Knox CollegeMon Jun 29 16:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26913.xmlOn June 19, Harley Knosher added ten more golf teams to the two-dozen championship squads he coached in 40 years at Knox: they are the alumni and friends of the College who played in the annual Harley Knosher Golf Outing.Knox CollegeMon Jun 22 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26908.xmlKnox CollegeFri Jun 19 13:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26876.xmlThe College's giving year ends on June 30. Your gifts to Knox support financial aid, a world-class faculty, and student life outside of the classroom. Every gift counts!Knox CollegeFri Jun 12 18:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26865.xmlKnox College announces faculty promotions and tenure: Emily Anderson, Monica Berlin and Gina Franco in English; Jason Helfer in education; Jennifer Leigh Smith in dance.Knox CollegeFri Jun 12 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26845.xmlAt the age of 101, David "Jeff" Walton is believed to be the oldest Knox College alumnus ever to return for a class reunion, at Knox's 2009 Commencement on Saturday, June 6.Knox CollegeThu Jun 11 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26819.xmlProsecuting criminals "is hard work, but it's not a sacrifice." U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald urged Knox graduates not to downplay public service as something "for somebody else to do." As rain pelted the Knox Class of 2009, President Roger Taylor asked graduates whether they wanted to get their diplomas later... or continue with commencement on the south lawn of Old Main. The 266 graduates had already sat through a shower to hear Fitzgerald's address. By voice vote, they chose to continue with the College's 164th Commencement, and the weather cleared.Knox CollegeSat Jun 6 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26792.xmlTricia Richert says she likes all the "artsy" things -- drawing, photography and creative writing. Even studying psychology, she focuses on the creative "flow state, where your activity is one with your thought." This summer, Richert has an internship in the New York studio of famed photographer Annie Liebovitz.Knox CollegeMon Jun 8 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26767.xmlChristopher Johnson's name is the first one inscribed on a new Knox award for oustanding students in educational studies. At the inaugural award presentation ceremony, one of Johnson's professors, Stephen Schroth, explained, "Anywhere Chris teaches, he will be great with kids."Knox CollegeMon Jun 1 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26715.xmlJaclyn Anderson had never high jumped before coming to Knox College. But this senior learned quickly. The Morton, Illinois native is a four-time All-Midwest Conference performer and has received five major awards from Knox's Prairie Fire Athletic department.Knox CollegeMon Jun 1 23:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26544.xmlWhat's your Knox story? Take a few minutes and hear what members of the Knox community -- students, faculty, staff, and alumni -- say when people ask them where they went to college.Knox CollegeTue May 26 13:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26541.xmlKay Smith of the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Roger Taylor of Knox College, and Carol Dyson of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, unveil a new DIY model kit of Old Main, and invite people to "Build Your Own Old Main"; while Knox College scholar Lance Factor reveals the Masonic mysteries encoded in the design of the 152-year-old Lincoln-Douglas Debate site.Knox CollegeThu May 28 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26558.xmlKnox College sponsors "Build Your Own Old Main," a model-building challenge open to students and the general public. The challenge uses plans for paper models of Old Main and other historic Lincoln sites in Illinois, developed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.Knox CollegeWed May 27 15:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26527.xmlBrianna Williams, a first year student athlete from Medford Oregon and a Prairie Fire softball participant enjoys the competition and camaraderie gained from her softball experiences. As a pitcher, she had 75 strike-outs. That places Williams third on the record board for most strike-outs in a season.Knox CollegeFri May 22 14:35:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26499.xmlBarack Obama, Stephen Colbert, Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright: Recent commencement speakers at Knox College. This year -- federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.Knox CollegeTue May 19 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26498.xmlKnox College presents "Intimate Apparel," by Lynn Nottage, May 20 through 23, in Harbach Theatre, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox campus in Galesburg, Illinois.Knox CollegeMon May 18 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26497.xmlStephen Colbert's address to the Knox College Class of 2006 is already in the top ten of 'Best Commencement Speeches' at the Huffington Post. Your vote can keep him on top of a group that includes Bono, David Foster Wallace, George C. Marshall, John F. Kennedy, Jon Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, Russell Baker, Toni Morrison and Steve Jobs.Knox CollegeTue May 19 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26487.xmlAs a habitual goal-setter, Krista Anne Nordgren, a first year student at Knox College, says being an entrepreneur is her ultimate goal. That takes a lot of creativity, and Nordgren plans to combine work in creative writing with practical business experience that a Kemper Scholarship offers.Knox CollegeTue May 19 23:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26438.xmlFifteen students were inducted into the newest class of George Washington Gale Scholars on May 13. Named after the founder of Galesburg and Knox College, the program provides academic support and mentoring, and tuition-waiver scholarships to Carl Sandburg College and Knox College.Knox CollegeFri May 15 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26434.xmlKnox College has joined the state-wide environmental sustainability initiative for institutions of higher education. Knox President Roger Taylor this week signed the Sustainable University Compact developed by the Illinois Green Government Coordinating Council.Knox CollegeFri May 15 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26425.xmlIn the 80s, the Japanese economy was booming, and Americans looked to Japanese education for keys to economic success. But in the 90s the situation reversed, according to Knox College Asian Studies professor Ryohei Matsuda, who has received a research grant to study how Japanese educators are now adapting American ideas to their system of higher education.Knox CollegeFri May 15 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26391.xmlDaniel Hoffman has always been passionate about political science. But Hoffman does more than just talk about the issues. So far, he has penned three op-eds for the Middle East Times, an independent news and analysis weekly that examines the politics, culture, and religion the Middle East.Knox CollegeTue May 12 22:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26294.xmlThe Galesburg Community Chorus and Knox College Choir, under the direction of Laura Lane, will present Johannes Brahms' A German Requiem on May 16 at the Orpheum Theatre.Knox CollegeFri May 8 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26287.xmlKnox College celebrates its annual Flunk Day with a campus-wide picnic, student vs. faculty softball, and outdoor activites for students, faculty and staff alike. The day is a campus-wide holiday from studies and classes.Knox CollegeWed May 6 18:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26286.xmlDean's List of distinguished students at Knox College for Winter Term 2009.Knox CollegeThu May 7 13:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25996.xmlPresident Obama has declared a national health emergency regarding the H1N1 (swine) flu virus. Knox College does not have any known cases of swine flu, but all campus community members are encouraged to take precautions to avoid getting sick or transmitting an illness.Knox CollegeTue May 5 13:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26071.xmlNatania Rosenfeld, associate professor of English at Knox College, has been awarded a fellowship by the Jentel Artist Residency Program. The program brings together an elite group of just six artists -- two writers and four visual artists -- for four weeks at the Jentel Foundation facility in the Piney Creek Valley of Wyoming.Knox CollegeThu Apr 30 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26046.xmlA co-chair of Barack Obama's presidential campaign in Johnson County, Iowa will discuss Obama's first 100 days in office and conduct a genealogy workshop on Thursday, May 7 at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.Knox CollegeThu Apr 30 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26045.xmlTwo Knox students, Adam Soto and Sam Martone, are finalists in the annual Nick Adams Short Story Contest, which draws the best fiction from students at 13 colleges in a five-state region.Knox CollegeThu Apr 30 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25973.xml"Tabling" creates a lively marketplace of causes and projects in Knox College's Seymour Union, as students sell crafts to raise funds for charity, sign up volunteers for community service, and build interest in campus activities.Knox CollegeThu Apr 30 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x26002.xmlTwo Knox College faculty have received highly coveted Fulbright Scholar Fellowships to lecture and conduct research overseas. Karen Kampwirth, professor of political science and chair of the Latin American Studies program, will teach at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Jeremy Day O'Connell, assistant professor of music, will study music and linguistics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.Knox CollegeMon Apr 27 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25997.xmlDanny Gonshorek seized the opportunity to work with Stephen Schroth and Jason Helfer both assistant professors of education. Their work is published in the 'Heroes of Giftedness: An Inspirational Guide for Gifted Students and Their Teachers' published by Gifted Education Press.Knox CollegeTue Apr 28 22:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25710.xmlLess is more: not just for aesthetics; it might work for the economy and the environment, too. John de Graaf speaks at Knox College on Time and Sustainability.Knox CollegeTue Apr 21 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25576.xmlWhat Knox College students and faculty started - the annual prairie burn - nature will finish: the on-going process of restoring the native tallgrass ecology at Green Oaks. The burn was conducted Saturday April 18.Knox CollegeSat Apr 18 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25690.xmlEarth Week events include lectures by Clive Hamilton of Charles Sturt University in Australia and David Kraft of the Nuclear Energy Information Service in Chicago.Knox CollegeFri Apr 17 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25438.xmlKnox College has appointed Lori Schroeder Haslem, associate professor of English, to the position of associate dean of the College. She will succeed Stephen Bailey who has served as associate dean since 1984 -- the longest serving associate dean in Knox's history. Bailey has been appointed director of Knox's new Center for Research and Advanced Study.Knox CollegeTue Apr 14 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25411.xmlKnox College student Michael Dooley is one of Illinois's most promising technology students, thanks to a class project designed to help teachers build on-line lesson plans. Dooley is a winner in the 2009 "Fifty for the Future" competition, sponsored by the Illinois Technology Association.Knox CollegeFri Apr 10 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25349.xml"If you want to change the minds of farmers and storekeepers," Lincoln said, "you have to speak their language." In the 2009 Burkhardt Lecture, Douglas Wilson explains Lincoln's style.Knox CollegeFri Apr 10 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25410.xmlLive music and an "open mic," as well as displays from green vendors and organizations throughout the region will be featured at the Green Solutions Expo at Knox on April 22.Knox CollegeFri Apr 10 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25402.xmlKnox College biologist Stuart Allison hopes that delaying this year's prairie burn at Green Oaks until mid-April will help eradicate some trouble-making plant species.Knox CollegeThu Apr 9 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25692.xmlJane Kirtley, noted scholar in the field of media ethics, will give a lecture, "Media Ethics: An Oxymoron?" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 16, in Ferris Lounge, Seymour Union, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.Knox CollegeWed Apr 8 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25351.xmlKnox junior Adam Kent won the Midwest Conference Championship this season in the indoor track and field competition. Throwing a 35 pound hammer weight, Kent says it was his work with his coach in the off season that helped him.Knox CollegeTue Apr 7 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25303.xmlGuest artists at this year's Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Fest are John Miller and the Romaniacs, and the Aaron Goldberg Trio featuring Matt Penman and Eric Harland, April 16 through 18.Knox CollegeMon Apr 6 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25963.xmlAuthor and award-winning television producer John de Graaf will give a talk, "Time and Sustainability," at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 14, in Ferris Lounge, Seymour Union, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. The talk is free and open to the public.Knox CollegeTue Mar 31 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25293.xmlVeterans returning from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other duty stations will be able to attend Knox College tuition-free under the Veterans Administration's new Yellow Ribbon program. By joining the program, Knox agrees to provide additional financial assistance for veterans returning from service, ensuring that they have an opportunity to experience a private liberal arts college education.Knox CollegeTue Mar 31 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25281.xmlIn the bicentennial year of Lincoln's birth, Knox College will present a renowned Lincoln scholar with an honorary degree at its 2009 Commencement exercises on Saturday, June 6. Lincoln scholar Garry Wills will receive an honorary degree, along with noted biologist Bill Geer and U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald will deliver the Commencement address.Knox CollegeMon Mar 30 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25273.xmlOne of the nation's leading Lincoln scholars, Douglas L. Wilson, co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College, will give the 2009 Burkhardt Lecture, "Lincoln and Language," at 4 p.m., Thursday, April 2 in the Alumni Room.Knox CollegeMon Mar 30 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25271.xmlHundreds gathered at Tim Heimann Court on March 28 for a memorial service for the long-time coach, teacher, and mentor after whom the basketball court was named.Knox CollegeSat Mar 28 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25255.xmlKnox College will host a forum for candidates running for the office of mayor of Galesburg at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 1, in Kresge Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox campus in Galesburg, Illinois. Galesburg's municipal election is on April 7.Knox CollegeWed Mar 25 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25254.xmlApplications are now being accepted for Knox College for Kids, June 15-26, with courses in art, music, theatre, dance, literature, history, mathematics, science and languages.Knox CollegeWed Mar 25 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25238.xmlTom Wolf '69, will return to Galesburg on Thursday, March 26, to discuss Midnight Assassin: A Murder in Americas Heartland, at Carl Sandburg College.Knox CollegeTue Mar 24 13:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25201.xmlAlex Kuo, an award-winning author and Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Knox College, reads from his own works March 27, in the Alumni Room of Old Main. A 1961 Knox graduate, Kuo has published two novels and more than 350 poems, short stories, photographs and essays.Knox CollegeFri Mar 20 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25200.xmlStudents from throughout western Illinois participated this week in the Knox College Sectional of the 2009 Academic Challenge, sponsored by WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering).Knox CollegeThu Mar 19 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25194.xmlDouglas Johnston, founder and president of the International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, speaks on "Faith-Based Diplomacy in the Middle East and Pakistan," on March 27. Johnston's organization has worked to include religion in mediating identity-based conflicts that exceed the reach of traditional diplomacy -- including Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan and Kashmir.Knox CollegeWed Mar 18 12:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25178.xmlKnox College has lost a long-time friend and coach. Tim Heimann '70 died Friday, March 13, 2009 at home. Heimann retired last year as head men's basketball coach. He worked at Knox for 37 years after graduating in 1970.Knox CollegeFri Mar 13 12:05:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25174.xmlKnox College will again have a Commencement speaker pulled straight from the headlines. Patrick J. Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, will deliver the Commencement address on Saturday, June 6, 2009. Fitzgerald has played a key role in nationally significant investigations into terrorism financing, public corruption, corporate fraud, and violent crime.Knox CollegeThu Mar 12 12:05:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25173.xmlJoyce Omondi '10 hopes to take the leadership skills she is learning at Knox back home to Kenya, with the goal of someday being a diplomat to the U.S. or United Nations. "My childhood dream is to become the first female Secretary General of the UN -- so, you'll see on CNN one day."Knox CollegeWed Mar 11 13:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25170.xmlFor senior Pam Schuller, one of Knox's most recognizable comedians, years of slogging it out in stand-up comedy venues for free may be paying off in what could be a lucrative and even liberating way.Knox CollegeThu Mar 12 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25169.xmlJunior Fayne Lawson, a member of the Prairie Fire swim team, is no stranger to a hard day's work. He spent the summer interning with the Department of Agriculture in Colorado's forest service as a wild firefighter.Knox CollegeThu Mar 12 17:00:00 CDT 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25148.xmlCharles R. Gibbs of Dallas, Texas, has been elected to the Knox College Board of Trustees. An attorney, Gibbs focuses on financial restructuring in a variety of industries, with a particular emphasis on the real estate, energy, retail and textile industries.Knox CollegeFri Mar 6 17:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25111.xmlMusic major Sean Carmichael says he feels like he can reference a Bach example right next to a John Coltrane example. He wants to investigate how blues, jazz and rock compositions possess similarities in their musical language despite their obvious differences in timbre and historical context.Knox CollegeWed Mar 4 17:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25083.xmlKnox College computer science professor John Dooley takes on three student teams, in the Annual Sumo Robot Competition that showcases computer programming techniques using Lego Mindstorms kits.Knox CollegeFri Mar 6 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25060.xmlChristopher Murrie remembers going to a local movie house in 1993 to watch "The Nightmare Before Christmas," directed by Henry Selick. 15 years later, Murrie worked as lead editor for Selick's film, "Coraline."Knox CollegeThu Feb 26 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25032.xmlKnox College students have founded a Student Affiliate Chapter of the American Chemical Society. The chapter's charter was presented recently by an ACS representative to Knox College President Roger Taylor, and students Toshia Zessin and Patrick Cavins, members of the Knox College Chemistry Club.Knox CollegeTue Feb 24 17:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25030.xmlThe Knox College Choir presents eight performances in March, including six through the Midwest, for its 2009 concert tour, starting March 1 at First Lutheran Church, Galesburg and concluding March 27 with the Home Tour Concert in Kresge Hall on the Knox campus.Knox CollegeTue Feb 24 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x25029.xmlNew York Times correspondent Barry Bearak '71 has been awarded The George Polk Award in Journalism, one of the most coveted journalism honors in the U.S.Knox CollegeMon Feb 23 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24994.xmlPaintings by Claire Sherman, assistant professor of art at Knox College, are featured in an upcoming exhibition at the Hof & Huyser Gallery in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The exhibit, which opens February 28, is Sherman's second international show in the last three years.Knox CollegeFri Feb 20 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24964.xmlComedy, tragedy, maybe both. Knox Theatre presents "Three Houses Beyond the Fourth Wall," a work of devised theatre that "doesn't fit neatly into any categories."Knox CollegeTue Feb 17 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24957.xmlTackling a double major in international relations and economics, Knox senior Brittany Leggans' is aware of problems around the world. She also is a member of the Knox Fencing Club. And now, she is taking a stab at researching organic agriculture and asking, "Can it feed a hungry world?"Knox CollegeMon Feb 16 17:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24946.xmlJared Keeley, a recent graduate of Knox College, has received the prestigious Wilbert J. McKeachie Award from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, a division of the American Psychological Association.Knox CollegeFri Feb 13 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24945.xmlStephen Fineberg, Szold Distinguished Service Professor of Classics at Knox College, has been awarded a grant to study valuable Greek art at the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library. The grant is the first awarded under a new faculty development program established by the University of Chicago and the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM).Knox CollegeFri Feb 13 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24935.xmlWe asked Knox College alumni to share their Knox love stories. We heard from alumni whose love blossomed in a dorm stairwell, during Flunk Day, and in the Gizmo, and more.Knox CollegeThu Feb 12 13:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24926.xmlKnox students from around the world showcased arts, entertainment and cuisine for the campus and hundreds of visitors to the 28th annual International Fair on January 31.Knox CollegeWed Feb 11 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24915.xmlFrom the Second Inaugural to a Lincoln's head cologne bottle, Knox students in the Peterson House residence hall have created a "Lincoln Shrine" in their living room.Knox CollegeTue Feb 10 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24908.xmlRodney Davis and Douglas Wilson, co-directors of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College, whose research and writings have revolutionized the field of Lincoln history, have been awarded The Order of Lincoln, the highest honor conferred by the State of Illinois.Knox CollegeMon Feb 9 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24896.xmlAbraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin share more than a birthday, February 12, 1809. Knox College -- as an institution committed to education and equality, and as a place in history -- highlights their connections, and is linked to them in ways that 200 years later are still relevant.Knox CollegeFri Feb 6 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24895.xmlKnox College will honor diplomat Charles Kartman, business school dean Christopher Earley, computer engineer Carol Craig, and actor Bree Elrod Novak with 2009 Alumni Achievement Awards. The awards will be presented at the College's Founders Day Convocation at 5 p.m., February 13, in the Muelder Reading Room, Seymour Library.Knox CollegeFri Feb 6 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24877.xmlDean's List of Distinguished Students at Knox College for Fall Term 2008.Knox CollegeThu Feb 5 14:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24795.xmlKnox College is participating in a cross-country conference on global warming on campus and via videoconference. The National Teach-in on Global Warming will be held February 4-5, 2009 on the Knox campus and across the country.Knox CollegeMon Feb 2 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24738.xmlKnox's ability to provide a high caliber college education at an affordable price has been recognized by Kiplinger's Personal Finance with a ranking among top 50 Best Values.Knox CollegeMon Feb 2 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24783.xmlKnox connections were at center stage during the January 29, 2009 episode of The Colbert Report. Stephen Colbert interviewed John Podesta '71 about his work as head of President Obama's transition team. All three have received honorary degrees from Knox.Knox CollegeFri Jan 30 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24782.xmlKnox College senior defensive end Tighe Burke has been named the NCAA Division III statistical champion in pass sacks for the 2008 season. He had 14 sacks throughout the season, with an average of 1.35 sacks per game.Knox CollegeWed Jan 28 13:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24737.xml"Chinese students really wanted exposure and practice with native English speakers," according to Stephen Schroth, one of three Knox faculty members who led 15 Knox students on a teaching visit to China. The Knox students taught English to Chinese undergraduates at Anhui University, while the Knox faculty gave presentations to graduate students at Anhui.Knox CollegeFri Jan 30 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24578.xmlFour Knox College students have won recognition for photographs they took during off-campus study programs - more awards than any other college in the regional competition.Knox CollegeMon Jan 26 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24736.xmlAfter becoming close friends at knox College, Sable Helvie '08 and Abigail Kramer '08 are enjoying an international teaching experience with children in China and working on a post-baccalaureate project connecting Knox alumni in China to the campus.Knox CollegeMon Jan 26 13:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24724.xmlAn international buffet lunch, cultural booths, and entertainment highlight Knox College's annual International Fair on Saturday, January 31.Knox CollegeFri Jan 23 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24698.xmlOn January 20, Barack Obama became the third U.S. president to hold an honorary degree from Knox College. President Obama borrowed key parts of the inauguration from Abraham Lincoln, just weeks before the nation celebrates the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth. At Knox and in his inaugural address to the nation, Obama called on Americans to take up a life of service.Knox CollegeTue Jan 20 17:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24695.xmlOne student's shirt said it all: "I Don't Study History, I Live It" -- as Knox College celebrated both Martin Luther King Day and the inauguration of honorary Knox alumnus Barack Obama as U.S. President. Knox held a King Day convocation on January 19, and informal groups gathered to watch Obama's inauguration on January 20.Knox CollegeTue Jan 20 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24615.xmlThis year's Martin Luther King Day Convocation is an "extra special celebration, on the eve of the inauguration of our first African-American president," said professor Konrad Hamilton, who will deliver the convocation address on Monday, January 19. Prior to the convocation, Knox will replay audio excerpts of speeches by Martin Luther King, and the video of "A Place in History," Barack Obama's 2005 commencement address at Knox.Knox CollegeTue Jan 13 16:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24611.xmlAssociate Professor Peter Schwartzman has Chaired the environmental science program since its inception as a major at Knox College in 2000. The popularity of his classes has veteran students steering first year students to the field.Knox CollegeMon Jan 12 17:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x24554.xmlKnox has 1,371 undergraduates from 48 states and 42 countries. They all share their creative ideas in science, humanities, and arts. Tashi Ongmo is a first year student from South Asia who says she she knew the campus before arriving by staying in touch with the Web site community.Knox CollegeTue Dec 23 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23475.xml"Tokyo was our classroom," says professor Michael Schneider, who led a group of 22 Knox students in the Japan Term course on a two-week visit to Japan in December. During fall term, the students took classes in Japanese language, Buddhism, and Asian history. For half of the students, the course isn't over: now they're working on in-depth projects based on their experiences in Japan.Knox CollegeMon Dec 22 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23478.xmlTopics vs. Timelines: Knox professor Sarah Day-O'Connell harmonizes conflicting approaches to teaching music history and wins a national award for innovative course design.Knox CollegeMon Dec 22 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23483.xmlDue to the severe weather today, Knox College offices are closed and all events are cancelled.Knox CollegeFri Dec 19 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23462.xmlThe end of the year is fast approaching. All gifts received by December 31 are tax-deductible for 2008 -- make your tax-deductible gift to the Knox Fund today!Knox CollegeMon Dec 15 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23457.xmlThe Knox dance program added another first to its list of accomplishments in November when Knox alumni, faculty, and current students participated at Dance Chicago.Knox CollegeFri Dec 12 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23455.xmlTwo Knox College Computer Programming Teams competed recently in the 2008 Intercollegiate Programming Competition, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery. The Knox Gold Team finished 3rd, and the Knox Purple Team finished 6th, among the 17 teams that competed at the Unviersity of Illinois-Springfield.Knox CollegeFri Dec 12 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23453.xmlAdvisor, teacher, colleague and friend: Knox professor Robert Seibert remembers long-time political science faculty member Phil Haring.Knox CollegeFri Dec 12 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23443.xmlThanks to a technological instrument invented by Chris Snell '08, now there is a better way to perform a knee replacement operation and allow the surgeon a more efficient surgery.Knox CollegeThu Dec 11 23:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23434.xmlKnox College has adopted Kimberly Scanlon's second grade classroom at Hanover Countryside School in Streamwood, Illinois, as part of the "No Excuses University" initiative. The program reminds students to work hard, behave responsibly, and achieve impressively -- that there are "no excuses" to not go on to college. Knox President Roger Taylor visited the students and encouraged them to plan for college.Knox CollegeFri Dec 5 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23422.xmlBarbara Baird, a graduate of Knox College and the Horace White Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University, has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). The Academy annually elects Fellows in recognition of cutting edge research and scholarship, artistic accomplishment and exemplary service to society.Knox CollegeThu Dec 4 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23420.xmlLuther College joins the ACM, the educational consortium that includes Knox and 12 other liberal arts colleges in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Colorado.Knox CollegeWed Dec 3 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23415.xmlWayne Green, Professor Emeritus of Physics at Knox and a trustee of Carl Sandburg College, is honored by the Galesburg Area Chamber of Commerce with its annual community service award.Knox CollegeMon Dec 1 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23402.xmlGeorge Steckley, professor of history at Knox College, has been named the Robert M. and Katherine Arnold Seeley Distinguished Professor of History. Steckley is both an award-winning teacher and an internationally-recognized scholar in legal history, whose work has been cited before the U.S. Supreme Court.Knox CollegeFri Nov 21 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23385.xmlSix Knox College students competed in the Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester, Early Leaders Case Competition, and four have earned cash prizes. The annual competition brings together some of the brightest young business minds in the country to simulate decisions faced by business leaders around the globe.Knox CollegeWed Nov 19 15:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23379.xmlKnox College scored above national norms on all five of the key areas considered benchmarks for a successful educational experience, according to findings from the 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement released this week. Knox also scored higher than liberal arts colleges in its peer group of national liberal arts colleges.Knox CollegeMon Nov 17 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23375.xmlKnox College is among the top schools in the U.S. in the number of students who are receiving Fulbright Fellowships, one of the nation's most prestigious awards for international post-graduate study. The data was gathered by the Institute of International Education, which administers the Fulbright Fellowship program, and was reported recently in The Chronicle of Higher Education.Knox CollegeMon Nov 17 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23371.xmlThe NCAA has named Katie Schneider, a 2008 Knox College graduate, winner of a 2008 NCAA Division III Conference Sportsmanship Award. Currently working at Knox as co-director of sports information, Schneider participated in both varsity softball and track. "Katie Schneider has been a true leader at Knox College," said Chad Eisele, Knox's director of athletics, who nominated Schneider for the award.Knox CollegeFri Nov 14 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23358.xmlA tour group that is visiting Lincoln sites across the country, led by historian Richard Norton Smith, came to the Knox College campus on November 12. In an interview with a reporter from The Galesburg Register-Mail, Smith, the former director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, discussed similarities between Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama.Knox CollegeFri Nov 14 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23321.xmlKnox College's student literary magazine, Catch, has received a Pacemaker Award as one of the top college literary magazines in the nation, selected by the Associated Collegiate Press. The 2008 Pacemaker is the fourth national honor that Catch has won in the past six years.Knox CollegeMon Nov 10 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23257.xml"Barack for Prez" was the hand-made sign held by two Knox students back in 2005, when U.S. Senator, now President-Elect, Barack Obama gave the commencement address and received an honorary degree from Knox College.Knox CollegeTue Nov 4 23:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23317.xmlOn June 4, 2005, Knox students predicted the future. Watching then U. S. Senator Barack Obama receive an honorary degree and deliver his Commencement address, graduates Sarah Lammie '05 and Sarah Legowski '05 held a sign that read "Barack for Prez!" And they were not alone in their sentiments.Knox CollegeMon Nov 10 13:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23314.xmlOn January 20, 2009, Barack Obama will become the third U.S. president to hold an honorary degree from Knox, joining presidents Abraham Lincoln and William Jefferson Clinton. Obama was awarded an honorary degree in June 2005, and delivered the Commencement address, which many consider to be the speech that set the tone for his presidential campaign.Knox CollegeMon Nov 10 13:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23299.xmlTimothy Standring, Gates Foundation Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Denver Art Museum served as Scholar in Residence at Knox College. During his residency, he delivered two lectures exploring the early art of Nicolas Poussin.Knox CollegeThu Nov 6 18:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23279.xmlPianist Ashlee Mack of the Knox music faculty, presents a free, public recital with guest artists Eric Ginsberg, clarinet, and Bruce Briney, trumpet, at November 13 in Kresge Recital Hall.Knox CollegeTue Nov 4 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23268.xml"Just call us the Hill Twins," proclaimed Susan Hill from behind her Knox sweatshirt. Hill and her sister, Muriel Hill Cronin, were among the 1,000-plus Knox alumni at Homecoming 2008. Festivities included facility dedications and class reunions -- more than 100 events in all.Knox CollegeMon Nov 3 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23182.xmlStephen G. Bloom, a professor and critically acclaimed journalist, will present the inaugural Joe W. Morgan Memorial Lecture, "Community Reporting and The Oxford Project," at 7:30 p.m., Monday, November 3, in the Round Room, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. The lecture is free and open to the public.Knox CollegeMon Oct 27 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23181.xmlWhen Sara Koehnke '12 isn't volunteering with the Paralympics Academy in Beijing China, the first year student is catching up with studies at Knox. She has been involved with the organization for four years and has attended disabled kids camps since she was seven.Knox CollegeMon Oct 27 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23180.xmlSarah West '09 is not playing games but getting down to business while researching the articular cartilage of the knee. She is working with Professors Chuck Schulz in Physics and Judy Thorn in Biology on an independent project that uses the Nintendo Wii gaming system.Knox CollegeMon Oct 27 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23135.xmlScholars Garry Wills, James McPherson, David Zarefsky, Allen Guelzo, Rodney Davis and Douglas Wilson discussed, and sometimes debated, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates at the 23rd Annual Lincoln Colloquium, October 11 at Knox College.Knox CollegeWed Oct 22 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23134.xmlElizabeth Barrios of Aurora, Illinois, a senior at Knox College in Galesburg, has been selected as a 2008 Student Laureate by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. The award is given annually to a distinguished senior at each four-year college in the state.Knox CollegeTue Oct 21 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23087.xmlDushan "Duke" Petrovich, a 1974 graduate and trustee of Knox College, has been named President of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. "Duke is the first generation in his family to be born in the U.S," said Knox President Roger Taylor. "He has never lost sight of Knox's mission to serve first generation and low income students."Knox CollegeTue Oct 21 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23079.xmlKnox College graduate Brian Tibbets has been named the top Latin teacher in Illinois for 2008. The award was presented recently by the Illinois Classics Conference.Knox CollegeMon Oct 20 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23071.xmlWatch presentations by Knox economics and business professors about the issues associated with the financial crisis and the steps being taken to address the issues.Knox CollegeMon Oct 20 13:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23067.xmlThe journey is finally over. After seven years, hundreds of phone calls, and thousands of miles, Martha '52 and V.R. "Swede" Roskam '51, returned the last of 37 dog tags they found at a market in Vietnam to its rightful owner.Knox CollegeMon Oct 20 13:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23059.xmlKnox College presents a film festival, "Family Dynamics and Body Politics: Women Directors of the Spanish-Speaking World," Friday through Sunday, October 24, 25 and 26, at the Orpheum Theatre, 57 S. Kellogg, Galesburg, Illinois.Knox CollegeFri Oct 17 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23058.xmlKnox College welcomes alumni to campus for more than 100 events from October 30 through November 3, at the College's Homecoming 2008.Knox CollegeFri Oct 17 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23057.xmlKnox College Theatre presents "Tartuffe," by Moliere, directed by Neil Blackadder at 7:30 p.m. on October 24-25, and at 8 p.m., October 31-November 1, in Harbach Theatre.Knox CollegeFri Oct 17 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x23048.xmlThe Knox College Choir, directed by Laura Lane, professor of music, presents its Fall Concert during Knox's Family Weekend at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 26, in Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts.Knox CollegeThu Oct 16 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22857.xmlRecent Knox graduate Mary Kiolbasa has been selected one of the "Best New Poets of 2008," and awarded a Javits Fellowship to support her graduate study in writing.Knox CollegeMon Oct 13 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22969.xmlRonald Walters, a professor at the University of Maryland who helped manage Jesse Jackson's presidential campaigns, speaks Tuesday, October 21 at 4 p.m. in Ferris Lounge and 7 p.m., in Kresge Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.Knox CollegeMon Oct 13 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22926.xmlDemocratic incumbent U.S. Senator Richard Durbin and Republican challenger Steven Sauerberg held a broadcast debate October 9 at Knox College. The debate was carried statewide by the Illinois Radio Network, moderated by Craig Dellimore of WBBM and Melissa Hahn of IRN.Knox CollegeSat Oct 11 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22903.xmlEducators and students can help build ecologically sustainable campuses and societies, according to author and biologist Sandra Steingraber, speaking Oct. 8 at Knox College.Knox CollegeThu Oct 9 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22854.xmlRodney Davis and Douglas Wilson, co-directors of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College, receive The Order of Lincoln, the highest honor awarded by the State of Illinois. Davis and Wilson are among the nation's foremost Lincoln scholars, and recently released the first critical edition of the texts of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates.Knox CollegeWed Oct 8 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22843.xmlNora Nelson '09 and Clint Moore '09 spent the attending class and conducting research. Their class involved underwater research with Professor Linda Dybas in Belize. The coast is lined with a coral reef that forms approximately 200 miles of the Belize Barrier Reef - the longest in the Western Hemisphere.Knox CollegeMon Oct 6 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22845.xmlIt was Lincoln v. Douglas version 2.0 on Oct. 4, as the "Reunion Tour '08" created a 21-century presentation of the 150-year-old political struggle over slavery. An audience estimated at 350 attended the event at the Lincoln-Douglas debate site on the Knox campus.Knox CollegeSat Oct 4 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22825.xmlLuke Karner's secondary education and social sciences majors were put to the test while spending the summer volunteering at summer camp. While tolerating uproars in the dining halls, umpiring the swimming, fishing, canoeing expeditions or other fun activities at camp, some kids tackle their autism, schizophrenia or tantrums when frustrated.Knox CollegeThu Oct 2 13:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22797.xmlAs an international relations major, with a history and economics minor, Jessica Wise '09 says studying abroad provides an opportunity to learn more about the way the world works, to see things through different eyes, absorb a foreign culture and have a lot of fun.Knox CollegeTue Sep 30 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22714.xmlSeveral events in Galesburg will mark the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates October 2-5, including an exhibit from the Lincoln Museum.Knox CollegeFri Sep 19 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22689.xmlOne year after Knox and the Peace Corps created a first-of-its-kind program, 15 students are enrolled and the Peace Corps came to campus to meet with students and faculty.Knox CollegeWed Sep 17 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22668.xmlLearning requires changing places: Christopher Welna of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, an expert in international education, gives convocation address at Knox College.Knox CollegeTue Sep 16 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22666.xmlAuthor, biologist, and central Illinois native Sandra Steingraber gives a talk on "Sustainability on College Campuses," October 8 in Kresge Hall.Knox CollegeMon Sep 15 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22647.xmlScholars from the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College announce the first-ever critical edition of the texts of the historic Lincoln-Douglas Debates. "The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition," co-edited by Rodney O. Davis and Douglas L. Wilson, is the first book to provide a full text of the debates based on all known records.Knox CollegeMon Sep 15 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22177.xmlStudents, faculty staff and two presidents - Taylor and Lincoln -- assemble at Knox College for Pumphandle, the annual all-campus greeting line that starts the school year.Knox CollegeThu Sep 11 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22171.xmlDo not reply to e-mail messages seeking your e-mail account information.Knox CollegeTue Sep 9 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22162.xmlThere's no better stamp of approval for a college than when its alumni send their children to their alma mater. And at Knox, 31 members of the Class of 2012 were legacies, or students who followed a relative to Knox.Knox CollegeTue Sep 9 15:38:06 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22095.xmlKnox College welcomed an entering class of more than 400 as residence halls opened on Saturday, September 6. Students, faculty and staff gathered to help new students move in.Knox CollegeSat Sep 6 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22091.xmlEvents at Knox College and in the Galesburg community during 2008-09 will mark the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth.Knox CollegeWed Sep 3 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22088.xmlGabriel Levin, the 2008 Joseph B. Glossberg Visiting Israeli Scholar at Knox College, will deliver three free, public lectures in September and October about Middle Eastern literature and his work as a translator. Levin also is teaching a course, "Modern Hebrew Literature," at Knox during the Fall Term 2008.Knox CollegeWed Sep 3 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22076.xmlDaniel Farber, of the University of California - Berkeley, gives a Constitution Day Lecture, "Lincoln's Constitutional Legacy: How Lincoln Finished the Work of the Founding Fathers and Laid the Foundations for Modern America," September 18 at Knox College.Knox CollegeTue Sep 2 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22026.xmlAfter a 20-plus year absence, students will once again have the opportunity to study geology and earth sciences at Knox College. Katherine A. Adelsberger, a specialist in earth and planetary sciences, has joined the faculty as assistant professor of environmental studies.Knox CollegeMon Sep 1 13:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22065.xmlA television program on the Lincoln-Douglas Debates features interviews with leading historians, including scholars from the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College. "Lincoln and Douglas at Galesburg - The Great Debate," premieres September 11, on WTVP-47 in Peoria.Knox CollegeFri Aug 29 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22023.xmlTomomi Sunayama, a senior from Japan, wasn't an expert in English when she arrived on Knox's campus. Three years later, the math and physics major is bilingual times two. It isn't just English and Japanese that she speaks fluently, she also converses in abstract math and computational astrophysics.Knox CollegeTue Aug 26 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22001.xmlThe 2008-09 season at Knox features "Tartuffe," a classic French satire; "Intimate Apparel," an award-winning drama; a dance concert showcasing student choreography; and a "devised" work that combines elements of both improvised and scripted theatre.Knox CollegeMon Aug 25 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21999.xmlKnox College formally opens the 2008-09 academic year with a convocation, featuring an address by Christopher Welna, president of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, at 11 a.m., Thursday, September 11 in Harbach Theatre, Ford Center for the Fine Arts.Knox CollegeMon Aug 25 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21998.xmlSuperheroes sometimes encounter workplace fatalities more than once. But Sam Flanders '09, an economics major, set aside his comic book hobby to assist Carol Scotton, assistant professor of economics, in investigating the incidence of work place fatalities.Knox CollegeWed Aug 27 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21944.xmlKnox College is again ranked by U.S. News & World Report in the top 100 national liberal arts colleges. Knox's ranking of 88 among 248 national liberal arts colleges is based on the strong academic quality of the Knox student body, an increase in the retention rate for returning students, and an increase in support from the College's alumni.Knox CollegeThu Aug 21 23:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21912.xmlChris Johnson, a computer science and math major, is used to working with algorithms and stringing math variables together to achieve a solution. But when David Bunde, assistant professor of computer science, asked him to assist with a summer research project, Chris had a new challenge.Knox CollegeSun Aug 24 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21879.xmlKnox College faculty members are available for media commentary on a number of topics related to the upcoming presidential election.Knox CollegeThu Aug 21 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21844.xmlA new "results-oriented" college ranking compiled by Forbes magazine places Knox College in the top 50 among more than 500 U.S. colleges and universities. Forbes lists Knox at 46th in the nation, based on academic quality and achievements by students, faculty and alumni. In all, Forbes evaluated 569 public and private colleges and universities, comprising the top 15% of schools in the country.Knox CollegeMon Aug 18 14:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21652.xmlDean's List of Distinguished Students at Knox College for Spring Term 2008.Knox CollegeFri Aug 15 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21750.xmlKnox College President Roger Taylor has been elected chair, effective July 1, of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM), a regional higher education consortium. The chair is selected from among the presidents of the 13 selective liberal arts colleges that make up the ACM.Knox CollegeTue Aug 12 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21653.xmlKnox College has been chosen by Princeton Review for inclusion in the 2009 edition of "The Best 368 Colleges," which features just 15% of U.S. colleges and universities. "Ratings in the Princeton Review show Knox's strength in academics, recruitment and campus diversity," said Paul Steenis, Dean of Admission and Vice President for Enrollment at Knox.Knox CollegeFri Aug 1 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21510.xmlKnox College is expanding the campus' Geographic Information Systems (GIS) capabilities. Knox has received a $30,000 grant from the Ellen Browning Scripps Foundation to establish the Ellen Browning Scripps GIS Laboratory and two satellite GIS resource stations on campus.Knox CollegeFri Aug 1 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21578.xmlE. Inman Fox, President of Knox College from 1972 to 1984, died July 27 at his home in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 73.Knox CollegeWed Jul 30 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21532.xmlKnox College is installing advanced computers and display systems in classrooms across campus with a grant of $200,000 from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. "This grant will have an immediate impact on faculty and students in every Knox department and program," said Lawrence B. Breitborde, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College.Knox CollegeWed Jul 23 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21517.xmlScholars including Rodney Davis, Allen Guelzo, James McPherson, Garry Wills, Douglas Wilson and David Zarefsky will gather for the Annual Lincoln Colloquium, Oct. 11 at Knox College. In addition to lectures about Lincoln, the event will feature exhibits by Lincoln organizations and collectors.Knox CollegeTue Jul 22 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21515.xmlKnox College has received a $150,000 grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundation to augment the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship Fund established at Knox College in August 2000. The fund provides annual scholarship assistance to Knox students of color majoring in Educational Studies.Knox CollegeTue Jul 22 13:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21512.xmlIn a new podcast series Rodney Davis and Douglas Wilson, renowned scholars at Knox College, discuss the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and their new book, the first-ever critical edition of the debate texts. "The Lincoln Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition," is being published this year by the University of Illinois Press.Knox CollegeFri Jul 18 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21509.xmlArt work by Knox College students has been selected for a regional show, the College Invitational, through August 31 at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa. "It is extremely unusual for a major museum to display works by undergraduate art students," said Gregory Gilbert of the Knox art department. "This is a significant recognition of Knox students' abilities and talents."Knox CollegeFri Jul 18 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21503.xmlRecent Knox graduate Farah Ahed gave her first off-campus photography exhibition the title of "Dialogue," inspired by "conversations with the people I photograph." The show was held July 18-21 in her home city of Karachi, Pakistan.Knox CollegeFri Jul 18 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21474.xmlStefen Showers '08 says speaking at the annual Thomas Pynchon convention in Munich Germany two days after receiving his diploma at Knox's commencement ceremonies was surreal. An invitation for an undergraduate is rare and he says that he feels privileged to have gone.Knox CollegeFri Jul 11 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21469.xmlThinking about death can be not just frightening but paralyzing. But for Mike Prentice '08, whose double majors include psychology and philosophy, the thought of that defining truth that some people flinch away from and refuse to even think about, was a study that he brought to life.Knox CollegeMon Jul 14 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21466.xmlGiven a writing assignment, most college students maintain they have nothing to say. They stumble over thesis statements, overuse of the passive voice, rambling paragraphs and awkward quotations. But Alice Holbrook '08, a creative writing major, wrote a different story when she embarked on her senior honors project.Knox CollegeMon Jul 14 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21465.xmlEvery day Monmouth-Roseville High School students are introduced to a world with the characters of Virgil, Cicero and Julius Caesar. It is not a video game, but Brian Tibbets '96 and Dean Cliff '10 are arming these students with diligence and a good memory.Knox CollegeMon Jul 14 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21462.xmlIn an unusual convergence of generosity, a pair of gifts from alumnus Robert Borzello and Galesburg business executive Donald Fike support expansion of the Knox campus. The building will house the College's journalism program, a classroom, offices for faculty in modern languages and history, and Knox's public relations office.Knox CollegeMon Jul 7 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x22096.xmlKnox College's President has signed the Talloires Declaration, challenging the campus community to create a culture of sustainability.Knox CollegeMon Jun 9 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21427.xmlHarley Knosher threw out the first ball for all those who braved perfect weather and the championship course at Soangetaha Country Club for the 2008 Harley Knosher Golf Outing.Knox CollegeTue Jun 24 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21389.xmlThe College's giving year ends on June 30. Your gifts to Knox support financial aid, a world-class faculty, and student life outside of the classroom.Knox CollegeMon Jun 16 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20449.xmlA memorial service was held on campus for Professor Emeritus of English William E. Brady. A member of the Knox faculty from 1962 to 1994 Brady died Sunday, March 9 in Galesburg at the age of 81.Knox CollegeThu Jun 12 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21372.xmlShould we be horrified, or entertained, when good people do bad things? A Knox student examines the morality lessons embedded in Matthew Lewis's controversial 18th-century gothic novel The Monk. Amy LaBudde '09 presented a research paper "Catholic Substitution of Glamour and Wealth for Religion: The Monk" at the Illinois Philological Association's 2008 Annual Conference.Knox CollegeSat Jun 7 13:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21367.xmlAnne Fagerburg '08 has lived in Belgium since she was six years old and developed an interest in the classics and creative writing early. She purports that she writes better in French. Her pursuits to learn another romance language lead her to choosing Spanish as her major at Knox College.Knox CollegeTue Jun 10 13:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21366.xmlThere's nothing new about a group of farmers demanding justice. But it is new for David Ferris '08, an independent major in political economics of inequality and anthropology/sociology. Ferris researched a small peasant movement in northeast Thailand. "It is a social movement that is fighting development at a mine."Knox CollegeTue Jun 10 13:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21365.xmlPhoto highlights of Knox College's 2008 Commencement Exercises, June 7, 2008Knox CollegeSat Jun 7 12:05:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21063.xml"Confront the axis of evil -- arrogance, ignorance and hate." Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright delivers commencement address at Knox College on Saturday, June 7. Knox also awarded honorary degrees to Alan I. Leshner, chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; and Barry Bearak, a Knox graduate and Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for The New York Times.Knox CollegeSat Jun 7 07:10:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21177.xml"I always thought of myself as a craftsperson in the service of Dionysus" -- theatre professor Robert Whitlatch at a retirement reception in his honor. Since coming to Knox in 1966, Whitlatch has directed more than 70 theatrical productions.Knox CollegeWed Jun 4 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21163.xmlKnox College is one of the 48 "Healthiest Companies in America" out of more than 1,000 companies studied by the health management program, Interactive Health Solutions.Knox CollegeFri May 30 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21131.xmlA new college ranking published by Forbes magazine to "evaluate colleges on results" places Knox College 16th in the nation among liberal arts colleges. The ranking is based on graduation rates, career success by graduates, and what students think of their professors. It was developed by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity in Washington, DC.Knox CollegeTue May 27 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21129.xmlA display in Memorial Gymnasium honors Knox veterans who died in World Ward I and II, Korea and Vietnam; while Knox itself was memorialized in a WW II "Victory Ship."Knox CollegeMon May 26 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21125.xmlAuthors Rebecca Barry and Beth Ann Fennelly will read from their own works on May 26 and May 28 at Knox College. Barry will read from her own works at 4 p.m., Monday, May 26, in the Alumni Room, Old Main. Fennelly will read from her own work at 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 28, in the Alumni Room. The readings are free and open to the public.Knox CollegeFri May 23 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21114.xmlThree graduating seniors at Knox College have been awarded Fulbright Fellowships -- the nation's most prestigious awards for international postgraduate study. Myra Thompson will study and write in Moscow, Russia; Rebecca Ganster will teach in Vietnam; Bethany Vittetoe will teach in South Korea.Knox CollegeFri May 23 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21113.xmlThe Knox College chapter of Habitat for Humanity sponsors a fund-raising project, capping a year in which students donated hundreds of hours of volunteer labor.Knox CollegeWed May 21 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21112.xmlBaseball player Paul Bennett, softball player Katie Dura, baseball coach Jami Isaacson and golfer David Marquardt win post-season honors. The men's golf and baseball teams both went to their respective NCAA Div. III national tournaments.Knox CollegeTue May 20 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21110.xmlThe Knox College Department of Theatre and Dance presents a dance concert, "Journeys," at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 22 through Saturday, May 24, in Harbach Theatre, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox campus, Galesburg, Illinois.Knox CollegeTue May 20 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21028.xmlKnox College's baseball and men's golf teams both competed in national tournaments, after winning their respective Midwest Conference championships. The baseball team won four straight games to capture its first conference baseball championship since 1993. The golf team has won more MWC titles than any other school in the conference. It's believed to be the first time in school history that two Knox teams have gone to national tournaments in the same season.Knox CollegeTue May 20 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21178.xmlThe Dean's List of Distinguished Students for Winter Term 2008 is issued by the Office of the Dean of the College, in accordance with requirements published in Knox College Catalog.Knox CollegeThu May 15 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x21041.xmlFifteen students are inducted into the Gale Scholars program of academic support, mentoring, community service and tuition-waiver college scholarships.Knox CollegeTue May 13 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20988.xmlKnox College's Center for Community Service brings close to 100 Galesburg students from the Adopt-a-Classroom program at Cooke school and the Reading Buddies program at Nielson school onto the Knox campus for tours and talks with College students, faculty and staff.Knox CollegeMon May 12 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20990.xmlKnox student Myra Thompson has been named the winner of the 36th annual ACM Nick Adams Short Story Contest. The competition was judged by noted author Stuart Dybek.Knox CollegeMon May 12 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20985.xmlIn the basement of the Sharvy G. Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center, with a researcher's logic and the perfectionism of a soon-to-be med student, Mark Munoz '08 is making waves in neuroscience — and perhaps putting his research and Knox College on the scientific map.Knox CollegeThu May 8 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20984.xmlSpring break means a chance to escape the stresses of school, flee the misery of winter and soak up sunshine. But Stephanie O'Brien '08 traded suntan lotion for a hard hat as she spent spring break helping build homes for Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans.Knox CollegeFri May 9 13:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20942.xmlThe Knox College Sandburg Days Poetry awarded prizes on Saturday, April 26, as part of the annual Sandburg Days Festival for the Mind. The award ceremony was held at the Carl Sandburg Birthplace State Historic Site, 313 E. Third St, Galesburg.Knox CollegeMon May 5 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20910.xmlAbraham Lincoln returns to Knox just in time for Flunk Day; here, sharing his hat with Pamela Schuller at the picnic lunch on the Gizmo Patio.Knox CollegeThu May 1 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20945.xmlIt's hard to keep secrets from men's basketball coach Tim Heimann, but even he was surprised when the freshly-painted Memorial Gymnasium floor was named in his honor.Knox CollegeMon Apr 28 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20669.xmlNew York Times correspondent and Knox College graduate Barry Bearak discusses in the New York Times and National Public Radio his arrest April 3 for reporting on elections in Zimbabwe. He will receive an honorary degree from Knox in June.Knox CollegeMon Apr 28 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20883.xmlThe Knox College Choir presents its Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m., May 2 in Kresge Hall, featuring Missa Brevis in F by Mozart and "Lux Aeterna" by Morten Lauridsen.Knox CollegeMon Apr 28 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20844.xmlFollowing the deaths of 3,000 people in the attacks on September 11, 2001, "prevention became our goal," said former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, in a lecture April 22 at Knox College. The Justice Department, he said, changed from a "retrospective effort to recreate the past and adjudicate innocence or guilt... to a prospective effort to anticipate the future... to find out about things that you can't allow to happen again."Knox CollegeWed Apr 23 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20829.xmlKnox College has earned recognition in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine as one of the "100 Best Values in Private Colleges." Knox was ranked 47th among liberal arts colleges in the magazine's annual rankings of colleges and universities.Knox CollegeTue Apr 22 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20816.xmlNova Singers, directed by Laura Lane, will perform April 26 at First Presbyterian Church in Galesburg and on Sunday, April 27 at First Congregational Church, Moline.Knox CollegeMon Apr 21 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20783.xmlAMEBA, an acrobatic and aerial dance company, will present two workshops and a public performance during an upcoming residency at Knox, April 27 through May 2.Knox CollegeThu Apr 17 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20777.xmlPoet Sheryl St. Germain will read from her own works at 4 p.m., Thursday, May 1, in the Alumni Room. She also will present the Davenport Prizes in Poetry.Knox CollegeThu Apr 17 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20776.xmlWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in History and president-elect of the American Historical Association, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich speaks at Knox on April 29.Knox CollegeThu Apr 17 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20775.xmlDouglas Wilson, co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center and George A. Lawrence Professor Emeritus of English at Knox College, has been honored by North Central College as the 2007-08 Park National Bank Leadership Fellow.Knox CollegeThu Apr 17 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20766.xmlRaymond A. Charles, a Life Trustee of Knox College, died April 10 in New Jersey. He was 89. Charles had a successful career as a senior executive with Prudential Insurance in New York City, and retired as a managing director of Lehman Brothers. He was a member of the Knox College Board of Trustees since 1966.Knox CollegeWed Apr 16 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20739.xml"An eye like Mars, to threaten and command." Claudius or Hamlet, or both? Joey Firman in rehearsal for "Hamlet," performed May 7-10 in Studio Theatre.Knox CollegeTue Apr 15 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20757.xmlFantasy author Patricia Wrede will read from her own works at 4 p.m., Friday, April 18, in the Muelder Room, Seymour Library, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. The reading is free and open to the public.Knox CollegeMon Apr 14 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20712.xmlPerforming brain surgery on rats sounds normal for a neuroscience study. But what may seem uncommon is this brain surgery is taking place in a lab at Knox College. The man with the scalpel is undergraduate senior Andy Arnold.Knox CollegeThu Apr 10 17:05:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20713.xmlAuthor Peter Orner will give a talk about his book on illegal immigrants, "Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives," April 12 in the Bookfellow Room.Knox CollegeWed Apr 9 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20710.xmlMathematician Robert Fefferman gives two talks, "Was Fourier Right or Wrong?" at 4 p.m. and "America's Love-Hate Relationship with Mathematics," at 7:30 p.m., on April 14. The lectures are part of the MathTalks series sponsored by Knox College graduate Dale Nelson.Knox CollegeWed Apr 9 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20803.xmlPoets Aeronwy Thomas and Peter Thabit Jones will read from their own works at 4 p.m., Friday, April 25, in the Alumni Room, Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Thomas is the daughter of Dylan Thomas, and Jones teaches literature at Swansea University in Wales, United Kingdom.Knox CollegeWed Apr 9 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20701.xmlWork progresses on two athletic facilities construction projects that began this year: renovations at Memorial Gymnasium and upgrades at the Knosher Bowl.Knox CollegeWed Apr 9 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20682.xmlDebra Castillo, professor of Hispanic Studies at Cornell University, gives a talk, "Borders and Identities: Sex Workers in Tijuana," April 18 in Ferris Lounge.Knox CollegeTue Apr 8 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20672.xmlKnox isn't called 'The Prairie Fire' for nothing; acres are torched for ecological restoration in the annual prairie burn at the Green Oaks field station.Knox CollegeMon Apr 7 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20630.xmlPoets Yuyutsu Sharma, Judy Ray and David Ray will read from their works at 4 p.m., Friday, April 11, in the Alumni Room, Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. The reading is free and open to the public. It is one of a series of readings presented by Knox College to celebrate two events in April, National Poetry Month and the Sandburg Days Festival.Knox CollegeThu Apr 3 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20616.xmlThe Knox College Choir's fourth tour of Spain with director Laura Lane featured two "firsts" -- first concert in the Barcelona Cathedral and first time on Spanish TV.Knox CollegeThu Apr 3 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20613.xmlDigging on hands and knees in the blazing sun is not everyone's idea of a vacation. But for Tracy Musacchio, Knox's visiting assistant professor of History, and the rest of her team just outside of Abydos Egypt, participating in an archeological survey in Egypt, it's the perfect get away.Knox CollegeThu Apr 3 17:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20612.xmlAfter a childhood accident that took his right leg, Harley Jackson '04 is challenging the definition of ability with hardnosed determination. In doing so, he is not only celebrating his own achievements, but his ability to defy the conventional public mindset with his open personality and ability to break dance.Knox CollegeThu Apr 3 17:05:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20615.xmlAlejandra Vasallo, an Argentine historian and author, will give the 2008 Johnson Lecture in Modern Languages, "Gender, Class and Conflict in Argentina under Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner," April 16 at Knox College. The lecture is free and open to the public.Knox CollegeWed Apr 2 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20602.xmlDouglas L. Bayer, Bellevue, Washington, has been elected to the Knox College Board of Trustees.Knox CollegeMon Mar 31 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20601.xmlWally Funk, one of the first American women to undergo astronaut testing, and Martha Ackmann, author of a book about the short-lived "Mercury 13" program in the early 1960s, give a joint lecture, "The Mercury 13: Women and the Dream of Space Flight," April 8 at Knox College.Knox CollegeMon Mar 31 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20550.xmlKnox College for Kids, a summer elementary enrichment program for grades 3 to 8, expands to grades 1 and 2, and adds an athletics program. Applications are due May 15.Knox CollegeFri Mar 28 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20378.xmlThe Knox College Choir will cap its 10-day spring-break-tour of Catalonia in Spain with a home tour concert March 28 in Knox's Kresge Hall.Knox CollegeFri Mar 21 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20514.xmlThe Knox College - Sandburg Days Poetry Contest is accepting entries. The competition is open to Knox County students in grades 5-8. Entries are due April 16.Knox CollegeFri Mar 21 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20487.xmlMore than 270 students from 27 high schools in western Illinois participated on March 17 in the Knox College Sectional of the 2008 WYSE Academic Challenge Competition.Knox CollegeWed Mar 19 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20482.xmlRenowned photographer Archie Lieberman, lecturer in art, died March 13. He was 81. He taught and exhibited at Knox and made all of the photographs for the 1998 Knox Calendar.Knox CollegeTue Mar 18 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20478.xmlMore snapshots from the 28th annual Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival, featuring the Knox College Jazz Ensemble, Knox Alumni Jazz Band, and featuring the Hilario Duran Trio.Knox CollegeMon Mar 17 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20472.xmlNow everybody can 'go through college' the same way Lincoln did, as Knox students build a window to the past, showcasing both the site of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate at Knox College and the issues that consumed public interest of the 1850s.Knox CollegeFri Mar 14 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20470.xmlKnox will award honorary degrees to Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State; Barry Bearak, Pulitzer Prize winner; and Alan Leshner, CEO of American Association for the Advancement of Science. Albright will deliver the commencement address on Saturday, June 7.Knox CollegeFri Mar 14 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20466.xmlThe Knox Faculty and Friends Combo, with some of the best jazz musicians in central Illinois, performs at the 2008 Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival.Knox CollegeFri Mar 14 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20459.xmlWinning a conference title in football felt great, but "this is better," said long-time coach and athletic director Harley Knosher, as Knox broke ground for renovations to the campus football field, to be re-named in Knosher's honor when the project is completed in August.Knox CollegeThu Mar 13 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20441.xmlWork continues through the winter to repair the roof of Knox College's Old Main. The only building that remains from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates was damaged by wind in August 2007.Knox CollegeMon Mar 10 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20440.xmlKnox College senior Jaran Rutledge is a two-time NCAA Division III Wrestling All-American, after finishing eighth at heavyweight at the 2008 Wrestling Championships on March 8 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After losing his first match, Rutledge gained an overtime victory in the consolation bracket.Knox CollegeSun Mar 9 12:00:00 CDT 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20427.xmlThe Knox Galesburg Symphony and its artistic director/conductor Bruce Polay, professor of music at Knox, have received awards from the Illinois Council of Orchestras. Polay received the 2008 Illinois Cultural Leadership Award, while the symphony won the 2008 Illinois Orchestra of the Year Award.Knox CollegeFri Mar 7 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20426.xmlOladipo Lawani '08 dreamt of being a banker his whole life, he says. What Lawani did not know was how that dream would pale in comparison with reality just four years after coming to Knox. Now an economics major, he is eager to succeed in Nigeria.Knox CollegeThu Mar 6 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20423.xmlStudents at Knox College aim to make history come alive on March 11, as they assemble a life-size replica of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate site at Knox's Old Main. The students also will dress in period clothing and portray examples of the types of people in the audience at the debate on October 7, 1858.Knox CollegeThu Mar 6 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20422.xmlSarah Bigus '09, a neuroscience and theatre major, spent a semester in Ireland, studying at the Gaiety School of Acting and exploring Ireland through field trips. The semester immersed Bigus in the culture and deepened her understanding of Irish society in a way that goes beyond the traditional tourist.Knox CollegeWed Mar 5 15:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20370.xmlThe George Washington Gale Scholars Program, an academic support and scholarship initiative, is accepting applications from 8th grade students in Galesburg District 205.Knox CollegeThu Feb 28 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20324.xmlKnox CollegeTue Feb 26 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20302.xmlKnox College's Old Main, the only building that remains from the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, is featured in a set of commemorative medallions marking the 150th anniversary of the debates.Knox CollegeMon Feb 25 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20292.xmlSpeaking at Knox, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announces a grant of $490,000 to the Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition to develop community-based historical tourism projects.Knox CollegeFri Feb 22 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20290.xmlKnox-Galesburg Symphony music director/conductor, Bruce Polay, professor of music at Knox College, recently completed his string quartet (2007) which will be published by Rassel Editions of New York.Knox CollegeThu Feb 21 15:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20157.xmlKnox CollegeWed Feb 20 13:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20136.xmlKnox College will host Music department faculty member Ashlee Mack and guest artist David Maki in a concert of new and recent music for two pianos and piano duet.Knox CollegeTue Feb 19 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20045.xmlKnox honored four distinguished alumni at its Founders Day Convocation on February 14. The recipients were Richard E. Cheney, a retired business executive; Keith Belzer, an internationally renowned legal-affairs consultant; Alan Anderson, a professor of religion and civil rights activist; and Ander Monson, an author and professor of creative writing.Knox CollegeMon Feb 18 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20124.xmlMadeleine Albright, former United States Secretary of State, will deliver the commencement address during the college's exercises on June 7, 2008. As is tradition, Knox College also will award Secretary Albright an honorary degree.Knox CollegeFri Feb 15 16:02:58 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20108.xmlKnox College offers its condolences to the students, families, and employees of Northern Illinois University. Our hearts go out to the entire campus and their families.Knox CollegeFri Feb 15 07:10:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20107.xmlThe Knox College Department of Theatre and Dance presents the English-language world premiere of "Rosa and Blanca," by Rebekka Kricheldorf, translated and directed by Neil Blackadder, associate professor of theatre, Feb, 20-23, in Harbach Theatre.Knox CollegeThu Feb 14 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20087.xmlJohn Ashcroft, former Attorney General of the United States, will give a free, public lecture at 7:30 p.m., April 22, in Harbach Theatre, Ford Center for the Fine Arts.Knox CollegeWed Feb 13 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20063.xmlThe Knox web site features videos from recent commencement addresses by U.S. Senator Barack Obama and U.S. President Bill Clinton.Knox CollegeWed Feb 13 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20013.xmlKnox College's chemistry department recently installed an upgraded spectrophotometer, a research instrument that uses light to study chemical reactions. The upgrade includes a first-in-the-nation module that uses circularly polarized fluorescence, one of the newest developments in the field of chemical analysis.Knox CollegeThu Feb 7 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19987.xmlKnox College's Peace Corps Preparatory program has begun selecting its first batch of potential Peace Corps volunteers. Representatives from the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C. paid a visit to Knox this week, meeting with faculty, administrators and students interested in the Peace Corps.Knox CollegeMon Feb 11 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19986.xmlAs a political science major, Brad Middleton '08 considered himself well informed about current events and government; however, working in Washington D.C. for four months gave him new insight into the legislative process. "This semester deepened my interest in politics," the Rock Falls, Illinois native says.Knox CollegeWed Feb 6 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19966.xmlBecoming a first year student at Knox was not on Dean Cliff's agenda when he earned a Gale Scholarship in 2006. Cliff turned down the scholarship that provides two years at Carl Sandburg Junior College followed by two more years at Knox College. "I wanted Knox all the way."Knox CollegeMon Feb 4 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19912.xmlGwen Dungy, Executive Director of the National Association of Student Personnel Administration was the keynote speaker at Knox College's first Student Development at the Small College conference. The event was open to student development professionals from across the Midwest.Knox CollegeTue Feb 5 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20015.xmlJ. Mark Wilson, former president and CEO of the Galesburg Community Foundation, has been named director of major gifts in the Office of Advancement at Knox College.Knox CollegeFri Feb 1 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19948.xmlKnox College's distinctive liberal arts characteristics -- including small classes and mentoring relationships with faculty -- are praised in the latest edition of "Looking Beyond the Ivy League: Finding the College That's Right for You," by Loren Pope, published in December by Penguin Books.Knox CollegeThu Jan 31 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19917.xmlA new book by Owen Muelder of the Underground Railroad Freedom Station at Knox College examines fugitive slave routes through Western Illinois in the 1840s and 1850s.Knox CollegeThu Jan 29 12:00:00 CST 2009http://www.knox.edu/x19910.xmlKnox College's 2008 International Fair draws crowds to international buffet lunch, educational booths and entertainment.Knox CollegeMon Jan 28 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19694.xmlThe lesson of Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement is that individuals can and must make a difference, said Knox College historian Konrad Hamilton, in his address to the 2008 King Day Convocation.Knox CollegeTue Jan 22 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19695.xmlText of "Toward a Participatory Democracy: The Continuing Challenge of Martin Luther King," the King Day convocation address by Konrad Hamilton at Knox College, Jan 21, 2008.Knox CollegeMon Jan 21 23:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19643.xmlThe 2008 Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival will feature concerts and master classes with the Hilario Duran Trio, The Renegades, and Knox College Jazz Ensemble, March 13-15 in Galesburg.Knox CollegeThu Jan 17 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19587.xmlKnox College is fixing the roof of Old Main, damaged in a windstorm in August 2007. The work began in December 2007, and is scheduled for completion in May 2008.Knox CollegeTue Jan 15 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19571.xmlGrowing up, Knox senior Ellen Vessels says she experienced sexism. She concedes that it was nothing more than the juvenile playground chant 'Girls can't do that.' "But I learned a sense of justice." At Knox, searched for a study abroad program that went beyond the typical 'spread my wings' experience.Knox CollegeMon Jan 14 17:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19539.xmlKnox College professors Robert Seibert and Jason Helfer summarize their recent trips to China for the Galesburg Regional Economic Development Association.Knox CollegeFri Jan 11 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19531.xmlKnox College has signed agreements with Anhui Normal University that will send Knox students to China in 2008 as part of a new course in teaching English as a Second Language. Lawrence B. Breitborde, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Jason Helfer, assistant professor of educational studies, inked the agreements in December.Knox CollegeMon Jan 14 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19530.xmlEight Knox College faculty members visited China last month and brought back plans to add China-related enhancements to their teaching and research activities. The trip was sponsored by Knox's Center for Global Studies, through a grant to the Center from the Caterpillar Foundation.Knox CollegeThu Jan 10 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19529.xmlKnox College's 27th Annual International Fair will feature food and entertainment from around the world on Saturday, January 26, on the Knox campus in Galesburg, Illinois.Knox CollegeThu Jan 10 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x19528.xmlKnox College will celebrate Martin Luther King Day with a convocation on Monday, January 21. Also on January 21, the Knox College Office of Admission will host an open house.Knox CollegeThu Jan 10 12:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x18734.xmlKnox College has received a $1-million commitment for an endowed faculty chair from Douglas L. and Maria Bayer of Bellevue, Washington. Douglas Bayer is a 1966 Knox graduate who recently retired from Microsoft Corporation.Knox CollegeFri Jan 4 15:00:00 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x18701.xmlA program at Knox aimed at increasing the number of minority and low-income college graduates in the state has received a grant from the Associated Colleges of Illinois. The $14,480 grant through the College Success Network will provide scholarships, academic support and leadership development activities.Knox CollegeThu Dec 20 12:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18673.xmlAs the end of another successful year comes to a close we hope you consider Knox worthy of your support. Make your tax-deductible gift -- or consider making an additional gift -- to the Knox Fund today.Knox CollegeThu Dec 13 15:24:07 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18610.xmlHow a World War II "Victory ship" came to be named after Knox College, and a couple of Liberty ships after famous 19th-century Knox alumni, is a mini-journey through American history.Knox CollegeFri Dec 7 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18602.xmlKelby Okada '09 is not sure if his tourette syndrome played a part in his interest in neuroscience or not. "I have tried to think of why that would draw me to neuroscience. I have always been interested in science. I'm interested in studying neurons in general."Knox CollegeWed Dec 5 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18599.xmlHow does classics major, Erin Warford '09, go from "tray-sledding" in the Knox Bowl to unearthing an ancient Roman villa in Britain using high-tech geographic information systems?Knox CollegeTue Dec 4 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17218.xmlDonnie Forti '06 remembers building microphones out of Tinker-Toys and searching for shoe string to use as imaginary wire while pretending to be a news reporter. Fast forward 15 years, and Forti is building news stories and digging under rocks for leads while on a Carnegie Fellowship at ABC News.Knox CollegeFri Nov 30 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18576.xmlKnox College has received a multi-year grant for a new campus center that will help Knox students find opportunities and funding sources for research and advanced projects. The three-year, $228,750 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will support Knox's new Center for Research and Advanced Studies.Knox CollegeTue Nov 27 12:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18575.xmlA new book by Jeremy Day-O'Connell of the Knox music faculty, is hailed as the first comprehensive history of how Western composers adopted the pentatonic scale.Knox CollegeMon Nov 26 12:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18513.xmlBrett Tilly, a Knox graduate and member of the Board of Trustees, has been selected as one of the region's "40 Leaders Under 40" for 2007 by InterBusiness Issues magazine.Knox CollegeWed Nov 21 12:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18507.xmlProfessor Emeritus of Modern Languages Jay Minn, a member of the Knox faculty for 24 years, died recently at his home in Tucson, Arizona.Knox CollegeThu Nov 29 12:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18467.xmlEric Edi, a professor at Knox College and author of a new book on West Africa, asserts that African problems can only be solved by African leadership. His book, "Globalization and Politics in the Economic Community of West African States," was published recently by Carolina Academic Press, in its series Studies on Globalization and Society.Knox CollegeTue Nov 20 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18580.xmlXavier Romano, Vice President for Student Development and Dean of Students, is a conference keynote speaker for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).Knox CollegeMon Nov 19 12:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18464.xmlRosemary Ibis '08 says she could always wrap her mind around anything health or environmentally related. "Nursing and the environment are my passions. When I came to Knox, I though I would be a doctor, but I am now pursuing nursing as my career choice."Knox CollegeTue Dec 4 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18463.xmlNicole Henniger, of Florissant, Missouri, has been named as recipient of the 2007-2008 Clare Boothe Luce Scholarship at Knox College.Knox CollegeTue Nov 20 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18462.xmlIt wasn't exactly the TV show |The Apprentice|, but this "live-case" format featured a group of Knox students who entered a case study competition and took honors in a task that rivaled the show's creativity and competition.Knox CollegeTue Nov 20 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18461.xmlMary Lou Villanueva, from Chicago, Illinois and Jean-Igor Michaux, an international student from France, have been named as recipients of the 2007-2008 Stellyes International Internship at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.Knox CollegeMon Nov 19 13:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18459.xml"The Italian Lover," the new novel from Robert Hellenga, Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Writer in Residence at Knox College, is gaining rave reviews from critics.Knox CollegeThu Nov 15 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18361.xmlA distinguished visiting scholar from China is helping eight Knox College faculty members prepare for a two-week trip to China later this fall. Visiting associate professor of international relations Gu Limei is an expert on Chinese politics from Fudan University in Shanghai.Knox CollegeTue Nov 6 13:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18360.xmlAmanda Look's '08 internship is one of four academic credit-bearing components of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Urban Studies program. The program offers students the opportunity to earn credit living, learning and working in America's third largest city.Knox CollegeTue Nov 6 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18350.xmlAlthough the tension and conflict in the Middle East is still present today, Devin Day '08, an international relations major, spent five weeks living in Yemen. Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the Middle East where almost half of the population lives below the poverty line.Knox CollegeFri Nov 2 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18315.xmlKnox College has received a $1-million commitment to support an endowed chair. Richard and Sophie Henke of California signed documents on October 19, 2007, to create the Richard P. and Sophia D. Henke Distinguished Professorship. Richard Henke is a retired physician and trustee of the College.Knox CollegeWed Oct 31 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18302.xmlHayley Lerner recently interned at PBS affiliate WTVP in Peoria. In line with the Ken Burns production of the World War II documentary |The War|, the local station produced stories of local citizens and their contributions made to the war effort.Knox CollegeTue Oct 30 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18296.xmlThe Knox College Jazz Ensemble, directed by Nicole Whittaker, performs Nov. 3, while the Knox-Sandburg Community Concert Band, directed by Laurel Etzel, performs Nov. 4, in Kresge Hall.Knox CollegeMon Oct 29 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18295.xmlAuthor Denis Johnson will read from his own works on Friday, November 9, in the Muelder Room of Knox College's Seymour Library.Knox CollegeFri Oct 19 13:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18090.xmlTim Heimann, head basketball coach for the past 24 years, will join Knox's advancement staff at conclusion of 2007-2008 season; succeeding Heimann at the helm of the Prairie Fire will be Rob Purlee, a two-sport all-conference athlete in college who came to Knox in 2006 as an assistant coach.Knox CollegeThu Oct 18 18:51:13 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18085.xmlKnox College theatre faculty member Elizabeth Carlin-Metz has received a 2007 Chicago After Dark Award for Outstanding Direction, for her Chicago production of Brecht's "Mother Courage and Her Children," adapted by David Hare.Knox CollegeThu Oct 18 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18067.xmlKnox College Theatre presents "Cloud 9," by Caryl Churchill, directed by Kelly Lynn Hogan, October 31 through November 3, in Harbach Theatre.Knox CollegeMon Oct 15 12:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18066.xmlThe mystery-shrouded early history of Knox College's Old Main will be discussed by Lance Factor, professor of philosophy, in "The Da Vinci Code in Knox's Old Main," at 4 p.m., Friday, October 19.Knox CollegeMon Oct 15 12:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18054.xmlFor the first time, Knox College students have a new professionally-staffed, on-campus Health Care Center, created this fall by the College and the Galesburg Clinic.Knox CollegeFri Oct 12 12:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18053.xmlPhotographer Tommaso Lesnick and sculptor Elena Rakochy, featured in this year's Knox College Alumni Art Show, will discuss their works at 7 p.m., Friday, October 19, in the Round Room.Knox CollegeFri Oct 12 12:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x18052.xmlAbigail Yoder, a graduate student in art history, will give a talk, "Imaginative Recreations: The Influence of Leonardo da Vinci on the Art of Odilon Redon," Oct. 20, in the Round Room.Knox CollegeFri Oct 12 12:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17971.xmlThe 150th birthday of Knox College's landmark Old Main highlights the festivities for Homecoming 2007.Knox CollegeWed Oct 10 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17954.xmlTime flies and so does Christin Datz '06. With her world in constant motion, she says she was a physics major from the get-go. Born in Japan, then moving to Texas and then to Germany, accumulating frequent flyer miles has been her pattern.Knox CollegeTue Oct 9 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16646.xmlJake Kuhnline '07 may have planned to take a break from the classroom after graduation, but just two days after commencement ceremonies, he found himself studying a new lesson plan. It is a job that promises low wages, exhausting labor and only a short break before the work begins.Knox CollegeWed Oct 3 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17899.xmlMark Imielski '08 was trying to find the reason why anyone should read John Milton's |Paradise Lost| and says that the experience became more personal over the course of the reading.Knox CollegeTue Oct 9 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17897.xmlAttending classes in the afternoon at East China Normal University, Mark Munoz '08 says that merely walking out of the door of his apartment was an easy way to get an education.Knox CollegeWed Oct 10 22:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17849.xmlDr. Eugene C. Perry, professor of Geology at Northern Illinois University, will give a talk about his research on the groundwater of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico at 4 p.m., Tuesday, October 2 in Ferris Lounge, Seymour Hall, Knox College, Galesburg, Ill. The event is free and open to the public.Knox CollegeThu Sep 27 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17770.xmlTim Steadman '08 seems pretty average strolling about campus -- friendly, wearing a t-shirt and jeans. But he was once the sought after designer that finagled CD art designs for musical talents such as Roy Orbison, Blink 182, New Found Glory, RXBandits, and Allister, to name a few.Knox CollegeTue Sep 25 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17711.xmlKnox College student Matthew Andersson has been selected as a semi-finalist for the 2007 James Jones First Novel Fellowship.Knox CollegeTue Sep 18 12:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17703.xmlKnox College president Roger Taylor and Western Illinois University president Al Goldfarb sign an agreement allowing Knox's student radio station, WVKC, to simulcast the National Public Radio program"Morning Edition" from the Western Illinois University station, WIUM.Knox CollegeMon Sep 17 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17657.xmlBritish theatre critics are praising the new production of a play, "The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents," translated from German by Knox College theatre professor Neil Blackadder. The Guardian newspaper wrote that the "fluid production [at the Gate Theatre in London] is alert to the subtleties of Neil Blackadder's translation" of the 2003 original by Swiss playwright Lukas Barfuss.Knox CollegeThu Sep 13 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17639.xmlMotti Lerner, an award-winning playwright and this year's Glossberg Visiting Israeli Scholar at Knox College, presents two campus lectures this fall: "The Choice to Remain Human: A Screening and Discussion of the Film 'The Boat is Full'," on September 18; and a talk, "Playwriting During Wartime," on October 3.Knox CollegeTue Sep 11 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17638.xmlNathan Engstrom, coordinator of the Office of Sustainability at Oberlin College, will give a free, public talk, "Sustainability: The Ultimate Liberal Art," at 7 p.m., Thursday, September 20, in the Alumni Room, Old Main at Knox College.Knox CollegeTue Sep 11 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17630.xmlChirgilchin, Master Throat Singers from Tuva, give a free, public concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, September 22, in Kresge Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts.Knox CollegeTue Sep 11 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17595.xml"Use your talents and skills to make a difference," Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan told Knox College students at the College's 2007-08 Opening Convocation. The convocation was held Thursday, September 6, the first day of class for the fall term.Knox CollegeMon Sep 10 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17667.xmlThe text of the convocation address by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan at Knox College's Opening Convocation, September 6, 2007.Knox CollegeMon Sep 10 13:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17579.xmlSteve Farris, Director of Dining Services at Knox, died early on Monday, September 3, 2007. Farris joined the Dining Services staff in 1985, serving as director since 2001.Knox CollegeTue Sep 4 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17578.xmlTed Fleming, a Life Trustee of Knox College, died September 3, 2007 in Peoria. A 1955 graduate of Knox, he was elected a Knox College Trustee in 1985 and a Life Trustee in 2005.Knox CollegeWed Sep 5 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17551.xmlKnox College welcomes 350 new students from 33 states and eleven countries this fall, as residence halls open and the academic year begins.Knox CollegeSat Sep 1 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17473.xmlPut together a Knox College residence planned for expansion and renovation, a growing student enrollment, several dedicated contractors, and a highly compressed construction schedule... and what do you get? The answer is: "Extreme Makeover: Hamblin Edition!"Knox CollegeTue Sep 4 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17491.xmlThe 2007-08 theatre-dance season features Shakespeare's "Hamlet," Churchill's "Cloud 9," the English language world premiere of Kricheldorf's "Rosa and Blanca," and a mainstage dance concert.Knox CollegeSat Sep 1 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17499.xmlJennifer Smith, Director of Dance at Knox College, has the beat on performing arts. Smith took her skills as a dancer and choreographer along with four Knox students to 'The International Choreographers' Showcase' during the closing weekend of the Festival d'Avignon in France this summer.Knox CollegeThu Aug 30 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17496.xmlMandy Smith's voice perks up at the mention of research, labs, and genes. As a biology major and undergraduate science researcher, Smith, '08, is studying chromosome 21 genes and their susceptibility to Down Syndrome.Knox CollegeThu Aug 30 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17481.xmlKnox College will formally open the 2007-08 academic year with a convocation address by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan at 11 a.m., Thursday, September 6, in Harbach Theatre.Knox CollegeWed Aug 29 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17479.xmlAmanda Chavero '09 says she has always been a people watcher. So it seems a perfect fit when this anthropology/sociology major received a McNair grant to study the cultural markers of Miami Florida's Little Havana.Knox CollegeWed Aug 29 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17475.xmlAs one of the first neuroscience majors at Knox, Andrew Prendergast says when he first came to Knox, he realized he wasn't as interested in creative writing as he was in his psychology class. "I took the class to fill that distribution requirement and I just loved it."Knox CollegeWed Aug 29 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17461.xmlKnox College has been ranked by Washington Monthly magazine among the top 50 liberal arts colleges in the nation, based on support for community service, research, and access. Knox is ranked 36th among 201 liberal arts colleges -- the third year in a row that Knox has been ranked in the top 50.Knox CollegeTue Aug 28 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17434.xmlMore than 150 fall sports athletes and coaches, along with College staff and outside contractors, swept across campus Friday morning to clean and repair damage from Thursday's windstorm.Knox CollegeFri Aug 24 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17432.xmlOld Main and the Conger-Neal residence hall were damaged in a windstorm that swept through the area on Thursday, August 23. No injuries were reported on campus.Knox CollegeThu Aug 23 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17428.xmlHistorian Gerald J. Prokopowicz will give a Lincoln Studies Center Lecture, "Did Abraham Lincoln Own Slaves?" at 4 p.m., Friday, September 7, in the Alumni Room, Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. The lecture is free and open to the public, sponsored by the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College.Knox CollegeThu Aug 23 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17420.xmlKnox College shows consistent strength in the newly released annual college rankings from The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. The Princeton Review listed Knox as a "Best Value College" -- an "overall bargain... among the most academically outstanding colleges in the nation." In U.S. News, Knox is ranked 80th among more than 260 colleges in the National Liberal Arts classification.Knox CollegeWed Aug 22 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16659.xmlWork continues through the summer on the Hamblin Hall student residence expansion and renovation project.Knox CollegeThu Aug 16 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17260.xmlKnox College psychology professor Frank McAndrew has been named a fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). The selection is in recognition of "outstanding contributions to the science of psychology." McAndrew is a noted scholar in environmental and evolutionary psychology.Knox CollegeWed Aug 8 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17232.xmlKnox College President Roger Taylor discusses how he first came to Knox as a student, his return as the school's current president, and the future of a liberal arts education during "Interesting People," a monthly series on Public Television Station WTVP-47Knox CollegeMon Aug 6 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17227.xmlProfessor Emerita Elisabeth Baylor, a member of the Knox faculty from 1950 until 1970, died on July 28, in her home in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania.Knox CollegeWed Aug 1 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17225.xmlJournalist Susan Schlaufman Deans, financial analyst Steven P. Luetger, and management consultant Jane Strode Miller have been elected to the Knox Board of Trustees. All are Knox graduates.Knox CollegeTue Jul 31 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17220.xmlThey came to Knox College and matured together in the classrooms of Knox's politically historical campus. And, now they sit side by side on a bench in Seymour Hall pondering their next venture and not even thinking that their friendship may be put through the wringer.Knox CollegeMon Jul 30 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17219.xmlThe basement lab in the Sharvy G. Umbeck Science and Math Center where Catherine Ray, '08, is spending her summer, is crowded with gadgets, oxygen tanks, a water maze and a cluster of white boxes attached to black resting prominently on a table.Knox CollegeMon Jul 30 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17215.xmlSteven Luetger has been elected to the Knox Board of Trustees. A Knox graduate, Luetger is Senior Managing Director for Fixed Income Management, Mesirow Financial Holdings of Chicago.Knox CollegeMon Jul 30 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17146.xmlSusan Schlaufman Deans has been elected to the Knox College Board of Trustees. A Knox College graduate, Deans recently retired from The Daily Camera newspaper in Boulder, Colorado.Knox CollegeWed Jul 25 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17063.xmlJane Strode Miller has been elected to the Knox College Board of Trustees. A 1981 Knox College graduate, Miller has held top posts with HJ Heinz, Bestfoods and FritoLay.Knox CollegeWed Jul 25 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17166.xmlDavid Fridovich, a Knox graduate and career Green Beret officer with the United States Army, is promoted to lieutenant general, U.S. Army, and appointed director of the Center for Special Operations, the unit that directs anti-terrorism campaigns.Knox CollegeWed Jul 25 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x17145.xmlResearch on gossip by Knox psychology professor Frank McAndrew gains coverage from both the entertainment and news divisions of major media, including NBC's Today and Tonight shows. "Gossip is not a character flaw, it's a social skill, an evolutionary mechanism for maintaining social status, hard-wired from our prehistoric past," McAndrew says.Knox CollegeWed Jul 25 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16805.xmlStephen B. Dilks, a former Paxton, Illinois, resident, retired technology executive and Knox College graduate, has donated $50,000 to the College to create a scholarship fund named after his father, Sidney Dilks, who practiced law in Paxton for nearly 60 years.Knox CollegeMon Jul 9 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16652.xmlThe United States Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a grant of $300,000 toward educational displays in Knox's Alumni Hall renovation project. The appropriation from the National Park Service would support creation of permanent exhibits relating to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Underground Railroad.Knox CollegeMon Jul 2 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16597.xmlProfessor Emeritus Wilbur Pillsbury is inducted into the Founders Circle by Carl Sandburg College, an award given in honor of service to Carl Sandburg College.Knox CollegeMon Jul 2 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16649.xmlScott Doughty, an Art History major and photography minor, and an Austin, Texas native, is putting his love for photography and Art History on display in a research project inspired by an internship at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.Knox CollegeFri Jun 29 16:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16648.xmlTim Kasser, associate professor of psychology at Knox College, has been awarded a fellowship to collaborate with researchers at the University of Surrey, United Kingdom, into the links between happiness, prosperity, and ecological sustainability. The fellowship will allow Kasser to spend four weeks at the University of Surrey's Research Group on Lifestyles, Values, and the Environment (RESOLVE).Knox CollegeFri Jun 29 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16643.xmlBarack Obama's 2005 commencement address at Knox College is included in the book, "Great Speeches by African Americans." The book features 20 speeches spanning more than 150 years.Knox CollegeWed Jun 27 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16634.xmlWhitney Bey '07 decided to postpone the inevitable college graduate job search and is volunteering two years of her life to the Peace Corps, agreeing to become a part of an indigenous community in Azerbaijan.Knox CollegeThu Jun 21 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16623.xmlCongressman Phil Hare announces that Knox will receive $1.3-million from the U.S. Department of Education through the Strengthening Institutions Program. The five-year grant will enable Knox to create an office of institutional research.Knox CollegeWed Jun 20 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16622.xmlPeace Corps Deputy Director Jody Olsen and Knox College President Roger Taylor signed a memorandum of cooperation on June 20, creating a program to better equip students for international service. The Peace Corps aims to widen its pool of qualified candidates by rolling out the pilot program to other colleges and universities around the country.Knox CollegeWed Jun 20 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16600.xmlThe 2007 Knox College4Kids program has been awarded an innovation grant from the Center for Success in High Need Schools, a program of the Associated Colleges of Illinois (ACI).Knox CollegeFri Jun 15 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16592.xmlTrue to his word, Stephen Colbert put a flame to his fame -- holding a cigarette lighter to the honorary doctorate he received in 2006 from Knox College. The political satirist, who gave the commencement address at Knox in 2006, had threatened to burn his diploma, after learning that former United States President Bill Clinton would give the commencement address this year.Knox CollegeTue Jun 12 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16591.xmlKnox College's giving year ends on June 30 — the time to make your gift to the 2006-07 Knox Fund is growing short. Make your gift today!Knox CollegeTue Jun 12 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16588.xmlLeland Harris, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, died June 7, 2007, at the age of 82. His distinguished academic career spanned five decades at Knox and at the University of Arizona.Knox CollegeMon Jun 11 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16578.xmlMeeting the qualifications to get into medical school takes more than a daily dose of academics. Students demonstrate a working knowledge of the medical field by taking advantage of volunteer positions, internships, and showing a commitment to service. Knox provides a strong pre-medical preparation for students including the strength of the curriculum.Knox CollegeFri Jun 8 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16577.xmlEmily Putnam of Oklahoma City is selected as Knox College's 2007 Kemper Scholar. Putnam, who recently completed her first year at Knox, was chosen for the prestigious program that selects outstanding students at an elite group of liberal arts colleges to promote the development of leadership and service in the areas of business and administration.Knox CollegeThu Jun 7 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16574.xmlSarah Day-O'Connell, assistant professor of music at Knox College, has been awarded a prestigious Edison Fellowship to conduct research this fall at the Sound Archive of the British Library in London. From September through November, Day-O'Connell will study recordings of songs, known as "canzonettas," that Joseph Haydn wrote in London in the 1790s.Knox CollegeThu Jun 7 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16565.xmlFormer United States President Bill Clinton delivers the commencement address to more than 240 graduates in the Knox College Class of 2007, and a lawn-filling crowd estimated at 5,000 on the Knox campus in Galesburg on Saturday, June 2. Knox awarded honorary doctorates to President Clinton; to Lincoln scholar Douglas Wilson; and to Janet McKinley, board chair of Oxfam America. Web features include an online video of President Clinton's address.Knox CollegeSat Jun 2 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16555.xmlWhile Chelsea Bagot '07 was growing up, she seemed like most girls. She says she always had an interest in nature and fondly remembers the tranquility of horseback riding. Now she searches the horizon for invading species. So how far off the mark is this outdoors-kind-of-girl who wanted to be an outreach ecologist?Knox CollegeWed May 30 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16554.xmlSable Helvie '08, a St. Louis, Missouri, native and a student at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, has been named recipient of a 2006-2007 Stellyes International Internship and will teach English as a second language in Barcelona, Spain.Knox CollegeWed May 30 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16553.xmlStudents in Professor Sarah Day-O'Connell's Introduction to World Music 130 class are marching to the beat of a different drummer and understanding a wide range of music styles and genres, and appreciating where the music comes from, the social context of where it has been performed and listened to.Knox CollegeWed May 30 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16545.xmlPresident Bill Clinton will be the Commencement Speaker at Knox College on Saturday, June 2. As is Knox tradition, the event is open to the public and will be held on the South Lawn of Old Main, rain or shine, barring serious threat of lightning.Knox CollegeMon May 28 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16502.xmlWhen Mary Batterman '07 applied to Knox's Study Abroad program, she thought she knew what studying community development in Thailand might be like. But, the majority of Batterman's time was spent living with two families that made a living selling recyclables. Their typical work days were very different.Knox CollegeMon May 14 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16491.xmlKnox College neuroscientist Esther Penick has co-authored a paper published recently in the journal Nature, on the way that morphine -- and other drugs of abuse -- can alter the brain.Knox CollegeThu May 10 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16490.xmlPoet Jen Tynes will read from her own works at 4 p.m., Friday, May 18, in the Alumni Room, Old Main. A 2001 Knox College graduate, Tynes also will announce the Davenport Poetry Awards.Knox CollegeThu May 10 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16459.xmlThe Knox College Chamber Singers present their Spring Concert on Sunday, May 13. The concert includes English madrigals by Morley, Gibbons and P.D.Q. Bach; and vocal jazz arrangements by Steve Zegree and Gene Peurling. Featured soloists are Chanel Miller and Margaret Wehr.Knox CollegeWed May 9 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16448.xmlSnapshots of Flunk Day 2007: Classes canceled, fun & games highlight Knox's annual rite of spring.Knox CollegeTue May 8 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16445.xmlThe relationship between China and the United States is "the most important bilateral relationship in the world," said His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador to the United States from the People's Republic of China, who gave Knox College's 2007 Caterpillar Distinguished Lecture in Global Affairs on May 7.Knox CollegeTue May 8 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16428.xmlThe George Washington Gale Scholars Program inducted 15 students on May 4, in a ceremony at the Gale House, 127 E. North St., Galesburg. The program provides academic support and mentoring for academically-talented, first-generation, low-income students entering Galesburg High School, as well as tuition scholarships to Carl Sandburg College and Knox College.Knox CollegeMon May 7 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16419.xmlKnox College student Jason Maclin admits that when he was a child, before he grew up to his 6 ft. 4 in. stature, he wanted to be 'like Mike.' "It was Chicago and the middle of the 1990s. I was like a lot of kids. I wanted to be like Michael Jordan. Gatorade commercials and all," he says.Knox CollegeSat May 5 13:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16418.xmlMichael Renov, an expert in documentary filmmaking, will give a talk at 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 15, in the Alumni Room, Old Main. Renov is co-founder of "Visible Evidence," an annual, international conference on documentary studies.Knox CollegeFri May 4 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16414.xmlPoet Christina Pugh will read from her own work at 4 p.m., Friday, May 11, in the Alumni Room, Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. The reading is free and open to the public. Her works include two books of poems, "Rotary," which won the 2003 First Book Prize from Word Press, and "Gardening at Dusk."Knox CollegeFri May 4 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16350.xmlHis Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador to the United States from the People's Republic of China, will deliver Knox College's 2007 Caterpillar Distinguished Lecture in Global Affairs on May 7, 2007. The lecture will be held in Kresge Recital Hall in the Ford Center for Fine Arts at 8 p.m., and is free and open to the public.Knox CollegeTue May 1 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16346.xmlThe Knox Sandburg Community Concert Band will feature internationally acclaimed composer Robert Sheldon as guest conductor at its concert at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 23, in the Orpheum Theater, 60 S. Kellogg St., Galesburg, IL. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for Knox students and are available at the door or from the Orpheum Ticket Office, 57 S. Kellogg, 309-342-2299.Knox CollegeMon Apr 30 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16345.xmlPoet Shailja Patel will read from her own works at a "Take Back the Night" rally against violence at 7 p.m., Friday, May 4, on the south lawn of Old Main, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. The event is free and open to the public.Knox CollegeMon Apr 30 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16293.xmlIt is an astronomy class observation night, and most of the students are inexperienced observers, but a lot of practice and perseverance can turn them into well-trained amateurs, capable of memorizing the night skies.Knox CollegeSat Apr 28 13:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16282.xmlKnox College will award a 2007 honorary degree to Janet McKinley, Board Chair of Oxfam America, at the College's commencement exercises on June 2. "Janet McKinley has distinguished herself in business and global economic development is exemplary," notes Roger Taylor, president of Knox College. Other honorees this year are former United States President Bill Clinton, who will give the commencement address, and Lincoln scholar Douglas Wilson.Knox CollegeThu Apr 26 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16279.xmlKnox is one of the nation's best values among undergraduate institutions, according to the new 2008 edition of "America's Best Value Colleges," from The Princeton Review. The guidebook said that it selected 165 colleges, based on "excellent academics, generous financial aid packages and/or relatively low costs of attendance."Knox CollegeTue Apr 24 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16264.xmlThe United Way funded program, The HOI Big Brothers Big Sisters, has been in Galesburg for six years. In 2007, BBBS Knox students began meeting elementary school students on campus. They are involved in a unique experience that brings together little kids and college buddies focused on being a positive influence.Knox CollegeWed Apr 25 13:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16208.xmlKnox College offers its condolences to the students, families, and employees of Virginia Tech. Our hearts go out to the entire campus and their families. The Knox Student Senate passed a resolution of support and the campus observed a moment of silence.Knox CollegeTue Apr 17 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16163.xmlKnox College's Kourtney Cone '07, has been awarded a 2007 Fulbright Fellowship. Cone will conduct research on the retention of sea turtles in Costa Rica. The award is among the nation's most prestigious for international postgraduate study.Knox CollegeFri Apr 13 17:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16160.xmlKonrad Hamilton, associate professor of history and director of the American Studies Program at Knox, will give the Burkhardt Lecture, "Fighting Over the Past: The 1960s as History," on May 4.Knox CollegeFri Apr 13 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16154.xmlAuthors Helena Viramontes, of Cornell University, and Junot Diaz, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will give a joint reading from their own novels and short stories at 4 p.m., Friday, May 4, in the Bookfellow Room, Seymour Library.Knox CollegeThu Apr 12 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16152.xmlHistorian Bruce Cumings will give a talk, "Decoupled from History: North Korea in the 'Axis of Evil,'" at 4 p.m., Thursday, April 26, in Ferris Lounge, Seymour Union. Cumings, who teaches at the University of Chicago, has written extensively about modern Korean history, including the two-volume work "The Origins of the Korean War."Knox CollegeThu Apr 12 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16151.xmlRobert DeMott, a noted scholar on the works of John Steinbeck, will give a series of lectures on April 24 and 25 in Galesburg, in conjunction with the Sandburg Days Festival and The Big Read, a community-wide reading program.Knox CollegeThu Apr 12 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16140.xml"Women and the Africana World" is the topic of the second annual Knox College conference on Pan-Africanism. Knox College will present a series of speakers and events during the conference, April 16 – 21, on the Knox campus. All events are free and open to the public.Knox CollegeThu Apr 12 16:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16093.xmlHistorian John D'Emilio gives a talk, "Civil Rights Pioneer Bayard Rustin," at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 26, in Kresge Hall.Knox CollegeTue Apr 10 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16091.xmlPoet David Lunde and his wife, science fiction author Patricia McKillip, will give a joint reading April 13 in the Alumni Room, Old Main. Lunde is a 1963 Knox graduate and professor emeritus at SUNY.Knox CollegeTue Apr 10 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15682.xmlKnox College will undertake an extensive renovation and expansion of its Hamblin Hall student residence this summer. The renovation will add nine new apartments, for up to 29 additional students, in the building at 251 West South Street. Total capacity will increase to 101 students from the current 72.Knox CollegeMon Apr 9 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16032.xmlKnox CollegeWed Apr 4 12:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16028.xmlKnox College pre med student Catherine Ray '08 has already chalked up some amazing college memories reaching all the way from Florida to Mississippi and South Carolina. During her spring break, Ray and a group of Knox College students built more than their self-esteem. They built houses.Knox CollegeWed Apr 4 12:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16025.xmlOn any given weekend, excited fans cheer for the Galesburg High School Silver Streaks. But, take a little dance, throw in some theater, add a bit of gymnastics, and a lot of hand-eye coordination needed to spin a flag, toss a rifle and swing a saber and you will find a different event on the basketball court. Natasha Pamenter '07 has been coaching high school color guard for more than two years.Knox CollegeWed Apr 4 13:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x16023.xmlIn anti war marches, Web logs and even performance art, college students, the pied pipers of peace, are pressuring their own generation to make a difference in the world. Knox College junior Graham Troyer-Joy is one of them. He is not alone.Knox CollegeWed Apr 4 13:00:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15972.xmlKnox College students torch more than 20 acres of grassland in the annual Prairie Burn, held in April at Green Oaks, the college's biology field station, the oldest prairie restoration in the region.Knox CollegeMon Apr 2 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x20046.xmlKnox College's activist group, Alliance for Peaceful Action, fosters peaceful resolutions to conflicts, and stands against violence.Knox CollegeFri Feb 15 12:08:38 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x15882.xmlRandall Borman, a tribal leader among the Cofan indigenous group in Ecuador, will give a talk, "Cultural and Ecological Survival," at 4 p.m., Monday, April 2, in Ferris Lounge, Knox College. While at Knox, Borman also will meet with classes in Latin American Studies, Environmental Studies and Integrated International Studies.Knox CollegeWed Mar 28 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x20048.xmlKnox College pre med student Catherine Ray '08 has already chalked up some amazing college memories reaching all the way from Florida to Mississippi and South Carolina. During her spring break, Ray and a group of Knox College students built more than their self-esteem. They built houses.Knox CollegeFri Feb 15 12:12:34 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x20049.xmlIt's no secret that one of the most infamous spies in United States history was Knox alumnus Robert Hanssen '66. Subject of two movies, including the recently released Breech, and numerous books, Hanson's legacy at the FBI will be forever remembered. But what about his time at Knox? BJ Hollars '06, asked this very question.Knox CollegeFri Feb 15 12:13:40 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x15849.xmlCorey Davison, Director of Government Affairs of the Concord Coalition, an organization that advocates a balanced federal budget, speaks April 17 at Knox and two other venues in Galesburg. The events are part of the Coalition's "Fiscal Wake Up Tour," a national initiative to promote discussion of the present and future effects of the federal budget.Knox CollegeFri Mar 23 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x20047.xmlOn any given weekend, excited fans cheer for the Galesburg High School Silver Streaks. But, take a little dance, throw in some theater, add a bit of gymnastics, and a lot of hand-eye coordination needed to spin a flag, toss a rifle and swing a saber and you will find a different event on the basketball court. Natasha Pamenter '07 has been coaching high school color guard for more than two years.Knox CollegeFri Feb 15 12:11:11 CST 2008http://www.knox.edu/x15813.xmlSteven Phillips, Knox graduate and Chief Biological Safety Officer, Baylor Research Institute, speaks on genetic engineering patents, and on medical research, March 26 and 27.Knox CollegeThu Mar 22 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15786.xmlPianist Kristian Klefstad will give a free, public recital of works by Beethoven and Brahms at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 28, in Kresge Hall.Knox CollegeThu Mar 22 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15769.xmlSoprano Christine Steyer will give a free voice recital March 31 in Kresge Hall. A 1992 Knox graduate, Steyer recently won first place in the 2006 National Opera Association Competition.Knox CollegeWed Mar 21 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15765.xmlDouglas Wilson, co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College and one of the nation's leading Lincoln scholars, will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Knox this June. Also on Saturday, June 2, Knox will award an honorary doctorate to former United States President Bill Clinton, who will deliver the commencement address.Knox CollegeWed Mar 21 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15743.xmlThe midwest premiere of "underground," a new work from noted choreographer David Dorfman, inspired by the 1960s protest movement, will cap a week-long series of dance workshops, from April 2 though April 7, at Knox College.Knox CollegeTue Mar 20 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15739.xmlKnox's Old Main is in the running as one of "Seven Wonders of Illinois," a promotional campaign by the Illinois Bureau of Tourism. The sole remaining site of one of the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, Old Main is 150 years old this year.Knox CollegeMon Mar 19 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15668.xmlEvents for the 2007 Sandburg Days Festival will include "The Big Read" community-wide reading program, lectures and displays on Sandburg, plus performances with Marc Smith, one of the founders of the "poetry slam" movement.Knox CollegeTue Mar 13 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15666.xmlHistorian James Oakes, author of a new book on Abraham Lincoln and slavery, speaks on "Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and Anti-Slavery Politics," March 29 at Knox College. Oakes studies the relationship between Douglass, an abolitionist who advocated equal treatment for African-Americans, and Lincoln, a politician who, according to one reviewer, believed that even "the most righteous cause must have the support of public opinion."Knox CollegeTue Mar 13 07:10:00 CDT 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15627.xmlKnox College's literary magazine, Catch, has been named "Magazine of the Month" for March 2007 by the Forum for Undergraduate Student Editors, and will be featured on the FUSE website. The longest running, continuously published college literary journal in the country, Catch has won four national and international awards in the past six year.Knox CollegeThu Mar 8 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15567.xmlJames Vandergriff, of the educational studies faculty at Knox College, has been appointed chair of a national commission on American Indian education. The panel was created by the Association of Teacher Educators to study schools that serve Native American students.Knox CollegeThu Mar 8 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15618.xmlCollege students, acting as United Nations delegates at a Model U. N. conference in Montreal, resolve conflicts and tackle issues from senior's rights in Israel to nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. Granted, there is far less pressure when decisions go no further than the plaza ballroom of a five-star hotel. But, how does a group of 2,000 college students from colleges and universities around the world do what government appointed delegates are still trying to accomplish?Knox CollegeTue Mar 6 13:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15616.xmlKnox College senior Ashley Bunnell '07, and a handful of other psychology students, are finding out that clinical work goes beyond reading Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by immersing themselves in clinical psychology term. They are also finding out that, by today's standards, the Miss Ratcheds are merely characters in a book.Knox CollegeTue Mar 6 13:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15599.xmlKnox College junior heavyweight Jaran Rutledge became Knox's first NCAA All-American wrestler by placing third at the NCAA Division III Championships. Rutledge was 4-1 at the tournament, held March 2-3. Rutledge was the first Knox wrestler to compete at the National Wrestling Championships in 27 years.Knox CollegeMon Mar 5 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15598.xmlSome of Krystle Liggins most memorable intellectual exchanges at Knox have taken place outside the classroom, while walking back to the dorm, over dinner or during a convocation ceremonies in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. "Knox has a homey feeling. People congregate everywhere," she says.Knox CollegeMon Mar 5 17:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15568.xmlKnox College student Farah Ahed has been named a finalist in a national college photography contest sponsored by Photographer's Forum, which drew more than 28,000 entries in all. Ahed placed in the top five-percent of entrants, and her work will be published with the other finalists and winners in the "Best of College Photography Annual 2007."Knox CollegeThu Mar 1 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15584.xmlTop teams in Knox's Dodgeball Tournament bring a combination of skill, dedication and experience to their matches. The Beta Ballers won the much-coveted rack of Intramural Champion t-shirts.Knox CollegeFri Mar 2 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x12371.xmlTheatre and dance, including Knox's famed Rep Term, with "Working," a musical based on the book by Studs Terkel, and "The Madwoman of Chaillot," by Jean Giraudoux; and "Underground," a community outreach performance with David Dorfman Dance.Knox CollegeThu Mar 1 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x12684.xmlLectures and readings at Knox College during the 2006-07 academic year.Knox CollegeThu Mar 1 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x12380.xmlMusical events on the Knox campus and in the Galesburg community during spring 2007.Knox CollegeThu Mar 1 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15471.xmlThe Knox Student, Knox College's weekly student newspaper, received nine awards at the 2007 Illinois College Press Association annual convention Feb. 17 in Chicago, including first place awards in photography for Photo Editor Andy Fitz, and a first place award in column writing for columnist B.J. Hollars.Knox CollegeWed Feb 28 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15397.xmlThe Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival, March 8-10, will feature the Ben Allison Quartet and the Happy Apple jazz band, along with performances from Knox College student, faculty and alumni jazz bands. Allison was named "Bassist of the Year" for 2005 by Downbeat magazine, and "one of today's best young jazz musicians" by the Boston Globe.Knox CollegeTue Feb 27 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15476.xmlPearl Strickland, executive director of the Knox-Galesburg Symphony, has received the 2007 Illinois General Manager of the Year Award from the Illinois Council of Orchestras. The award is Strickland's third state-wide honor from the ICO. She previously won the General Manager of the Year Award in 2000 and the Community Relations of the Year Award in 2003.Knox CollegeMon Feb 26 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15477.xmlCorinna Dooha-Chambers '07 and Lucas Street '08 burn in flames as heretics ... at least that's how they are pictured in the Dante's Inferno themed bulletin board at the Center for Teaching and Learning.Knox CollegeTue Feb 27 13:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15432.xmlKnox celebrated the 170th anniversary of its founding with the presentation of Alumni Achievement Awards at the 2007 Founders Day Convocation. At the celebration, three alumni were awarded 2007 Alumni Achievement Awards—Gene "Spanky" Binder '56, Margery Rosen Kraus '67, and David P. Fridovich '74. Monica Berlin '95 was the third recipient of the Young Alumni Achievement Award.Knox CollegeThu Feb 22 12:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15429.xmlJaran Rutledge, a junior from Mundelein, Illinois (Carmel High School), will advance to the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships March 2-3, after winning the individual heavyweight championship at the Great Lakes Regional on Feb. 17. He is the first Knox wrestling national qualifier since Tom MacMillan advanced to the 1980 championships.Knox CollegeWed Feb 21 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15407.xmlKnox College's "College for Kids" program is currently soliciting course proposals from local educators interested in teaching in the summer academic enrichment program, June 11-22 on the Knox campus in Galesburg. The program is now part of Knox's Department of Educational Studies.Knox CollegeTue Feb 20 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15325.xmlThe Knox College Choir and Chamber Singers present a series of concerts in northern Illinois during the choir's Spring 2007 performance tour. The ensembles will perform in Atkinson, Rockford, Wheaton and Chicago, March 12-18, as well as two concerts in Galesburg, on March 3 and March 23.Knox CollegeThu Feb 15 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x15221.xmlDouglas L. Wilson, co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College, has been awarded, for the second time, the Lincoln Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in the field of American history. A renowned Lincoln scholar and long-time member of the Knox faculty, Wilson received the prize for his most recent book, "Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words."Knox CollegeMon Feb 12 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13849.xmlTen weeks to do everything for ten shows in ten days. That's not playing, it's "Working." And there's more than just one "Madwoman" in this crew. "The Madwoman of Chaillot," a comedy by Jean Giraudoux, and "Working," a musical based on the book by oral historian (and honorary Knox alum) Studs Terkel, will be performed in nightly rotation Feb. 22 - Mar. 3 by Knox's Rep Term theatre program.Knox CollegeThu Feb 8 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13842.xmlKnox's Repertory Theatre term, produced by the Department of Theatre and Dance is the only undergraduate theatre curriculum in the United States that combines academic study in theatre with all of the business that is vital to operating a professional repertory theatre company. It is a collaboration of faculty and students, and for the ten-week winter term it is "all the world" for the students that participate in it.Knox CollegeThu Feb 8 13:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13848.xmlProfessor Tim Kasser's recent round-the-world voyage with Semester at Sea is having an impact his psychology courses at Knox. "I plan to introduce more about cultural differences into my courses," says Kasser, internationally renowned for his research into materialism and well-being.Knox CollegeWed Feb 7 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13818.xmlWhen dog owners talk to their dogs, do they know how much their dog really understands? Some might say that their dog thinks it is human. More likely, their dog may think's their owner is a dog.Knox CollegeSat Feb 3 13:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13815.xmlKnox College students explored the archeological relics of the past by prowling the Illinois Caverns, southeast of St. Louis. This was no easy feat and the explorers, who follow a strict code of personal ethics regarding their investigation, surveyed the caves for the art of exploration and education.Knox CollegeSat Feb 3 13:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13819.xmlKnox College has again received a record number of applications for admission. As of January 26, Knox has received 2,195 applications for 340 openings in the class that enters Knox in the fall of 2007. That's an increase of 22 percent compared to the same date last year. Knox has achieved new records for the number of applications in four of the past five years.Knox CollegeFri Feb 2 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13805.xmlKnox College celebrates the 170th anniversary of its founding on February 15, 2007. At the Founders Day Convocation, Knox presents alumni achievement awards to educational consultant Eugene Binder, communications executive Margery Rosen Kraus, Major General David P. Fridovich, and English professor Monica Berlin.Knox CollegeWed Jan 31 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13798.xmlKnox College's off-campus study program in France recently celebrated its 40th anniversary with a ceremony at the University of Besancon.Knox CollegeMon Jan 29 12:00:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13788.xmlStephen Colbert -- last year's commencement speaker at Knox -- has issued an ultimatum to the College, stemming from Knox's invitation to this year's speaker, former President Bill Clinton. "If you give [President] Clinton the same doctorate you gave me, I will be forced to burn [my degree] on the air," Colbert said, contending that the former president "is trying to steal my thunder." Knox President Roger Taylor issued a statement reassuring Dr. Colbert that he was awarded an honorary doctorate of fine arts, while President Clinton will receive an honorary doctor of laws.Knox CollegeTue Jan 23 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13747.xmlThe Galesburg Colony Underground Railroad Freedom Station at Knox College has been formally included in a National Park Service program, the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The National Park Service determined that the Center is making "'a significant contribution to the understanding of the Underground Railroad in American history'," said Owen Muelder, director of the center.Knox CollegeTue Jan 16 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13504.xmlInternational Fair, Jan. 27 -- Food: Tempting dishes from around the world, in Seymour Union. Fun: Edutainment by Knox students representing more than 50 nations and campus clubs, in Ford Center for the Fine Arts. Featured performers: Funkadesi. Faculty: International Lecture Series, Jan. 22-25.Knox CollegeTue Jan 16 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13707.xmlKnox CollegeMon Jan 8 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13706.xmlKnox College will celebrate Martin Luther King Day with a convocation on Monday, Jan. 15. Konrad Hamilton, associate professor of history and chair of the American Studies Program at Knox, will deliver the convocation address, "Martin Luther King: On Fear and Freedom." Also on Jan. 15, the Knox Admission Office hosts an open house for prospective students and families.Knox CollegeMon Jan 8 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x13682.xmlDouglas Wilson, co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College, will give a talk and sign copies of his new book on Abraham Lincoln, at 4 p.m., Friday, January 5, in the Alumni Room.Knox CollegeTue Jan 2 07:10:00 CST 2007http://www.knox.edu/x4192.xmlArchive of selected Knox College news releases from 1990 through 2006.Knox CollegeMon Jan 1 13:00:00 CST 2007