Knox in the News

For author Richard Lawrence Miller, it’s all Abe all the time

Karrie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:36:32 +0000

From The Telegraph (Macon, GA): The weigela bushes outside the home of Richard Lawrence Miller sport purple blossoms. There’s a front porch with a glider, which sways now in a mild breeze. But Miller, greeting a visitor, doesn’t linger here. His mind is elsewhere - back in the late winter of 1850. In Springfield, Ill…. Miller’s second volume, “Lincoln [...]

Hall inducts 3 in first local ceremony

Karrie — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:32:03 +0000

From the Register-Mail: A who’s who of Galesburg area politics and national railroad experts attended the National Railroad Hall of Fame’s first local induction ceremony Saturday at Knox College’s Seymour Library. The hall, conceived in 1992, has yet to be built. The college offered the library’s Hermann R. Muelder Reading Room as a location so the Hall [...]

‘Loopers’ tie up in Destin during 6,000 mile voyage

Karrie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:29:52 +0000

From Destin.com (Destin, Florida): Both taking the summer off from life, sisters Katie and Elizabeth McPhail found themselves in the same boat - headed on a 6,000 mile voyage on a watery path known as The Great Loop. “The day after graduation, we got on the boat,” Elizabeth, 22, said. The new grad walked off the platform at [...]

College 4 Kids a learning experience for instructors, too

Karrie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:40:37 +0000

From the Register-Mail: College 4 Kids drew 250 students this year and allows students from elementary and middle schools in the area to participate in a two-week educational setting. The instructors range from elementary school teachers and Knox College professors to Knox College students who strive to one day be teachers themselves. Most of the students are benefactors [...]

Recession generation? Young adults brace for simpler lifestyle

Karrie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:04:01 +0000

From USA Today: At age 26, Angela Trilli doesn’t think she’s one of those so-called materialistic Millennials she has heard about — young people who are absorbed with themselves and their consumption. She says she’s a saver, not a spender, but unlike many of her peers who didn’t have much to lose in this struggling economy, she [...]

College digitizes railroad photos, documents

Karrie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:50:10 +0000

From the Register-Mail: Just in time for Railroad Days, Knox College’s Seymour Library has launched “Railroads in the Midwest,” an on-line digital collection of early documents and images. The collection contains everything from high quality scans of 19th century photographs to PDFs of annual reports for long-defunct railroads, and is comprised of documents previously available in the [...]

Seamstresses tale takes stage

Karrie — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:36:52 +0000

From the Register-Mail: “Intimate Apparel” is the story of African-American seamstresses in New York City of the early 1900s, inspired by archival research and the author’s family history. The play tells the story of Esther, who has migrated from South Carolina to New York after her slave parents died. In creating exquisite lingerie for wealthy socialites [...]

Knox professor: Obama right to keep distance on Iranian election

Karrie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:25:15 +0000

From the Peoria Journal Star: A Knox College professor who is the co-author of a textbook on the Middle East said Wednesday Iran’s form of government makes it extremely difficult to predict what may happen as protests continue in the streets over Friday’s presidential election. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the [...]

Robert Hellenga speaks at David R. Collins Writers’ Conference

Karrie — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:51:14 +0000

From the Quad-Cities Online (Davenport, IA): Robert Hellenga, novelist and professor at Knox College, will speak at a luncheon during the annual David R. Collins Writer”s Conference on Thursday, June 26th at 11:45 a.m. This luncheon is open to the public as well as conference participants, but reservations and a $15 fee are required. Robert Hellenga is [...]

James M. Kilts Appointed Chairman of The Nielsen Company’s Supervisory Board

Karrie — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:55:12 +0000

From MarketWatch (WSJ Online): The Nielsen Supervisory Board of Directors has appointed James M. Kilts as its Chairman. Mr. Kilts, 61, is a founding partner of Centerview Partners and has served on The Nielsen Company Supervisory Board since [...]