Natania 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. Full Story
A 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. Full Story
Two 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. Full Story
"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. Full Story
Two 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. Full Story
Danny 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. Full Story
Less 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. Full Story
What 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. Full Story
Earth Week events include lectures by Clive Hamilton of Charles Sturt University in Australia and David Kraft of the Nuclear Energy Information Service in Chicago. Full Story
Knox 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. Full Story
Knox 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. Full Story
"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. Full Story
Live 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. Full Story
Knox 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. Full Story
Jane 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. Full Story
Knox 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. Full Story
Guest 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. Full Story
