Green Oaks Biological Field Station, which lies near the Spoon River in eastern Knox County, may be a remote, serene location, but it is equipped with plenty of facilities to accommodate visitors who are there for both research and recreation.
The newly refurbished Schurr Hall is a classroom, laboratory and residential building for students at Green Oaks. Schurr Hall comfortably accommodates 12 Knox students with its six bedrooms, library, bathrooms, lounge area and porch from which to watch the sunset. The building also features a classroom, computer room, kitchen, and laundry room, and is equipped with central heating, a telephone, mail delivery and Internet service.
Other accessible facilities at Green Oaks include:
Krista Anne Nordgren, a creative writing major with a minor in dance, shows a flare for entrepreneurship by opening an online company with her sisters that showcases artists' work.
By utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, Knox College students in the Museums, Monuments and Memory class gain practical experience in public history and learn to see Galesburg in a new way.
Penny Schine Gold, professor of history, has been named to the Burkhardt Distinguished Chair in History at Knox College.
Treat every person as a valued individual with his or her own important story. Strive for the broadest possible perspective on the human condition. I am William
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