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Karrie Heartlein
Director of Public Relations
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401-4999
309-341-7340
E-mail: kheartle@knox.edu
Knox College receives $35,000 from the State Farm Youth Advisory Board for a "Junior Great Books" service learning program designed by Dan Gonshorek and a group of Knox students.
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Four graduates honored at Founders Day 2010 on Feb. 19: builder James Hallock, economist Keith Maskus, author Alexander Kuo and technology coordinator Matthew Berg
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Books about Abraham Lincoln by Knox College scholars occupy two of the top five spots in a "Presidents Day Reading List" in The Wall Street Journal.
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Knox College's weekly newspaper has won 12 awards, including top college newspaper in Illinois: the culmination of a lot of hard work by the staff, says editor Laura Miller.
Knox College sponsors presentations to mark Peace Corps Week 2010. Knox offers a Peace Corps Preparatory Program to prepare students for international service.
Students Max Galloway-Carson and Mike Kaminski wrote the program, then let their robot "Jack" do it: push his way to victory in Knox's Sumo Computer Robot Competition.
The Prairie Fire women's and men's indoor track and field teams had a strong finish to close out the Midwest Conference championship meet, as both teams moved up after the dust settled and the day was over, with the Men's team finishing in seventh place and the women's team finishing in sixth place. It is the best finish for the men's team since 2000, and the best finish for the women since 2004.
Register-Mail columnist Tom Loewy talks with Knox College student Maurice McDavid about why he came to Knox, why he loves Galesburg, and his vision for the community. 
Knox College has been named as a top 50 "Best Value Private College for 2010," according to The Princeton Review and USA TODAY. 
Two years after being accepted into Knox's Rush program for early admission to medical school, Sarah Kurian was awarded the Faculty Scholarship and the Student Lincoln Laureate Award. 
When Knox junior Keegan Siebken was in high school and visiting college campuses, he says many had a problem with theatre and physics as a double major and told him it couldn't be done. But, not Knox College. "They said "That's not a problem."" 
Knox College student Margaret Spiegel recently completed a prestigious summer research fellowship at Historic Deerfield, Inc., a museum and historic site in Massachusetts. 
