
Karrie Heartlein
Director of Public Relations
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401-4999
309-341-7340
E-mail: kheartle@knox.edu

Knox College is ranked 75th among the nation's top 266 liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report. Knox is also ranked 47th in academic reputation by high school counselors.
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Tommy G. Thompson, former Presidential Cabinet member and Governor of Wisconsin, will give Knox College's 2010 Opening Convocation address on Friday, September 10.
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Knox College has joined with former employees of Maytag's Galesburg Refrigeration Plant, to survey hundreds of workers who lost their jobs when the plant closed in 2004.
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Knox College academic support program for low income and first generation college students receives estimated $1.5 million over five years U.S. Department of Education.

Ben Boor, who has majors in biology and anthropology-sociology, is working to revive the polluted Back River in Maryland.

Knox College faculty Stephen Schroth and Jason Helfer win a 2009-2010 Award for Excellence in Research from Mensa International for their study of how educators identify gifted students.