About 1,000 alumni and friends attended Knox's 2017 Homecoming celebration on October 27-29. The weekend festivities featured more than 75 events, reunions, and receptions.

Knox's Homecoming 2017 Brings Back Alumni and Friends

Pulitzer Prize Winner Marilynne Robinson Discusses History of Knox College

Author relates her award-winning work to the values of Knox and Galesburg.

Women's Soccer Team Competes in Opening Round of NCAA Tournament

This marks the second consecutive year the Prairie Fire women's soccer team earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament after winning the MWC Tournament Championship.

Film by Alumna Inspires Female Entrepreneurs

Insiyah Saeed '03 returns to Knox to screen "She Started It," a documentary she co-directed.

Knox Launches New Golf Center

Knox College opens the new Schmid Golf Performance Center, which includes a state-of-the-art indoor course simulator and putting green.

Ten individuals and one team were honored for service and athletic achievement at Homecoming 2017:

• Three received the FYC Scroll of Honor, recognizing lifetime achievements and service to their community, society, or humanity: Bob Callecod '61, Judie Elifson Hoffman '61, and Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson '64.
• Recognized with Knox Service Awards for volunteer service to the College were Maurice Harris '08, Nalini Prakash Hart '03, Joyce Hertko '82, and Gary Moses '65. 
• Inducted into the Knox-Lombard Athletic Hall of Fame were the 1978 men's soccer team, Frank Adams, Kyle Anderson '93, and David Ladner '69.

Gregory Gilbert, professor of art and art history, presented a talk at the 4th Biennial Midwest Women Artists Symposium at Bradley University. The symposium was sponsored by the Illinois Women Artists Project and the Art and Art History Department. Gilbert's talk was titled "Clare Smith and the Influence of Atelier 17 on Printmaking in Illinois." Knox College maintains an extensive collection of Smith's personal archives and artworks.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology-Sociology Teresa Gonzales' article, "Two sides of the same coin: The New Communities' Program, grassroots organizations, and leadership development in two Chicago neighborhoods", was recently published in the Journal of Urban Affairs. Gonzales recently presented research on organizational trust and local development at the Sociology of Development Conference at Wayne State University. The presentation was titled: Trust as a "Mask for Domination": Organizational (Mis)Trust, Community Development, and the New Communities' Program.

Tim Kasser, professor of psychology, gave an invited webinar via the International Society for Quality of Life Studies. The webinar is "How an Activist Researcher Became a Cartoon Character: HyperCapitalism, Values, & Quality of Life." The talk examines how cartoons have a unique ability to demonstrate complex values through their visual format.

Professor of Art Lynette Lombard has had a busy October. John Goodrich of Painting Perceptions reviewed her work in the collaborative exhibit Crossroads. She was also featured at College of William and Mary as part of the Midwest Paint Group show, and still more of her selections will be displayed at Wright State University from January 16 through February 25. Lombard also gave a talk on her work at the Riverfront Museum in Peoria, IL, as part of Emergence: The National Arts of Central Illinois.

Check out the highlights reel from Homecoming 2017!

Knox Homecoming 2017

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