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Knox Magazine Summer 2024

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TRIO Moves Forward After Honoring Graduates and Award Winners

Knox College has continued its legacy of student success with the TRIO Achievement Program, which recently announced its annual award winners for the 2024-25 academic year. The College has received funding to support the program since 1974.

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Student Powered Experience

Student Powered: Experience Knox -- from classes to athletics to lunch -- shot and edited by students.

Knox College Announces Return of KnoxCorps

Knox College is relaunching its KnoxCorps program, which focuses on immersive experience and community involvement, both important aspects of the Knox student experience.

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Knox Raises More than $1 Million in a Match for Mission Challenge

Knox College alumni, faculty, staff, parents, and friends raised more than one million dollars in support of its historic mission of access.

Seeing Double

On June 8, Commencement at Knox College was a special occasion as four sets of twins took the stage, delighting the audience with twice the pride.

Six Things Knox College Students and Faculty are Doing this Summer

The traditional school calendar year may be over, but that does not mean Knox College students, staff, and faculty are taking a break. Here are ways members of the Knox community are keeping busy this summer.

Class of 2025 First-Generation Graduates Honored for Work, Community

Being the first to accomplish anything is never easy, but achieving it makes success even sweeter. On Saturday of Commencement Weekend 2025, 54 students at Knox College were celebrated for being the first person in their family to graduate from college at the 10th annual first-generation ceremony.

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Knox Ranked as Top Performer for Best Value and Social Mobility on 2023 U.S. News List

For the second year in a row, Knox was ranked 28 for best value among 200 national liberal arts colleges on the list.

Knox Ranked Among Top U.S. Liberal Arts Colleges by Washington Monthly

Knox was ranked No. 31 out of 203 U.S. liberal arts colleges. Knox was also the highest-ranked liberal arts college in Illinois.

Knox Named to the Princeton Review’s List of Best Colleges

The 2023 edition of the Princeton Review’s annual guidebook, The Best 388 Colleges, ranks Knox College among top U.S. colleges.

Knox Sustainability Efforts Win National Attention

The Knox community's work is noted in The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges and in the Sierra Club's list of "Cool Schools."

Knox Once Again Places in Washington Monthly’s Top 50 U.S. Colleges and Universities

A Decade of Excellence: Knox earns recognition among U.S. institutions for research and service for the 10th consecutive year.

Knox Ranked as Top Performer for Best Value on 2022 U.S. News List

The annual publication also ranks Knox highly for Social Mobility and Best Undergraduate Teaching.

Knox Featured in Princeton Review's "The Best 387 Colleges" Guidebook

Knox has again been ranked among the nation's top colleges.

Knox Ranks Among Top Schools in Forbes' "Grateful Grads Index"

Knox is second in Illinois and 45th in the nation when it comes to producing “happy and successful alumni,” according to Forbes magazine.

Knox is Named a 2019 "Best College Value" by Kiplinger's Magazine

Magazine ranking identifies colleges and universities offering a high-quality education at an affordable price.

Knox College Selected for "Creative Colleges" Guidebook

Knox College's creative writing program is selected for inclusion in "Creative Colleges," a college guidebook that focuses on the best colleges for students interested in the arts.

New York Times: Knox Among Colleges "Doing the Most for the American Dream"

Knox College is ranked #16 in the nation in The New York Times 2017 College Access Index.

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Printed on Friday, July 18, 2025