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Mollie Paisley ('22) is pictured on the far right, along with a trio of fellow Monmouth College alumni at HON, including, from left, her 2022 classmates Drake Dietrich and Preston Evans.

On Monday morning, the President of Monmouth College, Clarence R. Wyatt, announced that he will retire at the end of the 2023-2024 school year which will be his 10th year as president.

Monmouth College President Clarence R. Wyatt announced Monday that he will retire at the end of the 2023-24 school year, upon completion of his 10th year as Monmouth’s president, according to a news release. Wyatt led the recently completed Light This Candle Campaign that raised more than $80 million and is the most successful fundraising effort in […]

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (April 25, 2023) — Monmouth College President Clarence R Wyatt has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2023-24 school year, upon completion of his tenth year as Monmouth's president.Wyatt led the recently-completed Light This Candle Campaign that raised more than $80 million and is the most successful fundraising effort in the College's history.

Monmouth College has received a major national grant to help make higher education more inclusive. The $470,666 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will be used to help create a seamless transfer pathway for Illinois Central College students from underrepresented backgrounds who want to earn a bachelor's degree in mathematics or science at Monmouth. "The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is one of the world's leaders in biomedical research and support of education in the ...