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61-762: Monmouth College was founded on April 18, 1853, by the Second Presbytery of Illinois of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church . Founded as Monmouth Academy , the school became Monmouth College after receiving a charter from the state legislature on September 3, 1856. The college remains affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest ,

122-676: A Scottish Presbyterian pastor Ebenezer Erskine led a group of ministers to leave the Church of Scotland who formed a separate group, the Seceders , which again opposed the main group and had doctrinal differences. Ebenezer Erskine and his brother Ralph Erskine preached sermons that later became the inspiration for the Associate Reformed Church in the American colonies. The monarch moved some of Ebenezer Erskine's followers to

183-541: A Transatlantic People, 1603–1703", Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2008. Annapolis Group The Annapolis Group (officially, the Annapolis Group of Liberal Arts Colleges ) is an American organization of independent liberal arts colleges . It represents approximately 130 liberal arts colleges in the United States . These colleges work together to promote a greater understanding of

244-542: A cadaver lab, the Adolphson Observatory with research-grade 20-inch reflecting telescope , nuclear physics lab, two parallel computing facilities, a moot boardroom, tax preparation facilities, one-way observation labs, and an FDA-approved nutrition lab in addition to other laboratories. The college maintains a digital television studio and media (computer) lab, a web-based radio station, digital classrooms, and three art galleries. The college also maintains

305-776: A conservative view of the Bible, stating that "the Bible alone, being God-breathed, is the Word of God written, infallible in all that it teaches, and inerrant in the original manuscripts." The Holy Spirit reveals through the text that "God the Father gave His Son to save us from our sins." The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church is a member of the World Reformed Fellowship , and the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council . Membership in

366-709: A consortium of small, private liberal arts colleges. The college's motto "Lux" ("Light") appears on its seal. The first president, David Wallace built two mission churches in Massachusetts before assuming the Monmouth presidency. Founded on the eve of the American Civil War , the college immediately faced a crisis. The college's campus was still under construction while virtually the entire male student body left for military service. Two hundred and thirty-two students, faculty members, and trustees served in

427-434: A handful remained on campus. Through an arrangement with the U.S. Navy Department, the college survived by becoming a U.S. Naval Flight Preparatory School, and later offered a V-5 Navy Academic Refresher Unit program for officers. Courses were taught by Monmouth's liberal arts faculty. The Navy later adopted portions of Monmouth's curriculum for training programs nationwide. More than 2,000 Navy men went through Monmouth College,

488-549: A merger of two denominations holding to exclusive psalmody , this was the practice of the ARP Church until 1946, when its synod allowed the use of hymns other than the Psalms; each congregational session has right of discretion concerning the matter of music in worship. At the 207th General Synod, a new ARP psalter was approved for use in the denomination to encourage the increased use of Psalm singing in public worship. In 1837

549-528: A number of whom would re-enroll at the college after the war funded by the G.I. Bill . Monmouth's chemistry department gained national prominence in the 1950s when longtime professor William S. Haldeman was recognized with a major award by the American Chemical Society . The Steelman Report on Manpower for Research noted that Monmouth and four other small colleges—Hope, Juniata, St. Olaf and Oberlin—together had "produced more candidates for

610-484: A refurbished three-manual pipe organ . The Wells Theater has been upgraded with high tech lighting and sound equipment. The "black box" experimental Fusion Theatre is located in downtown Monmouth and opened in 2013. There are ten residence halls, an intercultural house, seven Greek houses, use. The campus has been expanded between 2000 and 2007 with three new residence halls, an apartment complex, an athletic complex, tennis complex, baseball, and soccer fields. It reopened

671-772: A separate but associated school in 1858 and was reincorporated into the College in 1925. Erskine merged with the Due West Female College in the first decade of the 20th century. Erskine became the first private denominational school in South Carolina to allow women instructors at that time. Since its inception, Erskine has provided training for students of the ARPC and of other denominations. Recent years, however, have witnessed ARP ministers graduating from other seminaries. Along with other Presbyterian churches,

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732-622: A variety of events. The college also cancels classes for a day and holds an honors convocation. The college owns a restored civil war cannon (technically called an artillery rifle). It was once used to signal touchdowns the Fighting Scots made at homecoming football games. The college is located in a residential neighborhood of Victorian homes, removing it from the safety concerns of many urban campuses. The college provides security patrols, an emergency broadcasting system and emergency text messaging system, plus extensive security lighting and

793-727: A year but generally last one semester. Programs provided through the Associated Colleges of the Midwest consortium take place usually for one semester at over a dozen locales around the globe and include cultural, scientific, economic, historical and other forms of study and research. These programs include scientific research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory , government interning in Washington, D.C. , and cultural activities in Florence , Italy. Monmouth College faculty frequently teach in these programs along with other members of

854-511: Is a founding member of the fourteen-member Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) consortium. The colleges share resources and develop and operate common off-campus academic programs. The members of the ACM include colleges in the middle west region of the United States and include Carleton College and Grinnell College among others. Over seventy off-campus programs are available in over fifty countries and run for as little as ten days or as long as

915-645: Is one of the oldest conservative denominations in the United States. After the Westminster Confession was signed by its drafters in 1643, some of the " Covenanters ", a Presbyterian group, left the Church of Scotland for the New World to avoid signing an oath to the monarch. These early believers seceded from the Church of Scotland over doctrinal differences. Some ministers stayed in the Church of Scotland to work out their differences. By 1739,

976-586: The International Conference of Reformed Churches was dropped in June 2011. The ARPC designates the Sunday nearest to January 22 as "Sanctity of Human Life Sunday," encouraging non-violent opposition to legalized abortion. In addition, the denomination officially calls homosexuals "to repentance, cleansing, and deliverance in the saving power of Jesus Christ." Evangelist Billy Graham attended

1037-732: The Associate Reformed Church in the Old Northwest from its formation by a union of Associate and Reformed Presbyterians in 1782 to the merger of this body with the Seceder bodies to form the United Presbyterian Church in 1858. It became the Associate Reformed Synod of the West and remained centered in the Midwest. It withdrew from the parent body in 1820 because of Confessional disagreements regarding

1098-726: The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church uses the Westminster Confession of Faith , the Larger Catechism and the Shorter Catechism as subordinate standards . In its 1990 Purpose Statement , the church declared that "we express our desire to continue to be a Presbyterian and Reformed church, committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ and to the Bible as the Word of God." It listed some of its core commitments as: The ARPC takes

1159-622: The CWPA Division III Club National Championship in 2012. Monmouth College was a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1921 to 1937. Monmouth College fields over twenty club athletic teams for men and women spanning about a dozen indoor and outdoor sports. These include sand volleyball, ultimate frisbee , badminton , floor hockey , wrestling and table tennis in addition to

1220-708: The Chalmers Memorial ARP Church in Charlotte, North Carolina , as a child; his parents were members of the congregation. Graham was later ordained as a Southern Baptist minister. The noted Southern writer Erskine Caldwell was the son of an ARP minister in Georgia. Noted ARP ministers of today and the recent past include Jay E. Adams , Sinclair Ferguson , Derek Thomas , Michael A. Milton , and Frank Reich . Vann, Barry. "In Search of Ulster-Scots Land: The Birth and Geotheological Imagings of

1281-557: The Civil War. A quarter of them were wounded and one in eight was killed. Two were awarded the Medal of Honor , and Abner C. Harding , a college trustee who raised a regiment composed largely of Monmouth College students, was commissioned a brigadier general for his leadership in the defense of Fort Donelson in 1863. President Wallace, believing that the college "must educate, whether there be peace or war," kept classes in session for what

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1342-815: The Covenanter tradition and the Seceder tradition came together officially in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , in 1782. The Synod of the South was formed consisting of churches in North and South Carolina and Georgia in 1803 and still another in Texas. Each tradition put aside doctrinal differences to come together as long as oath-signing to a central government could be avoided. For decades, the Associate Reformed Church denounced slavery; however, in 1831,

1403-781: The LeSuer Nature Preserve , a 16.5-acre (6.7 ha) nature preserve, the Hamilton Research Pond, a prairie grass laboratory and a riparian property on the banks of the Mississippi river for the purposes of wetland biological research. The Ivory Quinby House , built by a founder of Monmouth College , is now the home of the President of the college and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Students attend functions at

1464-851: The NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. Monmouth's track program has produced nine individual national champions, the most recent of which was James Wilson, who won the NCAA Division III indoor long jump national title in 2013. In 2014, the college's sports teams and student-athletes won awards for academic achievement including national academic honors from seven different organizations. Volleyball and Men's Golf earned team academic accolades from their respective national coaches' organizations for their high team GPA. Eleven team members also earned individual national honors for their academic excellence including one student who became Monmouth's first winner of

1525-702: The NCAA Division III Playoffs in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020. Monmouth's recent varsity football alumni include two former quarterbacks who went on to the National Football League . Through 2013, Alex Tanney '11 has played for Kansas City, Dallas, Cleveland, Tampa, and the New York Giants . Mitch Tanney '06 is director of analytics for the Chicago Bears . The men's water polo team won

1586-524: The NCAA's Elite 89 Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA participating in one of the NCAA's 89 sponsored championships. Four softball players, three track student-athletes, two women's golfers and a men's tennis player also received national academic honors for the 2013–14 academic year. Monmouth began its college football rivalry with Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1888, making it

1647-516: The Presbyterian Church (USA), although courses in religion are no longer required, and is a member of the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities , of which a Monmouth College president served as chair in 2011–2012. Chemistry at Monmouth is an approved baccalaureate program by the American Chemical Society . Monmouth College offers 40 major fields of study and 17 pre-professional fields of study (with 851 different courses offered) in

1708-563: The Scotch-Irish heritage of the college's founders. "Fighting Scots" is a registered trademark of Monmouth College. The Monmouth College men's track and field team placed third in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 26, 2007. It was the first national team trophy that a Monmouth College sports team has won. The following year, the men's track and field team took second place in

1769-758: The Shields Collection of antiquities, the largest privately held collection of Native American artifacts in the region, the only direct copy of the Canopus Stone outside of the Cairo Museum , an astronomical observatory, the Mellinger writing center, the Wackerle Career and Leadership center, and sporting facilities. The Kasch Performance Hall provides a traditional setting for musical performances with excellent acoustics and includes

1830-513: The Synod of the South, formed in 1803. Almost immediately after forming the Synod of the South, the ministers looked into forming a seminary closer to home for the education of the ministry and the growth of the church. Many of the ministers were traveling for more than thirty days on horseback to attend Synod meetings in the North. While they were gone, the churches and the congregations suffered in their absence. The solution they agreed to work towards

1891-525: The Wackerle Career and Leadership Center. These include public service work around the United States. Students have also interned, beginning as early as the first year, at such businesses as Caterpillar Inc. , Deere & Co. , Monsanto , law offices, and medical offices. Summer internships are also available in such offices as Admission, Financial Aid, Student Life, Hewes Library, Marketing communication, and fundraising. Summer research opportunities exist for students and also incoming freshmen and transfers in

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1952-488: The administration of sacraments. The Associate Reformed Synod of the West maintained the characteristics of an immigrant church with Scottish roots, emphasized the Westminster Standards, used only the Psalms in public worship, was Sabbatarian and was strongly abolitionist and anti-Catholic. In the 1850s however, it exhibited evidence of assimilation. It showed greater ecumenical interest, greater interest in

2013-441: The average for similar colleges. In 2021, the endowment stood at $ 146 million; $ 93.6 million more than average Baccalaureate colleges. Between 2002 and 2013, more than $ 120 million was invested in new construction and renovations to the campus. Monmouth is a founding member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and a member of the Annapolis Group of independent liberal arts colleges. Monmouth also continues its relationship with

2074-684: The beginnings of the denomination. Membership in the ARP Church is concentrated in the Southeastern United States, especially North Carolina and South Carolina. There are also numerous congregations in Florida , Georgia , Tennessee , Mississippi , Arkansas , Missouri , Oklahoma , and Virginia . The ARPC has churches in Canada and in most states of the United States. There are separate synods in Mexico and Pakistan. The ARP Church

2135-454: The church established an academy for men in Due West, S.C. , which in 1839 became Erskine College , the first four-year church-related college in that state. Erskine Theological Seminary , established as Clarke and Erskine Seminary in 1837, is the professional school of Erskine College; it was incorporated into Erskine College when the latter was founded two years later. The Seminary became

2196-743: The church passed a resolution that members must free their slaves immediately or be denied communion. This led to a severance of churches in the Southern Synod--particularly in the Carolina presbytery--from the Northern Synod. In 1858, the Northern Synod of the Associate Reformed Church merged with the Associate Presbyterians to form the United Presbyterian Church of North America . The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of today traces its roots to

2257-621: The class of 2012 had graduated showed that 99% of Monmouth graduates were employed (or were in graduate school); the 2013 and 2014 surveys also showed 99%. As of 2023, 98% were employed. Admissions to Monmouth are classified as "selective". For the Class of 2017 (enrolled fall 2013), Monmouth received 2972 applications and accepted 1914 (64.4%). In 2022, the acceptance rate was 66%. In 2023, 51% of students were female and 51% were male. Students come from 28 states and 21 countries. 27% were students of color and 1% were international students. Monmouth

2318-639: The college's Garden theme housing which grows its own organic food and harvests its own honey using college facilities including seven acres set aside for such use. The college provides scholarships for students who have demonstrated leadership in sustainability prior to enrolling. The college provides free access to bicycles for student use, and an electric vehicle recharging station is located on campus. Students represent about 28 states and about nine countries. Ninety-three percent of students live on campus in dormitories, theme houses, Greek housing, or apartment buildings. There are over 120 student groups funded by

2379-472: The college's earlier days. The college otherwise maintained its covenant relationship with the Presbyterian Church. During the Vietnam War , the military draft (and the ability to avoid the draft by enrolling in college) contributed to increases in college attendance throughout the U.S. Attendance at the college increased but then fell when the draft ended in the 1970s causing financial strain not unlike

2440-499: The college's existing Glennie Gymnasium and includes a field house with indoor tennis courts and track, natatorium, fitness complex, wellness suite, locker and training rooms, classrooms and offices. Opened in 2013 is the $ 42 million, 138,000-square-foot (12,800 m) Center for Science and Business, which houses the departments of accounting, biology, chemistry, economics, mathematics & computer science, physics, psychology and political economy & commerce. The facility introduces

2501-642: The consortium including Carleton College, Grinnell College, and eleven other colleges. Other programs run exclusively by Monmouth College include a program in Scotland. In 2012, four Monmouth College students studied at the Fulbright International Summer Institute in Bulgaria , accompanied by a Monmouth College Associate Dean who taught at the institute. Hundreds of internships are arranged annually for students through

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2562-629: The doctor's degree in chemistry than Johns Hopkins, Fordham, Columbia, Tulane and Syracuse Universities combined." Beginning in the 1960s, a secularization movement changed the nature of the college. Concurrent with dwindling financial support from the United Presbyterian Church, the college removed the Church Synod's role in nominating and confirming trustees, thus allowing for the cultivation of new trustees with stronger business acumen and financial resources than those during

2623-586: The evangelization of the West and of the cities, and a declining interest in maintaining the unique characteristics of its Scotch-Irish past. In 2018, the ARPC had 22,459 members in 264 churches. The denominational office is located in Greenville, South Carolina . Also, the denomination operates a conference center, Bonclarken , in Flat Rock, North Carolina . The conference center is surrounded by private property, many of whose owners trace their ARP roots to

2684-503: The goals of a liberal arts education through their websites, as well as through independent research. Its current chair is Jonathan Green of Susquehanna University . The Annapolis Group was first organized in early 1993 in Annapolis, Maryland . Its original members included and expanded upon the Oberlin Group which was first organized in 1984. The Annapolis Group was created by the presidents of Franklin & Marshall College , Gettysburg College , and Dickinson College . The group

2745-524: The home, including dinners and discussion groups. With over a half-million items catalogued, the Hewes Library provides a large interlibrary loan capability and houses collections of antiquities, rare books, art, and archaeology. It also provides computer laboratories and tech support. A major remodeling in 2000 resulted in a modern open-stack facility. Monmouth College has reduced its energy consumption and has increased its recycling contributions in recent years. These efforts include energy reduction through

2806-502: The installation of new heating boilers throughout campus, the use of energy-efficient lighting, low-flow water systems and the replacement of windows in nearly all older buildings. The Center for Science and Business includes energy efficient heating/cooling systems and heat recapture exhaust systems among other features. Recycling efforts extend into every student residence and office building. Some students have also committed themselves to sustainability of food production by opting to live in

2867-566: The losing of students to the Civil War had done in the then distant past. In 1983, a donation from an alumnus committed $ 5 million to the endowment and launched a $ 15 million capital campaign, the largest gift in college history to that point. During the 1990s, enrollment began a steady increase that would see it more than double over the next two decades, from less than 600 in 1993 to 1,379 in 2009 and then decrease to 753 by 2021. The endowment grew from $ 23.6 million in 1993 to $ 87.2 million in 2013 to over $ 115 million in 2020; $ 75 million higher than

2928-431: The more traditional flag football , basketball , and softball . Some teams are co-educational. In the Monmouth College music department, majors and non-majors perform in ensembles including Chorales, male and female a Capella , Marching Band , concert bands and an orchestra . The college also has a gospel choir and provides opportunities for musical theatre . The Chorale has toured nationally, visiting nearly half

2989-434: The northern Irish province of Ulster to quell religious disputes among Catholics and Protestants. These Ulster Scots Seceders and the Catholics continued to battle and some of the Scots Irish later emigrated to the American colonies with Seceder ministers from Scotland in the mid-1700s. They settled with the Covenanters in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Some churches of

3050-681: The only course requirement is one of the first-year seminar courses called Introduction to Liberal Arts which are limited to 16 to 18 students and shares a common focus on critical analysis and development of written and oral argument. The other 31 courses (usually four are taken per semester) required for graduation can be elected by the student. Sixteen percent of Monmouth students in the class of 2013 were double majors. A small number of triple majors and interdisciplinary majors also exist. Within five years of graduation, more than 60 percent of Monmouth College alumni attend graduate school or another form of ongoing education. A survey taken six months after

3111-426: The renovated Dahl Chapel and Auditorium containing a 600-seat English Chapel style recital hall/auditorium as well as music rehearsal space in 2003. In 2008, the April Zorn Memorial Stadium was completed, enlarging the seating capacity for football, lacrosse and track events to 2,600 and adding a new press box. The largest building on campus is the 154,000-square-foot (14,300 m) Huff Athletic Center. It encompasses

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3172-474: The sciences and other areas of study. This research is conducted with professors and students working in groups and have included such topics as lightning research, archaeology and music. Included are a stipend and room and board expenses. Among the resources on the 112-acre (0.45 km) campus are academic buildings, athletic fields and facilities, three wildlife sanctuaries for the study of ecology, and trails and other areas for hiking. Notable resources include

3233-536: The sciences, arts, humanities, mathematics, computer sciences, social sciences, foreign languages, classics, and interdisciplinary fields including premedical and pre-engineering studies, and provides an integrated core curriculum. This curriculum includes four signature courses designed to aid students in making connections across disciplines and understanding their education as an integrated whole. The curriculum allows freshman students to take advanced classes, and senior students to take introductory courses. For freshmen,

3294-489: The sixth-oldest college football rivalry in the country. The two schools play annually for the Bronze Turkey trophy in November (originally on Thanksgiving). ESPN 's Jeff Merron has classified the trophy as the fifth-most-unusual in college football. The Bronze Turkey has been stolen several times and was at one time buried under the old MC indoor track for five years. Monmouth leads the series with 71 wins, 50 losses and 10 ties. The Monmouth College football team has appeared in

3355-434: The states in the US, and internationally, including trips to Scotland . The group has performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City . Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church ( ARPC ) is a theologically conservative denomination in North America. The ARPC was formed by the merger of the Associate Presbytery ( seceder ) with the Reformed Presbytery ( covenanter ) in 1782. It

3416-491: The student government or the college, including cultural, religious, publications, professional, honors, fine and performing arts, political advocacy, service groups, housing, and athletic organizations. The college's Scottish heritage is reflected in its bagpipes and drums band that have won national titles. The freshmen walkout is an autumn event that acquaints new students with the town. Scholars' day held in conjunction with founders' day celebrates academic achievements with

3477-405: The use of security cameras. Monmouth College is a member of the Midwest Conference and the NCAA Division III . The college offers eleven varsity sports for men and eleven for women. The college has won the Midwest Conference men's all-sports trophy each of the last two years. The college also offers intramural sports. The athletic teams' nickname, Fighting Scots, was coined in 1928 to reflect

3538-550: Was among the first to send missionaries to China as early as 1880. The ARP Church sponsors missionaries internationally through World Witness. The ARP Church is affiliated with the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council and shares a common theology with other conservative Presbyterian denominations. It holds to the infallibility and inerrancy of the Bible. The church does not ordain women as ministers or elders, though it does permit local sessions to determine whether to ordain female deacons. Having been originally formed by

3599-406: Was an academy called the Clarke and Erskine Seminary, which later became known as Erskine College and Seminary . While the larger Presbyterian Church was a mix of Scottish and English Presbyterians , several smaller Presbyterian groups were almost entirely Scottish Seceders, and they displayed the process of assimilation into the broader American religious culture. Fisk (1968) traces the history of

3660-434: Was founded at Monmouth. Monmouth College had gained national stature by 1911 as shown by its US government classification where 59 colleges and universities ranked higher and 244 ranked lower (out of a total of 345 top colleges). World War II posed a crisis to the institution similar to that of the Civil War, as male students began enlisting in the service within a month of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and soon only

3721-431: Was then a primarily female student body. Monmouth was founded as a coeducational college where women and men had equal access to courses. When veterans returning to the college decided to form fraternities , a group of women was determined not to be outdone, and in 1867 established the first fraternity for women, known today as Pi Beta Phi . Three years later, another well-known women's fraternity, Kappa Kappa Gamma ,

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