From: The Register Mail (Galesburg, IL)
GateHouse and Knox College are teaming up to bring a Pulitzer Prize winner to Galesburg. Sun-Times Reporter Mark Konkol will speak to newspaper editors and reporters during a conference starting at noon Thursday at the Best Western Prairie Inn, and then will talk to students at Knox College later in the day…
On Thursday afternoon, Konkol will go to the Knox College campus to speak with students for about 90 minutes. David Amor, acting chair of the Journalism Program, helped work out the details and funding. The event is being sponsored by GateHouse Media and Joe W. Morgan ’34 Fund for Journalism… Read more…
From: Galesburg Planet (Galesburg, IL)
The annual Knox County Spring Bird Count was held Saturday, May 5th… This Count is held every spring in most counties in Illinois on the Saturday that falls between May 4th and 10th… Final results of this year’s Count weren’t available as of this writing, but the total species found was at least 130…
The total number of different species found in the county over the years, including rarities such as the aforementioned kite, is over 220. Jim Mountjoy, of the Knox College Biology Department, is the current compiler for the Count. Read more…
From: The Register Mail (Galesburg, IL)
Knox College football player Mike Hendrick has been named the top tackler in the NCAA Division III. Hendrick, a junior linebacker, received an NCAA statistical champion plaque for leading the nation with an average of 15.7 tackles per game during the 2011 season.
He was also named to Beyond Sports Network’s (BSN) All-American Second Team Defense, D3Football.com’s All-West Region Team’s Second Team Defense, and he was an All-Midwest Conference First Team selection… Read more…
From: WGIL (Galesburg, IL)
Hobart and William Smith College president Mark Gearan joked as he introduced [Teresa] Amott Saturday, at a ceremony on the Knox College campus formally installing Amott as college president, following ten months on the job.
[Gearan said he wanted to tell listeners] “…how deeply resentful we are [at Hobart and William Smith Colleges], to all of you, how much we envy Knox College, for having Dr. Amott at the helm.”…
Knox Board of Trustees president Jan Koran said Amott has done a lot for the campus already, things that Koran admits the board may or may not have been ready for… Amott herself talked about improving technology and sustainability in the years to come, and making the campus even more diverse than it already is.
Amott used the ceremony to announce a new partnership that will give students a valuable experience… “I am pleased to announce a new partnership with the Galesburg Community Foundation, that will place Knox graduates and undergraduates in service positions at Galesburg community agencies…” Read more…
From: The Register Mail (Galesburg, IL)
The Register-Mail took 34 awards in the 2012 Illinois Associated Press Editors Association News and Photo Contest… One of these first place finishes was a Knox College project, “Maytag in Transition,” that was published in The Register-Mail.
The Knox News Team won first place for Enterprise Series. Marilyn Webb, distinguished professor of journalism, directed the project that looked at the lives of those who lost their jobs when Maytag closed in 2004.
“Many students, faculty and staff worked hard to bring this series to our readers,” Martin said. “We benefit from a good relationship with a strong journalism program right in our backyard.”… Read more…
