Knox in the News

From: Waukegan News Sun (Waukegan, IL)

Attending a four-year university was not something Gala Torres thought was in her future. The recent Waukegan High School graduate considered community college, but a university seemed impossible to finance. Until, she started working one-on-one with counselors from the Waukegan to College (W2C) program and meeting with college advisors.

W2C starts working with parents and students from fifth grade through high school to prepare families for college… With the help of scholarships from the C. Howe Memorial Scholarship Fund and Knox College, the 17-year-old now plans to pursue a degree in either teaching or nursing… Read more…

From: Huffington Post

Actor Ed Helms wants the class of 2013 to be full of fear. Helms, known from his roles in “The Hangover,” “The Office” and “The Daily Show,” delivered the commencement address Saturday at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill.

Helms nabbed an honorary degree at the ceremony, along with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Knox College dean and vice president for academic affairs Lawrence Breitborde.

The actor’s theme throughout his speech was how to use fear to one’s benefit… Helms also described how, when he began doing standup, fear helped him to keep going after he bombed on stage… Read more…

From: New York Times (New York, NY)

Commentary by Douglas L. Wilson, a professor emeritus at Knox College [and co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College]:

“Today we widely understand that Abraham Lincoln’s use of presidential war powers was indispensible to his success. But one of his biggest problems at the time was convincing the Northern public that suspending habeas corpus and other restraints on civil liberties were both temporary and constitutional, and that their enforcement was necessary to win the war…

“Lincoln emphasized the difference between what is allowable in times of rebellion or invasion that would not be allowable to ordinary times… Lincoln’s way of confronting this crisis tells us a great deal about the man, his unorthodox methods and the success of his presidency…” Read more…

From: CBS News (CBS This Morning)

The 2013 commencement season is under way and new graduates have been treated to words of wisdom from notable speakers including President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Stephen Colbert, Annie Lennox, Steve Case, Wynton Marsalis, and Graham Nash.

[First cut in the video segment on CBS This Morning is Ed Helms at Knox College… “I’m here to tell you that fear is good… fear that you won’t land a job…] That was actor and comedian Ed Helms at Knox College…” Read more…

From: FoodDay.org

Students and professors at Knox College and residents of Galesburg, IL, have been engaged in food issues for years. Last year saw the introduction of an occasional “Local Burger Night,” created by working with area (grass-fed) beef producers and the dining service director. The effort has seen continued success…

This year, students pushed for a pilot Meatless Monday day in campus cafeterias. By tracking student responses, the momentum seems to suggest an expansion of the initiative to more frequent meals next year… Student knowledge of where their food comes from and the consequences of certain production methods increased… Read more…