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The Knox Student brought home 25 journalism awards from this year's Illinois College Press Association conference, smashing through the record set last year when Knox College's student-run newspaper won 19.

Students in the Knox College Theatre Department's 2019 Repertory Theatre Term have produced two plays, "The Children's Hour" and "The Laramie Project." The immersive term -- a three-credit course -- is specifically designed so the participating students, along with faculty directors and designers, devote all their time to all aspects of producing two full-length shows.

Building on their fall term classroom studies, a dozen Knox College students spent nearly three weeks traveling in southern China and deeply exploring the region's culture, landscapes, and arts. The 19-day trip took place during Knox's winter break.

Touring galleries and museums, working intensively at New York Studio School, and networking with Knox alumni were just some of the things eight art students did during winter break through the Knox in New York program. The short-term immersive experience, taught by Associate Professor of Art Tony Gant and Professor of Art Lynette Lombard, combines an art history course and studio work with a two-week travel component to New York City. After the trip, students come back to Knox to create artwork inspired by their experiences.

Michelle Dudley '20 worked as a pre-engineering intern at Google.

For Kosuke Nishitani '18, a summer internship with investment company BlackRock led to a fulfilling learning experience--and then a job offer!

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2018 Fall Term.

Debora Lustgarten '20, an economics major at Knox College, is among a select group of undergraduates from top U.S. colleges and universities enrolled in the study abroad program SEA Semester: Sustainability in Polynesian Island Cultures and Ecosystems. The program is designed to explore the complex environmental challenges faced by people living in the Pacific islands and to explore sustainable solutions for island cultures and ocean ecosystems.

Carmen Garcia did lab and clinical work at the Kenya Medical Research Institute, a collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Almost 400 new students joined the Knox College community by enrolling for the 2018 fall term.

Salvador Solis '18 used his Mellon Fellowship to work on Minecraft MODs, or software that interacts with the popular game Minecraft to expand the player's abilities.

Knox College Theatre presented "The Drowning Girls" by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, and Daniela Vlaskalic, which included three student performers and four student members of production staff.

Music student Samantha Burgess '18 interned with Conductor Kira Omelchenko '05 in what was the culmination of a mentorship through the Knox Alumni Mentoring Program (KAMP).

A dozen students dedicated their spring breaks to visiting important and educational Civil Rights sites in Selma, Tuskegee, and Montgomery.

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2018 Spring Term.

Eunice Shek '18 and Diana Rodriguez '20 attended the Diversity Abroad Global Student Leadership Summit in Miami, Florida, where they had the opportunity to network with professionals, share their study abroad experiences, and attend professional development workshops.

Fifteen members of the Knox College Class of 2018 earned College Honors for advanced independent study projects. These projects were evaluated by a select committee and produced a major piece of research or creative work.

More than 30 Knox College students were elected recently to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's most prestigious academic honor society. Knox's chapter is the fourth oldest in Illinois and the first at an exclusively undergraduate, four-year liberal arts college in the state.

GRINNELL, Iowa - Paul Sanders was named to the South Division All-Midwest Conference team on May 14. Sanders led all of Division III in steals per game while breaking the single season record in both the school and conference. His 38 steals also helped the Prairie Fire blow past the previous school record of 79 steals and finish with the number two mark in conference history (112). Sanders also broke the school career records in stolen bases (74) and runs scored (117).

Dalton James was named to the South Division All-Midwest Conference team on May 14.

About 300 Knox College seniors received their bachelor's degrees on June 3, 2018, at the College's Commencement exercises.

The Knox College Athletics Department capped off the 2017-18 Prairie Fire sports season with the annual awards banquet to recognize student-athletes for outstanding achievement, both on and off the field - or court. Members of the coaching staff announced the award recipients on May 16. Director of Athletics Daniella Irle said, "It is always a privilege to honor our most outstanding student-athletes as well as our seniors. They represent the college in such a powerful way and are deserving of the honors they received."

Eight students performed and eight students served on the managing crew for Knox Theatre's production of "The Learning Plays" by Bertold Brecht.

Swapnil Mishra '18 volunteered as a water field representative for Saha Global, a nonprofit organization, to establish a water treatment center in the rural community of Kpingiyili, Ghana.

Twelve Knox College students spent an immersive term taking classes and conducting an internship in the fields of clinical psychology and social work.

Anthropology and Sociology major Jaki Herrmann '19 interned at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, IL.

A group of Knox College students took part in Knox's London Arts Alive program, which offers a fall term class studying London's culture and arts and, during winter break, a trip to London for three weeks. The students who participated had one common reaction: "It was incredible."

A dozen students, all interested in a career in business, found direction and resources during a four-day business immersion trip to Chicago over spring break.

Naja Woods '18 worked with Professor James Dyer on an oral history project about Knox College from the 1920s to 2000s, all while serving as a captain of the Women's Basketball team and president of A.B.L.E.

Celisha Oscar '20 pursues her McNair research project on the thermal stability of unconventionally synthesized liquid crystals.