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Knox College junior forward Morgan Potter averaged a double-double this week in two Midwest Conference (MWC) games and has been named the Conference's Women's Basketball Performer of the Week.

GALESBURG, Illinois - The Knox College women's and men's soccer programs placed a combined four players on the All-North Region Teams as selected by the United Soccer Coaches.

Nearly 400 first-year and transfer students enrolled for their first term at Knox College in fall 2017.

The Knox men's soccer team wrapped up the 2017 regular season as co-champions of the Midwest Conference. The Prairie Fire finished with an overall record of 13-2-4 and a Midwest Conference record of 8-0-1.

The Knox College Prairie Fire women's soccer team will play on Friday, November 10 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The Prairie Fire earned a spot in this year's NCAA Tournament by winning the Midwest Conference Tournament on November 4, defeating Monmouth College in the championship match.

Seven Knox students received Benjamin Gilman International Fellowships during the 2016-17 academic year. The fellowship helps defray the cost of study abroad in places around the world, including Korea, Germany, Thailand, and Peru.

Knox College's student-run newspaper, The Knox Student (TKS), was named one of 43 finalists for the Associated College Press Newspaper Pacemaker award, often referred to as the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism.

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2014 Fall Term.

A 3rd Quarter 32-yard touchdown pass to junior Malik Hamilton to put Knox up 21-14 over Lake Forest made senior Quarterback Matt McCaffrey Knox's new career leader in passing yards.

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2015 Winter Term.

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2015 Fall Term.

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2015 Spring Term.

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2016 Winter Term.

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2016 Spring Term.

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2016 Fall Term.

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2017 Winter Term.

Melissa Smith '18 was among the students who presented papers on Islam and Religious Philosophy at the annual Midwest Region of the American Academy of Religion (MAAR) Conference.

Evan Berkey '19 recently received a $3,000 Sharif Rahman Scholarship to aid his study abroad interests in London, England.

During the summer of 2017, Eunice Shek '18 studied Chinese language and culture at the National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan with the help of the Critical Languages Study (CLS) scholarship.

Karen Armendariz '18 and Sofia Tagkaloglou '18 attended the Network of Executive Women (NEW) Leadership Illinois 2017 conference, where they participated in panels, met legislators, attended career workshops, and tested their public speaking skills--all through a program focused on women.

More than 100 Knox College student-athletes were named to the Midwest Conference's Academic All-Conference list for the 2016-17 academic year and athletic season. The criteria to become an Academic All-Conference selection includes a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.33, which is calculated only in the awarded academic year. First-year students, sophomores, juniors, and seniors who letter in any of the MWC's fall, winter or spring sports are eligible for the award. Several of the honorees were recognized for the academic achievements while playing more than one sport.

High-achieving students were named to the Knox College Dean's List for the 2017 Spring Term.

Knox College senior and philosophy major Francis Miyata received two highly competitive scholarships that will help fund his study abroad in Japan during the 2017-18 academic year.

About 300 Knox College seniors received their bachelor's degrees on June 4, 2017, at the College's Commencement exercises.

A group of Knox College pre-med students recently learned firsthand from Knox alumni what it means to be a medical professional.

Almost 40 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.

Thirteen members of the Knox College Class of 2017 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.

A group of Knox College students has created an engineering club to apply what they learn in the classroom, through design and building of custom electronic and mechanical projects in the College's new "Makerspace."

Some students cross the ocean to get to their study abroad destination. For two Knox College students this year, their study abroad destination IS the ocean.

Knox College students worked with professional dancer and choreographer Vershawn Sanders-Ward, who visited Knox for a week-long Afro-Contemporary Dance Residency.