175 of Our Favorite Things About Knox - 17.5 of Our Favorite Things ... About Knox

A fall sunset from the west side of Ford Center for the Fine Arts

Faculty
Cozy Campus
Lifelong Friendships
Academics
Students
Freedom to Flourish
Old Main
Free-thinking Atmosphere
Met spouse at Knox
Flunk Day
Diversity
Knox's History
Study Abroad
Athletics
Fraternities/Sororities
Ice Skating on the Gizmo Patio
Creative Writing/English Department
Financial Aid
Learning Environment
Seymour Library
Choir
Music Program
Rep Term
The Knox Family
Roger Taylor
Campus Life
Green Oaks
Knox's Reputation
Pumphandle
Student Clubs
Coach Harley Knosher
Galesburg
Honor Code
Squirrels
Alumni Relations
Art Department
Catch
Commencement
Environmental Consciousness
Exposure to big/new ideas
Far from home
Hard Knox Café
Foreign Language Department
Homecoming
Independent Research
Innovation
International Students
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Famous Campus Visitors
Old Main's Bell
Politically Active Campus
Springtime
Staff
Traditions
Ultimate Frisbee Club
50 Year Club
ABLE
Admitted Student Day
Alfano's Pizza
Campus Art Installations
Blue Books
Knox's Mission of Access
Campus Observatory
Honking Canadian Geese
Carl Sandburg
Sidewalk Chalk Messages
Chemistry Department
Cherry Street
Close to Home
Community Service
Dance
Dixie Cream Donuts
Double Majors
Fencing Club
Flunk Day Scares
Brick Sidewalks
First-Year Preceptorial
Going to the movies for a dollar
Old Mailboxes in the Mailroom
Honor Guard
Honors Project
Isolated Campus
Knox Bubble
Knox Fox
Late Night Walks
Level Playing Field
Stargazing
Math Department
Metal Cabinets in the basement of SMC
Networking
Old Siwash
Parent's Weekend
Parties
Personalized Education
Professors Who Smoke Cigarettes
Quirkiness
Ramadan
Running into other alums
Sciences
Smoking Cigars with Professors
Snow
Sociology Department
Sound of Trains
Stairs of Old Main
Student Teaching
Sunsets from the windows in Post Hall
The College of More Exceptions Than Rules
Writing Requirement
WVKC
Xavier Romano
Yoga
Beautiful Campus
Gizmo
Music Program
Theatre Department
Commencement Speakers
Broadview
Homecoming Parades
Traying in the Bowl
Otto Harbach's Ghost in CFA
Studio Theatre
Thursday Jazz Nights
Rootabaga Jazz Fest
Frisbee Golf on the Campus Lawn
Pinky Gibbons on her Harley
Lincoln Chair
Streaking during FP Lectures
Caxton Club
Bronze Turkey Game
The Knox Bowl
FYC
The Goal Post
The Knox Hymn
Senior Research
Concert on the Lawn
Dinner at Faculty Homes
Knox-Monmouth Rivalry
Prairie Burn
Scholarships
Harley Knosher
Downtown Lounge
Gingko Tree
Farm Term
Field trips with Dewey Moore
Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
Knox Fight Song
Fifty Year Club Bulletin
Coney Island
Honor's Offices in Seymour Library
Beecher Chapel
Jazz House
International Fair
I-House
Being a Legacy Student
Grab N Go Cart
C Store
Big Old Trees
The Costume Shop
The Scene Shop
1958 Choir Tour
Being a Friar on Flunk Day
Off Knox
Fechtnerfest
The Ghetto
Green Oaks Term
Whiting Hall
Class Notes
Human Rights Center
Military Service
The first snowfall on campus
Terpsichore
Craig Choma's Lighting Design Finals
Alumni Hall
Faces
Lincoln Window

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