Pfeiffer…finished

January 30th, 2009

On Wednesday, January 28, as most students were relaxing, heading home, or otherwise enjoying block break, nearly 160 students were moving into the newest residence hall on campus. Read More…




Cornell receives 6 CASE awards

January 28th, 2009

Cornell College received six individual awards and a sweepstakes awards at the regional Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) conference this week in Kansas City. Read More…




Beta Omicron Distinguished Visitor: Thomas Mikelson ‘58

January 28th, 2009

Thomas Mikelson, a former visiting lecturer in ministry at Harvard Divinity School, will deliver two public lectures on Black and Latin American Liberation Theology Wednesday, Feb. 4, at Cornell College. Read More…




Holmes is one of “People you should meet”

January 23rd, 2009

Director of Career Engagement Programs RJ Holmes was featured in this week’s “People you should know” feature in Hoopla, a publication of the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Read More…




Gazette highlights admissions Web interviews

January 23rd, 2009

The gizmos and gadgetry of the Cornell admission process were on full display on Friday as the Cedar Rapids Gazette featured Cornell’s Web cam interviewing process on the front page. Read More…




Chautauqua to feature “Abraham Lincoln” on 200th birthday

January 21st, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College Professor of History M. Philip Lucas will present “Abraham Lincoln” as the February Chautauqua lecture series in celebration of the 200th birthday of the 16th president. Read More…




Stewart to give Big Read keynote

January 19th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Associate Professor of History Catherine Stewart has been selected as the African American Museum of Iowa’s keynote speaker for the upcoming Big Read Program featuring Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Read More…




They’re with the (Inauguration) band

January 15th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – If it’s true that history holds a different perspective for those in the front row, Kira Garlock Wharton ’93 and Max Wharton ’93 have one of the most unique perspectives on the Inauguration of Barack Obama.

They’re with the band. Read More…




T. Edwin “Ed” Rogers 1917-2009

January 13th, 2009

Thomas Edwin (”Ed”) Rogers, biology professor emeritus, died Saturday, January 3, 2009, in Iowa City. He was 91. Read More…




Environmental writer Scott Russell Sanders to perform reading

January 9th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Environmental writer Scott Russell Sanders will perform a reading at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, in Hedges Conference Room, Cornell College. Read More…




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