Student recieves U.S. Bank scholarship

May 6th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON - Myka Peterson, an Albia, Iowa resident and a junior at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, has been selected to receive a $400 U. S. Bank Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year through the Iowa College Foundation (ICF). Read More…




Student awarded business scholarship

April 30th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON - Emily Burnham, a Spencer resident and a senior at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, has been selected to receive an Aegon Transamerica Foundation Scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year. Read More…




Cornell receives “green” award

April 29th, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS - Cornell College received a Silver Award from Alliant Energy for energy efficiency in the construction of its new dormitory Clock Tower Hall at the first annual “Excellence in Energy-Efficient Construction Awards” ceremony. Read More…




Rexroat named Mount Vernon Citizen of the Year

April 22nd, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College Communications Director Dee Ann Rexroat has received the Citizen of the Year award from the Mount Vernon Area Chamber of Commerce. Read More…




Cornell professor named Fulbright Scholar

April 11th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell Professor of History Robert Givens was named a Fulbright Scholar for 2008-2009. Read More…




Cornell student receives National Science Foundation Fellowship

April 3rd, 2008

MOUNT VERNON–Julia Kamenetzky, a Cornell College senior from Bettendorf, Iowa, has received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation in astronomy and astrophysics. The NSF fellowship provides three years of funding, up to $121,500. Read More…




Cornell College awarded Carver Grant

February 8th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College has been awarded a grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust in the amount of $178,521 to purchase equipment for the biochemistry and molecular biology program. Read More…




Krouse Recieves Spencer Award

January 11th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON — Cornell biology lecturer and lab instructor Laura Krouse will receive the 2007 Spencer Award for Sustainable Agriculture at the annual meeting of Practical Farmers of Iowa Jan. 11-12 in Des Moines. Read More…




Cornell receives $3 million from Hall-Perrine

December 21st, 2007

MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College will receive a $3 million award from The Hall-Perrine Foundation of Cedar Rapids after raising the matching funds 12-months ahead of schedule. The funds will help Cornell College expand and remodel The Commons, its student center. Read More…