Saunders receives Minority Achievement Award

May 27th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Audrey Saunders, a senior at Cornell College, received the Alliant Energy Erroll B. Davis, Jr. Minority Achievement Award for academic achievement and student leadership. The award carries with it a grant of $2,500. Read More…




Feser Awarded Undergraduate Research Grant

May 26th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Kelsey Feser, a junior Geology major has been awarded an Undergraduate Research Grant from the North Central section of the Geological Society of America. Read More…




Bernthal receives National Science Foundation award

May 22nd, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Jamie Bernthal, a junior at Cornell College, was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) award and will utilize the nearly $6,000 award to perform environmental policy analysis. Read More…




Annual Academic Awards Dinner held

May 22nd, 2009

Cornell College’s annual Academic Awards Dinner was held on Thursday, May 21, where students were recognized for their individual academic achievements. Read More…




17 students inducted into economics honors society

May 14th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – Seventeen Cornell students have been inducted into Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international honor society for economics. Read More…




Four Cornellians selected as UPS Scholars

May 4th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Four Cornellians were selected as UPS Scholar and received $500-$1000 scholarships through the Iowa College Foundation, an organization which raises funds for its 24 member independent colleges in Iowa. Read More…




Cornell Hosts the 2009 Iowa Sociological Association Conference

April 27th, 2009

The Iowa Sociological Association Annual Meeting on April 24, 2009 brought together almost 50 student and faculty participants from Iowa colleges and universities to the Cornell College campus in Mount Vernon. Read More…




Wondra awarded Fulbright

April 21st, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College senior Nic Wondra of Centennial, Colo. has received a Fulbright Award for 2009-2010 to study the educational system of the Republic of Georgia. Read More…




Three Cornell Professors invited to NEH Seminars

April 13th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Three Cornell College professors have been invited to participate in three prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities summer seminars for 2009. Read More…




Cornellian receives Aegon scholarship

March 30th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Sam Peters, a Monroe resident and a sophomore at Cornell College, has been selected to receive an Aegon Transamerica Foundation Scholarship for the 2009-10 academic year. Read More…




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