MOUNT VERNON — The inspiration for the hit movie Patch Adams will speak on “Humor and Health,” at Cornell College on Wednesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in King Chapel. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON — All Cornell College offices will be closed Monday, Dec. 24, through Tuesday, Jan. 1, for the winter break. Some campus facilities serving students or open to the public will be on reduced hours, listed below. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON – New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson will speak at Cornell College’s Kimmel Theater on Monday, Dec. 17, at 12:15 p.m. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON — Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State under Bill Clinton, will speak on behalf of Sen. Hillary Clinton at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, on the Orange Carpet, Cornell College Commons.
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MOUNT VERNON — A $1 million gift to Cornell College from a Scottsdale, Ariz., couple is modernizing The Commons, creating new programs, and initiating a speaker’s fund as part of the college’s $92 million comprehensive campaign launched in October. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON — Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama will speak about the importance of community service and take questions at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Cornell College’s Small Multi-Sport Center. Doors open at 11 a.m. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON - When Maryellen Mathews left her son, Timothy McSweeny, at Cornell College in August, she told him she’d be back from Texas at Thanksgiving to cook him a traditional meal. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON — Americans for Informed Democracy (AID), a nonpartisan youth organization, will hold a Youth Voice Youth Vote summit for area college students at Cornell College from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in The Commons. This is the only Iowa location for this series of summits designed to ensure that young people’s calls for a more interconnected, collaborative role for the United States on global issues are heard in the upcoming election.
MOUNT VERNON — One of the nation’s leading prairie and savanna restorationists will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5, at Cornell College’s Kimmel Theatre. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College has received a $250,000 pledge from the Esther and Robert Armstrong Charitable Trust to fund a new campus bookstore in The Commons, Cornell’s student union that was built during Esther Armstrong’s tenure on the college’s board of trustees. Read More…