2009 Graduation photos available

June 2nd, 2009

Nearly 250 Cornellians graduated on May 30, 2009, and we have the pictures to prove it. Follow the links to view photos of the event. Read More…




Commencement May 30

May 18th, 2009

Cornell College will confer degrees on about 250 students at commencement on Saturday, May 30, at 1:30 p.m. in the Richard and Norma Small Multi-Sport Center. 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…




Thaler, author of Nudge, lectures May 14

April 22nd, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Richard Thaler, co-author of Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness, will deliver the Roe Howard Freedom Lecture on May 14, at 7:30 p.m. at Cornell College in Hedges Conference Room. Read More…




Spring choral concert Sunday, April 26

April 22nd, 2009

MOUNT VERNON - Cornell Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will present their spring choral concert on Sunday, April 26, at 3 p.m. in King Chapel. The ensembles are directed by associate professor of music Lisa Hearne. Read More…




An evening with Robert Dana

April 20th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College will host “An Evening with Poet Robert Dana” on Tuesday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Kimmel Theatre. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More…




Crisostomo to speak at Cornell’s “Chicano Week”

April 2nd, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Noted social activist Paula Crisostomo will speak on “Walkout: Educational Equity and Chicano Civil Rights” at Cornell College Thursday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in Hedges Lounge. Read More…




Berry Center hosts Applied Economic Symposium

March 31st, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Two economists will speak at Cornell College’s Berry Center Applied Economic Symposium “Human Health and Economic Development: Lessons from Africa” on April 15, at 3 and 7 p.m. The lectures are free and open to the public. Read More…




Cornell hosts ACM photo contest; Myka Peterson receives honorable mention

March 23rd, 2009

MOUNT VERNON - Cornell College will host the latest leg of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) Off-Campus Study Photo Contest April 6-10. Included among the collection is an Honorable Mention award winner from Myka Peterson entitled “Shipwrecked!” Read More…




Brachova to represent Cornell at Iowa Private Colleges Day

March 10th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON - Pavla Brachova will represent Cornell College at Iowa Private Colleges Day at the Iowa State Capitol on Tuesday, March 17. Read More…