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…




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…




Aviv String Quartet final 2008-09 Music Mondays performance

March 3rd, 2009

MOUNT VERNON — The Aviv String Quartet will close out the 2008-2009 season of Music Mondays at Cornell College March 23 with a selection of works from Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, and Dmitri Shostakovich. Read More…




Cornellian stages play with little sister

February 6th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Third-year student Lindsay Tornquist was featured in an article in the Feb. 5 Rapid City Journal on the staging of her play “The Sound of Rain.” The twist? It stars her little sister, Rachel. Read More…




Bruns and Schulze headline March 2 Music Mondays

February 5th, 2009

MOUNT VERNON — Swiss baritone Martin Bruns and German pianist Jan Philip Schulze will perform at Cornell College March 2 as part of the 11th season of Music Mondays. Read More…




Fragile Metaphors shows at Luce Gallery Jan. 11-Feb. 8

December 18th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – Works by ceramics and installation artists Sukjin Choi, AL Holen, and Ying Zhu will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College, Jan. 11 through Feb. 8, 2009. Read More…




“Baby With the Bathwater” Dec. 5-7, 12-13

November 24th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College presents Baby With the Bathwater, a dark comedy by Christopher Durang, directed by Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Jody Hovland, Artistic Director at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City. The show will run Dec. 5-7 and 12-13 at the Plumb-Fleming Studio Theater on the Cornell Campus. Read More…




Cornell College Holiday Concert Dec. 6

November 17th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – John Rutter’s “Gloria” is the featured work at the annual Cornell College Holiday Concert on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in King Chapel. “Gloria,” an internationally popular seasonal concert work, features the 70-voice Cornell Concert Choir conducted by associate professor of music Lisa Hearne, and includes an eight-piece brass ensemble, percussion, and college organist Lynda Hakken. Read More…




Genova & Dimitrov perform on Music Mondays

November 3rd, 2008

MOUNT VERNON — The piano duo Genova & Dimitrov will perform at Cornell College Nov. 17 as part of the 11th season of Music Mondays. Read More…




Keith Morrison exhibit: “Watercolors”

October 22nd, 2008

MOUNT VERNON – A selection of 30 large-scale watercolors by internationally known artist, educator, and critic Keith Morrison will be exhibited at the Peter Paul Luce Gallery at Cornell College Nov. 2 to Nov. 30. Read More…




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