Alumna’s history with chapel draws donation
July 16th, 2008MOUNT VERNON – A Cornell alumna’s $130,000 donation will help renovate Cornell College’s historic King Chapel and repair the aging organ. Read More…
Annual fund has record year
July 7th, 2008The participation of young alumni and record-setting donations marked a banner year for Cornell’s Annual Fund. Read More…
Alumni gift will enhance Cornell College endowment
May 15th, 2008MOUNT VERNON – A $500,000 gift from Cornell alumni Dick and Beth Brubaker will help grow the Cornell College endowment fund, bring speakers to campus, create more opportunities for student off-campus study, and improve athletic facilities. Read More…
Stephanopoulos tells Cornell we’re headed for “historic election”
May 8th, 2008MOUNT VERNON - ABC Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos told a packed house in Cornell College’s King Chapel tonight that the race for a Democratic nominee essentially ended Tuesday after the North Carolina and Indiana primaries. Read More…
$2 million gift will create endowed chair
April 3rd, 2008MOUNT VERNON – A $2 million planned gift from Cornell alumna Jean Russell will create an endowed faculty chair at Cornell College and support other campus priorities. Read More…
Cornell parent, life trustee donates $1 million for admission center
March 19th, 2008MOUNT VERNON - A $1 million gift from Cornell parent and life trustee Peter Paul Luce will expand and modernize Cornell College’s admission center. Read More…
Matman founder leaves six-figure pension to Cornell
March 6th, 2008MOUNT VERNON —Warren DePrenger, the owner and founder of Matman Wrestling, a wrestling uniform and gear manufacturer, has donated proceeds of a pension plan valued at $700,000 to Cornell College. Read More…
Cornell College awarded Carver Grant
February 8th, 2008MOUNT 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…
Lively leaves $1.3 million gift to Cornell endowment
January 29th, 2008MOUNT VERNON — A $1.3 million living trust from an Iowa native will establish a Cornell College endowed scholarship fund for students who attended high school in and around Marshall County, Iowa.
Class of ’57 donates scholarship to Cornell
December 20th, 2007MOUNT VERNON – In honor of their 50th reunion celebrated at Homecoming 2007, the Class of 1957 has donated an ongoing scholarship to Cornell College. Read More…