As a new semester begins, students from 19 Iowa colleges and universities are engaging and volunteering as part of a national effort providing over $5.7 billion annually in service to their communities. Read More…
“The Black Jew Dialogues” will be performed as part of Black History Month at Cornell at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, in King Chapel. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON — Mount Vernon firefighter and 2009 Cornell graduate Mehrdad Zarifkar will put his disaster training to test on a 10-day medical mission to Haiti scheduled to leave Feb. 8. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON — A student production of “The Vagina Monologues” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, at Cornell College’s Black Box Theatre in Armstrong Hall. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON – A new book examining the place of religious colleges and universities in contemporary American higher education highlights Cornell College as a church-related institution that is distinct from both religious and secular colleges. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON – As a Cornell College student in the 1980s, Gilda Boyer received extra financial aid and work-study when her parents both lost their jobs, thanks to the generosity of alumni. Now she and her Cornell classmate and husband, Barry Boyer, are giving back for a new generation of students. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON — The Dutch a capella vocal group Quink will perform on Monday, Feb. 8, as part of Cornell College’s 12th season of Music Mondays. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College has hired Joseph Dieker as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. Dieker will begin July 1 after completing the school year as dean at Culver-Stockton College, a liberal arts college in Canton, Mo. Read More…
MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College’s Lyric Theatre presents “Love and Anguish: An Evening of Opera on the Hilltop”, featuring the world premiere of “The Lady with the Pet Dog” with libretto by Barbara Lau and Cornell instructor Jonathon Thull, and music by Iowa City composer Michael Cash, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, in King Chapel. Read More…
As a Cornell student Kelly Perry ‘01 was highly competent with animals, landing an internship as a shark keeper at the Omaha Zoo and a seven-month fellowship studying pipefish in Australia. But lately she’s had some issues with her border collie, and on Friday she’s to appear on “Dog Whisperer” as one of the dog owners in need of help from the Dog Whisperer himself, Cesar Millan. Read More…
