Iowa Private College Week Aug. 4-8

July 22nd, 2008

MOUNT VERNON — From Aug. 4 to 8, hundreds of college-seeking students and their families will participate in what is becoming a rite of summer, Iowa Private College Week, sponsored by the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (IAICU). Read More…




Cornell College Student Joins NACDS for Public Affairs Fellowship

June 24th, 2008

ALEXANDRIA, VA – As part of the Cornell College Fellows Program, Leslie Tweeton has joined the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) for a fellowship in Public Affairs. Read More…




Annual Academic Awards Dinner held

May 27th, 2008

Cornell College’s annual Academic Awards Dinner was held on Thursday, May 22, where students were recognized for their individual academic achievements. Read More…




Cornell College student named Gilder Lehrman History Scholar

May 19th, 2008

NEW YORK, NY – Stephanie Schmeling, a junior at Cornell College and a native of Denver, Colorado, was recently named a 2008 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar and has also been admitted to the prestigious SHEAR/Mellon undergraduate seminar. Read More…




Student recieves U.S. Bank scholarship

May 6th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON - Myka Peterson, an Albia, Iowa resident and a junior at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, has been selected to receive a $400 U. S. Bank Scholarship for the 2008-09 academic year through the Iowa College Foundation (ICF). Read More…




Student awarded business scholarship

April 30th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON - Emily Burnham, a Spencer resident and a senior at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, has been selected to receive an Aegon Transamerica Foundation Scholarship for the 2008-2009 academic year. Read More…




Cornell Fellows in Corridor Business Journal

April 28th, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS - The Cornell Fellows program was featured in the April 28 edition of the Corridor Business Journal. RJ Holmes ‘99, Dimo Dimitrov ‘07, and Dean Riesen ‘79 were all quoted in the article on the connection between the Fellows program and Cedar Rapids businesses. Read More…




12th Annual Student Symposium

April 8th, 2008

MOUNT VERNON — Research on a wide range of topics – including caring for the elderly, alternative education, interpersonal interaction in the workplace, leatherback turtle depredation, and extrasolar planets – will be showcased at the 12 th annual Cornell College Student Symposium on Saturday, April 19, in The Commons. Read More…




Cornell student receives National Science Foundation Fellowship

April 3rd, 2008

MOUNT VERNON–Julia Kamenetzky, a Cornell College senior from Bettendorf, Iowa, has received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation in astronomy and astrophysics. The NSF fellowship provides three years of funding, up to $121,500. Read More…