Tag: the thomas commons

Thomas Commons groundbreaking May 19

May 10, 2012

Cornell College will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Thomas Commons renovation and expansion on Saturday, May 19, at 11:30 a.m. Read More…




$500,000 in gifts for the Thomas Commons

October 17, 2011

Three gifts from Cornell College alumni totaling $500,000 will move the Thomas Commons renovation project closer to completion. Read More…




$5.6 million gift to help fund Thomas Commons renovation

September 7, 2011

A gift of $5.6 million from the estate of a Cornell College parent—one of the largest outright gifts in the history of the college—will go toward renovations of the Thomas Commons and endow a scholarship in his daughter’s name. Read More…




Gift of $500,000 for The Commons

September 27, 2010

A $500,000 gift from Cornell parents Peter Paul and Betsy Luce will help with plans to expand and renovate The Commons. Read More…




$25,000 gift for The Commons

June 9, 2010

Sydney Smith Hicks ’69 has pledged $25,000 for the Career Center in The Commons, in honor of her parents, David W. and Elizabeth A. Smith. Read More…




Trustee donates $200,000 to Cornell College to fund Commons project, Pre-Law

July 21, 2009

MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College trustee and alumna Sheryl Atkinson Stoll ’70 says she owes much of her success to her alma mater. Now, Cornell students can say they owe much of their success to Sheryl Stoll. Read More…




Durhams donate $250,000 to Commons project

March 31, 2009

MOUNT VERNON — A $250,000 gift from Tom and the Rev. Martha Hemenway Durham will help provide a much-needed face-lift to the center point of Cornell College, The Commons. Read More…




Cornell receives $3 million from Hall-Perrine

December 21, 2007

MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College will receive a $3 million award from The Hall-Perrine Foundation of Cedar Rapids after raising the matching funds 12-months ahead of schedule. The funds will help Cornell College expand and remodel The Commons, its student center. Read More…




Armstrong Trust commits $250,000 to Cornell bookstore renovation

September 28, 2007

MOUNT VERNON — Cornell College has received a $250,000 pledge from the Esther and Robert Armstrong Charitable Trust to fund a new campus bookstore in The Commons, Cornell’s student union that was built during Esther Armstrong’s tenure on the college’s board of trustees. Read More…