Alumni
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Orchestra plays new work by alumnus on April 20
Cornell’s Symphony Orchestra will perform the Iowa premiere of “New Horizons” by Lars Clutterham ’70 at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20.
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Peace Corps sends Santiago-Rivera to Peru
Glorisette Santiago-Rivera ’17 says she’s on the adventure of a lifetime as she begins her two-year commitment with the Peace Corps in Peru.
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Visiting instructors expand student perspectives
One Course At A Time allows visiting lecturers to regularly teach entire Cornell College courses for 18 days and share their knowledge and research with students.
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2 elected to Cornell College Board of Trustees
The Cornell College Board of Trustees has elected two new members, Warren Mack ’66 and Adrienne Corn ’93.
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Stolls endow Program for Law and Society
Sheryl Atkinson Stoll ’70 was the leading proponent and a key architect of Cornell College’s pre-law program, which has become a springboard for students to some of the nation’s top law schools and a nationally ranked mock trial team. Now Sheryl and her husband, Bill, an honorary alumnus of the college, have committed the lead gift […]
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Christoffersens make gift to sciences
In their second major gift to Cornell College, Ralph “Chris” Christoffersen ’59 and Barbara Christoffersen have committed $250,o00 to the Science Facilities Project to ensure that Cornell has state-of-the-art science facilities within the liberal arts framework.
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McWethy provides investment in science facilities
Jim McWethy ’65, the namesake of Cornell College’s McWethy Hall, has once again stepped forward to make campus facilities state-of-the-art—this time with a major commitment of $365,000 for the Science Facilities Project.
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Alumna’s gallery featured in The Gazette
Becky Popelka ’02 has opened Big Picture Gallery and Studio in North Liberty, Iowa, and was featured Dec. 18 in The (Cedar Rapids) Gazette.
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Turner takes on Uganda Peace Corps position
Mallory Turner was recently accepted for a position as a Peace Corps Community Health Educator in Uganda.
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Mentors’ encouragement led to science career
Candice Nulsen ’95 wasn’t simply the first person in her family to go to college. “I didn’t even know how to apply to college,“ she says. Now she’s earned a doctorate in molecular biology, genetics, and cell and developmental biology. She works at the intersection of technology and science, serving as a bridge between companies and […]
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Challenged by ambiguity
Fia Wulur ’13 says her four years at Cornell were outstanding preparation for her current position as a program manager in Amazon’s Last Mile operations, which she describes as “entrepreneurial and ambiguous.” “At Cornell, every block is different. It’s a new subject, new material, a new professor, new classmates. You have to constantly adjust to […]
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Too successful to retire
Ronald Vane ’67 has always been up for adventures. He was raised in California and wanted to learn more about the country and to experience snow. Cornell made his short list because it was certified by the American Chemical Society, and he enrolled after a solo train trip to visit campus. These days he’s got a […]
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My Italian adventure
This story begins 50 years ago in the summer of 1967 when Dennis Kato ’69 and I spent two and one-half months crisscrossing our way across Europe from London to Athens. We visited cities as large as Paris, Rome, and Berlin, to small unheard of villages like Valenzano, Italy. My father emigrated from Valenzano in […]
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Jean Tapp Beal ’52
Humanitarian, educator, and Cornell Life Trustee Jean Tapp Beal ’52 died Sept. 2, 2017, in Rockford, Illinois. Beal graduated from Cornell with majors in sociology and elementary education. After leaving the Hilltop, she taught elementary school in Arlington Heights, Illinois. In 1953 she married the Rev. E. Maynard Beal ’52. She became active in the United Methodist […]
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Notable STEM alumni
Pam Johnson ’94: Engineer builds satellites, human connections John Vaver ’89: Liberal arts set Vaver on path to Google Nakyda Dean ’08: From first-gen to OB-GYN Sarah Gilliland Korth ’11 and Luke Korth ’12: E-commerce drives couples STEM careers Joyce Guzik ’82: Love of math led to nuclear forensics 11 additional notable STEM alumni, from […]
Orchestra plays new work by alumnus on April 20 
Peace Corps sends Santiago-Rivera to Peru 
Visiting instructors expand student perspectives 
2 elected to Cornell College Board of Trustees 
Stolls endow Program for Law and Society 
Christoffersens make gift to sciences 
McWethy provides investment in science facilities 
Alumna’s gallery featured in The Gazette 
Turner takes on Uganda Peace Corps position 
Mentors’ encouragement led to science career 
Challenged by ambiguity 
Too successful to retire 
My Italian adventure 
Jean Tapp Beal ’52 
Notable STEM alumni