awards & recognition
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Cornell ranked 64th by high school counselors
In the first year of such rankings, Cornell College was tied for No. 64 among national liberal arts colleges as ranked by some of the nation’s high school counselors.
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Alum wins design competition
Kristin Caskey ’84, won first place in the international Peacock Standard Thai Silk Design Competition. The competition was co-sponsored by Thailand’s Queen Sirikit Institute of Sericulture and the International Textile and Apparel Association.
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Cornell among U.S. News & World Report top tier
The 2011 U.S. News & World Report annual guide to “America’s Best Colleges” ranks Cornell College in the top tier among national liberal arts colleges and features it among “Great Schools, Great Prices,” “Schools with a Strong Commitment to Teaching” and “A+ Schools for B Students.”
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Cornell among 373 Best Colleges, theatre program among best in nation
Cornell College was selected as one of the best undergraduate institutions in the nation in the 2011 edition of The Princeton Review 373 Best Colleges, and its theatre program was ranked 15th in the nation.
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Cornell College Included in The Fiske Guide’s 2011 Best Buy Schools
Cornell College was named one of the 45 Best Buy Schools in the 2011 edition of The Fiske Guide to Colleges.
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Alum confirmed as chair of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission
Daryl J. Boness ’72 was confirmed last week as chair of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission.
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Glenn Freeman chosen as artist-in-residence
Professor Glenn Freeman (English) will be an artist in residence this year at two national parks this summer: Rocky Mountain National Park and Isle Royal National park.
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Iowa colleges rank second in the nation for volunteerism
PELLA — Cornell College has helped Iowa become second in the nation in volunteerism. According to a report released by Volunteering in America, Iowa college students rank second in the nation in volunteering within the college student demographic up from 32nd in 2006, with 41 percent of college students volunteering their time in 2009.
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Fifteen elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Fifteen Cornellians have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most widely respected academic honorary society in the United States.
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Cornell College honored for community service
Cornell College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
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Hemelt receives APPAM thesis award
MOUNT VERNON – Steven Hemelt, new Cornell College assistant professor of politics, is off to an impressive start in his young academic career after his thesis was named one of the best in the country.
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Cornellian wins poetry contest; will read poem in Times Square
MOUNT VERNON – As one of the four winners of the Bright Lights Big Verse: Poems of Times Square national poetry contest, Ben Miller ’86 will showcase his winning poem “Pipe Birds” in an unusual location: Times Square.
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Lyons named to Corridor Forty Under 40
MOUNT VERNON – Monica Lyons, coordinator of the Berry Center for Economics, Business and Public Policy and 2002 graduate of Cornell, was named by the Corridor Business Journal of Iowa City/Cedar Rapids as a Forty Under 40 Award honoree for 2009.
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Enns receives APA award
MOUNT VERNON – Professor of Psychology Carol Enns was recognized as a Distinguished Leader for Women in Psychology at the August meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA).
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Thomas receives preservation award
The Rev. Richard Thomas, Cornell College historian and professor of history emeritus, received the 2009 Preservationist Award from the Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance (IHPA) for “championing historic preservation.” The award recognizes Thomas’ more than 35 years as a leader in Iowa’s historic preservation.