Articles Tagged: Coe College

Ken Sullivan was assistant city editor at the Gazette in 1970 and was assigned to accompany the Coe College Concert Band and Choir on a concert-study tour of six European countries.

Photos from Coe College football media day at Clark Field in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, August 28, 2025.

With its new flight school and aviation management program set to launch next month, Coe College has announced a new partnership with Kansas City-based ATD Flight Systems – affording students an expedited exam process and ticket behind the control wheel.

Cornell College is the latest Iowa institution to take a stab at defanging its $54,776 tuition-and-fees tally by instituting a new “Save Your Seat” program, which this week proactively sent 19,357 prospective students “personalized financial aid estimates.”

The piece was written by two Cedar Rapidians for a contest during World War I.

Sophomore starter Jack Walsh pitched a complete game five-hitter with a season-high 13 strikeouts, helping second-seeded Coe to a 7-2 victory over No. 3 Luther in the American Rivers Conference baseball tournament Thursday at Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids.

Swapping his suit and tie for blue jeans, boots and a zip-up gray sweater matching his trimmed moustache and wavy hair, former Mercy Medical Center President and CEO Tim Charles earlier this month stood before a Coe College class to share his expertise on “health and society.”

On April 12, two students will star in a “sham wedding,” not meant to unite them in marriage, but demonstrate the rich culture of African weddings. The event in Iowa City will be hosted by students from Coe College, Cornell College, Kirkwood Community College, the University of Iowa and Iowa State University.

Joining a select handful of department chairs, associate deans, and tenured professors from esteemed liberal arts campuses like Carleton College, Lawrence University, and Grinnell, Amber Shaw of Coe College has landed a two-year leadership fellowship to support her campus in “navigating current challenges and opportunities.”

After 10 years at The Eastern Iowa Airport, Marty Lenss is putting a lifetime of diverse aviation experience to work at Coe College’s new aviation management program.

While engineering has been around for thousands of years, recent advances in technology like Artificial Intelligence and challenges such as climate change have changed how engineering is being taught to better help prepare students to meet increasing demands.

Produced in partnership with the Iowa Engineering Society, E-Week is an annual celebration of engineering and all that it, and engineers, contribute to our world. The Gazette's E-Week showcases a variety of engineering topics.

Women’s and men’s wrestling teams compete at the annual college wrestling event at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa

Thanks to a local program that matches older adults with college students, Nancy Lanning is not only getting out on the town but has also formed a meaningful friendship.

Prestige is a biannual special section dedicated to Iowans 55+. Each section includes stories, resources and real perspectives about life in Iowa for older adults that cover a range of issues.