Articles Tagged: Cornell College

1979 Cornell College grad Rupert Kinnard created oldest continuing Black gay and lesbian comic characters in U.S.

As part of derecho-related repairs to the campus’ iconic King Memorial Chapel, scheduled for later this academic year, crews this week are removing all 3,771 pipes from the chapel’s M.P. Moller organ.

Photos from Coe’s win over Cornell in men’s basketball.

Cedar Rapids couple donate $4.5 million to educational programs

Like campuses nationwide thinking creatively about financial-aid offerings aimed at attracting, retaining and supporting more students in the face of higher education headwinds, Cornell College has unveiled a new “debt reduction pledge” to pay as much as half a student’s federal loan debt.

While many colleges and universities this fall welcomed back fewer students — given the upheaval from COVID-19 and its impact on higher education — Mount Vernon’s Cornell College saw total enrollment jump more than 50 students to 1,055 and its first-year class swell 30 percent to 404.

‘I have no illusions that we will ever go back to so-called normal’

Enrollment at Iowa’s public universities is down this summer after a pandemic-plagued fall and spring — dragging Iowa State’s numbers to their lowest level in at least a decade and resurrecting 90s-era University of Iowa summer counts.

One year ago, Coe College in Cedar Rapids announced it would start recognizing Juneteenth as a campus-wide holiday, a year before the federal government would take the step.

Expected date for completion is fall of 2022

Other campuses pivot under guidance to pause

Cornell received a double-double from sophomore Camille Marie-Lidd (Marion/Cedar Rapids Washington) and a career-high 17 points from freshman guard Caitlin …