In the early 1940s, when Fred Taylor was pursuing a postsecondary degree at Cornell, the world was at war and the United States was drafting servicemen.
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Faces of Hope, a new photography exhibit in Mount Vernon, is giving Cornell College alumni a new glimpse of themselves from the ‘80s and ‘90s.
Cedar Rapids Opera, Cornell College, CSPS Hall celebrate music, dance, theater and more
A third of degree-seeking students recently polled by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation said they considered dropping out in the last six months – largely due to “emotional stress” – capturing the scope and gravity of mental health needs facing today’s college students, including those in Iowa.
Cornell College economics and business graduates who meet certain GPA standards now have a seamless path to attaining a master’s thanks to a novel partnership between Mount Vernon’s private liberal arts institution and Iowa State University.
The Cornell Rams took on the William Penn Statesmen at Ash Park Field in Mount Vernon, Iowa on Wednesday, March …
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.
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