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$200,000 gift to establish scholarship

A class of 1956 alumnus has given Cornell College $200,000 to create an endowed scholarship for Kirkwood Community College students transferring to Cornell. The donors wish to remain anonymous. The...

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$25,000 gift for The Commons

Sydney Smith Hicks ’69 has pledged $25,000 for the Career Center in The Commons, in honor of her parents, David W. and Elizabeth A. Smith. The Commons opened during the spring of Hicks’ freshman year...

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Alumni give $50,000 to King Chapel

Three alumni have pledged a total of $50,000 toward the renovation Cornell College’s historic King Chapel, the centerpiece of campus. Joanne Findley ’50 of Macomb, Ill. has pledged $25,000, as have...

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Plans to renovate President’s House

Members of the Cornell College Board of Trustees and other friends of the College are funding a major renovation and expansion of the 160-year-old home that serves as the President’s House on campus....

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Gift of $500,000 for The Commons

A $500,000 gift from Cornell parents Peter Paul and Betsy Luce will help with plans to expand and renovate The Commons. Peter and Betsy Luce, of Englewood, Colo., connected with Cornell when their...

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Alum gives $100,000 for leadership program

An alum from the 1960s has pledged $100,000 to Cornell College to fund a program designed to teach students what it takes to lead. Tom Jarom ’66, a member of the Berry Center for Economics, Business,...

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$5.6 million gift to help fund Thomas Commons renovation

A gift of $5.6 million from the estate of a Cornell College parent—one of the largest outright gifts in the history of the college—will go toward renovations of the Thomas Commons and endow a...

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Teacher, alumna left nearly $400,000 to Cornell

A longtime elementary teacher who also taught education at Cornell has left the college nearly $400,000, half of which will go toward restoring the college’s historic King Chapel. The other half of the...

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$500,000 in gifts for the Thomas Commons

Three gifts from Cornell College alumni totaling $500,000 will move the Thomas Commons renovation project closer to completion. The gifts, $375,000 from an anonymous member of the class of 1962,...

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King Chapel getting an elevator

Work will begin this fall to add an elevator addition near the southeast entrance to King Chapel, the historic centerpiece of Cornell College’s campus. The elevator is part of an ongoing renovation to...

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Cornell creating Center for the Literary Arts

Drawing from the strength and rich history of its English department, next fall Cornell College will launch an academic enrichment program known as the Center for the Literary Arts. The center will...

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Work beginning on Garner President’s House

Work has begun to modernize and expand the oldest building on campus--the Garner President's House. The building, built in 1850, serves as more than just the home of the President and family. It also...

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College acquires home for Center for the Literary Arts

Cornell College has purchased a house with historic ties to its English and creative writing department that will serve as home to the newly-created Center for the Literary Arts. The house on Third...

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$1.5 million gift honors professor, mentor

An alumnus has given $1.5 million to honor chemistry professor emeritus Bill Deskin. Professor of chemistry Cindy Strong will hold the William Deskin Endowed Chair in Chemistry.

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Cornell College to install synthetic grass in Ash Park

Ash Park, Cornell's historic outdoor stadium, will get synthetic grass. Construction is scheduled to begin in May and be completed in time for the start of the 2013 football season.

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An update on King Chapel

Jeff Mick of Facilities management, gives an overview of the King Chapel renovations so far and what remains to be done.Work started about five weeks ago on the first part of a $2.5 million renovation...

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Extraordinary Opportunities Campaign breaks record

Cornell College’s Extraordinary Opportunities Campaign raised $105.8 million, the highest total ever for a national liberal arts college in Iowa.The campaign supported improvements to several aspects...

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Cornell acquires space for Chicago Center

Cornell College has purchased a building that will reopen next fall as the college’s McLennan Center in Chicago. The center is made possible by a $1 million gift from alumni Bob McLennan ’65 and Becky...

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Residence hall renamed to honor supporters

Cornell College has renamed a residence hall in honor of John Smith ’71 and his wife, Dyan Smith, an honorary alumna, and will dedicate the building in a ceremony Sept. 23.

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$500,000 gift endows writing position

A 1960s Cornell College alumnus has given the college $500,000 to permanently endow the Robert P. Dana Emerging Writer Fellowship.

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