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College News
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CORNELL SUPPORTING FLOOD RECOVERY
Cornell’s hilltop campus has escaped the historic floods that are beginning to recede in the surrounding area. Utilities and services are functioning normally. Offices, Cole Library, and research labs have remained open, although highway and bridge closures in the area have prevented a number of employees from reaching campus.
Now we are supporting the recovery efforts. Up to 325 Red Cross volunteers have arrived from across the country filling Merner Hall. Sixty women, children, and live-in staff from a Cedar Rapids social service agency are staying in another residence hall. ServiceMaster workers began arriving last Sunday night. The company is renting a residence hall to house 137 of its staff who have begun the cleanup effort. Our Cedar Rapids law firm, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, is also renting space to operate a temporary satellite office from campus.
Updates will be posted regularly on the college’s home page.
Hwy. 1 south of Mount Vernon after flood waters receded
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HOW TO HELP
Many of you have asked how to help. At this time we suggest donating to the Red Cross. In addition, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation (GCRCF) opened the Flood 2008 Fund. The fund will support nonprofit organizations in Linn County who are providing first-response efforts and ongoing recovery and rebuilding. GCRCF encourages donors to support first-responders such as the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and the United Way of East Central Iowa. The Flood 2008 Fund will support these organizations immediately as well as funding recovery and rebuilding efforts in the months to come. Donations may be sent to:
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
PO Box 9
Marion, Iowa 52302
Please note in the memo: “2008 Flood Fund.” |
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ZINKULA, TOOLEY LEAVING; CARLSON INTERIM
Mark Zinkula, Cornell College’s treasurer and chief financial officer, and Brenda Tooley, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college, both parted ways with Cornell recently to pursue other opportunities. In the meantime, Chris Carlson, professor emeritus and director of special projects in academic affairs, was named Interim Dean of the College effective July 1. Read more...
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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS HIRED
John Cochrane, former Commissioner of the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Mount Vernon native, was named Director of Athletics at Cornell College. Cochrane replaces Dick R. Simmons, who has been Cornell’s Interim Director of Athletics since August 2007. Read more...
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KNOOP RELEASES TEXT/GIVENS RECEIVES FULBRIGHT
Our faculty made some notable contributions this year. Among them was the release of Associate Professor Todd Knoop’s second book “Modern Financial Macroeconomics: Panics, Crashes, and Crises.”
Additionally, Professor Robert Givens was named a Fulbright Scholar for the 2008-2009 school year. He will travel to St. Petersburg, Russia to teach and research.
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STUDENTS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS
Julia Kamenetzky received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation in astronomy and astrophysics. The NSF fellowship provides three years of funding, up to $121,500. Stephanie Schmeling, a junior at Cornell College and a native of Denver,
Colorado, was recently named a 2008 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar and has also
been admitted to the prestigious SHEAR/Mellon undergraduate seminar.
Read more on 2008 graduates...
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INTRODUCING NEWS.CORNELLCOLLEGE.EDU
The new News Center page has a new look, greater functionality, and more precise archives for easier browsing. Now at news.cornellcollege.edu, the site has several new features, including RSS feeds, allowing you to stay on top of your Cornell news as easily as turning on your computer.
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ANNUAL REPORT/HONOR ROLL GOES GREEN
Cornell’s 2008 Annual Report & Honor Roll of Donors is going green. The early fall publication will trim paper use by focusing on operations and financial information, and moving donor lists to a password-protected Web site.
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HEARD ON CAMPUS
ABC Washington correspondent George Stephanopoulos stood before a packed house in King Chapel on May 8 and shared his vast knowledge of the political landscape with a receptive audience, including a prediction that Sen. Barack Obama had the nomination wrapped up weeks before he was actually a lock.
On April 22, leading economist Kevin Murphy spoke on the “The Value of Improvements in Health and Longevity” in Ringer Recital Studio in Armstrong Hall. |
Campaign News
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Two major gifts to the Extraordinary Opportunities campaign highlighted fundraising in the spring:
A $2 million planned gift from Cornell alumna Jean Russell will create an endowed faculty chair at Cornell College and support other campus priorities.
A $500,000 gift from Cornell alumni Dick and Beth Brubaker (left) will help grow the Cornell College endowment fund, bring speakers to campus, create more opportunities for student off-campus study, and improve athletic facilities. |
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CHICAGO AND DALLAS CAMPAIGN EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS
Cornell held two alumni events in Chicago and Dallas this spring. The April 5 event in Chicago attracted more than 120 Cornell alumni to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. This was followed up by an alumni reception at the home of Todd Watson ’93 and Kate Schlemmer Watson ’95 in Dallas on May 10, where alumni from 1952 all the way up to 2007 gathered to share old memories and forge new friendships.
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Cornell in the News
FORBES RANKINGS
New rankings featured in the May 19 issue of Forbes magazine from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity rank Cornell 21st on the list of all liberal arts schools. Cornell ranked higher on the liberal arts list than any other Iowa school did on its own respective list. |
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CONDON ON FRONT OF "SCIENCE"
In the cover article of the May 16 issue of Science, Cornell College biology professor Marty Condon and coauthors turned accepted theories on plant-feeding insect diversity on their head. The study used an examination of fruit fly diversity in Latin America to conclude that typical niche diversity tracking can lead to undercounting of species. Read more... |
Alumni News
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LEO BERANEK IN "WALL STREET JOURNAL"
Leo Beranek ‘36, was featured in a Wall Street Journal article which reviews his latest book, Riding the Waves. The review and the book cover Beranek’s life from childhood - when he picked up his first radio receiver and eventually put himself through Cornell College during the depression - to his rise to the top of the acoustics world. Read more... |
SMALL IN WRESTLING HALL OF FAME
Richard Small ’50 received the Order of Merit award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame given for contributions that further the sport and elected by Hall of Fame Distinguished Members. He is a former wrestler and successful businessman who has been a leader within the sport. Read more...
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TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
We are in the final days of Cornell's fiscal year and very close to reaching our fundraising goals for 2007-2008! Please help us end the year on a positive note by giving to Cornell before June 30. It is the combined effect of many gifts, regardless of size, that helps Cornell fund the most urgent needs of our students. Local mail delivery may be delayed due to the 2008 Flood. If you do not receive an immediate thank you response for your gift, please be assured that your gift wll be honored for the 2008 fiscal year. Make your secure online gift to the Annual Fund today. Thank you! |
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Coming Up
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RAGBRAI COMING THROUGH LISBON/MOUNT VERNON
The Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa will be coming through Mount Vernon on July 25 as the town serves as a meet-up location for support vehicles. Cornell faculty and staff will be riding – Go team RAMBRAI! – and volunteering for the day-long event. |
"ONE BOOK, ONE CAMPUS, ONE COMMUNITY"
This fall Cole Library will sponsor “One Book, One Campus, One Community,” with the goal of creating opportunities for life-long learners to come together to talk about a fantastic book. This year’s selection is The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere by Debra Marquart. |
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UPCOMING ALUMNI EVENTS
August 14-15, 2008 - Young Alumni C'YA Happy Hours (various cities)
August 17, 2008 - Chicago Club @ Ravinia Music Festival
August 21, 2008 - Greater Cornell - Jazz Under the Stars
For more information visit the Cornell alumni events Web page. |
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