Cottey News
Comets Athletic Department Adds Coaches
Cottey College is pleased to announce the addition of three new coaches to its staff. Matt Harder was hired as the head coach for flag football and sports information director; Even Belk was hired as the assistant basketball coach, assistant sports information...
Ndambakuwa Awarded Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship
Wadzanai Ndambakuwa, a student at Cottey College, is one of 72 recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s prestigious Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The highly competitive national scholarship will provide Ndambakuwa with up to $40,000 a year to complete her...
Cottey Dedicates New Center for Campus Life
On March 27, Cottey College dedicated the new Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Campus Life. The date is particularly noteworthy as it also celebrated the 173rd anniversary of the birth of the founder, Virginia Alice Cottey, and was held in conjunction with annual...
Kansas City VA Conducts Multiple COVID-19 Clinics
The Kansas City VA Medical Center (KCVA) remains on the offensive against COVID-19, taking giant steps forward toward establishing herd immunity in the greater Kansas City area. KCVA will hold first-dose vaccine clinics for enrolled Veterans in multiple communities in...
Exhibit by Alumna Artist Jamie Gray on Display March 15
Cottey College alumna Jamie Gray will have an art exhibit titled Paper Cosmos and Marble Storms in the P.E.O. Foundation Art Gallery from March 25 through April 15. The exhibit features mixed media works. “It is said that all forms on earth are created from the matter...
New Art Exhibit on Display
Ceramicist Ryan Bredlau will have an exhibit, titled Celestial Entities, in the P.E.O. Foundation Art Gallery from February 18-March 18. He is currently the studio technician at St. Charles Community College in St. Charles, Missouri, and adjunct professor of ceramics...
Dr. Maryann Mitts Named New Head Basketball Coach and AD
Cottey College Vice President for Student Life Dr. Landon Adams has announced the hire of Dr. Maryann Mitts as the next head basketball coach and athletic director. “We are very excited to welcome Maryann to Cottey,” said Dr. Adams. “Maryann brings a wealth of...
City of Nevada Partners With Cottey Class On Citizen Survey
The City of Nevada has partnered with students in Cottey College’s Inclusive Leadership course to seek community participation on future goals and direction. The last formal Strategic Plan for the City, developed in the 1980s, no longer addresses the most relevant...
Leadership Majors Host REAL Talk on November 9
Students in the Organizational Leadership major at Cottey College invite the public to a virtual REAL Talk event on Monday, November 9, at 6 p.m. REAL Talk aims to Recognize Empowered, Authentic Leadership. Senior capstone students will reflect on and share their most...
Cottey and Crowder Sign Articulation Agreement
Officials from Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri, and Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, are pleased to announce the signing of two separate articulation agreements between the two institutions. The first is a general transfer agreement noting that Crowder...
Cottey College sees 10.5 percent enrollment growth
Nevada, MO--- Cottey College announced today that student enrollment for the fall 2020 semester has increased by 10.5%, compared to last fall’s enrollment numbers. “These increased enrollment numbers demonstrate that more students are seeing the benefit of attending a...
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT NAMES COTTEY COLLEGE THE BEST IN THE MIDWEST REGION
NEVADA, MO—Today, U.S. News & World Report announced that Cottey College is ranked #1 among its 2021 Best Regional Colleges. In total, 76 colleges were ranked from 12 states comprising the Midwest region. Cottey was ranked in four additional categories in the...
Cottey Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment
On August 26, 2020, Cottey College will host a new popup exhibition from the National Archives, Rightfully Hers, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Because of COVID-19 safety requirements, the exhibition is only open to...
Cottey Listed Number One Nationally in Student/Tenured Faculty Ratio
This week, The Chronicle of Higher Education listed the colleges with the highest ratio of full-time-equivalent student per tenured or tenure-track professor in 2017-18. Cottey College was ranked number one among four-year private nonprofit institutions, ahead of...
Annual Community Picnic and Partner Fair Cancelled for 2020
Due to health and safety procedures established for the anticipated return of Cottey College students, the annual Community Picnic and Partner Fair will not be held this year. Although not an easy decision, it was made to best serve the interests of the community, as...
Cottey Receives Stipend from NFL for Women’s Flag Football
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) notified Cottey College that the College would receive one of the $15,000 stipends from the National Football League (NFL) for starting Women’s Flag Football on its campus this fall. The stipend is intended...
Comets Hire Howell as New Cross Country Coach
The Cottey College Comets athletic staff is excited to announce the hiring of Ms. Rose Howell as the head coach for Cottey’s cross country and track program. She replaces Tony Skiles who left at the end of the year. Howell comes to Cottey with extensive knowledge in...
Comets Sign Second Esports Athlete
Cottey Comets Esports Coach Bovey Zhang announced the College had signed its second athlete to the new program, Serenity Mary Ellen Torkelson of Malvern, Iowa. Torkelson has been playing video games for as long as she can remember. She has experience with the Halo...
Cottey Announces Addition of Women’s Flag Football to Athletic Lineup
Cottey College President Dr. Jann Weitzel announced the College would add women’s flag football to its competitive athletic programs this coming year. Cottey College will be the first women’s college in the country and the first college in the State of Missouri to add...
TJ Tubbs Announced as Cottey Vice President of Administration and Finance
Cottey College is pleased to announce the promotion of T.J. Tubbs to vice president of administration and finance. He is currently the associate vice president for facilities and safety. Tubbs will assume his new position on June 1. “We are so pleased to have TJ as...