Cottey News

Cottey College is pleased to present a panel of “Women Who Wow” on Thursday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall. Admission is free, but tickets are required. This panel discussion celebrates changemakers taking action on issues from Native rights to...

Cottey College will host its tenth annual Multicultural Festival on Sunday, October 20, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in Raney Dining Room. The festival is created by Cottey College faculty, students, and staff as a way to highlight world cultures, celebrate diversity, and...

The Cottey College Department of Music will host an instrumental concert on Sunday, October 20, at 3 p.m., in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The performance is free and no tickets are required. The Cottey College Wind Ensemble,...

Comedian Jessi Campbell will be ready to rock the room on Wednesday, October 16, at 8 p.m. in Raney Dining Room. Jessi Campbell is likeable, smart, witty, and most of all – hilarious! She was the 2015 Campus Activities Magazine Female Performer of the Year, an award...

The weekend of September 27-29, 2019, is Family Weekend at Cottey College, and the public is invited to events from volleyball games to performances. On Friday evening, members of Delta Psi Omega, the student national theater honor society, will perform a...

The Spiritual Life and Campus Diversity Office at Cottey College invites the Cottey and Nevada communities to participate in the annual Peace Week Celebration. The office will host a variety of peace events this week starting on Sunday, September 15, through Friday,...

Today, U.S. News & World Report announced that Cottey College is nationally ranked #2 among its 2020 Best Regional Colleges placing it once again in the top ten of regional Midwest colleges. In total, 70 colleges were ranked from 12 states comprising the Midwest...

Cottey College is pleased to announce a lead gift from Susan Bulkeley Butler for its student center project. “I am so pleased to announce that the proposed student center will henceforth be known as the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Campus Life,” said Dr. Jann...

Experience the thunderous rhythms of the ancestral Japanese Taiko drums when Taikoza performs on Saturday, September 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts at Cottey College. Hear and feel the resounding voice that Taiko...

The annual rite of fall begins as new students move to Cottey College and Nevada. First-year students begin arriving Friday, August 23, followed shortly thereafter by the arrival of returning students on Sunday, August 25. Citizens of Nevada and surrounding...

Cottey College, together with the City of Nevada and the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce, will host the 2019 Community Picnic and Partner Fair on Saturday, August 24, from 6-8 p.m. at the Franklin P. Norman Community Center. Local businesses, civic...

The public is invited to learn about the proposed sales tax to benefit the hospital at an open meeting to be held at Cottey College on Friday, August 2. Ross Lawrence, a member of Citizens United to Strengthen our Hospital, will present information on the ballot issue...

Cottey College is pleased to announce the hiring of T.J. Tubbs as the director of physical plant and security. Tubbs replaces Neal Swarnes who retired last month. “We’re very pleased to have T.J.,” said Amy Ruetten, vice president for administration and finance. “We...

Cottey student Chido Shamuyarira was one of 12 students out of 400 applicants nationwide named to the 2019 Cohort of Zero Hunger Summer Interns by the Congressional Hunger Center. In June, Shamuyarira and other Zero Hunger Interns traveled to Washington, D.C. to...

Cottey College is pleased to announce the following students were named to the President’s List for the Spring 2019 semester. To be named to the President’s List, a student must have a grade point average of 3.75 or above and have completed 12 credit hours. Karlie...

Cottey College is pleased to announce the following students were named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2019 semester. To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have a grade point average between 3.50 and 3.74 and have completed 12 credit hours. Kasey Acton,...

Cottey College is pleased to announce the following graduates who earned degrees in 2019. The Commencement ceremony was held on Sunday, May 12, 2019. A video recording of the ceremony is available for viewing online at cottey.edu/commencement. Cottey College confers...

Cottey College is pleased to welcome David Heringer to the position of Vice President for Enrollment Management. Heringer comes from McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. He has a Master of Management from the University of Mary in North Dakota and a Bachelor of...

The Vernon County Historical Society (VCHS) is hosting “Conversations with Carnegie” on Sunday, July 14, at 2 p.m. in the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts on the Cottey College campus. This event is part of the VCHS summer program. The event is free and no...

Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri, ranks number two in the College Consensus 2019 list of Best Regional Colleges-Midwest. Cottey also ranks second in the College Consensus list of Best Colleges and Universities in Missouri; fourth in the nation among women’s...