Cottey News

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...

Cottey College is pleased to announce Dr. Landon Adams as the new Vice President for Student Life, a role in which he leads a team of professionals who manage  functions related to students’ needs outside the classroom including residence life, counseling, athletics...

Cottey College is pleased to announce the addition of Madeline Culbertson as a new enrollment counselor. A graduate of Nevada, Missouri, High School, Culbertson recently completed a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from William Jewell College. While at William...

Cottey College’s first-year and transfer students will learn about a tragic period in the region’s history in this fall’s First Year Writing Seminar. Faculty selected Killers of  the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann as the common...

Cottey College is pleased to announce the addition of Margaret “Maggie” Shouse as a new enrollment counselor. An alumna of Cottey College, Shouse earned her Bachelor of Science in Social Psychology from Park University in Parkville, Missouri. Most recently she worked...

After 42 years of service to Cottey College, Neal Swarnes, director of the physical plant, will retire his position effective June 30, 2019. Swarnes joined Cottey in 1977 as a carpenter, holding positions of plant foreman and assistant physical plant superintendent...

Cottey College is preparing for Commencement and other related activities. As these important events draw closer, drivers on Austin are asked to take note of the increased pedestrian and visitor traffic and to drive safely. The public is invited to attend the...

A Cottey College student has received a fully funded graduate assistantship to study material science at Pittsburg State University. Tenzin Ingsel, of India, graduates from Cottey May 12 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in chemistry. She will be the...

Cottey instrumental music students will perform a concert on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The concert is free and no tickets are required. This band concert will feature the Cottey Wind Ensemble,...

Cottey College is pleased to announce Kim Krause Haddow, Class of 1975, will be the honored speaker at this year’s Commencement on Sunday, May 12. Haddow is a respected women’s and men’s golf coach. She is the head coach at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in...

The 2019 Organizational Leadership senior capstone class formally requests the pleasure of your attendance at REAL Talk. Ignite Your Leader Within at which students will share their most important leadership lessons. Thursday, April 11, 2019 5:20-6:30 p.m. Missouri...

After 30 years of service to Cottey College, Dr. Mari Anne Phillips, vice president for student life, will retire her position effective June 30, 2019. Dr. Phillips graduated from Cottey in 1976 and is also a proud Cottey Mom of two graduates: Katie, Class of 2000,...

Cottey College is pleased to announce that Brice Leonard has been hired by the College as a graphic designer. Leonard works in the Marketing and Communications department. He began his duties on April 1. “We appreciate Brice’s experience with multi-media design and...

The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra will perform at Cottey College on Tuesday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The Glenn Miller Orchestra is the most popular and sought-after big band in the world for both...

The Cottey College Chamber Singers will perform their spring concert on Friday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. R-E-S-P-E-C-T is the theme of this concert. The Chamber Singers will pay tribute to Aretha...

Cottey College is moving toward creation of a new student center and air-conditioned Chapel. President Jann Weitzel told alumnae gathered on campus for Founder’s Day about Connect, an initiative to raise $2.5 million to upgrade the Chapel and create a new student...

Cottey College is again offering online courses over the summer for students who want to get a head start on their college career or for those who want to use the summer to complete graduation requirements. Cottey is offering five courses this summer: Business 355:...

Cottey College’s dance company, Co-Motion, will present “A Spring Dance Co-Motion” on Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, at 7:30 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...

Two Cottey College students have received national academic awards. Campus Compact named Chido Shamuyarira to the organization’s 2019-2020 cohort of Newman Civic Fellows. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation chose Natalie Sexton for the 2019 Coca-Cola Academic Team. “I...

Cottey College will host comedian and hypnotist David Hall and his Cards Against Hypnosis Show on Thursday, April 4, at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. Cards Against Hypnosis Show is David Hall’s latest interactive, laugh out...