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''This article is about the liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa. For the unaffiliated university in Ithaca, New York, see Cornell University.
Cornell College is a 1,200-student Liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Originally called the Iowa Conference Seminary, the school was founded in 1853 by Reverend George Bryant Bowman. Two years later, in 1855, the name was changed to Cornell College, in honor of iron tycoon William Wesley Cornell.

(William Wesley Cornell was a distant relative of Ezra Cornell, who later founded Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1865.)

From the very beginning, Cornell has accepted women into all degree programs. In 1858, Cornell was the first college west of the Mississippi to grant a baccalaureate degree to a woman. [Mary Fellows], a member of the first graduating class from Cornell College, received a bachelor's degree in mathematics. In 1871, [Harriette J. Cooke] became the first female college professor in the United States to become a full professor with a salary equal to that of her male colleagues.

Cornell College is listed as one of the [Princeton Review's Best 357 Colleges].

Cornell students study one course at a time (abbreviated to "OCAAT" or "the block plan"). Since 1978, school years have been divided into nine "blocks" of three-and-a-half weeks each (each followed by a four-day "block break" to round out to four weeks), during which students are enrolled in a single class; what would normally be covered in a full semester's worth of class at a typical university is covered in just seventeen-and-one-half Cornell class days. Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Tusculum College in Tusculum, Tennessee, are the only other colleges operating under this academic calendar.

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Athletics

Cornell College fields 19 intercollegiate athletic teams, all of which compete in NCAA Division III sports. It is a member of the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Cornell has achieved its greatest success in wrestling. Cornell wrestlers have won eight individual national titles, and in 1947, the wrestling team won the NCAA and AAU national championships. Thirty Cornell wrestlers have been named All-Americans, and seven have been elected to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

Twenty-five Cornell students have earned [NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships], awarded annually to students in their final year of eligibility who excel both athletically and academically. Cornell ranks tenth among Division III colleges in recipients of this award.

Cornell's football rivalry with Coe College dates to 1891, making it the oldest intercollegiate rivalry west of the Mississippi. Coe currently holds the lead in the series, 60-51-4.

Cornell's mascot is a Ram.

Facts & Figures

Prominent Cornellians

Lecturers, Speakers, and Performers

Despite Cornell's small size and location in a small town, many nationally and internationally prominent speakers and performers have visited Cornell, including the following:

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