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Cottey College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Cottey College is a two-year independent, residential, liberal arts and sciences college for women. The college is located at Nevada, Missouri (pop. 9,000), approximately 100 miles south of Kansas City. The campus occupies 14 buildings on 11 city blocks, and a 33-acre wooded recreational area with lodge.
• Virginia Alice Cottey founded the College in 1884 with the firm belief that women deserved the same quality of education as men. When the founder became a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, she realized the organization paralleled her own goals and ideas about higher education for women. The P.E.O. Sisterhood accepted the College as a gift from Virginia Alice Cottey in 1927, which made it the only nonsectarian college owned and supported by women. The P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization of over 250,000 members, is dedicated to providing educational opportunities for women.
• Cottey helps young women reach their true potential in a dynamic, residential learning environment emphasizing the liberal arts. Our faculty and other campus resources are in place to provide guidance and to promote academic inspiration. Our students cultivate both academic and life skills including problem solving, effective writing, researching and analytical thinking.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Red Cross to offer lifeguard training beginning March 30 (Nevada Daily Mail)
  posted on March 10, 2010 at 06:07:15 am
  The Greater Ozarks Chapter American Red Cross- Nevada Office will be holding a Lifeguard Training class beginning Tuesday, March 30,and ending on Saturday, May 1. All classes will be held at the Cottey College indoor pool in Nevada.
• Cottey has plan in place for variety of emergencies (Nevada Daily Mail)
  posted on March 5, 2010 at 06:07:03 am
  Thursday morning, an incident at Pittsburg State University called attention to the reality that some sort of campus violence can happen in a small campus in a small community.
• Brooke McKinley signs with Cottey College (Valley Courier)
  posted on March 4, 2010 at 06:04:20 am
  MOSCA — A little fish in a big pond isn’t quite the transition Brooke McKinley will be making in late August. The transition for the Sangre de Cristo senior will likely be more cultural and climatic.
• Nevada High School Wall of Fame inductees announced (Nevada Daily Mail)
  posted on February 27, 2010 at 06:03:52 am
  NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada High School Athletic Wall of Fame Committee has announced its newest class of inductees. The 2010-'11 class of inductees includes three teams, as well as three individual athletes.
• Cottey presents American premier of 'Afiwa' (Nevada Daily Mail)
  posted on February 25, 2010 at 06:06:53 am
  At 8 p.m., on April 16 and 17, Cottey College will present the American premier of the African opera, "Afiwa," by the Sierra Leonean composer Nicholas Ballanta.

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