In the weeks leading up to April, the two student assistants in the Cottey College Campus Activities and Ticket Office, Emily Bartlett and Megan Kittner, were working their hardest to successfully bring together a silent auction for Cottey's Founder's Day Weekend.

In the weeks leading up to April, the two student assistants in the Cottey College Campus Activities and Ticket Office, Emily Bartlett and Megan Kittner, were working their hardest to successfully bring together a silent auction for Cottey's Founder's Day Weekend. 

The Cottey College end-of-the-semester picnic has been moved inside to Raney Dining Room.

Dr. Judy Rogers, president of Cottey College is pleased to announce A Defining Moment: The Campaign for Cottey College has raised over $31 million of the five-year, $35 million campaign, launched in September 2009.

The end of the semester and academic year is upon us, and Cottey is celebrating with a picnic and performance on Saturday, May 4, at 5:45 p.m. at BIL Hill.

The Cottey College Department of Theatre will present 12 Dancing Princesses on Saturday, May 4, at 3 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

The Cottey College Department of Dance will host an informal dance concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 3, in Hinkhouse Gymnasium. 

It was not a favorable wind blowing at Vanek Family Memorial Field for the Cottey Comets on a beautiful, blue sky Saturday, April 6. 

Cottey College's Spiritual Life and Campus Diversity office invites the public to attend the Dowel Rod Stick Drama Team Performance at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, in the Cottey College Chapel.

The Cottey-in-Motion Dance Company (Co-Motion) will present its spring dance concert on Friday and Saturday, April 19-20, at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

Community Blood Center (CBC), the provider of blood services to local hospitals, will conduct a blood drive at Cottey College on Tuesday, April 16, in the lobby of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

Cottey College had two students place in the 54th Annual Missouri Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference and Business Competition.

Attorney Andrea Kramer will give an address on Women's Leadership in Law and Global Renewable Energy on Tuesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall on the Cottey College campus.

Singer Chris Ayer will perform at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, in Raney Dining Room on the Cottey College campus.

The Piano Trio Concert, originally scheduled for Friday, March 29, has been changed to a cello concert by Matthew Herren due to a scheduling conflict with the visiting faculty artists.

Cottey College was named to the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

The Cottey College Comets, got their first victory in their first home game on their first home field, as they defeated Missouri Valley College junior varsity 5-4.

Two Cottey College students were honored by the Missouri Community College Association Wednesday in Jefferson City.

Cottey College has received notification from its accrediting agency, 
The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, 
that it has been granted general authority to offer additional baccalaureate programs in the 
social sciences and humanities, and has received an additional 10 years of accreditation.

The Cottey College Comets' season ended in the Region XVI postseason tournament when they lost 36-56 in the semifinals to St. Louis Community College.

The Cottey College Comets were a little shorthanded but almost pulled off the win in their home and season finale

Cottey College will host a Headphone Disco Silent Dance Party on Saturday, March 2, from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. in the Hinkhouse Center Gymnasium.

It may have been an ugly win, but it was still a win as the Comets took a hard-fought 58-50 victory over Wentworth Military Academy on Saturday.

The Cottey College Comets had their winning streak stopped for the second time this season by the Penn Valley Lady Scouts. Last night, Cottey fell by an 88-47 score in a game in Kansas City.

The California Guitar Trio will perform at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27, in the Missouri Recital Hall.

Lorry Fenner, Ph.D., Colonel (USAF, Retired) will speak at Cottey College on Tuesday, February 26, at 7 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series.

The Cottey College Comets raised their record to 15-1 with a 72-60 victory at home over St. Louis Community College.

The Cottey College Department of Theatre and Speech is pleased to present Top Girls by Caryl Churchill on Friday and Saturday, February 22 and 23.

Sub Rosa, an exhibit by artist Larry Thomas, will be displayed in the P.E.O. Foundation Art Gallery from February 11-March 2.

Author Ellen Gray Massey and family members will be sharing history and writings on Friday, February 8, at 7 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall.

Slam poet Carlos Robson will perform at Cottey College on Wednesday, February 13, at 8 p.m. in Raney Dining Room.

The Cottey College Comets got their fourth consecutive win on Saturday as they easily defeated Hesston College 73-62 before the home crowd.

The Cottey College Comets kept the winning streak alive with a decisive 71-48 victory over North Central Missouri College last night in Trenton, Missouri.

The Cottey College Comets kept their winning streak alive with a 56-53 overtime road victory over Hesston College on Saturday.

Community Blood Center (CBC), the provider of blood services to local hospitals, will conduct a blood drive at Cottey College on Tuesday, February 12, in the lobby of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

The Cottey College Comets shook off their first defeat on Saturday by gaining an easy win last night over the Central Methodist junior varsity 81-58.

There are film festivals at Cannes and Sundance, but you can attend one in Nevada on Tuesday, February 5, when LUNAFEST brings its series of short films by women to Cottey College.

The Cottey College Comets are no longer undefeated as they suffered their first loss of the season to Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley, 70-90.

The Cottey College Comes made it a perfect 10-0 on the season last night as they defeated Wentworth Military Academy 66-62 in Lexington, Missouri, last night.

The musical group Street Corner Symphony will perform at 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 31, in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts on the Cottey College campus.

MADCO, Mid-American Dance Company, will perform on Tuesday, January 29, at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts on the Cottey College Campus.

The Cottey College Spiritual Life committee will host a special chapel service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the Cottey College Chapel.

The undefeated Cottey College Comets pulled off a mild upset on Saturday when they travelled to St. Louis and got the win over the 20th-ranked Archers, 82-74 in overtime.

Cottey College will host a campus dance on Saturday, January 26, from 9 p.m. to midnight in the Hinkhouse Center gymnasium.

Cottey College is ringing in the New Year with a special announcement: A Defining MomentCampaign has passed $26 million with a new total of $26,166,851.

The P.E.O. Foundation Art Gallery at Cottey College will host Hunger Pangs by Brianne Fulton from January 14 to February 9.

Registration is now being accepted for the Second Annual Children's Performance Fair hosted by Cottey College and the Nevada Community Center. 

The Cottey College Comets are heading into the holiday break with a perfect 8-0 record after last night's defeat of Ft. Scott Community College 71-54.

Cottey students enrolled in principles of marketing, a baccalaureate-level course in the International Business program participated in a public relations campaign for the Nevada Osage Prairie YMCA during the fall semester.

Jin In takes the stage in the Missouri Recital Hall at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22, as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by Cottey College's Institute for Women's Leadership and Social Responsibility.

The Cottey College Comets kept their record unblemished on Friday night as they easily defeated the junior varsity of Central Methodist 99-75 in Fayette, Missouri.

The Cottey College Comets had little trouble getting their sixth win of the season as they rolled over Ozark Christian College last night, 104-36.

The Cottey College Music and Dance Departments will each host an informal concert. On Sunday, December 9, the Department of Music will present an Instrumental Music Concert at 3 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The Department of Dance will present an Informal Dance Concert on Tuesday, December 11, at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium

The Cottey College Comets ended the home portion of the semester schedule on Saturday with a low-scoring victory over Southwest Iowa Community College 46-36.

The holiday season is in full swing as Cottey College prepares for the Hanging of the Greens celebrations. This three-part festivity includes an informal Christmas Choir concert on Thursday, December 6, at 5:30 p.m. in Raney Dining Room; the Hanging of the Greens on Friday, December 7, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel; and the Hanging of the Greens semi-formal dance on Saturday, December 8, from 9-12 p.m. in Hinkhouse Center.

Following the Region XVI postseason volleyball tournament, the Cottey College Comets learned that three of their players were named to all-region teams. Second-year players Kymee Bair and Alexis Self were named to the Region XVI First Team and second-year player Kristina Coverdell was named to the Region XVI Second Team.

The Cottey College Comets had little trouble with Ozark Christian College as they rolled to a 97-33 win in their home basketball opener last night..

The Cottey College Comets opened their basketball season on the road last night with a 77-51 win against the Missouri Valley College junior varsity in Marshall, Missouri.

The Cottey College Department of Dance will present Words, Words, Words on Friday and Saturday, November 16-17, at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

Winter fashion for women will be spotlighted at the CATO-COTTEY Fashion Show and Food Drive, Sunday, November 11, at 2 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

The Cottey College choirs will present a concert on Monday, November 12, at 8 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

The Cottey College Department of Theatre is pleased to present Servant of Two Masters on Friday and Saturday, November 9 and 10, at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

Tania Archer, Canadian Olympic trials sprinter and executive lead in Archer Investment Group, will speak at Cottey College on Tuesday, November 6, at 7 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. Her topic is Women's Leadership in Competitive Sports.

Members of Cottey College’s student competitive business organization, Phi Beat Lambda (PBL), attended the “Igniting Innovation” leadership conference held in Miami, Oklahoma, on October 6.  Students had the opportunity to expand their personal leadership skills by attending workshops on icebreaker activities, team building, admission application processes for graduate schools, and others.

Dancers at Cottey College will be showing off their work on Friday, November 2, at 8 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

The Cottey College Comets dropped their final home volleyball match of the 2012 season, losing to Metropolitan Community College-Longview in three games 14-25, 13-25, and 17-25.

Members of Cottey College's Rotaract Club will be trick-or-treating for UNICEF on Monday, October 29, from 5-7 p.m.

The Cottey College Comets volleyball team split a pair of matches over the last couple of days. On Friday, Cottey traveled to Labette Community College and defeated the home team in four games 25-19, 23-25, 25-13, and 26-24.

The photography of Mary Ann Soerries is currently on display in the P.E.O. Foundation Art Gallery of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts at Cottey College. It will be exhibited through November 17.

Members of the Cottey College community will host the annual Multicultural Festival on Sunday, November 4, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in Raney Dining Room.

Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri, will host its Ninth Annual Women’s College Fair from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, in the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The Women’s College Fair provides a forum that promotes outstanding educational opportunities for young women.

Cottey College will present Letters Home on Friday, October 26, at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

Magician Nate Staniforth will perform in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts at Cottey College on Saturday, October 20, at 8 p.m.

Community Blood Center, the provider of blood services to local hospitals, will conduct a blood drive at Cottey College on Tuesday, October 16, in the lobby of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

Get ready to witness not only a comedy show, but an event! With over four million hits on YouTube, and being nominated six times as the campus ”National Comedy Performer of the Year,” O’Shea needs your help to try to cope with this crazy thing we call life! As a veteran performer of over 1200 colleges and universities, sit back, but buckle yourself in, and let his clean wit and priceless observations take you through your embarrassing childhood and everyday moments that drive you insane!

The Cottey College Comets travelled to Iola, Kansas, on Friday, September 28, to take on the Red Devils of Allen County Community College in a volleyball match. The home team was not a gracious host as they defeated the Comets in three games 10-25, 12-25, and 27-29.

The Cottey College Comets defeated the Red Devils from Wentworth Military Academy for the second time this season. This time the Red Devils took the Comets to five games, but the home team came out to the good 25-14, 25-23, 21-25, 20-25, and 15-9.

Since 2005, this five-man group has toured nationally and abroad and has brought their unique, high-energy brand of a cappella to hundreds of thousands.

Cottey College Department of Theatre is pleased to present The Red Velvet Cake Wars, a play by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, on Friday and Saturday, October 5-6, in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The curtain will rise at 8 p.m. both evenings.

The ladies of Cottey College invite you to the first dance of the season on Saturday, September 22, from 9 p.m. to midnight in Hinkhouse Gymnasium. Dance to the latest in rap, alternative, and rock music. No need to go to a club when you can come to campus.

Are you looking for a little art to dress up that dorm room or office? Then come to Cottey College's Hinkhouse Center on Monday, September 24, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. to shop a huge selection of posters and prints. There will be inexpensive posters, art prints, and pictures by the thousands. Many of these are not available anywhere else in the region.

Carlos is an award-winning spoken word poet, playwright, and teaching artist. As a competitive slam poet, he won the National Poetry Slam championship in 2007 and again in 2008. He has performed in all corners of the nation and on Broadway. He has been twice nominated for the campus activities National Spoken Word Artist of the Year.

Some might think that art, painting in particular, is a static experience. Artist Richard Hight will change your mind on Saturday, September 15, when he takes the stage in the Cottey College Auditorium at 8 p.m.

Dorothy "Dot" Maver, Ph.D., will be the first speaker of the year in the Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by Cottey's Institute for Women's Leadership and Social Responsibility. She will speak at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18, in the Missouri Recital Hall of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. Her address is titled "The Leadership of Women as Peacebuilders."

Dorothy “Dot” Maver, Ph.D., will be the first speaker of the year in the Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by Cottey’s Institute for Women’s Leadership and Social Responsibility. She will speak at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18, in the Missouri Recital Hall of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. Her address is titled “The Leadership of Women as Peacebuilders.

Core Topography, an exhibit from artist Safiya Carter-Thompson, is on display in the Cottey College  P.E.O. Foundation Art Gallery through September 15.

 Cottey College will celebrate the beginning of another school year with a picnic and concert on Saturday, September 1, at 5:45 p.m. at BIL Hill and Lodge. The concert will feature Steve Means.

 

The public is cordially invited to meet and hear Professor and Dr. Raymond SO Wai Man of Hang Seng Management College in Hong Kong, on Friday, August 31, at 4 p.m. in Room 109 of the Rubie Burton Academic Center (RBAC). A reception will follow immediately afterwards in the student lounge of RBAC.

Cottey College is pleased to announce that Dr. Gary Cox of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, was appointed to the Cottey College Board of Trustees in July 2012.

The annual rite of fall begins as new students move to Cottey College and Nevada. First-year students begin arriving Friday, August 24, followed shortly thereafter by the arrival of the second-, third-, and fourth-year students on Sunday, August 26. The citizens of Nevada and surrounding communities are to be advised of the increase in pedestrian traffic on Austin Boulevard and are asked to exercise caution.

Dr. Judy Rogers, President of Cottey College, is pleased to announce that Cottey has been approved by its accrediting body, The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, to offer a Bachelor of Arts degree program in psychology beginning fall 2012.

NEVADA, MO—The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has named two Cottey College Comets to the list of academic student-athlete award winners. Softball players Taylor Buck and Kelly Spong were both named to the Exemplary Academic Achievement Award list. To be on that list, an athlete must have a grade point average between 3.60 and 3.79 on a 4.0 scale.

NEVADA, MO—Dr. Judy Rogers, president of Cottey College is pleased to announce A Defining Moment: The Campaign for Cottey College has raised over $22 million a little past the halfway point of the five-year, $35 million campaign, launched in September 2009. Under the leadership of Barbara Andes, campaign chairman, the Campaign is the first comprehensive Campaign in the history of the college.

   

 

 

Meredith Auld Brokaw was the honored speaker at the 128th Commencement at Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri.

 

NEVADA, MO -- 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 following Commencement weekend events.

NEVADA, MO—Community Blood Center (CBC), the provider of blood services to local hospitals, will conduct a blood drive at Cottey College on Tuesday, April 17, in the lobby of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts.

NEVADA, MO—The Cottey College choirs will perform a spring concert on Friday, April 20, at 8 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall. There is no admission fee for the concert.

NEVADA, MO—The Cottey College Children’s Theatre Class will present Cinderella’s Class“ick” Tale at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28, in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. There is no admission for the performance.

NEVADA, MO—The Cottey-in-Motion (Co-Motion) Dance Company will present its spring dance concert on Friday and Saturday, April 13 and 14, at 8 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. There is no admission charge for the concert.

NEVADA, MO—The Cottey College Department of Dance will present an informal dance concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 27, in Hinkhouse Gymnasium. The performance is free.

The loss dropped the Comets' record to 6-12 on the season. The next game for the Comets will be on Thursday, February 16, when they will face Penn Valley in a rematch. The game will tip off at 6 p.m. inside the friendly confines of Hinkhouse Gymnasium.

Both teams were evenly matched in the second half. Both made runs. The Lady Pioneers would pull ahead, and the Comets would charge back and cut the lead.  Late in the game, the Comets trailed 54-51 after a basket by Blaklee Sanders. North Ark answered with a basket of its own, when Chelsey Rowland was fouled and went to the free throw line. Rowland hit both shots to cut the deficit to three points again, but the Comets could not score again as they turned the ball over.

The loss dropped the Comets to 6-15 on the year. They will conclude their regular-season schedule on Thursday, March 1, when nationally-ranked North Arkansas visits the friendly confines of Hinkhouse Gymnasium. That game will tip off at 6 p.m.

In a low-scoring first half, the Comets found themselves trailing by four at the break, 20-16.  The Comets couldn't do much better in the last 20 minutes, only putting 25 points on the scoreboard in that frame. Unfortunately, the Lady Greyhounds performed better, hanging 32 points on the Comets in that half.

The loss dropped the Comets to 6-15 on the year. They will conclude their regular-season schedule on Thursday, March 1, when nationally-ranked North Arkansas visits the friendly confines of Hinkhouse Gymnasium. That game will tip off at 6 p.m.