Coe College

Coe College

Sinclair Auditorium
Motto "Veritas Virtusque" (Truth and Virtue)
Type Private
Established 1851
Affiliation Presbyterian Church (USA)
Endowment US $77.9 million[1]
President David McInally
Academic staff
 80
Undergraduates 1,300
Location Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Campus 50 acres (200,000 m2)
Colors Crimson and gold          
Nickname Kohawks
Website www.coe.edu

Coe College is a private, four-year, liberal arts college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Founded in 1851, the institution is historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Its current president is David McInally. It is one of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM).

Academics

Coe offers more than 40 majors and provides the option for students to create their own major under the guidance of faculty members.

Coe College awards the following degrees:

Athletics

Coe College teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Kohawks are a member of the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and wrestling; women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Their athletic team name is the Kohawks, a stylized bird; their mascot is known as Charlie Kohawk.

Stewart Memorial Library

Stewart Memorial Library houses more than 202,000 books and other materials. The library contains gallery spaces featuring collections from Iowa artists Marvin Cone, Conger Metcalf, and Grant Wood.[2]

Stewart Memorial Library was renovated and expanded in 1989 through a grant from the Hall Foundation. The original building was a gift from Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of Standard Oil company, in 1931.

National rankings

Coe is recognized by a variety of college ranking publications. U.S. News & World Report regularly includes Coe in its "America's Best Colleges" publication, which ranked Coe tied for 98th among national liberal arts colleges in its 2009 edition. Coe is also included in the latest editions of The Princeton Review 361 Best Colleges and Peterson's Guide to Selective Colleges. Barron's "300 Best Buys in College Education ranks Coe as "Very Competitive."

Fraternities and sororities

Coe has an active Greek social community: five fraternities and four sororities. The groups, all of which are chapters of national organizations, include fraternities Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Tau, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Tau Kappa Epsilon; and sororities Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Delta Delta Delta and Alpha Gamma Delta.[3] The campus is also home to a chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon, a coeducational professional music fraternity.

At one time, Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and Kappa Delta and Chi Omega sororities had chapters on campus but they are now defunct.

Coe has implemented a Greek Task Force focusing on revising the current Greek system. The Greek Task Force is composed of Greek students, Greek alumni, Coe faculty and administrators, and non-Greek students.

Writing center

Coe's Writing Center is one of the largest undergraduate writing center in the nation with over 80 undergraduates on staff.[4]

The Coe Writing Center opened in September 1986 with a staff of seven writing consultants directed by Robert L. Marrs, professor of rhetoric. Since that first year, the CWC has grown in size and influence on campus, currently conducting over 2,000 student conferences per year. Staff members have published dozens of articles and essays in professional journals and have given over 80 presentations at state, regional, and national conferences. Most recent conferences have included the Midwest Writing Center Association conference in Rapid City, South Dakota.

The CWC also produces and distributes several campus publications, including The Pearl, Colere, Coetry, and the Coe Quarto.

Notable alumni

References

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  2. ↑ "The Iowan" Fall Issue 1989, page 32
  3. ↑ http://www.coe.goalphagam.com/
  4. ↑ www.metro-studios.com, Metro Studios -. "Coe College - Writing - Writing Center". Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "S. Donald Stookey". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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  7. ↑ "Fran Allison". Coe College. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Winter Courier 2004, p. 22, PDF. Coe Community College. Retrieved on March 9, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Wilmer D. Elfrink". Coe College. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
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  12. ↑ "Fred Hickman". LinkedIn Corporation. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
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  14. ↑ "Fred Jackson (American football)". Pro-Football Reference.com. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  15. ↑ "Jason Kottke". Coe College. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  16. ↑ "Marv Levy". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "Curt Menefee". Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
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