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Obama to hold Town Hall meeting at Coe

Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama greeted members of the Coe community at an appearance last fall.

Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama greeted members of the Coe community at a campus appearance last fall.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama is scheduled to hold an Economic Security Town Hall meeting at 11:30 this morning at Eby Fieldhouse on the Coe campus. Obama, who canceled a June visit to Cedar Rapids because of flooding, will also meet with residents affected by the flood. The visit will be his second to Iowa since winning the state's first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses in January and his second visit to Coe.
Tickets are required for the event. They were distributed earlier this week through the Obama campaign office and are no longer available.
Obama previously appeared at Coe on Oct. 29 as part of the second MySpace/MTV Presidential Dialogue. More than 225 Coe students participated in the dialogue held in Dows Theatre, which was streamed live to MySpace and MTV Web sites, as well as MTV mobile. The event was broadcast across the country on MTV. Following the broadcast, Obama spoke to a large crowd from Coe and the community at large on the quad.

Prospective students invited to visit Coe during upcoming Iowa Private College Week

Coe will be welcoming prospective students to campus August 4-8 as part of Iowa Private College Week. Pictured are Kadera Havill '08 (left), Ethan Thompson, a prospective student from Cedar Rapids, Charlie Kohawk (Malyssa Oblander '10), Megan Olson '09 and Chandra Hale '09.

College-bound students are invited to visit the college during the 10th annual Iowa Private College Week, Aug. 4-8. Free tours and information sessions will be available for prospective students and their families at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. daily, departing from Stewart Memorial Library. At Coe, participants can take part in guided tours of the campus and sit in on information sessions to learn more about academic programs, student life and tips to finance a college education. Several surprises and giveaways are also planned.
For more information about tours and information sessions at Coe College during Iowa Private College week, call the Coe Admission Office at (319) 399-8500 or (877)-CALL-COE or e-mail: admission@coe.edu. Students may also pre-register for the event online at www.coe.edu/admission.

Coe Touring Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band to perform in Taiwan, China

Nearly 50 members of the Coe College Touring Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band are set to travel to Taiwan and China Aug. 3-11. The ensembles consist of Coe students, faculty, alumni and friends, led by Coe Professor of Music and Band Director William Carson and music instructor Steve Shanley. The groups will perform farewell concerts in Cedar Rapids and the Chicago area, then give three performances in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Concerts will consist of six pieces by the touring wind ensemble and six pieces by the touring jazz ensemble, including the appropriately titled Sousa march, "Hands Across the Sea." While overseas, the students will also visit many historical and cultural sites.
In previous years, Coe band students have been given the opportunity to understand other nation's cultures through band trips to Korea, England and Scotland. Carson looks forward to continuing this tradition during the band visit to the Far East.
Before leaving for China, the band will perform a farewell concert in front of the Marquis Hall steps on the Coe campus on Friday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m. (rain location Sinclair Auditorium). This performance is open to the public. There will also be a performance on Saturday, Aug. 2 at 2 p.m. in Libertyville, Ill., at the "Festival of the Arts." This is an annually held event in downtown Libertyville's Cook Park and hosted by the David Adler Music and Arts Center.
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RAGBRAI XXXVI: Kohawks bike, eat their way across Iowa

Twenty full-time members of Team CoeBRAI - plus a handful of part-time participants - successfully concluded a week-long, 471-mile bike ride across Iowa on July 26. In its fourth year of participation in the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI), Team CoeBRAI consisted of 11 alumni, three members of Coe's staff and one faculty member. In addition to Iowa, participants hailed from Illinois, Nebraska, Connecticut, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Overnight hosts included Kris Dyer Gochenour '79 in Missouri Valley, Jim Bruck '77 in Harlan, Dave Hoyt '78 in Jefferson, David Moore '80 in Ames, Charlotte and Stan Upah (parents of Kristy Upah '08) in Toledo, CJ Marcy '93 and Jenn Wilson Marcy '96 in North Liberty and Bob Rickard '58 in Tipton.
Recaps of the experience are available online at http://coebrai.blogspot.com/.
Due to popular demand, a second order of Team CoeBRAI biking jerseys will be placed. To place an order, go to http://coebrai.coe.edu and click on the "jersey order" tab. Sizing information is available there.
Jersey prices are $60 for short sleeve and sleeveless, $65 for long sleeve. All orders must be received by Aug. 15 and will be shipped by mid October.

Members of Team CoeBRAI celebrate the end of the seven-day, 471-mile bicycling journey across Iowa by dipping their tires in the Mississippi River at Le Claire on July 26.

Heritage Club hosts winery tour

DJ Smith '74, Abbie Peterson Smith '75 and Mary Ann Turnbull Kucera '58 were among members of the Heritage Club who participated in a recent winery tour. The photo was taken at the Park Farm Winery at Bankston, Iowa.

Alumni and friends of Coe attended the first Heritage Club Iowa Winery Tour on Saturday, June 21. Participants sampled wines from Daly Creek Winery in Anamosa, Park Farm Winery in Bankston, and Tabor Home Vineyards & Winery in Baldwin. The Coe College Heritage Club was inspired by eleventh President Joseph E. McCabe and exists to recognize and honor those who have acted to provide current and future support to the college, through bequests, trusts, annuities and other planned gifts. For more information, contact Kelly Allen, director of the Heritage Club, at kallen@coe.edu or 1-866-263-1266, ext. 8592 or 319-329-8943.

Coe provides flood recovery support

Despite sustaining damage from last month's floodwaters, Coe is providing support for flood recovery. The college has provided hundreds of overnight stays in its residence halls and apartments since mid-June, and is making office and meeting space available to organizations affected by the flood.
Plans are currently being finalized to provide major community service opportunities during the school year for Coe students, faculty, staff and alumni. The goal is to provide ample opportunities for the Coe community to make a positive impact on flood recovery in the greater Cedar Rapids area. Details will be announced as classes begin.
Finally, Coe administrators and faculty are holding ongoing discussions with several performing arts groups about the possibility of utilizing Sinclair Auditorium and other campus facilities for their performances as needed in the coming months.
For more information on Coe and flood recovery, click here.

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Upcoming alumni events

Coe alumni and friends are invited to attend the following events:
July 31 - Coe at the Twins, Metrodome, Minneapolis, 5 p.m. meal, 7:10 p.m. game.
Aug. 10 - Coe at the Rockies, Denver, 11:15 a.m. reception and lunch at Breckenridge Brewing, 1:05 p.m. game at Coors Field.
Aug. 19 - Welcome CHIPS and families, Bell Ringing Ceremony on Eby Quad, 2 p.m.
Aug. 31 - Coe afternoon at the Kernels, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Cedar Rapids, 2 p.m.
Sept. 5 - Coe Quarterback Club, Who's On First Restaurant and Sports Bar, noon.
Sept. 6 - Football tailgater prior to the Augustana game, Huckleberry's Pizza & Calzones, Rock Island, Ill., 4 p.m.
Sept. 12 - Kohawk Classic Fall Golf Outing and Quarterback Club, St. Andrews Golf Course, Cedar Rapids, noon lunch, 1 p.m. golf.
Sept. 13 - Football tailgater prior to the Gustavus Adolphus football game, Home Port, 11 a.m.
Sept. 26-28 - Homecoming weekend. Alumni and friends of Coe planning to attend are encouraged to make their hotel reservations early due to potential limited availability of hotel rooms due to flood recovery in Cedar Rapids. For more information, go to: http://www.coe.edu/alumni/homecoming/.
For the latest information on these and other upcoming alumni events, go to: http://www.coe.edu/alumni/alumevents.htm.