About Coe > Publications > Courier

Courier

Past Issues:

Fall 2012





Winter 2013

Kohawks around the world:
Efforts highlighted in Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Swaziland
ON THE COVER - DeAnna Marguglio '13 won third place in the people category of the 2012-13 Associated Colleges of the Midwest study abroad photo contest with her May photo from Swaziland primary school. More study abroad photo contest entries, and information on the Swaziland trip and efforts by Kohawks around the world are featured in this issue of the Courier.

Click here to read the full Courier.

 

Features:

  • Contemporary Issues Forum with Sir Salman Rushdie
    Celebrated author Sir Salman Rushdie asserted that literature has a place in bringing the truths of the world to light. He also encouraged Coe students to write if they feel their stories must be told.
  • Retired Korir champions hometown health clinic
    After 32 years in management, Kip Korir '74 could have chosen to retire in urban Kenya, where essential amenities are readily available. Instead, the Kohawk Athletic Hall of Famer stayed in rural Kericho and has worked to improve the lives of 10,000 people served by the Kebeneti Health Center.
  • Orphanage business knows no recession
    Entrepreneur and businessman Kevin McGuire '89 has endured the Great Recession and struggling economy of recent years even as his orphan rescue efforts have thrived in Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
  • Educating Afghanistan now full-time work for Kharoti
    A decade after first realizing his dream to educate girls and boys in his native Afghanistan village, the quest continues for Mohammad Khan Kharoti '75.
  • Coe service in Swaziland grows
    Groundwork laid in in 2006 has resulted in biennial opportunities for Coe students to lend a hand in impoverished Swaziland.
  • Photos from study abroad
    From 72 photos submitted by 18 students in the annual Coe off-campus study photo contest, 10 were entered in the 2012-13 ACM study abroad photo contest.
    The correct address for Coe off-campus study photo contest entries is http://coestudyabroad.weebly.com/.
  • Faculty Profile: Terry Heller
    Howard Hall Professor of English Terry Heller feels lucky to have found his teaching career at Coe College. Now, as he prepares for retirement 38 years later, he is glad he was able to serve this small liberal arts college and the many students he has helped discover a bigger world.

Editor: Lonnie Zingula
Creative Director: Christina Kroemer
Photographer: George Henry '49, Ed Kempf
Class Notes Assistant: Courtney Steinford '14
Proofreader: James Larkin
Sports Information Director: Ryan Workman
Webmaster: Andy Molison '03
Director of Marketing and Public Relations: Rod Pritchard
Vice President for Advancement: Dick Meisterling
Director of Alumni Programs: Jean Johnson
Alumni Association President: Heather Daniels '95
Coe College President: James Phifer

Address changes and inquiries regarding alumni records may be addressed to Tessa Hurlbert, Advancement Services, phone (319) 399-8542, or email: advancementservices@coe.edu.

Many alumni have added their email addresses to Coe’s home page. To add yours, write the Office of Alumni Programs or click here to update your alumni record.

Contact the Courier editor at courier@coe.edu or (319) 399-8613.

The Coe Courier is published for alumni of the college, parents of current and former students, and recent contributors to Coe’s Annual Fund. The magazine is published in the spring, summer and winter by Coe College, 1220 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402.