Coe News & Features

Cyndi Kies Elsbury '87 and Mike Elsbury '89 let their sons decide where they wanted to pursue their college education. That four Elsbury sons followed their footsteps at Coe is icing on the parental cake.

Coe College recently received a Social Wellness Award in recognition of its efforts to promote employee health. Each year the Linn County Worksite Wellness Committee selects award winners incorporating one or more of the seven dimensions of wellness into the workplace — vocational, social, emotional, physical, financial, environmental and spiritual. A total of eight awards were presented to worksites that exemplify each dimension of wellness along with an overall worksite innovation award.

Collin Wilkinson, Coe College Class of 2018, has been named runner-up for a 2017-18 Society of Physics Students Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award.

Courtney Humpal, Eden Brazeau, Ali Arns, Aryn Meisinger and Jessy Holen were honored by Wellington, New Zealand, police for saving a man’s life while exploring the city.

oe College Assistant Professor of Psychology Renee Penalver has been named a 2018-2019 Engaged Scholar Research Fellow by Iowa Campus Compact.

Recent Coe College graduate Anthony DeCeanne has been awarded one of two prestigious R.J. McElroy Trust Fellowships for graduate study.

Students and alumni know Coe College's superb education, urban setting and stellar internship opportunities offer a tremendous bang for your buck. The Princeton Review knows it, too.