
Coe News & Features

Jun 22, 2023
Coe College is one of 17 recipients of a three-year grant to ensure transferring from a community college to a private college or university in Iowa will be transparent, cost-effective, and coordinated. The $350,000 grant was awarded by the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and Teagle Foundation to the Iowa Private Transfer Collaborative (IPTC), a consortium of 17 Iowa nonprofit colleges and universities and two nonprofit organizations focused on Iowa higher education.

Jun 13, 2023
Nine Kohawk rhetoric students had their work published this past year.

May 22, 2023
Coe College joined 200 colleges and universities in the Campus Race to Zero Waste challenge with the National Wildlife Federation...and won second place for per capita recycling among small colleges!

May 11, 2023
A Coe College faculty member will be recognized with a national nursing award. The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) named Sharon Guthrie as the recipient of the organization's 2023 Distinguished Service Award.

May 11, 2023
Coe College Interim Provost and Dean of the Faculty Dr. Angela Ziskowski has been appointed provost. As the senior academic officer of the college, Ziskowski is responsible for guiding and shaping the academic experience and mission of Coe.

May 2, 2023
Coe College and Drake University have announced a new agreement that will allow students to earn both their bachelor’s degree in psychology from Coe and a master's of science in clinical mental health counseling, rehabilitation counseling or school counseling from Drake in just five years.

Apr 27, 2023
Coe College Joseph E. McCabe Professor of Religion and Director of Advising Meira Kensky is one of 10 faculty across Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) institutions to be designated as an inaugural Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow. Funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation, the ACM Mellon Academic Leadership Fellows Program is meant to familiarize humanities faculty with academic leadership at the highest level through immersion in the workings of upper-level academic administration on their campus.

Apr 27, 2023
For the sixth consecutive year, Coe College has been named a top private college in the country for internships. The recognition comes from The Princeton Review, which also named Coe as one of the Best Value Colleges for 2023.

Apr 26, 2023
Kohawk quarterback Carter Maske '24 has had his own ups and downs on the field in his football career, but is using the lessons learning in perseverance and optimism to embrace this new and unfamiliar challenge. Maske has been selected as the next Coe intern working under Curt Menefee '87 at FOX sports in Los Angeles.

Apr 26, 2023
Art history and data science typically evoke opposite images. One of ornately framed canvases… the other an endless string of code and numbers. Westin Hansen '23 has minors in both art history and data science in addition to her business administration major at Coe. This past term, she leaned into all those areas as an intern with Goodman Taft in New York City.

Apr 21, 2023
Andrew George ’07, executive director for The Honda Classic, and Mimi Daoud ’23 will address Kohawk graduates as Coe College’s 2023 Commencement speakers.

Apr 19, 2023
Emma Lassen ’23 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship for the 2023-24 academic year. A graduate of Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School, Lassen joins an elite group of nearly 30 Kohawks to receive Fulbrights in the past decade.

Apr 19, 2023
Coe was recognized as a Certified DOIT Institution by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Apr 17, 2023
Coe College students have a new opportunity to earn both a bachelor's degree and a law degree in six years thanks to a partnership with the Drake University Law School.

Apr 14, 2023
Coe College is proud to announce the recipients of the 2022-23 Iowa & Minnesota Campus Compact Presidents’ Awards. Max Gorden Mercer has been selected for the Presidents’ Award in Student Leadership. John William King Professor of Literature & Creative Writing Gina Hausknecht has received the President’s Award in Civic Engagement in recognition of her involvement with the Prison Learning Initiative.

Apr 14, 2023
Priscila Santiesteban '21 was named a National Science Foundation graduate research fellow.

Apr 13, 2023
This year’s Iowa Human Rights Research Conference will be hosted at Coe College on Saturday, April 22 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. An annual event in its eighth year, the Iowa Human Rights Research Conference showcases undergraduate, graduate and professional students’ research on a range of human rights issues. The conference is organized each year by the Iowa Network of Human Rights Academics.

Apr 12, 2023
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation named Coe College's Max Gorden Mercer '24 as a 2023 Truman Scholarship finalist -- he is the only finalist who attends a college or university in Iowa.

Apr 6, 2023
Coe College is providing a bus to bring Iowa Wesleyan University students to campus for a tour and admission and academic presentations. Additionally, Coe is announcing a $2,500 per year dedicated scholarship for IWU transfer students on top of the up to $34,000 per year scholarships already available.

Apr 5, 2023
Coe College Kohawks and Kirkwood Community College Eagles are ready to take flight together as part of a new joint education venture.