Cornell College’s One Course at a Time Drives Enrollment
Cornell College uses a unique one course at a time system that helped push enrollment to 1,125 students after years near 830. The method, tied to nine terms yearly and 31 weeks across 18 class days, supports high retention as 93 percent of eligible students return.
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Mount Vernon Embraces Cornell College Bonded by Town and College
The piece describes Mount Vernon and Cornell College sharing a close, longstanding mutual admiration. Residents and faculty note the college as the town's main industry, with 1125 students constituting about a third of the population. Faculty say freedom to teach and close student relationships encouraged long stays. Please turn to 18A: Mount Vernon
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Old Sem
Iowa Conference
Mount Vernon College
Cornell College
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Shell Oil
Julian Johnston
Marsha Bair
Chamber of Commerce
McCutcheon
William Dobbins
Dobbins
Lebanese dreamer in Iowa longs for peace in Lebanon
Jim Sheronick, a Cedar Rapids insurance man and Muslim father of three, gained a feature in Aramco World but reveals a deeper longing for peace in Lebanon. He privately sent peace proposals to President Reagan twice with no acknowledgment, prompting a sorrowful, guarded laugh.
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Sheronick
Cedar Rapids
Aramco World’ Magazine
Jim Sheronick
Ghannia
Jim” Sheronick
28Th St
Aramco World
Iowa
Lebanon
Reagan
Peace in Lebanon and a model village in the Bekaa Valley
Ahmed H. Jim Sheronick recalls his boyhood in Jib Jenine near Beirut and contrasts a past close-knit farming life with a now chaotic Lebanon. He praises the village’s choice to stay out of conflict, driven by honesty and community cooperation, as a workable model.
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Jib Jenine
Bekaa Valley
Beirut
Iowa
Jennne
Lebanon
Biggest small town YMCA in U S Washington
Washington's YMCA, valued at 2.5 million, claims the nation's biggest small town facility with two steam rooms, multiple game rooms, racquetball courts, and 130 programs for a town of 6,317. Local support and farmer involvement drive growth as Forest City nears opening a new Y.
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Washington
Key To
YMCA
Washington Y
Young Men’s Christian Association
National Y
David P. Snow
Snow
Pye
Daryl Burham
Forest City
Winnebago Co
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