CEDAR RAPIDS — Nick Stein will earn his degree this spring in athletic training, but the soon-to-be Coe College graduate is in no hurry to use it. He’s got other things on his mind. Such as a professional baseball career. “Every little kid’s dream, MLB,” Stein said, after Coe knocked off Loras, 6-3, Thursday night in [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS — It might not be the best softball team Bob Timmons has coached, though it’s close. It is, without a doubt, the most surprising. “We had a lot of holes to fill,” said Timmons, in his 16th season at Coe College. “To be honest, when we went to Florida at the beginning of [...]
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Seniors around the Corridor have a multitude of options when it comes to continuing education. Whether it’s a two-hour workshop or a multiweek class, continuing education courses offer the opportunity to learn something new, meet other adults and maybe even get a bite to eat. Coe College, a private liberal arts institution in Cedar Rapids, [...]
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Nearly 70 years have passed since Renee Firestone was forced into a crowded train bound for Auschwitz. The year was 1944. Firestone and her family were living in Hungary, where life was getting difficult for Jewish families. Firestone’s brother was taken to a work camp soon after his 18th birthday and her father had [...]
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In the wake of the recession, leaders at private colleges in Eastern Iowa say the long-term financial health of their institutions rests in part on boosting enrollment and increasing private fundraising. Private colleges across the nation took hits to their endowments during the economic downturn, and presidents at several Iowa schools say they’ve finally climbed [...]
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AMES – Coe second team D3football.com all-American Frank Weymiller wasn’t sure pro day would be for him. Then a call came at 4:30 p.m. Monday. Teams had expressed interest in seeing him. So the defensive lineman from tiny New Albin loaded up his “old, muddy Grand Prix” and headed to Ames for the 9 a.m. [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Coe’s Jimmy Gotto continued a streak for the Kohawks. He became the seventh straight 125-pound All-American for the program with his runner-up finish in the NCAA Division III Wrestling Championships on Saturday night at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. He improved his sixth-place finish last year. Gotto faced Ithaca’s top-seeded Ricardo Gomez [...]
continue »Coe’s Jimmy Gotto advanced to Saturday night’s finals with a win on Saturday morning in the national semifinals. Below is video of the final seconds of his semifinal match and his celebration, and K.J. Pilcher caught up with him after the match. The interview can be seen in the video above.
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Dimitri Boyer was a big fish in a little pond. Then, the two-time Eddyville-Blakesburg state champion was thrown to the sharks. He learned to tread water, adjusting to a college wrestling room and taking his lumps from more experienced Coe teammates. The Kohawks’ junior continued to work hard and improve, helping him qualify [...]
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Several private colleges in eastern Iowa will see tuition and fee increases ranging from 3 percent to 5.5 percent next year. The governing boards of Coe College and Mount Mercy University, both in Cedar Rapids, and Cornell College, in Mount Vernon, all recently approved tuition rates for 2013-14, officials with those schools said. Students at [...]
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