Cottey College

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Location
Cottey College

For Women By Women About Women
Nevada, Missouri United States of America
Information
Affiliation(s)	Non-Sectarian
President	Judy R. Rogers, Ph.D.
Enrollment	324
Faculty	35
Type	Private Women's College
Campus	Suburban
Mascot	Duck (senior class mascot)
Color(s)	Yellow, White
Established	1884
Homepage	www.cottey.edu

Cottey College, located in Nevada, Missouri is a private, two-year women's college offering the Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees. Cottey College is owned and supported by the P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philantropic women's organization.

1 Academics
2 Student Life
3 Notable Alumnae
4 References
5 Future reading
6 External links

[edit] Academics

Cottey College offers the Associate of Arts and Associate of Sciences degrees. The type of degree student receives is based upon core curriculum and distribution requirements she completes. Students choose subjects of their interest and/or intended major. There is no obligation to declare a major while at Cottey, however, students usually complete prerequisites or requirements for their future field of study upon graduation. Over 95% of graduates transfer to four-year institutions, including Smith College, Stephens College, Wellesley College, Salem College, and Mount Holyoke College.

Faculty includes both men and women, with 94% holding the terminal academic degree in their field. The college's mission is stated in the college Catalog: "Cottey College will educate qualified women in the arts and sciences to prepare them for transfer to programs beyond the associate's degree by enhancing their intellectual ability, their store of knowledge, their personal skills, and thereby their capacity for contribution to society and their chosen fields."

The college has a nationally recognized Leadership Program.^{[citation needed]} The Center for Women's Leadership provides structured leadership training for current students and women from the area, as well as high school students.

[edit] Student Life

[edit] Residential Life

Students generally represent 40 states and 15 different countries. Cottey students live in one of three campus halls with each having between 10 and 14 suites with several bedrooms, a bathroom, and a kitchenette arranged around a large living room. Living rooms are furnished with large couches, coffee table, study table, chairs and artwork. Student rooms have typical college furnishing. Suites have between 8 to 12 students.

[edit] Colors and Mascot

The official colors of Cottey are yellow and white. The first-year class chooses a mascot every year, while the senior class has the duck as a mascot. The daisy also plays an important role in traditions, Convocation and Commencement.

[edit] Traditions

Traditions have played an important role in Cottey residential life. With lack of other forms of entertainment, the women of Cottey College created and passed down many traditions, which are one of the distinguishing marks of the college today. Participation in traditions today is optional. Until the 1960s, first-year students were known as juniors and second-year students as seniors. At that time, juniors became freshmen and seniors remained and classes are called among students fcc and CSC, respectively. Seniors have passed down denim jackets with ducks painted on the back for approximately 40 years; most traditions, however, remain surprises to the freshmen.

[edit] Founder's Day

Each year Cottey College hosts reunion of its classes on a weekend around the birthday of Virginia Alice Cottey in the end of March. The event is marked with many traditions, performances, a grand dinner and fireworks, and fundraising efforts. Old classmates often share their experiences and stories and have a great time searching for their passed-down "duck-jackets".

[edit] Sports

Cottey's sports teams are called the Comets and compete in intercollegiate basketball and volleyball. Currently, the swimming team,Swimmin' Women, competes largely as exhibition, since no other two-year colleges in the area have swimming programs. Cottey's teams compete in Region XVI of the National Junior College Athletic Association playing teams in their region, as well as teams from community colleges in eastern Kansas.