Enriching Events, Expand Your Horizons

It's difficult to come to Cottey and just attend classes. Our students' schedules are just as filled with practices, rehearsals, and meetings as they are with classes and studying. That's because at Cottey there are so many opportunities for you to become involved. Most of our students take advantage of the wide variety of offerings to further explore a personal interest, get experience leading an organization, or to take a risk and try something new.

No matter where your interests lie, most likely you'll belong to several groups at Cottey--political, volunteer, fine arts, athletic, academic--that's just the way our students are. And chances are you'll be a leader of at least one of them. (Visit the leadership opportunities page for more information.)

Cottey's regular slate of national and international guests and performers makes Nevada seem like a larger city. Most of our students don't want to miss any performances by visiting artist or speakers, or the artists within the Cottey community. Campus-wide events are well attended by students, faculty, staff, and nearby residents. Our CLASS series brings to campus artists, experts, and entertainers such as the National Theatre for the Deaf, a Japanese storyteller, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Alvin Ailey II Dance Company, Tibetan monks performing sacred music and dance, the Kansas City Symphony, State Ballet, and folk singer Karla Bonhoff. And if you're a music student, you may even be able to take a master class with a visiting artist. (Visit our semester schedule of performances to see who's coming to campus.)

We also enjoy supporting and celebrating the talents within our own community by attending faculty and student recitals, plays, and dance performances. Cottey students take the lead in celebrating International Focus Week, during which they share the food, stories, artifacts, and artistry of their native or ancestral cultures. You'll be surprised what you can learn about the world from Nevada, Missouri.

"Our students are not only good students, but they're enthusiastic, adventurous, and willing to participate in a variety of activities. . . Most of them don't even have time to participate in everything they'd like to." — Kris Korb, Coordinator of Campus Activities.