| Located in the tiny town of
Nevada (pronounced "Neh-vay-duh"), Cottey College is one of only two
private women's colleges in Missouri. It is also my alma mater --
I graduated from Cottey before transferring to Mizzou and this small
campus will always hold a special place in my heart. Cottey was
founded in 1884 by Vera Alice Cottey Stockard and is now owned and
administrated by the P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic and educational
organization (though that is probably not what "P.E.O." stands
for). Cottey has an enrollment of about 350 women from all over
the world. When I went there our senior class president was
French and I had one suitemate who was Chinese and another from
Japan. It was at Cottey, incidentally, that I first adopted the
policy of "if someone says 'taste this -- it's disgusting!' --
DON'T!" Cottey offers a two-year associate's degree and over 95%
of graduates go on to four-year instititions. |