Anders Swanson Earns Degree From Cornell College

2012 Jun 21

Anders Swanson of Western Springs earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics with a K-12 Education Certification and minored in Spanish from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.

Swanson was one of 254 students to receive degrees from the college during its June 2 ceremony.

One of the 40 "Colleges That Change Lives," Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, is a national liberal arts college with a distinctive One Course At A Time (OCAAT) academic calendar. The OCAAT schedule provides students with intellectual immersion, academic focus, and unique freedom to shed the confines of the traditional classroom to study off-campus, pursue research, or accept an internship-all without missing out on other classes. Founded in 1853, the college's entire hilltop campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.