Diego Verdugo Earns Degree From Cornell College

2012 Jun 21

Diego Verdugo of Douglas earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business and Spanish from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa.

Verdugo 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.