Cottey to host Fifth Annual Women's College Fair

Cottey College, will host its Fifth Annual Women's College Fair, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 21, in the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. The Women's College Fair provides a forum that promotes outstanding educational opportunities for young women.

Women's colleges from across the United States will speak with prospective students and their parents that evening during the Fair. The attending colleges and universities include: Agnes Scott College in Georgia, The College of New Rochelle in New York, Hollins University in Virginia, Meredith College in North Carolina, Peace College in North Carolina, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana, Saint Mary's College in Indiana, Salem College in North Carolina, Stephens College in Missouri, Sweet Briar College in Virginia, and Wesleyan College in Georgia.

The event is free and open to the public. Cottey College's Center for the Arts is located on the northeast corner of Austin Boulevard and Tower Street in Nevada.

Cottey College is an independent, two-year women's college located in Nevada, approximately two hours south of Kansas City and one hour north of Joplin, Missouri. Its residential student capacity of 350 typically represents 40 states and 12-14 foreign countries. The College is owned by the P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization of almost 250,000 members, making Cottey the only nonsectarian college in the U.S. owned and supported by women for women. Cottey is a transfer institution offering liberal arts and sciences for women. Ninety-five percent of Cottey College graduates transfer to four-year colleges and universities throughout the United States and around the world.