Have you visited Cottey College? I encourage every P.E.O. to come to campus to see and learn about the College that the P.E.O. Sisterhood owns and supports. Many who come for their first visit are surprised by the size and beauty of the campus.
Our campus includes 14 buildings on 11 city blocks and a 33-acre wooded recreational area with a lodge. BIL Lodge is used frequently for events such as family weekend picnics, staff retreats or suite sleepovers. President’s House is approximately three blocks from campus on Cherry Street. The College has owned the large Victorian house since 1941. It was used mainly for faculty housing until 1952 when it was occupied by Dr. Blanche Hinman Dow and became known as President’s House. There are generally more than 1,000 guests annually who visit and tour this historic home. The Helen and George Washburn Center for Women’s Leadership is just south of the main campus. This distinctive house was also originally a Nevada family residence.
In 2007, the College commissioned Gould Evans, a national architectural firm, to develop a campus master plan that shows how the campus physical facilities should be maintained and expanded to serve additional students as the College grows over the next 20 years.
Cottey employs 179 full-time and part-time faculty and staff members, and our workforce is characterized by longevity, stability and excellence. Our annual budget is just over $15 million. We focus on using technology in both teaching and the provision of services to our campus community. The current insured value of the campus facilities and infrastructure is estimated at $69,632,000. Here is an interesting distinction of our College: Cottey is debt free.
The director of the physical plant and his technical personnel focus on energy management and conservation, helping Cottey evolve as a "green" campus. Our energy cost and consumption comparisons over a six-year period show significant improvement: water and sewer usage totaled a 33 percent decrease. With focus on energy conservation measures, electric and gas cost increases have been minimized by the College’s reduction in consumption. Over the past six-year period, consumption of electricity was down 17.83 percent, gas was down 1.11 percent, water was down 15.10 percent, and sewer was down 16.53 percent. This is important for our budget and for the preservation of our Earth. The recent accreditation of an environmental studies academic program will generate even more interest in environmental issues.
Cottey has a strong, positive impact on the local community as the second or third strongest draw for visitors to Nevada. There are more than 6,000 visitors to our annual regular events.Many of Cottey’s lectures and 
cultural events are open to the local community.
All of these features contribute to a vibrant college campus.They are, however, only a part of the reason that visitors are impressed when they visit Cottey College. The most important features of our College are the students, faculty and staff who are devoted to our mission as an excellent liberal arts college for women and are engaged in a dynamic learning environment.
