U.S. presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will speak at Cornell College at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, in the Richard and Norma Small Multi-Sport Center gymnasium. The Mount Vernon Town Meeting with Bernie Sanders event is open to the public, with doors opening at 2 p.m. RSVPs will be taken online. His appearance is part of a presidential candidates visit series.

Guest parking is available in the campus visitor lots, which can be seen on the parking map.

Purpose
Cornell College, a selective liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa, seeks to engage its students and community in the 2016 presidential election process. In support of Cornell’s mission to develop in students “the intellectual curiosity, creativity, and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged citizenship,” the college encourages student participation in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. Throughout the election season, Cornell will seek to host numerous candidates for the presidency of the United States.