John S. Toussaint

The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is a highly ranked medical school where students learn to become accomplished clinicians and top-flight researchers and educators. Students come to Iowa to study medicine in a program that uses case-based learning as the basis of their education. With its emphasis on problem-solving skills, early exposure to patients, and enhanced community-based experiences, UI medical students typically earn impressive scores on Step 1 of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination and successfully “match” with top-quality residency programs around the country.

Cornell College is a nationally acclaimed private liberal arts college in scenic Mount Vernon, Iowa. Founded in 1853, the college operates on a distinctive One Course At A Time curriculum that allows students to devote themselves to just one academic discipline during each of eight blocks per year. National Recognition Cornell is one of only 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope's book "Colleges That Change Lives." U.S. News and World Report ranks Cornell in the top tier of national liberal arts colleges. Cornell is one of the 25 colleges with the best professors Cornell has consistently been one of 20 private colleges recognized as a “Best Buy” in the “Fiske Guide to Colleges” (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014) Cornell is one of 100 liberal arts colleges on Kiplinger’s list of the best values in private colleges for 2014