Recent News
History Club Welcomes Jimmy Suong, April 7
Central College's History Club will host a special lecture for the Central community and public at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 7, in the Maytag Student Center Van Emmerik Studio on campus. Jimmy Suong will share his story as a child survivor of the killing...
Mar 23, 2026, 1:46pm EDT
Student Researchers Open Opportunities for Supramolecular Applications
Research conducted by Central College faculty, students and alumni was recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, Supramolecular Chemistry. The article, "A Practical Synthesis of Cambiarenes with Mechanistic Insights," was written by Jay Wackerly...
Mar 18, 2026, 2:23pm EDT
A Night to Remember: Members of the New York Philharmonic to perform Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and more
Chamber music performed by members of the New York Philharmonic will include Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and more. Front Row with Harry Smith, a Pella Corporation and Central College speaker series, welcomes a piano quartet comprised of members of the N...
Mar 9, 2026, 1:42pm EDT
Central Theatre to Produce Musical Comedy, First Date
Central College will showcase First Date, a romantic musical comedy about the horrors, humiliations and occasional happy surprises of blind dates. The musical tells the story of blind date newbie Aaron as he meets serial dater Casey, and their first da...
Feb 23, 2026, 1:08pm EST
Central Professor Publishes Business Cycles and Taxes Article
Central College's Tuan Ho Quoc, assistant professor of economics, recently co-authored an article featured in Economic Inquiry. The paper, titled "The Business Cycle State-Dependent Effects of Tax News: A Joint-State Analysis," examines how the interac...
Feb 19, 2026, 2:39pm EST
Central College Upward Bound Program Celebrates 60 Years of Transforming Lives
Central College's TRIO Upward Bound program marks its 60th anniversary in 2026, making it one of the first programs in Iowa and the nation to receive this federal grant in 1966. Central's TRIO grant award also encompasses Talent Search and Student Sup...
Feb 18, 2026, 11:42am EST
Installation of Paulina Mena as the Ruth and Marvin Denekas Endowed Chair in Science and Humanities
Central College will install Paulina A. Mena, professor of biology, as the new Ruth and Marvin Denekas Endowed Chair in Science and Humanities at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, in the Upper Chapel. The ceremony and reception are open to the public. Mena will...
Feb 10, 2026, 11:42am EST
1853 Challenge Gives Lift to Hoo-Rah Day Festivities
Central College will kick off its annual Hoo-Rah Day celebration with the launch of the 1853 Challenge, an energizing call to action that invites the Central community to let their gifts and service take flight in doing a world of good. The 1853 Chall...
Feb 9, 2026, 10:13am EST
Central RED Launches Spring Semester Program Schedule
Central RED Society offers an impressive schedule of programs for this spring that are open to the public. Details about each event are available at central.edu/red. Local authors Marijka Michmershuizen and Carol Van Klompenberg will discuss their boo...
Feb 4, 2026, 5:43pm EST
Central College Students Attend American Historical Association Meeting
Five Central College history students traveled to Chicago in January to attend the 139th annual meeting of the American Historical Association, the largest gathering of historians in the world. Students attending were Steel (Reese) Anderson, Class of ...
Feb 4, 2026, 9:45am EST