Recent News
Kid Captains Coming to Central College Football
Central College will welcome six Pella area students as the 2025 Kid Captains at Central's football game Saturday, Oct. 18. The game against Nebraska Wesleyan University begins at 1 p.m. in Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium. Central is committed to celeb...
Oct 13, 2025, 3:45pm EDT
Central College, City of Pella and Poortinga Family Serve Up New Courts
Central College dedicated the Poortinga Family Courts during Homecoming, honoring the Poortinga family and community partners who helped serve up a new era for tennis and pickleball in Pella. The $750,000 project was fully funded by alumni, community ...
Oct 9, 2025, 10:13am EDT
Central's Korcheck Publishes Article Focused on Teaching Spanish Comics
Kathy Korcheck, Central College professor of Spanish, recently published an article, "Contemporary Graphic Travelogues in U.S. Spanish Classrooms: A New Itinerary for Teaching Spain," in Hispania. Korcheck's article presents her experience teaching wi...
Oct 8, 2025, 9:56am EDT
Central College Garners Top Rankings in State
Central College has been recognized as one of the top higher education institutions in Iowa, earning high marks for value, athletics and academic quality in the new 2026 Best Colleges rankings from Niche.com. In the state-level rankings, Central was n...
Oct 6, 2025, 11:43am EDT
Noel Cover Foundation Sunsets Operations with $943,250 Gift to Central College
The Noel Cover Foundation, created through the vision of a pioneering Nebraska farmer and rancher, has concluded 50 years of philanthropic support for higher education with final gifts totaling $943,250 to Central College in 2025. This brings the found...
Oct 1, 2025, 11:59am EDT
Central College Students Elect Governance Leaders
Central College Student Senate announces the executive officers for the 2025-26 academic year. Bailey Acton of Winterset, Iowa, serves as senate leader. She is a member of the Class of 2027, majoring in biology. Mya Ehresman of Huxley, Iowa, contin...
Sep 29, 2025, 11:48am EDT
New Endowed Scholarship Honors Legacy of Pioneering Woman in Science
Central College announces the establishment of the Janice Ellen Van Doorninck Rempe Hamilton Scholarship, a new endowed fund honoring a 1961 graduate who was a pioneer for women in scientific research. The scholarship was created through a gift from t...
Sep 22, 2025, 11:24am EDT
Kris DeWild '90 to Lead Central College Community Orchestra
Central College Community Orchestra announces Kris Van Vark DeWild, 1990 Central graduate and adjunct instructor of music, will serve as the orchestra's new director. The CCCO is an intergenerational string ensemble performing music in a variety of st...
Sep 18, 2025, 1:09pm EDT
New Endowment Honors Legacy of Professor John Roslien
Central College announced the establishment of the Roslien-Timmer Kinesiology Endowment, created by the families of Maurine Timmer, the late Gary Timmer, 1955 Central graduate, Sheri Timmer Roslien, 1988 Central graduate, and John Roslien, associate pr...
Sep 15, 2025, 12:01pm EDT
Central College Announces Geisler-Penquite Scholars
Central College's education program has announced 16 education students will receive Geisler-Penquite Scholarships. The Geisler-Penquite Foundation honored students in the education program who display academic success, progress in the education progr...
Sep 11, 2025, 11:12am EDT
