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Multifaceted Commitment to Support Central College
Pella residents Mark and Lori Kooiker Ellingson pledged to support Central College's endowment, ensuring its continued impact for future generations. Grateful for the opportunities they received, the Ellingsons view their support as a way to give back ...
Feb 20, 2025, 11:36am EST
Central softball team eyes another successful season in 2025
Coming off a season where it advanced to the Super Regionals, the Central College softball returns with high expectations. The preseason ranked No. 11 Dutch return seven seniors, seven juniors, six sophomores, and they welcome eight freshm...
Feb 20, 2025, 11:17am EST
Nebraska Wesleyan takes down Central in men's basketball
After a back and forth first half, Nebraska Wesleyan University was able to pull away from the Central College men's basketball in the second half and won 63-54. A three-point shot at the buzzer gave Nebraska Wesleyan a 31-28 lead going in...
Feb 20, 2025, 10:53am EST
Central women's basketball team wins its third straight game
Controlling the game from start to finish, the Central College women's basketball team defeated Nebraska Wesleyan University 79-40 Wednesday. Central got off to a fast start, leading 18-5 at the end of the first quarter and 33-13 at halfti...
Feb 20, 2025, 10:50am EST
Jake Oleson '97 to Present a Deep Dive into Iowa Cancer Statistics
Central College's mathematics program will host Jake Oleson, a 1997 Central graduate and professor in the University of Iowa biostatistics department, for a talk about Iowa's cancer rates. Oleson will speak at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, room 180 Vermeer S...
Feb 19, 2025, 4:06pm EST
Central College Hosts Screening of "The League" and Q&A with Producer Byron Motley
Central College invites the public to a free screening of "The League" and a Q&A session with producer Byron Motley from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in Cox-Snow Recital Hall on Central's campus. Motley's late father, Bob Motley, was a Negro Lea...
Feb 18, 2025, 9:12am EST
Dutch dance team wins third straight league titl
It was another dominant day for the Central College dance team at the American Rivers Conference Cheer and Dance Championships Sunday, winning all three categories and taking the overall trophy Central swept the pom, jazz and hip-hop divisions for th...
Feb 17, 2025, 5:09pm EST
Central's Brown excels in mile race at Boston
Central College men's track and field sophomore Jack Brown (sophomore, Norwalk) came within a second of breaking the school record in the men's mile Friday at the Daivid Hemery Valentine Invitational hosted by Boston University. With 20 heats and a t...
Feb 17, 2025, 11:57am EST
Steffen sets another indoor women's school record
For the second time already during this Central College indoor track and field season, junior Peyton Steffen (junior, Marion) established a new program standard with a strong effort in the 800-meter run Saturday at the David Hemery Valentine Invitation...
Feb 17, 2025, 11:55am EST
Central sweeps track and field team titles at Grinnell
In its first event of the season with team scoring, the Central College men's and women's track and field programs were both the champions of the Darren Young Classic hosted by Grinnell College Saturday. Central topped the nine-team field in both gen...
Feb 17, 2025, 11:53am EST