Recent News
Central Will Be Represented at National IMPACT Conference in Boston
A Central College team will present at the national IMPACT conference, to be held Feb. 23-26, University of Massachusetts - Amherst. Tori Fyfe, assistant director of community-based learning at Central and a 2020 Central graduate, along with two Class...
Feb 14, 2023, 3:12pm EST
Central Hosts 53-Mile Challenge
Central College students, employees, alumni, family and friends are invited to participate in the fourth annual 53-Mile Challenge. The 53-Mile Challenge encourages the Central community to practice a healthy lifestyle through movement. Participants ca...
Feb 13, 2023, 1:31pm EST
Central College Promotes Steffanie Bonnstetter to Director of Communications and Marketing
Central College announces the promotion of Steffanie Bonnstetter to director of communications and marketing. Most recently, Bonnstetter had been serving as senior content strategist - marketing and project management. In her new role, Bonnstetter wil...
Feb 9, 2023, 9:00am EST
Central College's Mills Gallery Features Howard Paine Works
Central College welcomes the works of Howard Paine to the Mills Gallery on display now through Friday, Feb. 24. Paine's exhibit is titled "Into the Fading," with pieces demonstrating woodcut, lithograph and digital prints. A reception for the artist w...
Feb 8, 2023, 11:39am EST
Central College Names New Vice President for Student Development and Dean of Students
Central College President Mark Putnam has announced the appointment of Karmen Ten Napel as vice president for student development and dean of students. Ten Napel has served as the dean of students at Morningside University in Sioux City since 2014 and ...
Feb 7, 2023, 5:11pm EST
Jann Freed Publishes Book about Living a Life Worth Remembering
Jann Freed, Central College professor emerita of business management and 1977 Central graduate, released her sixth book "Breadcrumb Legacy: How Great Leaders Live a Life Worth Remembering" (Routledge Publishing, 2023). In her new book, Freed challenge...
Feb 7, 2023, 2:06pm EST
Central College Music Program Set for February
Central College's music program welcomes the public to three concerts in February. Festival Choir, A Cappella Choir and Chamber Singers will perform at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in Douwstra Auditorium on Hoekstra Family Stage. The performance will conc...
Feb 6, 2023, 3:06pm EST
Central RED Society Presents "The Ninth Hour"
Central College's Central RED Society will present "The Ninth Hour: Bringing Biblical Characters to Life," with Valerie Van Kooten, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. in the Dave and Ardie Sutphen Common Room, Graham Annex,...
Feb 2, 2023, 3:14pm EST
Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey Performing in Pella
Central College and Pella Public Library welcome the award-winning author and performer Caleb "The Negro Artist" Rainey for a performance at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, Cox-Snow Auditorium, on the Central campus. The public is invited to An Evening with C...
Feb 2, 2023, 3:09pm EST
Shuger Fox and Cheek Published in Neurology Journal
Central College's Sara Shuger Fox, associate professor of kinesiology, and Joshua Cheek, a 2021 Central graduate and student at the Carver College of Medicine - University of Iowa, along with a team of six other researchers, have published an article i...
Jan 30, 2023, 12:39pm EST