Recent News
2022 Central College Board of Trustees Retirement
Central College has announced the retirement of long-serving board member, Rev. Charles Morris. Morris, a 1970 Central graduate and retired Reformed Church in America minister, has been granted trustee emeritus status after serving the Central Board o...
Jul 21, 2022, 10:55am EDT
2022 Central College Board of Trustees Retirement
Central College has announced the retirement of long-serving board member, Rev. Charles Morris. Morris, a 1970 Central graduate and retired Reformed Church in America minister, has been granted trustee emeritus status after serving the Central Board o...
Jul 18, 2022, 12:49pm EDT
Central College Announces 2022 Top Scholarship Awardees
Central College is proud to announce this year's recipients of full-tuition Kuyper Scholarships, Rolscreen Foundation Scholarships and the Thomas Ross Smith Scholarship, the most prestigious awards granted at the college. Peter H. Kuyper founded Rolsc...
Jul 14, 2022, 1:27pm EDT
Central College Promotes Lamphier to Executive Director of Communications and Marketing
Central College announced the promotion of Denise Lamphier to the role of executive director of communications and marketing. Lamphier had been the director of integrated marketing communications and media for the past four and a half years. In her ne...
Jul 11, 2022, 9:40am EDT
Central College Announces Arthur J. Bosch Undergraduate Summer Student Research Awards
The Arthur J. Bosch Endowment is providing six Central College students the opportunity to undertake summer research projects as Bosch Undergraduate Summer Research Fellows. The endowment provides financial support for undergraduate students to engage...
Jul 7, 2022, 4:32pm EDT
Central College Recognized for Communications, Admission Initiative
Central College received silver recognition in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's annual Circle of Excellence awards. The national higher education group recognized Central for its work on student recruitment publications. Central ...
Jul 5, 2022, 4:17pm EDT
Central's Freiburger Elected to Iowa Association for College Admission Counseling
Chevy Freiburger, vice president for enrollment management and dean of admission at Central College, has been selected to serve a three-year presidential cycle for the Iowa Association for College Admission Counseling. Beginning 2022-23, Freiburger wil...
Jun 30, 2022, 9:00am EDT
Central RED Society to Present "The Life and Music of Irving Berlin"
Central College's Central RED Society will present "The Life and Music of Irving Berlin" with Jennifer Boerefyn Hart, a 1969 Central graduate, on Thursday, July 7. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. in Dave and Ardie Sutphen Common Room, Central's Gra...
Jun 27, 2022, 12:05pm EDT
Central's Oscar Reynaga Serves on Des Moines Latino Film Festival Technical Committee
Oscar Reynaga, Central College's senior lecturer of Spanish and dean of the Class of 2023, serves on the Des Moines Latino Film Festival technical committee. He was one of the four committee members who reviewed more than 500 film submissions and selec...
Jun 23, 2022, 1:40pm EDT
Marion County Bank Pledges $30K to Central College's Douwstra Renovations
Marion County Bank stepped into Central College's Douwstra Auditorium spotlight when it pledged $30,000 to continue momentum for the phase II renovations. Steve Kraayenbrink, Marion County Bank president and CEO, says, "Marion County Bank is proud to ...
Jun 20, 2022, 5:27pm EDT