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Central's Kid Captains Recognized at Football Game
Central College welcomed six outstanding Pella area students from fourth to eighth grades for Kid Captain Day at the Central football game Saturday, Sept. 16. Kid Captains were nominated by their peers using a rubric of characteristics such as having ...
Sep 19, 2023, 2:19pm EDT
Central College to Launch Forever Dutch Lager
Central College released Forever Dutch Lager Friday, Sept. 15. Central is the first private college in Iowa to partner with a local brewery to offer a signature craft beer. With Forever Dutch lager, 15% of sales will go toward the Journey Scholarship ...
Sep 15, 2023, 4:56pm EDT
Central College Welcomed Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Central College faculty showed Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), some of the innovative research, STEM programs and athletics programs available to students. Miller-Meeks toured campus on Monday, Sept. 11, which included stops in the A.N...
Sep 13, 2023, 10:57am EDT
Celebrate Central College Homecoming 2023
Central College will celebrate Homecoming 2023 Friday, Sept. 29, to Sunday, Oct. 1, on campus with special anniversaries, family-focused events and traditions. The Central Dutch football team will take the field against the University of Dubuque at...
Sep 12, 2023, 3:27pm EDT
Central College's Upward Bound Program Receives John Deere Foundation Grant
Central College received a grant for more than $43,000 from the John Deere Foundation to support the college's long-standing Upward Bound program. This program helps low-income, potential first-generation college students achieve academic success. The...
Sep 7, 2023, 10:46am EDT
Central RED to Tour Osky Bike Trail
Central College's RED Society will host "Let's Go Ride the Osky Bike Trail," at Lacy Sports Complex in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Thursday, Sept. 7. Participants can meet at the Lacy Sports Complex parking lot by the tram tour sign at 9:30 a.m. The cost of $16 ...
Sep 6, 2023, 4:49pm EDT
Central College Donors Give $175,000 During 48-Hour Challenge
The Central College community launched into the new academic year with gifts totaling $175,470 during the 48-Hour Challenge to support the Journey Scholarship Fund. During this concentrated two days of giving, 356 donors contributed to the Journey Scho...
Aug 31, 2023, 1:29pm EDT
Central College Selected for Iowa Private Transfer Collaborative Grant
Central College joins 16 other Iowa private colleges and universities to participate in a three-year grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the Teagle Foundation awarded to the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. T...
Aug 28, 2023, 4:07pm EDT
Central College Announces New Faculty Appointments
Central College named new faculty for the 2023-24 school year: Adam Bradley, assistant professor of kinesiology, with a B.S. from Iowa State University; Ph.D. from North Dakota State University. Courtney Comstock, lecturer of accounting, a 2020 Centr...
Aug 21, 2023, 2:27pm EDT
Central RED Hosts Speakers on Wildfires and Travel
Central College's Central RED Society will present "Flying for Wildfire Fighters" with Donald Todd and "Travels on Seven Continents" with Philip Larson on Tuesday, Aug. 22, in the Dave and Ardie Sutphen Common Room, in Graham Annex on Central's campus....
Aug 10, 2023, 10:00am EDT