Recent News
Beatriz Mate-Kodjo Recognized in Alumni Leadership Award
The Iowa and Minnesota Campus Compact awarded Beatriz Mate-Kodjo, graduate of Central College Class of 2011, the 2023 Engaged Campus Award for Alumni Leadership. Mate-Kodjo is a civil rights attorney at BMK Law Firm in Pella, Iowa. She primarily pract...
Apr 27, 2023, 5:09pm EDT
Student-Athlete Advisory Council's Special Olympics Event Wins Spotlight Poll
Central College's Student-Athlete Advisory Council hosted a Kid's Captain event for the Special Olympics Feb. 8, during a Dutch women's basketball game. During the event, Central athletes and staff demonstrated their commitment to supporting Special O...
Apr 25, 2023, 4:06pm EDT
Central College Music Performances Close Out the Semester
Central College's performing arts will wrap up the Spring semester with a variety of concerts and music performances including an ALMA concert, three senior recitals and a percussion extravaganza, along with others. First up is the ALMA concert at 8 p...
Apr 21, 2023, 11:45am EDT
"A Grand Night for Singing" Comes to Central College's Kruidenier Theatre
Central College theatre students and faculty will put on "A Grand Night for Singing" at 7 p.m. April 27, 28 and 29 and at 2 p.m. April 30 in the Kruidenier Theatre on campus. The show is free to all. The show features students Andrea Bogaard and Rylie...
Apr 20, 2023, 4:59pm EDT
Central College Set to Feature Three Students in Senior Art Exhibition
Central College's Class of 2023 Senior Art Exhibition will include three art installations presented by Renee Pedersen, art major, Jaden Culbertson, art major, and Tessa Brubaker, art minor. Their independent works will be on display from Wednesday, Ap...
Apr 19, 2023, 3:49pm EDT
Central's Kinesiology and Strength and Conditioning Programs Awarded Accreditation
Central College's kinesiology program has earned accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of the Exercise Sciences. Central's kinesiology program i...
Apr 18, 2023, 10:37am EDT
Central College Raises a Record-Breaking $360,316 on Hoo-Rah Day
In a fantastic day of fundraising, Central College raised more than $360,000 during Hoo-Rah Day 2023, a day-long event that celebrates Central pride with a variety of events and activities. The funding raised on Hoo-Rah Day has a direct impact on stude...
Apr 17, 2023, 11:04am EDT
Tori Fyfe Selected for Marion County Top 10 Under 40
The Marion County Development Commission recently announced the 2022 Red Rock Area Top 10 Under 40. Tori Fyfe, assistant director of community-based learning at Central College and a 2020 graduate, was recognized as one of the 10 outstanding individual...
Apr 11, 2023, 3:37pm EDT
Central RED Society Welcomes the 2023 Tulip Time Court
Central College's Central RED Society will host "Pella Tulip Time Royal Court" on Wednesday, April 19. Presenting will be Cheyne Plants, 2023 Tulip Queen, along with attendants Tatum Carlstone, Anna DeNooy, Avery Verhoef and Ellie Wogen. Dinner will b...
Apr 3, 2023, 10:57am EDT
Central College Art Students Reviving Pella's Klokkenspel Miniatures
Four-foot-tall mannequin models of Wyatt Earp, Maria Scholte, Dominie Hendrik Scholte baptizing a baby and a pioneer blacksmith adorn the north side of Pella's Klokkenspel. The weather and years have not been kind to their nearly 40-year-old clothes an...
Mar 30, 2023, 12:30pm EDT