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NBA Player, Pella High Grad Kyle Korver to Speak at Central College
Kyle Korver, an NBA veteran who spent this season with the Milwaukee Bucks, will speak on campus at Central College at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium. The event, part of the Geisler Penquite Educational Excellence Speakers Serie...
Oct 5, 2020, 10:35am EDT
Central College Receives $431,000 Estate Gift From Mary Vanden Berge
Central College received an estate gift of more than $431,000 from Mary Vanden Berge, a 1967 graduate of the college. Vanden Berge majored in history at Central and went on to earn her master's in library sciences from what now is the State Universi...
Oct 1, 2020, 9:32am EDT
Central College's Service Day Scheduled for Oct. 6
The Pella Opera House could always use a little TLC. And who's more caring than Central College students? As part of the college's annual Service Day on Oct. 6, a group of Central students will work on maintenance projects from 9 a.m. to noon to kee...
Sep 29, 2020, 3:14pm EDT
Central RED Hosts Presentation on Service Dogs for Wounded Military
Central College's Central RED Society will present the "Puppy Jake Foundation" with Maggie Donovan during a virtual event at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15. The event is free and can be accessed via Zoom. Puppy Jake Foundation, located is Des Moines, ...
Sep 24, 2020, 1:14pm EDT
Central College Theatre to Present 'Doubt'
Central College's theatre department will present the powerful drama "Doubt, A Parable" from Oct. 7-11 in the Kruidenier Theatre. The story centers around Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, who takes matters into her own hands when she suspe...
Sep 21, 2020, 12:07pm EDT
Central College's Mills Gallery to Exhibit Works of Alum Ryan Bredlau
Central College will welcome the works of alum Ryan Bredlau to the Mills Gallery in the Lubbers Center for the Visual Arts from Sept. 25 to Oct. 16. His exhibit is titled "Celestial Entities." Bredlau grew up in Iowa City, Iowa, and received a bache...
Sep 17, 2020, 10:49am EDT
Central College Hosts Virtual Statewide Student Leadership Event 'Called to Climate Action'
Central College will serve as the virtual host for "Called to Climate Action," a statewide student leadership event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17. Also hosted by Iowa Interfaith Power & Light, its annual student leadership program promotes ...
Sep 15, 2020, 2:30pm EDT
Central College's Nesbit Awarded BSA Fellowship to Study Early Talking Books in England
Katherine Nesbit, assistant professor of English at Central College, has been awarded a Bibliographical Society of America Fellowship to help fund a one-month research trip to archives in England containing early talking books. She'll take her research...
Sep 14, 2020, 2:28pm EDT
Central College Plans Class of 2020 Commencement in September
Central College is planning to recognize its Class of 2020 with an in-person commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium. Commencement scheduled in May was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event...
Sep 3, 2020, 1:29pm EDT
Central College's Journey Scholarship 48-Hour Challenge a Success
Central College's Journey Scholarship 48-Hour Challenge surpassed its goal, raising more than $185,000 for students last week. From noon Tuesday, Aug. 25, to noon Thursday, Aug. 27, $185,180.33 was raised from 325 alumni and friends of Central. "...
Sep 2, 2020, 9:31am EDT