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Central College's Central RED Society to Host "Welcome Back Social"
Central College's Central RED Society will host a "Welcome Back Social" at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24, in Dave and Ardie Sutphen Common Room in Graham Annex on Central's campus. After being apart for 17 months, Central RED is celebrating in person with d...
Aug 16, 2021, 11:53am EDT
Central College Receives Federal Funding for Talent Search Program
Central College will receive five more years of funding from the U.S. Department of Education for the college's Talent Search program. The award, contingent on annual congressional appropriations, is expected to total $2.5 million. The nationwide TS p...
Aug 11, 2021, 9:44am EDT
Central College's Fiscal Year Fundraising Efforts Break New Records
Central College enjoyed another record-breaking year in its fundraising efforts for the Journey Scholarship Fund and saw tremendous overall support for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021. A total of $7.67 million was raised this year, one of the hig...
Jul 29, 2021, 2:46pm EDT
Central Faculty Receives $71,000 to Benefit Teaching
The Moore Family Foundation Faculty Development Program for Teaching is providing grant funding for 13 faculty projects at Central College for the 2021-22 academic year. The funding total is more than $71,000. Funding supports projects, some of which ...
Jul 19, 2021, 12:16pm EDT
WorkSMART Connector Named a STEM BEST Program Model by Gov. Reynolds, Iowa STEM Council
WorkSMART Connector's "Career Awareness & Exploration" program has been named a 2021 STEM BEST partner. Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council selected the program as one of 22 statewide recipients focused on STEM (scienc...
Jul 15, 2021, 3:54pm EDT
Central's Kleven Awarded Fulbright to Study the Classical Alternatives for the Revitalization of the Liberal Arts
Terence J. Kleven, the Jacob and Gela Schnucker Sessler Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Central College, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program grant to conduct research in Arabic political philosophy at the University of Jo...
Jul 15, 2021, 10:02am EDT
Central Adds Two Members to Board of Trustees
Central College has announced changes to its Board of Trustees, including the addition of two new members. Amy Dietrich Eilers and Chad Huyser were elected as new members, beginning their terms July 1. Board members provide vision for Central's future...
Jul 12, 2021, 3:48pm EDT
Central College's Central RED Society to Present "Finding Different Japans Through Walk Japan Ltd."
Central College's Central RED Society will present "Finding Different Japans Through Walk Japan Ltd." with Tom Stanley Wednesday, July 14, in the Boat Moore Weller Room in the Maytag Student Center. A Japanese dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. for $1...
Jul 6, 2021, 2:53pm EDT
Central College Partners with University of Iowa for Students to Study Finance at UI's Tippie College of Business
Central College and the University of Iowa have formed a new partnership that will streamline the process for Central students to be admitted to the Master of Science in Finance program in the university's Tippie College of Business. The agreement wil...
Jul 1, 2021, 11:05am EDT
Central College Faculty Receives Recognition
Five Central College faculty members received awards this spring for their outstanding leadership in teaching, service and scholarship: Joshua Dolezal, professor of English, (B.A., King College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln) received ...
Jun 7, 2021, 12:34pm EDT