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Central College Announces World Food Prize Lecture
Bram Govaerts, winner of the 2014 World Food Prize, will present Central College's annual World Food Prize Lecture from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The free event will be virtual and available via Zoom. The World Food Prize is the ...
Oct 22, 2020, 10:17am EDT
Central College Alum Harry Smith To Speak at Called To Climate Action Event
Central College alum Harry Smith will be the keynote speaker at the annual event Called to Climate Action: Uphold and Upheave. The virtual event, co-hosted by Central and Iowa Interfaith Power & Light, is at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24. Smith, who gra...
Oct 19, 2020, 11:50am EDT
Central Professors Launch Season 2 of "Mid-Americana" Podcast
"Mid-Americana: Stories from a Changing Midwest" launched its second season Oct. 7. The podcast is the brainchild of Central College professors Joshua Dolezal, professor of English, and Brian Campbell, director of sustainability education and partnersh...
Oct 15, 2020, 11:00am EDT
Central College's Mills Gallery to Feature Ceramics Exhibit
An exhibit featuring current resident artists of the Iowa Ceramics Center and Glass Studio will run from Oct. 21 to Nov. 20 at the Mills Gallery in the Lubbers Center for the Visual Arts on the campus of Central College. The exhibit is titled "(un)c...
Oct 12, 2020, 4:10pm EDT
Central Students, Faculty and Staff Make Service Day Successful
Central College held its annual Service Day on Oct. 6 with more than 650 volunteers taking part in 50 projects. Service Day has been a cornerstone of the Central experience since 2006. Students, faculty and staff volunteered for projects in Pella an...
Oct 8, 2020, 3:08pm EDT
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