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'Steel Graffiti' Set for Three Days in November at Central College
Central College's Flying Pans Steel Band will present "Steel Graffiti" over three days to kick off an array of music performances in November. "Steel Graffiti" will run from Nov. 1-3 on the Hoekstra Family Stage in Douwstra Auditorium. It begins at ...
Oct 17, 2019, 2:22pm EDT
Animation Artist Rafael Rosado Presents Exhibit in Central College's Mills Gallery
Central College will welcome Rafael Rosado, a prolific storyboard and graphic novel artist, to showcase his work from Oct. 23 to Nov. 15 in the Mills Gallery in the Lubbers Center for the Visual Arts. The exhibit will feature a behind-the-scenes look i...
Oct 10, 2019, 12:31pm EDT
Central RED Lunch 'n' Learn Focuses on Central Teacher Academy
Central College's Central RED Society will hold a Lunch 'n' Learn session focusing on the Central Teacher Academy on Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the Dave and Ardie Sutphen Common Room in Graham Annex. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. with the program to follow at n...
Oct 7, 2019, 12:51pm EDT
Central College Announces World Food Prize Lecture
Maria Andrade, a native of the Cape Verde Islands and the 2016 recipient of the World Food Prize, will present Central College's annual World Food Prize lecture at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, in the Recital Hall of Cox-Snow Music Center. Andrade rece...
Oct 3, 2019, 11:25am EDT
Dance 'n' Rhythm Highlights October Music Performances at Central College
Central College's music department will have four performances in October, including two shows that bring middle school and high school kids to campus. Highlighting the month is Dance 'n' Rhythm, a project formed by New York tap dancer Max Pollak an...
Sep 30, 2019, 3:10pm EDT
Central College Announces 2019-20 Faculty Lecture Series
Central College has announced its 2019-20 Faculty Lecture Series with a focus on civic engagement. Each of the five presentations will investigate our call to civic engagement, the idea of making a difference through knowledge, skills, values and mo...
Sep 26, 2019, 9:26am EDT
Central RED Presents Women of Yucatan Presentation by Jann Freed
Central College's Central RED Society presents "Women of Yucatán: Thirty Who Dared to Change Their World," a presentation by Jann Freed. The event is set for Thursday, Oct. 10, in the Dave and Ardie Sutphen Common Room in Graham Annex. Lunch begins at ...
Sep 25, 2019, 1:06pm EDT
Dhawans' Gift Establishes Franks-Mahmood Fund for Undergraduate Research at Central College
Central College announced Tej and Karen Dhawan, both 1991 graduates of the college, have established the Franks-Mahmood Fund for Undergraduate Research. The news was shared at a faculty endowed chairs' conference dinner on campus Sept. 20. The endow...
Sep 23, 2019, 1:33pm EDT
Central Graduate Eoin Breadon Presents Exhibit in Mills Gallery
Central College is proud to welcome back Eoin Breadon, Central College Class of 1997, for an alumnus art exhibition Sept. 25 to Oct. 18 in the Mills Gallery in the Lubbers Center for the Visual Arts. Breadon's work consists of finely crafted glass s...
Sep 19, 2019, 3:07pm EDT
Central College Receives $100,000 Gift from Shepard Estate for Douwstra Auditorium
Central College received a $100,000 gift from the estate of Nancy Kruidenier Shepard, a Des Moines, Iowa, native from a family with long ties to Central. The gift helped fund the first phase of the recent remodeling of the college's Douwstra Auditorium...
Sep 16, 2019, 11:03am EDT