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Faculty Lecture Series Presentation at Central College Focuses on Flint Water Crisis
Central College professors Paul Weihe and Cathy Haustein will present "Flint, Michigan, and the Water Supply: How Safe is Our Own Drinking Water?" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the Boat/Moore rooms of Maytag Student Center. The presentation is the ...
Feb 3, 2020, 11:33am EST
Central RED Society Presents Talk on Iowa Caucus by Professor Andrew Green
Central College's Central RED Society presents "Iowa Caucuses: Results and Implications" by Andrew Green, professor of political science at Central College. The event is set for 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, in the Boat/Moore Rooms of Maytag Student C...
Jan 30, 2020, 9:39am EST
Jazzmania Highlights Upcoming Concerts at Central College
Central College's music department will present its 41st annual Jazzmania concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, in the Recital Hall of Cox-Snow Music Center. It is free and open to the public. Jazzmania will feature the Central College Jazz Band, as we...
Jan 29, 2020, 9:38am EST
Central College Receives $200,000 Gift from Estate of Mary Du Bois Wright
Central College received a gift of $200,000 from the estate of Mary Du Bois Wright, a 1941 graduate of the college. Wright traveled on a train from Walkill, New York, to Central College because of an introduction through the Reformed Church in Ameri...
Jan 27, 2020, 12:11pm EST
Central College to Offer Drop-Off Tax Preparation
Central College and its accounting faculty and students are offering free income tax preparation services for Marion County residents. This assistance is made possible through a grant from the Iowa Center for Economic Success. Students will prepare ...
Jan 16, 2020, 10:01am EST
Jonathan McFadden Exhibit Heads to Mills Gallery at Central College
Central College will welcome the works of Jonathan McFadden from Jan. 20 through Feb. 14 in the Mills Gallery in the Lubbers Center for the Visual Arts. McFadden holds an MFA in printmaking from Edinburgh College of Art, United Kingdom (2009), BFA i...
Jan 9, 2020, 2:00pm EST
Central Red to Gather for Presentations of Calvin's 'The January Series'
Central College's Central RED Society invites its members to sit in on three presentations of "The January Series," a collection of speakers at Calvin University in Michigan that is designed to provoke "deep thought and conversations about important is...
Jan 9, 2020, 9:23am EST
Central Receives Additional Funding from Future Ready Iowa Employer Innovation Fund
Central College was one of 22 recipients of the Future Ready Iowa Employer Innovation Fund in a second round of grant funding that helps employers provide postsecondary training and education opportunities for their employees. The latest award was $27,...
Dec 12, 2019, 9:29am EST
Central College to Hold Bone Marrow Donor Drive
Central College student organization Dance Marathon is teaming with the Iowa Marrow Donor Program for a donor drive to help those in need of a blood stem cell or bone marrow transplant. The drive will be held Thursday, Dec. 12, on campus at Central....
Dec 6, 2019, 9:21am EST
Central College Honors Longtime Donor with Earl Simmelink Atrium
Central College honored Earl Simmelink, a longtime and generous donor to the college, by naming the atrium in Graham Conference Center in his honor. The Earl Simmelink Atrium was dedicated Friday, Nov. 8, during a meeting with the National Advisory Cou...
Dec 5, 2019, 9:29am EST