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Central College Offers Wide-Ranging November Concerts
This November, Central College will host seven musical performances ranging from classical to opera to jazz and from full orchestras to small combos to solo performances. Here's what awaits music lovers on Central's campus. ALMA Jazz Ensemble AL...
Oct 26, 2018, 11:35am EDT
Central RED Society Presents Vermeer Tornado Update with CEO Jason Andringa
Central College's Central RED Society will present "A Vermeer Tornado Update" with Vermeer Corporation's president and CEO Jason Andringa at 11:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 9 in the Vermeer Banquet Room of the Graham Conference Center on the Central College C...
Oct 25, 2018, 11:45am EDT
Central RED Society Presents "Moving at the Speed of Change" with Sinikka Waugh
Central College's Central RED Society will present "Moving at the Speed of Change" with Sinikka Waugh at noon, Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Dave and Ardie Sutphen Common Room of Graham Annex on the Central College campus. Admission is $10 and includes lunc...
Oct 22, 2018, 1:52pm EDT
Central RED Society Presents: A Conversation with Rep. Neal Smith
Central College's lifelong learning program, Central RED, invites the Pella community to a free event with NBC News Correspondent Harry Smith, a 1973 Central graduate. He will host a conversation with Neal Smith, the longest-serving Iowan in the Uni...
Oct 11, 2018, 1:01pm EDT
Central Students Work with Community Members During Annual Service Day
Each year since 2006, Central College hosts a community-wide service day. Classes are canceled for the day and students, faculty and staff join in serving the local community. This year, for the first time in 12 years, service day will take place in th...
Oct 8, 2018, 2:08pm EDT
Central RED Society to Present B-I-N-G-O and Bingo is the Game-O!
Who is the Bingo champion of Central RED? Find out at Central College's Central RED Society "B-I-N-G-O and Bingo is the Game-O!" presentation at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, in the Dave and Ardie Sutphen Common Room, Graham Annex, on the Central Coll...
Oct 8, 2018, 1:04pm EDT
Central College Announces World Food Prize Lecture
Philip E. Nelson, professor emeritus of Purdue University and 2007 recipient of the World Food Prize, will present Central College's 2018 World Food Prize Lecture at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Cox-Snow Music Center on the Central College campus. His...
Oct 4, 2018, 5:44pm EDT
Metalsmith Artist Featured at Central College Exhibit
Central College presents Displaced, an exhibit of metalwork by Teresa Faris, in the Mills Gallery, located in the Lubbers Center for the Visual Arts on Central's campus. The event will open October 17 and will run until November 9. An opening recept...
Oct 4, 2018, 5:22pm EDT
Central College October Concerts Feature a Range of Offerings, Enhanced Acoustics
Central College is known throughout Iowa for its exemplary music program - and is about to become known for its newly-renovated, state-of-the-art concert hall. This October, the college will host chamber music, Caribbean rock, "inclusive, classical ...
Oct 4, 2018, 4:39pm EDT
Central College Announces 2018 - 2019 Living in Community Faculty Lecture Series
What does it mean to live in community? What connects us and what separates us as community members? How do we create communities that are good for everyone? The public is invited to join Central College faculty presenters to explore these questions an...
Oct 1, 2018, 5:13pm EDT