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Central student selected as a presentor at the Iowa Physiological Society Meeting in December 2023.

Congratulations to the more than 390 students named to the Central College dean's list for Spring 2024. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.500 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester.

The spring sports American Rivers Conference all-academic teams were announced and 57 Central College student-athletes were honored for their academic and athletic excellence.

Central College recognized students for academic awards.

47 Central College students in the Class of 2021 were honored with awards for their academic achievements.

Andrea Leeper, a member of the Class of 2021, was awarded the prestigious Psi Chi Research Award from the International Honor Society of Psychology for undergraduate research at Central College.

Kyle Berst, a biology major at Central College, presented his senior honors thesis titled "Reductive Sialylation of Cambiarenes" on Dec. 3.

Cheyanne Scholl, a biology and Spanish major at Central College, presented her senior honors thesis titled "Native Bee Diversity in Tall Grass Remnant Prairie in Iowa and Identification via DNA Barcoding" on Dec. 3.

More than 380 students were named to the Central College dean's list for Fall 2020. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester.

More than 325 students were named to the Central College dean's list for Spring 2020. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester.

Seven Central College students gave their Senior Honors Thesis presentations on May 9. They did so via Zoom because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More than 350 students were named to the Central College dean's list for Fall 2019. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester.

Sara Rodriguez, a communication studies major from Lenexa, Kansas, is conducting in-depth interviews with farmers across central Iowa as part of her research with professor Jim Zaffiro.

Four Central College students gave their Senior Thesis presentations as they prepare to graduate.

10 Central College students were named winners of its 2019 Creative Writing Contest.

Central College senior Michaela Van Dusseldorp received a research grant to expand her original research with assistant professor of psychology Ashley Scolaro.

Central College senior Jordan Byrne recently won a grant to support her original research on the relationship of taboo language to the right hemisphere.

More than 200 Central College students presented research during the spring Undergraduate Research Smposium.

Central College senior Garrett Southwick of Scottsdale, Ariz., has won a 2017-2018 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to Germany.

Libbie Randall, junior communication studies student, was chosen to receive the Steve and Joyce Bell Excellence in Journalism Award. This award is given to a Central College student who demonstrates excellence in journalism work on campus.

Graduating seniors presented their final honors work at Central College.

Morgan Oster, junior communication studies and exercise science student, was chosen to receive the C.A. and Francis L. DeBruin award. This award is given to a junior or senior in communication studies who shows academic achievement, high moral character and strong contributions to the college.

Outstanding juniors and seniors at Central College have won endowed awards for athletic training.

An impressive cohort of 29 Central College students will present their research at the Midwestern Psychological Association conference in Chicago April 19-22.

Environmental studies majors presented their project proposals and senior seminar work at Central College.

Central College students presented research while the college hosted this year's Midwest Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities.

Central College student Kylie Gerstein received the top undergraduate research award at the 8th Annual Global Health Consortium Conference in Des Moines.

Twelve graduating Central College seniors presented their honors theses.

In a competition judged by poet and fiction writer Ken McCullough, nine Central students received awards for poetry, essay and fiction writing.

Three communication studies seniors have received Recognition of Achievement in Speech Communication from the Iowa Communication Association.