Central College

It's finals week! We would like to wish you the best of luck on your finals and congratulate you on making it through this semester. We look forward to seeing you back on campus next year!

63 Central College students are performing in the 46th annual Christmas Candlelight Concert, which will premire at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11. The event is pre-recorded and available for free at central.edu/candlelight. The A Cappella Choir, Chambers Singers and Handbell Choir will come together for one of the college's most cherished traditions. This year's theme is "Peace on Earth."

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.

23 Central College students will perform at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, as part of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble's "Winter Spectacular." The event will be livestreamed and recorded and can be viewed at central.edu/fine-arts. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform "Sleigh Ride" by Leroy Anderson, "English Folk Song Suite" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, "A Movement for Rosa" and "Christmas at the Movies" with selections of popular Christmas music by John Williams.

15 Central College students will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in "Caribbean Christmas" as part of the Flying Pans Steel Band. The event will be livestreamed and recorded and can be viewed at central.edu/fine-arts. The Flying Pans Steel Band Savor will perform Christmas classics with a tropical twist, including "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," "Jingle Bells," "Silent Night" and Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Wizards in Winter." Proceeds will benefit the Central Cares Fund.

21 Central College students will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in "An Evening of Percussion Music" via livestream. The event also will be recorded and can be viewed at central.edu/fine-arts. The Percussion Ensemble and Dutch Boom Drumline join to perform drum cadences, marimba quartets, solo marimba music and an original composition featuring cymbals, gongs and tam-tams.

15 Central College students performed Saturday, Oct. 31, in "AMERIPAN" as members of the The Flying Pans Steel Band. The patriotic performance was held on Hoekstra Family Stage in Douwstra Auditorium and was part of a series of upcoming virtual performances.

11 Central College students will participate in the production of John John Patrick Shanley's "Doubt, A Parable," which won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 2005 Tony Award for best play. It runs Oct. 7-11 in Kruidenier Theatre on Central's campus.

12 students are members of the Vocal/Instrumental Jazz and Pop Combo at Central College for the 2020-21 academic year.

Four students are members of the String Ensemble at Central College for the 2020-21 academic year.

Four students are members of the Handbell Choir at Central College for the 2020-21 academic year.

15 students are members of the Flying Pans Steel Band at Central College for the 2020-21 academic year. The group plays on steel pan drums, which originated in Trinidad and Tobago. The Flying Pans are known for their theatrical performances, complete with costumes, lights and visual aids.

Two students are members of the Flute Ensemble at Central College for the 2020-21 academic year.

Central College announced its Homecoming court and royalty winners during a ceremony Friday, Sept. 25. Blaine Hawkins, Daria Parchert, Paige Roehlk and Katie Banowetz were selected to the Homecoming court. Joseph Pepe and Kennedy Morris were crowned Homecoming royalty.

3 students are members of the Percussion Ensemble at Central College for the 2020-21 academic year. The ensemble is a mish-mash of majors from all across campus, brought together by a simple love of percussion. It is known for trying different kinds of music.

7 Central College students are members of the Jazz Band for the 2020-21 academic year. An auditioned ensemble, Central's Jazz Band challenges its members musically, pushing them to experiment and stretch their abilities.

25 students make up the Chamber Singers at Central College for the 2020-21 academic year. The Chamber Singers are a subset of the A Cappella Choir, with members chosen by Mark Babcock, M. Joan Kuyper Farver Endowed Chair in Music and Professor of Music. The Chamber Singers often lend their voices to official events around campus.

22 students are members of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble at Central College for the 2020-21 academic year. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble is an auditioned instrumental group and one of the premier ensembles on campus.

10 Central College students are completing internships this fall for academic credit.

63 students are members of the A Cappella Choir at Central College for the 2020-21 academic year. The A Cappella Choir started at Central in 1932 and is the oldest continuing music ensemble on campus.

Welcome back to Central College! Last semester didn't end the way any of us planned, but we are thrilled to have you back on campus for the Fall 2020 semester. We are all proud to be Forever Dutch!

Welcome to Central College! You are now Forever Dutch! Central is pleased to welcome the newest members of our community, including first-year and transfer students, for the Fall 2020 semester.

Central College is proud to announce this year's recipients of full-tuition Kuyper Scholarships and Rolscreen Foundation Scholarships, the most prestigious awards granted at the college. Peter H. Kuyper founded Rolscreen Company, known today as Pella Corporation. Students selected participated in Central's Scholar Days. All have at least a 3.78 GPA and 27 ACT score.

Lindsey Blommers, a junior at Central College, received a $5,000 scholarship from Community State Bank. She was presented the award In August on campus at the women's leadership conference. The one-time scholarship was created to support a female student interested in finance, business management or accounting.

13 Central College students participated in the 2020 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium on Sept. 8, 2020, on campus in Graham Conference Center.

10 Central College students are partcipating in a women's leadership conference on campus this week. It is the second year for the conference, designed to provide opportunities for Central seniors nominated by faculty and staff members. The event allows them to meet with experts in their fields whose character sets an example for women scholars and future leaders.

Central College student Deryck Cleppe, Class of 2022 and a biochemistry major from Chelsea, Iowa, was accepted into the Summer Health Professions Education Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. SHPEP is a free summer program at academic institutions across the country with the "goal to strengthen the academic proficiency and career development of students underrepresented in the health professions and prepare them for a successful application and matriculation to health professions schools."

10 Central College students are completing internships this summer for academic credit.

22 Central College students had their work published in the college's annual Writing Anthology, a collection of exceptional student work from across the liberal arts curriculum. This was the 40th year for the Writing Anthology, which has been continuously published at Central since 1981. It can be viewed here: central.edu/writing-anthology.