It’s a year of celebration for Central’s study abroad programs. In 1965, the first program was launched in Paris, and over the years many more opportunities have developed for students to gain international experience.
May 22, 2014
Michelle Bahl Raymer ’06 has made a habit of taking the road less traveled. She did this literally through service work with the Peace Corps in Guinea, West Africa, as well as through her career path in the nonprofit sector.
May 22, 2014
Take a look at a few recent memories from students who studied abroad as Central College Abroad gears up to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Feb 12, 2014 | 3 Comments
Abby Norman ’12 is exploring the world by living and working abroad in London. She is making the most of her life one triathlon at a time.
Nov 22, 2013
Apurv Kumaria ’07 landed a job at ThoughtWorks, a software company in Chicago that is known for putting job candidates through one of the toughest interviews in the country.
Aug 30, 2013 | 1 Comment
Liberty Wickman ’12 has been traveling around the globe during her first post-Central year. She has written a book about her experiences and working and volunteering along the way.
Aug 30, 2013
Adam Bartelt ’08 has an affinity for the Des Moines area—as a Grimes native and marketing project manager at Orchestrate Hospitality, a leading hospitality management […]
Aug 5, 2013
Junior athletic training major Katelyn Paul interned with the Auburn University gymnastics team and the Kennedy Space Center.
May 17, 2013
Desmond Breadon ’03 got through some hard times with the help of his Central family—eventually going on to coach high school football and open a fitness center.
May 17, 2013
Sarah Newman ’01 treats both athletes and soldiers as an athletic trainer. She works with the U.S. Paralympic Alpine Ski Team and the Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Battalion.
May 17, 2013
Dr. Barbara Pettitt ’72 put on a suture workshop for Central students interested in medical school—providing hands-on practice sewing and tying for the future doctors.
May 4, 2013 | 1 Comment
Inspired by a railroad magnate and his city’s history, first-year Zach Russell saved the 19th century Apple Trees building in his native Burlington.
Apr 26, 2013
Four Central alumni and three current students work at Everybody Wins! Iowa, a children’s literacy and mentoring organization.
Apr 11, 2013
Abigail Sparks ’12 works as a tax accountant for Hormel Foods, a job she earned after interning there during her Central career.
Mar 27, 2013
After discovering his love for design at Central, Tyler Cobb ’07 now works as a graphic designer for a single-A baseball team in Lexington, Ky.
Mar 27, 2013 | 1 Comment
Justin Tiarks ’06 is a fifth grade teacher and chair of the board of the directors at a charter school for underprivileged students in St. Paul, Minn., making him his boss’s boss.
Feb 23, 2013
Paul Richardson ’84 is editor of Russian Life magazine and runs Russian Information Services. He has also published a novel about Russia and a collection about running.
Feb 20, 2013
Darius Joseph ’89 took a chance on Central—and then on his own company. Now he owns a successful IT consulting firm in Fort Myers, Fla.
Feb 20, 2013 | 2 Comments
Ellen Du Pre, professor of biology, is working with students to study the effects of triclosan on heart rate. She has dedicated her career to guiding students through the health sciences.
Feb 18, 2013
Gregory Christiano ’69, a Bronx-born author of five books, writes about Central culture during the 1960s, one of the 20th century’s most influential decades.
Nov 27, 2012 | 3 Comments
Junior Katie Zellmar interned at The Battle Flag Lab at the State Historical Society in Des Moines, restoring a WWI, 126th field artillery flag.
Nov 14, 2012
After studying abroad on two continents in college, David Vonnahme ’10 taught English in Brazil and has now moved on to China.
Oct 30, 2012
Curtis Brobst ’09 teaches science with the Peace Corps in Kenya, 300 miles from the nearest paved road.
Sep 11, 2012 | 6 Comments
After making a promise to a dying friend, former baseball star Adam Duerfeldt ’06 turned his sights toward cancer research. He recently received an American Cancer Society fellowship.
Sep 4, 2012 | 1 Comment
A Central professor and her education students bring an orphan from Africa for medical treatment. Their lives were forever changed.
Sep 1, 2012 | 1 Comment
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