Students working near the pond during Service Day 2020.

Around the Pond – Winter 2021

Read up on the latest updates from around Central.

Jan 15, 2021

A thoughtful Central community member fitted The Quest, Central’s bronze likeness of Harold Geisler, with a mask while studying and practicing physical distancing on the Peace Mall.

College During Coronavirus

How the Central community is innovating its way through a pandemic.

Nov 16, 2020

A model of Old Central Hall made by Central Industries shares a tabletop with a photo of student workers posing with cultivators made by the Industries.

The Factory Factor

In 1935, Central College went industrial to help students fund their education.

Nov 13, 2020

A rare color photograph of Paul Metcalf, flight instructor, ready for takeoff.

A Pivot to Pilots

Between Spring 1941 and June 1944, Central taught hundreds to fly for the Army and Navy.

Nov 13, 2020

Thom Summitt ’74 jokes with former Central volleyball player Erin Dilger ’20 prior to a Dutch men’s basketball game. Summitt, a longtime favorite of Central student-athletes, retired as the men’s and women’s basketball announcer in February after 30 years. He previously announced at home volleyball and softball contests as well.

Summitt Has Dutch P.A. Career Mic Drop

After 30 years, the well-known voice of Central College athletics is turning off the mic.

Nov 13, 2020

John Wesselink

History Repeats

The Class of 2020 missed its spring Commencement. The Class of 1930 would have empathized.

Nov 13, 2020

A memorial to Central’s veterans flanks the college’s new Peace Mall history garden and Wallace Spencer Stepenske ’64 Amphitheater

Around the Pond – Summer/Fall 2020

Read up on the latest updates from around Central.

Nov 13, 2020

Klay Bonnstetter, son of Kevin ’05 and Steffanie Bonnstetter.

Central Wants YOU

What takes four years but lasts a lifetime? Membership in the Central family! Here are four ways the alumni office helps you stay connected with the college.

May 20, 2020

This 1957 issue of the “Central College Bulletin” served as that year’s admission brochure. Inside, photo spreads featured all aspects of college life from academics to athletics.

In Our Own Words

How has Central described itself to the world during the past 130 years?

May 20, 2020

Amy Coughenour ’87

Liberal Arts and Management

Study abroad led to an international career for this CEO of a high-tech nonprofit.

May 20, 2020

Laurynn Mize ’21 and other students posing for a photo with a dog

Proud to Be Dutch!

Students and Alumni Respond to COVID-19

May 20, 2020

Garrett Saunders ’19 signs a young fan's ball.

Central’s Saunders Gets Minor League Shot

For Garrett Saunders ’19, the real world beckoned. Then he got the call.

May 20, 2020

Marin Harrington ’21 in London’s Trafalgar Square.

It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

“This might be the happiest I’ve ever been,” I told my friends. The news I had to leave London arrived one week later.

May 20, 2020

Students eating in Central Market, alongside recently installed artwork.

Around the Pond – Spring 2020

Read up on the latest updates from around Central.

May 11, 2020

Director of Career and Professional Development Jessica Klyn de Novelo ’05 (right) meeting with a student.

Connect Four

Lasting relationships open doors between students and alumni.

Feb 14, 2020

President Mark Putnam, center, and Associate Professor of Music Gabriel Espinosa ’79 congratulate Jeremy Vester ’19 following graduation.

Cycle of Generosity Key to Scholarships at Central

With our new annual tuition, scholarships at Central are more important than ever.

Feb 14, 2020

The members of Styx, after Tommy Shaw joined the band, are shown in a 1970s promotional photo, clockwise from far left: Chuck Panozzo, John Panozzo, Dennis DeYoung, Shaw and James "JY" Young.

The Best of Times With Styx and Central’s Most Explosive Concert

Special Guest Editor Kyle Munson ’94 looks back on the band’s 1975 concert in Douwstra.

Feb 14, 2020 | 4 Comments

Jon Alberts ’20 kicking during a Central football game.

Dutch Kicking Star Alberts Clutch in Classroom

Kicker Jon Alberts ’20 gets high marks, whether he’s tested on the field or in the classroom.

Feb 14, 2020

Eleanor Witt, Madeline Allen and Elizabeth Pearson pose for a photo following Commencement 2019.

2019: Where Are They Now?

It’s less than a year since they graduated, but members of Central’s Class of 2019 are already making their mark in the world.

Feb 14, 2020

Kyle Munson ’94 sits in Douwstra Auditorium holding the Spring 1994 issue of Central Bulletin, then the alumni magazine. As a senior, Munson wrote an editorial titled “Now What?”

‘Now What’ for Local News and the Liberal Arts?

Special guest editor Kyle Munson ’94 revisits his 1994 alumni magazine essay.

Feb 14, 2020

Students walking on Peace Mall during snowy weather.

Around the Pond – Winter 2020

Read up on the latest updates from around Central.

Feb 14, 2020

Brandon Rosas ’20 with one of the paintings he produced over the summer.

Major Adventures of an Art Minor

One Central student with a passion for painting sets out to learn from the best.

Nov 15, 2019 | 2 Comments

Robert Franks, left, and Cynthia Mahmood, right, are joined by Tej and Karen Dhawan after it was announced the Dhawans established the Franks-Mahmood Fund for Undergraduate Research. The news was shared at a faculty endowed chairs’ conference dinner on campus Sept. 20.

Around the Pond – Fall 2019

Read up on the latest updates from around Central.

Nov 15, 2019 | 1 Comment

“Mandy Spangler Manning ’98

Letters to the Editor – Fall 2019

Read the latest letters to the editor submissions.

Nov 15, 2019

Karlee Rock Schneider ’15 in the Iowa DCI Crime Lab

CSI: Ankeny

A recent alumna puts her STEM studies to work in Iowa’s crime lab.

Nov 15, 2019 | 1 Comment

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