Around the Pond – Fall 2024

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Nov 14, 2024

Around the Pond – Summer 2024

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Jul 12, 2024

Maggie Fisher Schlerman ’02 working with students

Around the Pond – Spring 2024

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Mar 12, 2024

New members of Central's Board of Trustees in 2023

Around the Pond – Fall 2023

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Nov 8, 2023

Around the Pond – Summer 2023

Vande Kieft Named Central CIO Joe Vande Kieft ’99 was appointed Central College’s chief information officer. He oversees the Information Technology Services department in strategic […]

Jul 14, 2023

Central College welcomed 200 Iowa-based TRIO students to campus for a leadership conference.

Around the Pond – Spring 2023

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Apr 14, 2023

Jen Diers, director of Central’s education program, front left, and the 2022 Geisler Penquite scholars from Central’s class of 2024, front row from left: Kate Hoogensen, Lindsey Davidson, Savannah Neil, Shanna Hudson and Sophia Egli. Back row, from left: Nolan Brand, Blake Recker, Kole Tupa, Taryn Hintz and Addison Six.

Around the Pond – Winter 2023

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Jan 12, 2023

Individuals recognized during Central College’s Student Development Awards program are, from left: Keaton Rodgers ’23, Quinn Deahl ’23, Caleb Viers ’22, Gannon Oberhauser ’24, Gabby Petruzzello ’24, Ashley Lupkes ’23, Jaymi Gibbs ’24, Lillie McKee ’25 and Brad DiLeo ’22.

Around the Pond – Fall 2022

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Oct 14, 2022

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Jul 13, 2022

Tom Johnson, vice president for finance and administration/treasurer,

Tom Johnson Retires From Central College

Tom Johnson, vice president for finance and administration/treasurer, is set to retire in April 2022.

Apr 13, 2022

Group photo of BIPOC+ Coalition

Around the Pond – Spring 2022

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Apr 11, 2022

Scene from Central College Service Day 2021

Around the Pond – Winter 2022

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Jan 11, 2022

Red and white tulips on Central's campus.

The State of the College

An Annual Report and Honor Roll of Giving for 2020-21.

Oct 15, 2021

Forever Dutch Logo

Around the Pond – Fall 2021

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Oct 14, 2021

Around the Pond – Summer 2021

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Jul 15, 2021

Aerial shot of the new Peace Mall renovations.

Around the Pond – Spring 2021

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Apr 7, 2021

Students working near the pond during Service Day 2020.

Around the Pond – Winter 2021

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Jan 15, 2021

2020 Central graduate with "Better Late Than Never" on her mortarboard.

Better Late Than Never

In some ways, this is a story about what wasn’t. There were plans for Homecoming and Commencement and then there was 2020.

Nov 13, 2020

Dean Furness ’94

Motivation Gone Viral

Dean Furness ’94 recently gave a TED talk about overcoming challenges and resetting your personal average.

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

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Nov 13, 2020

Celebrating Hoo-Rah Day 2020

Celebrating Hoo-Rah Day

Central College celebrated its fourth annual Hoo-Rah Day on Tuesday, April 7.

May 20, 2020

Students eating in Central Market, alongside recently installed artwork.

Around the Pond – Spring 2020

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May 11, 2020

Students walking on Peace Mall during snowy weather.

Around the Pond – Winter 2020

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Feb 14, 2020

Earl Simmelink

Donor Profile — Earl Simmelink

A Wisconsin dairy farmer who never attended Central College gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to ensure generations of students would benefit from the education he never received.

Feb 14, 2020

Joyce Schipper with former Central President David Roe at the naming of the Ron & Joyce Schipper Stadium in 2006.

In Memoriam: Central Stadium Namesake Joyce Schipper Dies

Joyce Schipper, wife of Central College’s late College Football Hall of Fame coach Ron Schipper, passed away Dec. 29 in Holland, Michigan.

Dec 30, 2019

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