Students, faculty and staff joined together to complete more than 60 community service projects on Service Day April 21.
Aug 18, 2015
Central College hosted Title IX investigators from colleges across the country for Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA) training.
Aug 18, 2015
Harry Smith ’73 interviewed Harold Hamm, CEO of Continental Resources in honor of National Entrepreneurship Day.
May 28, 2015
Wind ensemble conductor and music educator Frank L. Battisti was in residence at Central Feb. 23 – March 1.
May 28, 2015
Central celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with service projects and discussions.
May 22, 2015
Tom Johnson joined Central as vice president for finance and administration/treasurer.
May 22, 2015
Cathy Haustein ’76, professor of chemistry, published her first science-romance novel.
May 22, 2015
Faculty members received awards at the 2015 faculty recognition reception.
May 4, 2015
Gabriel Espinosa ’79, associate professor of music and acclaimed jazz musician, was inducted into the Iowa Jazz Hall of Fame.
Feb 25, 2015
Brian Campbell has joined Central College as the inaugural director of sustainability education.
Feb 25, 2015
All Iowa Day at Central Market celebrated local foods.
Feb 25, 2015
Central held a dedication ceremony for the Helen Jean Hislop Center Nov. 1.
Feb 24, 2015
Central hosted its first Gaard scholar-in-residence, Tommy Vietor, October 9-11. Vietor served President Barack Obama as a spokesperson for nearly a decade, including two years as national security spokesman and two years as assistant White House press secretary.
Nov 21, 2014
Central hired Frederik Schlingemann, director for international student recruitment and admission.
Nov 19, 2014
Chitra Divakaruni visited campus Sept. 24-26. Her novel “One Amazing Thing” is Central’s common reading for the year.
Nov 18, 2014
Central’s Star Community Partners were honored during the first-ever night game at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium. The Dutch played at 6 p.m. September 13 against Monmouth College.
Nov 17, 2014
Maytag Student Center has been under heavy construction as it received a $3.1 million renovation.
Sep 24, 2014
A STEM extravaganza took place May 5 when Central hosted Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, along with Mary Andringa, the co-chair of the governor’s STEM advisory council and president and CEO of Vermeer Corp., for a STEM town hall meeting.
Sep 12, 2014
The class of 2014 has given a pond filtration system to the Central College campus as its senior class gift. The environmentally conscious pond filtration system relies on biofilters and aquatic life to help keep the water clean in the pond outside of Maytag Student Center.
Sep 12, 2014
All eyes were on Kevin Kling, waiting for the next gut-buster, and he definitely didn’t disappoint during his Writers Reading appearance Feb. 20.
May 22, 2014
Cynthia Mahmood visited campus March 10-13 as the Frank Moore Visiting Anthropologist-in-Residence.
May 22, 2014
Central celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a convocation and service project. The campus welcomed alums Annie Wignall Foskett ’10, founder of The Care Bags Foundation and educator, and Mollie Ibbotson Phukan ’05, former Peace Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA member and outreach consultant.
May 22, 2014
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
Central College received a significant gift to establish the Thomas J. and Charlene P. Gaard Endowed Residency in the Liberal Arts. The signature residency is intended to benefit Central College students, faculty, staff and the greater Pella community.
Feb 12, 2014
In an age of polarized viewpoints and extremist-driven agendas, a unique New York-based non-governmental organization, Intersections International, promoted mutual understanding and dialogue while in residence at Central Oct. 28-31.
Feb 11, 2014
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