Central College has partnered with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Red Rock Lake Association to build a natural playscape at Lake Red Rock.
Feb 11, 2014
In conjunction with 2013 Homecoming/Family Weekend, Central College presented alumni awards and an honorary alumni award to two graduates and a longtime staff member with illustrious careers and legacies of service.
Nov 22, 2013
Central is all about development, and we are always making changes for the better. In recent months, a number of positions and responsibilities have shifted in the development and alumni offices.
Nov 22, 2013
Central College has been chosen as one of the most “green” colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review.
Aug 30, 2013
On July 1, five new members of the board of trustees where chosen to help oversee the activities of the college—including creating and directing policy, strategic planning, fundraising and engaging with alumni, faculty, staff and students.
Aug 30, 2013
Central’s homecoming is right around the corner! Visits us for for Homecoming/Family Weekend Sept. 27-29.
Aug 30, 2013
In honor of alumni and friends of Central College, three gathering spaces on campus have been officially dedicated to celebrate significant contributions to the college.
Aug 30, 2013
On July 15, Gabriel Espinosa, associate professor of music, performed with Hendrik Meurkens at Dizzy’s Coca-Cola in Lincoln Center in New York City.
Aug 30, 2013
Associate Professor of English Josh Dolezal didn’t intend to teach English, but Willa Cather’s novel, ‘My Ántonia,’ changed the course of his career.
Aug 30, 2013
Robert Franks celebrates 25 years as a computer science professor at Central College, where he has influenced countless students’ lives and careers.
Jun 5, 2013 | 1 Comment
Robert Maurer, associate professor of accounting, retires after 45 years of watching his discipline change and come into its own.
May 31, 2013 | 15 Comments
You asked, we answer! Tuition increases are explained, as well as scholarship awards and the college budget.
May 22, 2013
This spring, Central College celebrated a significant retirement and welcomed a major new member to the advancement office.
May 17, 2013
Budding entrepreneurs at Central enrolled in the Start-Up Semester course this spring. It’s an innovative course with few lectures and no tests.
May 17, 2013
In February, a cast of 13 Central singers performed two showings of “Dido and Aeneas,” an opera based loosely on Virgil’s “Aeneid.”
May 17, 2013
Andrew Green, associate professor of political science, was elected president-elect of the Iowa Association of Political Scientists for the 2013-14 year.
May 17, 2013
Central traditions explained: The Lemming Race, Pietenpol Cup and the Frosh-Soph Pull.
Feb 22, 2013 | 1 Comment
In October, Randall Faust, professor of music at Western Illinois University and a hornist of the Camerata Woodwind Quintet and LaMoine Brass Quintet, was in-residence at Central and a guest artist at the Sunday Concert Series.
Feb 22, 2013
Central will participate in a year-long series of training activities to learn how to implement and sustain partnerships with institutions in Brazil.
Feb 22, 2013
Even after retiring in the spring of 2011, Ed Willis and Jann Freed are still looking to contribute to their former departments, and more specifically, to future generations of Central College students.
Jan 29, 2013
Senior history major Tony Pearson began with a simple research project about the Civil War but got sucked into the emotional saga of two Central brothers who gave their lives for their country.
Nov 29, 2012
Central College introduces its new logo—a clean, simple look representing the college’s heritage, tradition and stability.
Nov 27, 2012
Mark Babcock, associate professor of music, gave a lecture and organ recital Sept. 23 in the Chapel. The event was a celebration of Babcock receiving the M. Joan Kuyper Farver Endowed Chair in Music.
Nov 27, 2012
Ardith Sutphen served four presidents during her 33 years at Central.
Nov 26, 2012
To be the masters of our own fate we need an academic plan well-rooted in what we know about how young adults develop—a plan that helps our students connect and engage with one another and with the primary communities to which they give their allegiance.
Oct 22, 2012 | 1 Comment
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