Karleigh Miller 2013

On May 14, 2016, I will graduate with a J.D., and a Masters in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Creighton University. I will take the […]

May 7, 2016 | 0 Comments

Jared Fritz-McCarty 2009

Jared G. Fritz-McCarty now serves as the Director of Graduate Enrollment at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. Also, he was recently elected as Vice President […]

May 5, 2016 | 0 Comments

Pam Sagraves Soltis 1980

In recognition of her distinguished achievement in original research, Pam was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.  She is a distinguished professor and curator […]

May 5, 2016 | 0 Comments

Gordon De Jong 1957

Recently received an Emeritus Faculty Distinction award from Penn State University for work in developing the nation’s first online graduate certificate and master’s in professional […]

May 3, 2016 | 0 Comments

Annette Dean 2015

Recently I learned that among 17,000 applicants, I was one of 2,000 awarded the National Science Foundation GRFP Fellowship. This means I have been awarded […]

May 2, 2016 | 0 Comments

Krysten Wormley Osby 2005

I am a 2005 Central elementary education grad. I wanted to share this picture of fellow Central grad Greg Oldsen. He is a 2013 environmental […]

Apr 29, 2016 | 0 Comments

Grant McMartin 1997

“Early Morning Autumn, by Grant William Thye, is part of a group exhibit at the University of Iowa’s Old Capital Museum. “From Cornfields to Cliffs […]

Apr 25, 2016 | 1 Comment

Kevin Stittsworth 1995

I recorded my first ever CD – “My Tribute” – which includes original piano arrangements of favorite hymns and a recording of “Betsy’s Song,” which […]

Apr 12, 2016 | 1 Comment

Jenny Owens Delavan 2008

I am a physical therapist with Jennie Edmundson hospital’s satellite clinic in Glenwood, IA. I assisted in introducing a full-time athletic trainer to Glenwood Comm […]

Apr 7, 2016 | 0 Comments

Darynn Carlock Ruiz 2011

Darynn Ruiz ’11 is the teller manager at Arbor Bank in Sidney, IA, where her job consists of supervising the teller staff, managing marketing and […]

Mar 29, 2016 | 0 Comments

Charles Ausherman 1954

According to an interview which appeared in the February 25 issue of Akron Beacon Journal, The Rev. Charles Ausherman recalls that during his junior and […]

Mar 29, 2016 | 2 Comments

Luke Bolander 2010

Luke Bolander is the collection supervisor at Wells Fargo in Midvale, Utah, where he lives with wife Kelsey Peterson Bolander ’11.

Mar 28, 2016 | 0 Comments

James Arnett 2009

James Arnett received a juris doctor with highest honors from Drake University Law School in December. He is an accountant with the U.S. Department of […]

Mar 28, 2016 | 0 Comments

Trenton Blythe 2008

Trenton Blythe was named director of major gifts at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, where he lives with wife Molly Lehr Blythe […]

Mar 28, 2016 | 0 Comments

Colleen Rogers 1999

Colleen Rogers was named director of advancement for Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity. Colleen and fiancé Brian Messenger live in the Union Park neighborhood […]

Mar 28, 2016 | 0 Comments

Missy Knowles Rinkenberger 2002

I am the regional recruitment consultant at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. In my spare time I am an avid bow fisher and enjoy spending time […]

Mar 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

Patricia Donahue 1971

I was on the Madrid, Spain program with Central College 1971-72. I graduated with a Spanish degree from Regis College after which I taught 18 years at […]

Feb 29, 2016 | 0 Comments

Spencer Cox 1998

Spencer Cox managed to grow his start-up business Vending Services Inc., into one of the largest family owned and operated vending companies in the state […]

Feb 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

Chrissy Buitenwerf Clawson 2008

Chrissy Buitenwerf ’08 and Matt Clawson ’08 of Urbandale were married Sept. 12, 2014. Chrissy is a claims support supervisor at Nationwide Insurance in Des […]

Feb 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

Chantel Babcock Boyd 2011

While at Central, I worked full time and married my husband Andrew. We live in Johnston and have a two-year-old daughter named Paislee. Andrew is […]

Feb 23, 2016 | 0 Comments

Bruce Janousek

After graduating from Central College I headed west to California and never came back. Four years at Stanford University to get my PhD in Chemistry […]

Feb 19, 2016 | 0 Comments

Brian Rowe 1997

I passed the SHRM-SCP (Society for Human Resource Management-Senior Certified Professional) exam. I am currently a Total Rewards Specialist with Vermeer Corporation in Pella, IA.

Feb 8, 2016 | 0 Comments

Kevin Johnson 1999

Kevin Johnson ’99, a middle school teacher for the Lynnville Sully Community School District in Sully, gave his students an assignment that took them off […]

Jan 29, 2016 | 0 Comments

Tom Leroy Gegenheimer 1963

Enjoyed a Class of ’63 lunch in Casa Grande, Arizona, with wife Janice Ruth Kooiker Gegenheimer ’63, Marilyn Walraven Cummings ’63 and her spouse Phil, […]

Jan 28, 2016 | 0 Comments

Caleb Lynch

Caleb Lynch can hardly recall a time when he did not know Dani Davis – she was after all the girl next door. When they […]

Jan 26, 2016 | 0 Comments

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