05 Sep 2019

Central College to Host Presentation by Kent Stock, Coach of "The Final Season"

By Jeff Bersch

PELLA, IOWA (September 5, 2019) — The Pella Community Common Reading Experience will welcome Kent Stock to Central College for a presentation at 7PM, Thursday, October 17, in Douwstra Auditorium. Stock is the former baseball coach at Norway High School, which won a state championship in 1991 and inspired the motion picture "The Final Season."

30 Aug 2019

Central College Announces 2019 Top Scholarship Winners

By Jeff Bersch

PELLA, IOWA (August 29, 2019) — Central College is proud to announce this year's recipients of full-tuition Kuyper Scholarships and Rolscreen Scholarships, the most prestigious awards granted at the college.

Peter H Kuyper founded the Rolscreen Company, known today as Pella Corporation.

30 Aug 2019

Central College Students Named to Dean's List

By Jeff Bersch

PELLA, IOWA (August 29, 2019) — Central College has announced that 16 students who studied abroad in the Spring 2019 semester have earned spots on the dean's list.

The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester.

Kyle Berst of Bettendorf (52722)

Jenna Decker of Geneseo (61254)

16 Jul 2019

Central College Welcomes Largest Class in Five Years

By Jeff Bersch

 

PELLA, IOWA (July 16, 2019) — Central College will welcome its largest incoming class in five years with this fall's group of 365 students. Enrollment for the 2019-20 school year includes 346 first-year students and 19 transfer students.

08 Jul 2019

Central's Jenae Jenison Selected to Iowa Association of Business and Industry's Board of Directors

By Jeff Bersch

 

PELLA, IOWA (July 8, 2019) — Jenae Jenison, Director of External Engagement at Central College, has been selected by the 2018-19 Leadership Iowa class to serve as an honorary Leadership Iowa representative to the Iowa Association of Business and Industry's Board of Directors. Jenison was one of 40 Iowans who graduated from the distinguished Leadership Iowa program during the 2019 Taking Care of Business Conference on June 6 in Ames.

27 Jun 2019

Central College Students Named to Dean's List

By Jeff Bersch

PELLA, IOWA (June 26, 2019) — More than 275 students earned a spot on the Spring 2019 Dean's List for Central College.

The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester.

The following local students earned a spot on the Dean's List:

Rebekah Beard of Geneseo, Illinois

Will Daniels of Geneseo, IL

William DeHaan of De Witt, Iowa

19 Jun 2019

Central College Receives Grant from Humanities Iowa for Oral History Podcast about The Midwest

By Jeff Bersch

PELLA, IOWA (June 19, 2019) — Central College received an $18,630 grant from Humanities Iowa, a state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the humanities, in support of a project titled "Middle Ground."

23 May 2019

Local Students Graduate From Central College

By Jeff Bersch

PELLA, IOWA (May 22, 2019) — Local students were among 198 Central College students graduating with bachelor's degrees in May 2019.

The following students received their degrees:

Will Daniels of Geneseo received a bachelor's degree in Biology.

Parker Hill of Bettendorf received a bachelor's degree in Biology, Environmental Studies.

Cara Mack of Davenport received a bachelor's degree in Business Management.

29 Apr 2019

Central College A Cappella Choir Heads Out on Midwest Tour

By Jeff Bersch

PELLA, IA (April 29, 2019) — The following area students are among 54 Central College students who will perform on its Midwest Tour that will make nine stops over six days May 20-26 in the Southern Iowa and Kansas City area.

Katherine Hurlbut of Muscatine

Katie Phillips of Muscatine

This year's Midwest Tour schedule is:

Monday, May 20

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