ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (April 27, 2021) — Augustana College has been awarded $34,966 to plan a new minor in integrative medicine and the humanities, as well as a new internship program with UnityPoint Health.

The one-year planning grant comes from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

AMES, IOWA (April 26, 2021) — McKenzie Davison of Geneseo, Illinois, has completed her one-year term as Marketing and Communications Intern for Iowa State University's Office of Sustainability. McKenzie was part of a two-member team responsible for creating six uniquely-themed newsletters each academic year focused on educating about and engaging and empowering students, faculty, and staff in ISU's Live Green!

FAYETTE, IOWA (April 23, 2021) — Approximately 450 students will be recognized for earning their respective degrees during Upper Iowa University's (UIU) in-person commencement ceremonies at Harms-Eischeid Stadium in Fayette, Iowa, Saturday, May 8. UIU is making a number of modifications to its traditional in-person commencement to create a safer and healthier environment for its graduates and guests.

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (April 23, 2021) — Sarah Yoerger of Bettendorf, Iowa, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Yoerger was initiated at Coe College.

PELLA, IOWA (April 22, 2021) — Sydney Lobdell of Buffalo, Iowa, is one of ten Central College students who will perform in the Treble Clef Choir concert at 7:30PM Tuesday, April 27, in Cox-Snow Music Center Recital Hall.

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA (April 22, 2021) — Joseph Field of Bettendorf, Iowa is one of the more than 650 cadets and students recognized for their academic achievements during the fall 2020 semester.

PELLA, IOWA (April 22, 2021) — Sydney Rosebrough of Davenport, Iowa, is one of 12 Central College students who will perform in the ALMA concert at 8PM Thursday, April 30, in the Cox-Snow Music Center Recital Hall.

PELLA, IOWA (April 22, 2021) — Clayton Hunn of Muscatine, Iowa, is one of four students who will perform in Percussion Ensemble during the Percussion Extravaganza at 7:30PM, Saturday, April 24, on Hoekstra Family Stage in Douwstra Auditorium. The Percussion Extravaganza also will include performances by Flying Pans Steel Band and Dutch Boom (both in which Hunn will also participate).

PELLA, IOWA (April 22, 2021) — Central's annual Scholarship Celebration was scheduled for Thursday, April 22, but was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The event gives student scholarship recipients the opportunity to personally thank and share dinner with donors who help make their Central education possible. More than 800 students would have been recognized this year in PH Kuyper Gymnasium.

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