PELLA, IOWA (March 21, 2019) — 61 Central College students are taking part in Rock-A-Pella, the A Cappella Choir's annual fundraiser, at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Cox-Snow Music Center.

Katie Phillips of Muscatine

Katherine Hurlbut of Muscatine

PELLA, IOWA (March 20, 2019) — Cara Mack of Davenport, Iowa, is among 13 Central College students performing in the ALMA Concert at 8PM, Friday, April 5, at the Cox-Snow Music Center on Central's campus.

TULSA, OKLAHOMA (March 19, 2019) — Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has released the Fall 2018 honor-roll list for outstanding academic performance. The honor roll list is comprised of the President's and Provost's Honor Roll Lists. To be named to the Provost's List, students must carry at least 12.0 units for credit in a semester and attain a grade-point average of 3.500 or better with no grade below "C".

PELLA, IOWA (March 19, 2019) — Rebekah Beard of Geneseo, Illinois, is among 11 Central College students performing in the Treble Clef Choir at 7PM, Thursday, April 4, in Cox-Snow Music Center on Central's campus.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (March 19, 2019) — Professor and historian Art Pitz will be presenting his annual Middle East lecture series at the Davenport Public Library and Bettendorf Public Library in April and May. Pitz will be discussing the complexities and hot-button topics relating to the Middle East, beginning with “Iran versus Saudi Arabia: What's at Stake? at the Bettendorf Library (2950 Learning Campus Dr) on Monday, April 1, at 6:30PM.

The complete lecture series is as follows:

PELLA, IOWA (March 19, 2019) — CJ Hunn of Muscatine, Iowa, is among 17 Central College students performing as part of the Flying Pans Steel Band during Iowa Percussion Days on March 30 at Douwstra Auditorium on Central's campus. The concert is part of the second day of the event, wrapping up performances by the best percussion ensembles across the state.

DAVENPORT —A variety of speakers and topics will be presented at St Ambrose University this spring.

The ongoing debate over the effectiveness of UN peace-operations will be the focus of the 2019 Wilber Symposium on the Christian Tradition and Non-Violence.

On March 21, SAU professor and director of the International Studies program, Duk Kim, PhD, will present the lecture: “An Agenda for Peace in the 21st Century: Do Peacekeepers Really Keep Peace?”

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 15, 2019) — “Recent headlines that the wealthiest in our country stole seats in college from students who earned those seats is another example of what is so wrong with [Education] Secretary Betsy DeVos’s voucher plan," Mike Beranek, President of The Iowa State Education Association (ISEA), said. "We hope that in their conversation today, Governor [Kim] Reynolds chooses not to focus on the Education Freedom Scholarships but focuses instead on the nearly 500,000 student

MONMOUTH, IL (March 15, 2019) — Ask any of the 29 Monmouth College students who traveled to Memphis on an Alternative Spring Break service trip what their most memorable moment was, and they will surely reply, "When our bus slid into a ditch on I-55."

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (March 14, 2019) — The following students were part of The Monmouth College Chorale's annual spring-break tour, which this year included major cities in Texas. The Chorale will present its "home concert" at 7:30PM. March 15 in the College's Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. The highly selective, 33-member Chorale maintains an active and demanding rehearsal and performance schedule.

Meaghan Glenn of Moline

Carly Miller of Davenport

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