Message from a Graduating Senior
Rhiley Huntington reflects on the gift of a Central education and where it will take her and those whose lives she touches.

Rhiley Huntington reflects on the gift of a Central education and where it will take her and those whose lives she touches.

The students of the Epidemiology course organized an Oxfam Hunger Banquet to raise awareness of global food disparity. Those dining on tiny meals got to thinking about what waste and nutrition really mean.

Two Central alumni teamed up to research leukemia in the laboratory. Athena Bowen ’12, aided by her mentor Dr. Nyla Heerema ’63, used the internship to figure out her life goals.

The Central College Organic Garden teaches students about sustainable agriculture and provides healthy food for Central Market.

A new Central College Abroad program in Yucatan will allow future medical professionals to explore health care in Latino culture.

Students weed the prairie bioswales in a campus parking lot to showcase the fall wildflowers that reduce toxic run-off.

The Health Professions Club crosses disciplines, joining together students from every field in the health sciences.

Senior Megan Strait researched ways to make ethanol production more efficient. The results of her team’s study were recently published in Bioresource Technology.
Dr. Cory Ingram ’91 will give an interactive presentation titled “The ‘Art’ of Personal Caring,” a heartfelt exploration of what it means to give and receive the most personal care possible when a family is living with serious illness.

Faculty members spent part of winter break in Merida, Mexico, trying out global experiential learning—a foundation of the Central College education.