Summer Camps and Conferences
Apr. 30, 2025
Central camps enrich youth during the summer.
The 2025 Synaptic showcases outstanding Central student creativity.
Apr. 28, 2025
Mark Putnam announces the public phase of the $50 million comprehensive campaign.
Apr. 23, 2025
Central rocked another excellent Hoo-Rah Day.
Apr. 14, 2025
Central art majors will showcase their end of semester art projects, April 16 to May 9.
Apr. 7, 2025
Garrett Hill, Class of 2009, finds creative way to support Central.
Apr. 3, 2025
Central will perform “Bonnie and Clyde” April 9-12.
Apr. 2, 2025
The inspirational legacy of Jim Graham lives on through the new Jim Graham Adventure Fund for Off Campus Travel.
Mar. 27, 2025
Central College welcomes students for Leadership Youth Summit, June 3-4.
Mar. 26, 2025
Central students lead organization for the 2025 Out of the Darkness Walk at Central.
Mar. 24, 2025
Central’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform in Perry on Monday, April 7, in remembrance of Dan Marburger ’89 and Ahmir Jolliff.
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Photo Caption: Central College will welcome Adam Gregg, CEO of Iowa Bankers Association and 2006 Central graduate, as the 2025 Commencement speaker.
Pella, IA (02/10/2025) — Adam Gregg, president and CEO of Iowa Bankers Association, will deliver the keynote address at Central College's Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium.
A 2006 Central graduate, Gregg served as Iowa's lieutenant governor from 2017 to 2024 and has held numerous public service roles. From 2014 to 2017, he was a state public defender, overseeing Iowa's indigent defense system, which managed over 150,000 cases annually. At age 31, he became the youngest department head in Iowa Governor Terry Branstad's administration.
Gregg also served as a senior advisor to Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Reynolds, where he championed education and healthcare reform, helped enact the largest tax cut in Iowa history and advanced key initiatives such as Connect Every Iowan broadband initiative and the Home Base Iowa veteran's initiative. He advised policy for several state agencies, including the Iowa Economic Development Authority, Iowa Utilities Board and Iowa Workforce Development. Before entering public service, Gregg practiced law with BrownWinick in Des Moines.
At Central, Gregg double majored in political science and history, interned with the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Congress and the United Kingdom Parliament, played four years of Dutch football and graduated first in his class and later earned his law degree with high honors from Drake University Law School, where he was an Iowa Supreme Court Scholar and on the "Drake Law Review." Central honored Gregg with its Distinguished Alumnus Award for his work as the lieutenant governor of the State of Iowa.
For more information on Commencement, visit central.edu/commencement.
Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private college known for its active student body, academic rigor and athletics success. Our students learn collaboratively with supportive educators who share a commitment to intellectual engagement, personal growth, career readiness and civic involvement. Founded in 1853 and shaped by its Christian heritage, the college of 1,100 students participates in NCAA Division III athletics and is a member of the American Rivers Conference. Central is an active part of the Greater Des Moines region and just minutes from Lake Red Rock, Iowa's largest lake.
