Central College to host Jeremia Njeru for Faculty Lecture Series
Central will continue the fall 2017 Faculty Lecture Series with a presentation by Jeremia Njeru.

Central will continue the fall 2017 Faculty Lecture Series with a presentation by Jeremia Njeru.

Bob Leonard, Ph.D. and special news editor at KNIA KRLS Radio in Pella/Knoxville, will present, “Experiences in the Media in America’s Political Divide.”

Kyle McMcord, a political activist, author and professor of English at Drake University, will speak at Central.

Sean Forman, founding partner and president of Sports-Reference.com, will speak at the Midwest Sports Analytics Meeting.

Central’s fall 2017 Faculty Lecture Series continues with a presentation by Jessica Schuring ‘04, associate professor of economics.

Jessica Abel presents “Out on the Wire: Storytelling in Radio, Cartoon and Narrative” Thursday, Oct. 19.

Central College hosts anti-racist author and educator Tim Wise for an address titled “Challenging the Culture of Cruelty: Understanding and Defeating Race and Class Inequity in America” in Cox-Snow Recital Hall Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m.

Pella community members are invited to read “The Sacred Acre,” discuss the story together and hear guest speaker Aaron Thomas.

Central College will celebrate commencement May 13, 2017, with 238 students participating. The ceremony is at 2 p.m. in H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse.

Central College hosts its spring fun run April 28. This year, the 1.853-mile event (honoring Central’s founding year) is a glow run at 8 p.m.