The Bells of Central
The handbells of the Christmas concerts have become a permanent music ensemble on campus: Kerstbellen Choir.
The handbells of the Christmas concerts have become a permanent music ensemble on campus: Kerstbellen Choir.
Central College receives a $20,000 grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for a new commercial-grade food pulper, which will keep 47 tons of food waste from landfills each year.
A music major reflects on the rehearsals for “Dido and Æneas,” the first opera performed at Central College in 26 years.
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.
More than 150 students and 40 employers participated in this year’s Internship Fair, which connected students with potential internships and offered networking for all.
The most recent theatre production at Central College is a classic example of art imitating life.
Grant McMartin ’93 returned to art more than a decade after graduating from Central. Currently exhibiting at the Des Moines Art Center, he splits his time between an Iowa family farm and a Chicago art studio.
Students weed the prairie bioswales in a campus parking lot to showcase the fall wildflowers that reduce toxic run-off.
Assistant professor of chemistry Jay Wackerly was awarded funding by the American Chemical Society to create “molecular donuts” with the help of chemistry majors.
Michael Harris, professor of English, returns to India after 30 years to study the rediscovery of Buddhism in its birthplace, ironically with British colonial help, 25 centuries later. Harris was awarded a Fulbright Grant for his research.
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