Central College Names Iwan Williams Executive Director of Retail Management
Feb. 13, 2025
Iwan Williams has been promoted to lead Central’s retail management services and Jenna Youngblut is the new director of dining services.
“Leading Across the Arc of Time” offers a roadmap for navigating today’s shifting higher education landscape.
Feb. 13, 2025
Iwan Williams has been promoted to lead Central’s retail management services and Jenna Youngblut is the new director of dining services.
Feb. 10, 2025
Central will welcome Adam Gregg, CEO of Iowa Bankers Association and 2006 Central graduate, as the 2025 Commencement speaker.
Feb. 6, 2025
Central College revamps its annual Hoo-Rah Day challenge to encourage service to others as well as wellness.
Feb. 4, 2025
Central College’s kid-friendly opera of Hansel and Gretel comes to the Douwstra Auditorium stage, Feb. 13-16.
Feb. 3, 2025
Let Central satisfy your sweet craving with Forever Dutch® Milk Chocolate and Forever Dutch Dark Chocolate bars.
Jan. 30, 2025
Central College welcomes students from 10 Iowa colleges as they perform a public concert on Saturday, Feb. 1.
Jan. 29, 2025
Associate Professor of History, Timothy Olin, will host a book launch gathering 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6.
Jan. 23, 2025
Learn about the world around you during Central RED classes this spring.
Jan. 21, 2025
Six months into the fiscal year, Central College hit a fundraising record that will continue its mission to make a quality education affordable.
Jan. 20, 2025
Central accounting students will volunteer their time and knowledge to assist Marion County residents with income-tax preparation.
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Photo Caption: The north side of Central College’s Roe Center acquired a new look with the installation of graphic window stickers to deter bird collisions. Graphics were created by art majors Amelia Brown, Fynn Wadsworth and Madilynn Peitzman, all in the Class of 2025.
Pella, IA (11/28/2023) — Central College continues its commitment to environmental stewardship with the installation of a second student-designed sticker mural on the windows of the Roe Center. The window, which faces north, has caused significant bird deaths for many years.
Russ Benedict, professor of biology, and Mathew Kelly, professor of art, collaborated with students across the biology and art programs to create and design CollidEscape stickers for this window. According to Benedict, he typically records 10-20 bird deaths at that window each year.
"Birds are drawn to the windows because they reflect the sky and trees so well. They cannot differentiate between what is real and what isn't real until it's too late," Benedict says. "One of the leading causes of bird deaths is collisions with windows, with an estimated half a billion birds dying across the U.S. annually."
Funding for the window mural came from an Iowa Department of Natural Resources grant and the Green Fund from the Central Student Senate. Cassie Severson, Class of 2023, co-authored the grant along with Jocy Timmerman, Class of 2024, and Benedict.
The art majors who designed the window coverings to prevent bird collisions were Amelia Brown, Fynn Wadsworth and Madilynn Peitzman, all in the Class of 2025.
Central students, who volunteered to help install the window stickers, are Summer Chambers, Class of 2027; Jillian Fairbanks, Class of 2027; Jordan Helmick, Class of 2027; Carley Underwood, Class of 2027; and Madi Whalen, Class of 2026.
Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private, four-year college known for its academic rigor, engaged citizenship and character formation, experiential learning, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), athletics and service. For more information about Central College, visit central.edu.
