Central Announces 2021 Geisler Penquite Scholars
Nov. 4, 2021
Central’s education program has announced its 2021 Geisler Penquite Scholars.
Personal training program at Central earns NSCA Education Recognition Program recognition.
Nov. 4, 2021
Central’s education program has announced its 2021 Geisler Penquite Scholars.
Nov. 3, 2021
Central’s education department has partnered with Pella Community Schools to create Central Little Dutch Academy, an early out program for third and fourth grade students focused on social emotional learning and STEM education.
Nov. 2, 2021
Central’s music program will showcase four concerts in November.
Nov. 1, 2021
Linda Laine, Kenneth J. Weller Distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and professor of communication studies at Central, has been appointed as Faculty Fellow for Interdisciplinary and Faculty-led Programs at the college.
Oct. 25, 2021
Paulina Mena, associate professor of biology at Central College, has been appointed as Faculty Fellow for Diversity and Inclusion at Central.
Oct. 21, 2021
Aditi Mukherji, the first recipient of the Norman Borlaug Field Award by the World Food Prize Foundation, will present Central College’s annual World Food Prize Lecture from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Oct. 18, 2021
Jay Wackerly, associate professor of chemistry at Central College, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Award of $235,000 for academic research.
Oct. 15, 2021
Kevin Mason, associate professor of history at Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa, will present “Toward Understanding Indigenous Iowa: Public Memory, Environmental Methodology, and Putting the Past in Perspective” from 7-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25, in the Boat/Moore rooms of Maytag Student Center.
Oct. 14, 2021
Central will welcome the works of international award-winning songwriter Chad Elliott to the Mills Gallery in the Lubbers Center for the Visual Arts from Oct. 20 to Nov. 5. His exhibit is titled “Wilderman’s Treetop Tales.”
Oct. 12, 2021
Central is proud to announce this year’s recipients of full-tuition Kuyper Scholarships and Rolscreen Foundation Scholarships, the most prestigious awards granted at the college.