Central College Receives $20,000 Grant to Support College’s Douwstra Auditorium
The MidWestOne Bank Foundation has donated $20,000 to Central College’s renovation of Douwstra Auditorium.
The MidWestOne Bank Foundation has donated $20,000 to Central College’s renovation of Douwstra Auditorium.
The Douwstra Auditorium stage was named in honor of James ’66 and Beatrice Minium Hoekstra ’64.
The late Sheila Holzworth ’85 will be formally recognized in the newly expanded P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium.
Doyle Monsma, 1983 Central College graduate, has been hired as part of the college’s advancement team.
The Dr. Donald P. Racheter Mock Trial Invitational has been established at Central through a lead gift from John ’87 and Julie ‘90 Fisher.
Central celebrates the achievements of retiring advancement vice president Dave Sutphen ’61, and announces his replacement, Bill Northup ’83.
In the next phase of a strategy intended to create a more welcoming environment for campus guests and visitors, Central College is giving an interior makeover to the Graham Conference Center.
Phase one of the project includes seating at midfield that will consist of stadium seating and limestone terraces for spectator seats. It will also provide funding for ADA seats, stairs, relocation of a utility pole and ADA access to the field.
For the senior class gift, the class of 2012 gave an environmentally friendly common space with pavers, several large rocks and a bubbling boulder.
The chair was established in 2005 to advance and promote teaching, learning, service and research related to the development of character and leadership skills in Central students.
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