Beatriz Mate-Kodjo ’11 Receives Alumni Leadership Award
Beatriz Mate-Kodjo ’11 was named the 2023 Engaged Campus Award for Alumni Leadership by Iowa and Minnesota Campus Compact.

Beatriz Mate-Kodjo ’11 was named the 2023 Engaged Campus Award for Alumni Leadership by Iowa and Minnesota Campus Compact.

“Managing the Presidency Through the Arc of Time” was featured in AGB Trusteeship and written by Mark Putnam, Central president.

Central College announces Heather Burr Isaacson ’97 will be the 2023 Commencement speaker.

The Central College family raised $126,437 through Giving Tuesday donations on Nov. 29.

Rev. Charles Morris, ’70, has been granted trustee emeritus status after serving the Central Board of Trustees with distinction across various leadership roles since 1999.

Iowa Campus Compact selected two nominations for Central College for the the Presidents’ Civic Engagement Leadership Award and Presidents’ Community Partner Award.

The seven Braskamp siblings share a common passion — to honor their parents. A $700,000 endowment has been established in honor of their parents, Grace and Allan Braskamp.

Central College had a lot to celebrate in 2021. As we look ahead to a new year with optimism and purpose, we look back at some of the most impactful Central stories of 2021.

Central received a gift of more than $860,000 from the estate of Helen Diehl, a longtime friend of the college, to make a Central education possible for students from Jasper County, Iowa.

Central College will receive a generous gift of $500,000 from Paul Poppen, a 1969 Central graduate, to establish the Poppen Fund for Social Justice Programs and the Poppen Diversity Scholarship.