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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.

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Central College students are able to participate in a number of research projects because of grant funding from the Moore Family Foundation.

Central Faculty Receives $70,000 to Benefit Teaching

The Moore Family Foundation Faculty Development Program for Teaching is providing grant funding for 14 faculty projects for the 2018-19 academic year.

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Mock trial students at Central's Dr. Donald P. Racheter Mock Trial Invitational.

A Winning Argument

Mock trial has been a meaningful experience for decades of Central students of all majors.

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Douwstra Stage Named to Honor Hoekstras

The Douwstra Auditorium stage was named in honor of James ’66 and Beatrice Minium Hoekstra ’64.

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Starting a teaching career is tough — Bruce and Susan Anderson know from experience. Now the Bruce and Susan Berical Anderson Education Grant gives a head start to every graduate of Central Teacher Academy (CTA).

Every Central Teacher Academy Graduate to Receive Grant

Starting a teaching career is tough — Bruce and Susan Anderson know from experience. Now the Bruce and Susan Berical Anderson Education Grant gives a head start to every graduate of Central Teacher Academy (CTA).

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Fundraising ramps up for Forever Dutch athletics improvements at Central

Momentum is surging to complete the renovation of Central College’s P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium.

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Central alumni Dr. David and Gloria Prins and Joyce Prins Schneider have established an endowed scholarship in honor of their parents, Tunis and Harriet Prins.

Prins Family Funds Endowed Scholarship

Central alumni Dr. David and Gloria Prins and Joyce Prins Schneider have established an endowed scholarship in honor of their parents, Tunis and Harriet Prins.

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$550K gift supports further renovations to Central’s Maytag Student Center

$550K Gift Supports Further Renovations to Central’s Maytag Student Center

Following a $3.125 million gift to Central College two years ago, the Fred Maytag Family Foundation has awarded Central an additional $550,000 for further renovations to the Maytag Student Center. The grant also includes annual support for student scholarships through the Journey Scholarship Fund.

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Pictured (left to right): Andrew Green, professor of political science and coordinator of mock trial; Steve Cooper ’06, attorney coach; John ’87 and Julie Fisher ’90; Dr. Donald P. Racheter; President Mark Putnam.

Mock Trial Gift Honors Racheter

The Dr. Donald P. Racheter Mock Trial Invitational has been established at Central through a lead gift from John ’87 and Julie ‘90 Fisher.

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Central hires Adam Haselhuhn as director of annual giving

Adam Haselhuhn is the new director of the annual giving at Central College. Haselhuhn graduated from the University of Northern Iowa in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in political communication and political science. Before coming to Central, he was the associate director of annual giving at Simpson College. Haselhuhn begins August 12. “I am very…

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