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Iowa TRIO Conference Hosted Future Leaders at Central

Central welcomed 200 students during the Iowa TRIO Conference which featured leadership skill-building activities centered around the theme of working to make our world a better place.

Central RED Society to Present “Smash Park Pella: Behind the Scenes”

Central RED Society will present “Smash Park Pella: Behind the Scenes” with Luke Ballenger, a 2006 Central graduate, on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Service Day students working in a garden

Central College to Host Service Day

Central’s Service Day will be Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. This day of service began in 2006. In 2021, 1,975 hours were donated from 630 volunteers.

Central College Music and Theatre Programs Set for October

Central’s fall line-up offers fun-filled entertainment — musical theatre, steel drum band, choirs and youth honor band.

Raja Chair in space with Big Red graphic in window

NASA Astronaut Raja Chari to Speak at Central College

NASA astronaut spends a day at Central with a public presentation at 7 p.m.

Central College’s Mills Gallery Features Glass Work Referencing Antique Objects

Mills Gallery features: “Recollections: Objects of Memory” by Nadine Saylor, assistant professor of glass at the University of Nebraska Kearney.

Central College Art Professor Mat Kelly Exhibiting Work at Jordan House Museum

Mat Kelly, Central professor of art and chair of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts, was selected to display his drawings, prints and handmade books at the Jordan House Museum in West Des Moines.

Student and professor in lab with liquid nitrogen tank

Central College to Host STEM Visit Day

STEM Visit Day will be Sept. 30 and provide five exploratory sessions for prospective students.

Central RED Society to Present “D-Day: Normandy to Paris, June-August 1944”

Step back in time to June 1944 with Mark Barloon, Central’s senior lecture of history, and the events of the Allied amphibious assaults against Hitler’s Atlantic Wall.