48-Hour Challenge Raises More Than $166,000 for Scholarship Fund
We are off and running into the new semester and Central’s Journey 48-Hour Challenge exceeded its challenge goal for the fall!
We are off and running into the new semester and Central’s Journey 48-Hour Challenge exceeded its challenge goal for the fall!
Central announces the distinguished scholars who received full-tuition scholarships.
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 alumni and friends showed strong support for the college and its students on Giving Tuesday.
Central has received a $50,000 gift from the Noel Cover Foundation of Cozad, Nebraska.
The Fred Maytag Family Foundation is donating $2.25 million to Central College to fund an annual full-ride scholarship program for multiple students from Iowa pursuing a career in a STEM-related field. The donation also will fund scientific instrumentation needs at the college.
Area high school juniors and their parents are invited to learn more about their college options at a special college fair at Central on Thursday, Sept. 30, at H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse on Central’s campus.
Central College’s Journey Together: 48-Hour Challenge surpassed its goal, raising more than $189,000 for students last week.
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.
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