2023 Central Student Award winners, from left: Averi Shride ('26), Greg Ricketts ('23), Hailey Hill ('23), Gloria Montiel ('23), Abigail Westercamp ('25), Elizabeth Hurlbut ('23), and Tyler Fitzpatrick ('24)

PELLA, IOWA (05/22/2023) — Nikolas Zarlatanes, from Taylor Ridge, Illinois, Class of 2024, will begin a summer internship with Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.

Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private, four-year liberal-arts college. Central is known for its academic rigor and leadership formation and for cultivating diversity of thought and culture through the arts and sciences, professional fields of study, and experiential learning.

PELLA, IOWA (May 17, 2023) — Mattie Francis from Port Byron, Illinois, is one of 24 Central College students in the Class of 2023 to graduate with Alpha Alpha Alpha honors.

In all, Central College recognized 222 graduates during Commencement 2023 on Saturday, May 13, 2023, in the PH Kuyper Gymnasium:

Elizabeth Hurlbut of Muscatine, earned a Bachelor’s degree cum laude majoring in Kinesiology.

PELLA, IOWA (April 28, 2023) — Central College's 23rd annual Scholarship Dinner April 20 honored donors, students and families who were seated together to share a meal, conversation and program. Over 500 attended the event.

Central boasts more than 235 donors who have established endowed scholarships and 2,180 who contributed to the Journey Scholarship Fund last year.

Carson Albrecht, Class of 2025, from Bettendorf (52722) received the Froelich Scholarship.