Central College
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Template:University information Central College is a private liberal arts college located in Pella, Iowa. It is a four-year school affiliated with the Reformed Church in America. Central has a student body of approximately 1,700 individuals and a 130 acre (526,000 m²) main campus. The college is noted for its international study program.
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History
The college was founded in 1853 and officially opened on October 8, 1854. The first class was 37 people. Central was a Baptist institution until 1916, when it was transferred to the control of the Reformed Church in America.
Presidents
- Elihu Gunn (1857 – 1861)
- E. H. Scarff (1862 – 1871)
- Lewis Dunn (1871 – 1881)
- George Garner (1881 – 1884)
- Daniel Reed (1885 – 1886)
- Seth Axtell (1888 – 1890)
- John Stuart (1891 – 1895)
- Arthur Chaffee (1895 – 1899)
- Lemuel Garrison (1903 – 1909)
- John Beyl (1911 – 1914)
- John Bailey (1914 – 1917)
- Milton Hoffman (1917 – 1925)
- John Wesselink (1925 – 1934)
- Irwin Lubbers (1934 – 1945)
- Gerrit Vander Lugt (1946 – 1960)
- Arend Lubbers (1960 – 1970)
- Kenneth Weller (1970 – 1990)
- William Weibenga (1990 – 1997)
- David Roe (1998 – present)
Recent discrimination
During the fall semester of 2003, the residence hall door of a female African American student was vandalized with racist language. The president of Central College issued an apology but the vandal was not identified [1] (http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=859). In January 2005 members of the Central College football team assaulted a minority student. Several minority students later made the decision to leave campus under the belief that the college was not safe for them.
External links
- Central College website (http://www.central.edu/)