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Central College

Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private, four-year liberal arts college. Central is known for its academic rigor, leadership and character development, global experiential learning, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and sustainability education, athletics and service. Here at Central, we welcome you with open arms, fuel your open mind and help open doors for a lifetime. Discover what it means to be Forever Dutch®.www.central.edu

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Sep 22, 2026

Sinikka WaughHOST
5:32
it's so needed, right? I think about the things that so many solopreneurs do in particular, and I love that you focused in on that word.
Sinikka WaughHOST
5:42
We talk about the entrepreneurial mindset and I teach a class at Central College in the spring on the entrepreneurial mindset.
Sinikka WaughHOST
5:48
And so many people think about, well, entrepreneurs, and we're going to grow a business.
Sinikka WaughHOST
5:51
Well, there's a difference between a solopreneur and an entrepreneur.
Spencer WagonHOST
65:02
Non-conference late for the Bulldogs featuring six games from the Knapp Center, a couple of road games, and four neutral site matchups.
Spencer WagonHOST
65:10
Things open up with Central College on November 4th in Des Moines.
Spencer WagonHOST
65:14
They're also headed for the inaugural Snake River Invitational over Thanksgiving week.
Spencer WagonHOST
65:20
That'll be in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where they will take on Boise State, North Dakota State, and North Texas.
Erin LondonNARRATOR
29:03
Oldson of Comanche serves as a magistrate judge for the district.
Erin LondonNARRATOR
29:08
She holds an undergraduate degree from Central College and a law degree from Western State College of Law in California, the release states.
Erin LondonNARRATOR
29:18
[lips smack] You are listening to the reading of the Dubuque Telegraph Herald for Thursday, September tenth, twenty twenty-six on IRIS, the Iowa Radio Reading Information Service for the Blind.
Erin LondonNARRATOR
29:30
Now let's turn to today's obituaries.
Tori LabernikGUEST
3:23
And then my husband's job, he's a nurse anesthetist and his world brought us to Pella.
Tori LabernikGUEST
3:30
So as I moved to Pella, Iowa, which is where we're currently at, Central College is right here in the neighborhood and they had an opening for an admissions counselor role.
Tori LabernikGUEST
3:39
So hopped onto that team.
Tori LabernikGUEST
3:41
As I moved into that team, and it was a great team, I started getting hungry for a different type of a challenge because I felt like I was kind of spinning my wheels and really wanted to grow in my career.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
7:16
Other institutions in Iowa that have taken similar tuition resetting steps in recent years include Graceland University in Lamoni, which in 2023 cut its tuition nearly 40%, from $32,500 to $19,950, and Upper Iowa University, which that year dropped its tuition from $33,639 to $19,000.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
7:30
Before that, in fall 2020, Central College in Pella cut its tuition by more than half, from $38,600 to $18,600.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
7:48
and Wartburg College in 2024 followed suit by slashing its sticker price from $48,490 to $25,000.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
7:57
All the campuses decreased financial aid in conjunction with the price drop.
Emily WestergaardGUEST
20:49
And he's now studying to be a scientist in college and has found his passion.
Emily WestergaardGUEST
20:57
And he has shared that it was his first trip to Central College that kind of got him thinking, got the wheels turning.
Corey Dion LewisHOST
21:06
Yeah, well, and I could see it as like a way of just creating or reducing a lot of stress of understanding what you want to do, because, you know, he may maybe he said scientist, but by the time graduated, he realized, you know what? I think communications may be it for me or software development.
Corey Dion LewisHOST
21:25
And
Clint BrownHOST
0:30
Known Randy for a long time from my days back in Pella.
Clint BrownHOST
0:34
Central College golf and all that good stuff.
Clint BrownHOST
0:37
But Randy has done something pretty cool.
Clint BrownHOST
0:41
Golf 99, a travel guide to the state of Iowa featuring all its golf courses and a lot more too.

29 MINS LATER

Clint BrownHOST
29:29
school.
Clint BrownHOST
29:29
I
Randy SikkemaGUEST
29:30
was like, yeah, well, that was the reaction in Central College, too, when all the girls saw Jeff.
Randy SikkemaGUEST
29:34
But it's good to know that 45 years later, some things don't change.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
31:15
He attended Amana Community Schools and proudly graduated from Amana High School in 1974.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
31:21
He went on to attend Central College in Pella before beginning a long and successful career in the food service industry.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
31:28
Carl's career took him through many roles and relationships that he cherished.
Janet GriffithNARRATOR
31:31
He worked as a manager at the Oxio Gin before becoming general manager of the Colony Inn Restaurant where he eventually owned and operated his own food service business.

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