JROTC Donations help support the Best of The Best

Our Army JROTC program earns respect and recognitions at each event they participate. However, while many curricular programs and uniforms are budgeted through normal funding, without the help of supporters like you we are unable to offer a wider …

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Chef Students WOW Food Critic on TV Segment

Chef students Mackenzie Sleeth, Molly Reisman, Camille Harmon from our award-winning‬ Culinary Arts & Restaurant Management program serve food critic Wini Moranville a delicious seared halibut entree, white bean ragu, blistered tomatoes and arugula, in a balsmic reduction with …

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Official CRIFF Viewing Selection for our Film Students

Five Central Campus filmmakers had their work selected for viewing at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival on the weekend of April 2nd. Congratulations to Abdul Mokhtar (Hoover), Rachel Chow (Johnston), Brock Stillmunks (Roosevelt), Helena Gruensteidl (Roosevelt), Finn …

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Leaders in the community, not just in the classroom

Central Campus Career Opportunities in Health program raises over $1500 and toys for Blank Children’s Hospital in their first annual dance-a-thon. Instructor Jenna Eppert provides her classes with an organization each year and encourages her students to determine how they want to give back.

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Cain named a 2015 IOWA STEM Teacher Awardee

Discover the microcosmos … ‪#‎DiscoverCentral‬ with Kacia Cain – College Biotechnology in Medicine / College Anatomy & Physiology Instructor at Iowa’s Premier Regional Academy. Ms. Cain has been recognized as the ‪#‎BestofTheBest‬ by Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council as a 2015 I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Awardee. Congratulations, Kacia

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Diverse Radio Station Run By Students

Instructor Kirk Johnson and his students talk to The Des Moines Register about what it’s like to run a campus radio station that has become, “one of the last frontiers for authentic audience engagement” in Des Moines radio. To read the Register’s story, click on the photo.

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