We are specially segmenting our younger alumni to create events suggested by you and for you only, our youngest alumni!
Right now we have an active GOLD group in Des Moines and we’re hoping to start the group in other heavily populated alumni areas.
| Summer 2009 GOLD Event Central’s most recent GOLD event had 81 alumni and friends at the I-Cubs game on Aug. 10. The group met at Legends prior to the game to enjoy a social time with friends and classmates. President Roe was in attendance with the group. Check out the photos! |
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| Spring 2009 GOLD Events Pella - Central held an alumni Breakfast of Champions April 30. Recent graduates were invited back to campus to enjoy an alumni version of the finals week tradition. 45 alumni and friends participated and were served breakfast by professors and staff. Check out the photos! |
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| Arizona - In March,Central held its first GOLD event outside of Iowa! Fifteen alumni gathered at Jilly’s Sports Bar & Grill in Chandler, Ariz. It wasa great chance for alumni in the Phoenix area to get together. Check out the photos! |  |
| Winter 2009 GOLD Event Des Moines - The Central College GOLD had an event at the Blue Moon Piano Bar in West Des Moines. Fifty alumni and friends attended the event and enjoyed the music and social atmosphere. Check out the photos! |
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We have a steering committee suggesting event ideas and we welcome yours, too. If you are interested in representing your class on the steering committee, please contact the alumni office at alumni@central.edu.
Members of the GOLD Steering Committee: Mary Swanson Petersen ’08, Justin Fletcher ’02, Derek Klopfenstein ’07, Bryan Sandholm ’01 and Ellen Thompson Sandholm ’00.
Amy Houston Miller ’99
Ellen Thompson Sandholm ’00
Bryan Sandholm ’01
Justin Fletcher ’02
Scott Schmailzl '03
Katie Vander Linden '04
Carissa Sampson Beer ’05
Brian Kingrey ’05
Amy Grieser Quam ’06
Meggan Samuelson ‘06
Derek Klopfenstein '07
Morgan Reelitz Lumley '07
Mary Swanson Peterson '08
Marianne Coonan '09
Yes, it’s easy! Just secure the venue, then send us the information listed below. We’ll send out invitations and ship you the name tags and Central brochures. Please give us six weeks’ notice in order to get invitations ready and sent out.
And if you keep your receipts, Central will reimburse you for the appetizers (up to $75 depending on group’s size).
Here's what we'll need from you:
Be sure to take and send us pictures!
