Conferences and Events

• Event Type
• Banquets
• Concerts
• Conferences
• Meetings
• Receptions
• Reunions
• Sports Tournaments
• Theatre Performances
• Weddings
• Youth Camps
• Catering Services
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Conferences and Events

Conferences and events provides assistance to groups and individuals desiring to hold camps, conferences, seminars, meetings and banquets on Central College’s campus. Both on- and off-campus groups are welcome to utilize our facilities as well as our catering services.

We are happy to provide the following audio/visual equipment and resources for your event:

• LCD projectors
• video presenters
• Ethernet connections
• SMART boards
• conference telephones
• phone lines (digital, analog)
• TV monitors
• video player/recorders
• DVD players
• microphones (corded, cordless, lapel)
• satellite-reception/projections
• document cameras
• photo copy service
• laptop computers
• personal computers and networked computer classrooms with instructor PC
• podiums
• projection screens
• slide projectors
• laser pointers
• CD/cassette players
• overhead projectors
• flip charts
• dry erase boards
• grand pianos, upright pianos and organs
• theatre lighting
• sound boards
• portable staging
• chalkboards
• tack-pin boards
• easels
• theatre-sized screens/sound and video taping

Just let us know what your needs are!

Contact Us

Susan Canfield
Director of Conferences and Events
641-628-7642
canfields@central.edu

Lowell Olivier-Shaw
Conference coordinator
641-628-7679
olivierl@central.edu

Amy Van Haaften
Conference assistant
641-628-5189
vanhaafena@central.edu

Conferences and Events
Central College
Graham Center Box 5600
812 University Street
Pella, IA 50219
events@central.edu

Links to event resources

• Pella Convention and Visitors Bureau and Chamber of Commerce
• Marion County
• Knoxville Raceway
• Pella Tulip Festival
• Lake Red Rock
• Association of Collegiate Conference and Event Directors International