Centre College

09/07/2026

Expo is one of our favorite days of the year! Students walked Walnut Street to meet 145 different student organizations, campus offices and local businesses. 💛

09/04/2026

In 2024, students of Centre Associate Professor of Computer Science and Data Science Dave Toth created a plan for transitional housing to help address homelessness in Danville and the surrounding area.

Since then, that plan has been adopted by the Boyle County Homelessness Task Force, with work underway to raise funds and secure a location for the tiny home village.

But that doesn’t mean Toth and his Centre students are finished working to address the issue. This week, students heard from Colin Raitiere, a retired family doctor and chair of the Boyle County Homelessness Coalition Board, and Brice Gibson, Boyle County Health Department Harm Reduction and Homeless Coordinator, about local efforts to help those facing homelessness.

The students then packed emergency kits to be distributed locally that include tents, sleeping bags, emergency blankets, headlamps and more. The items were donated by the Centre Office of Civic and Community Engagement, thanks to a grant from EngageKY.
In all, 36 kits were assembled for local distribution.

09/03/2026

Centre students got a jump start on the new semester, racing head-to-head in the debut of Colonel Kart!

Competitors vied for bragging rights as well as prizes while fueling up on frozen lemonade in an event hosted by the Centre Learning Commons, Grace Doherty Library, Centre Campus Activities, Centre Public Safety and Centre College Dining.

No banana peels were harmed during this event.

09/02/2026

Centre students will be taking part in a worldwide effort to address the leading cause of heart valve disease in children and young adults, rheumatic heart disease.

The program is part of a $15 million initiative funded by the American Heart Association. Centre students will be helping to research public health initiatives in Uganda as part of a team under the direction of Dr. Andrea Zawacki Beaton ’01, professor of pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati and a pediatric cardiologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

“Now, more than 20 years after my professors first gave me chances to learn abroad, I couldn't be more excited to partner with Centre College, through this American Heart Association research network, to give students that same jolt of inspiration," Zawacki Beaton said.

09/01/2026

As the nation mourns the passing of celebrated Kentucky author, farmer and environmentalist Wendell Berry, we share this excerpt from the speech he gave at Centre College’s 1978 Commencement, accentuating our connections to one another and the Earth itself.

“The human meaning of this is that we are not, have never been, can never be, alone. There is clearly some comfort in that. But I hope I am making equally clear the difficulty and even the fearfulness that also are in it. No one can act simply in his or her own behalf. Escape either into specialization or into solitude is illusory. If we live in an order that we cannot escape, if we creatures are all “members one of another,” then we cannot act except in each other’s behalf, and indeed in behalf of the whole densely woven globe of connections that we call the Creation or the Universe.”

His address was published in the 2017 book “Wendell Berry and Higher Education: Cultivating Virtues of Place.” Berry served as a writer-in-residence at Centre in 1975 and returned to Centre over the years for public readings, commentary, and as a visiting scholar. These photos were taken during a 2016 visit to talk with students and share a convocation address.

Wendell Berry
8/5/1934 – 8/31/2026

08/30/2026

Week 1 of the new school year is in the books. Students are back on campus, filling classrooms, studying abroad, conducting research and working hard in labs

Centre officially welcomed the newest Colonels during Opening Convocation, featuring a keynote address by Charles T. Hazelrigg Professor of Spanish Genny Ballard '91, challenging students to be bold in pursuing transformational experiences and the growth that comes with them.

"Here's my advice to you: Take classes that scare you. Travel somewhere unfamiliar. Talk to people whose lives are nothing like your own," she said.

"One day, years from now, the stories you tell will not be about the morning you earned an A on your chemistry exam. They will be about the terrible decision, the impossible challenge, the unexpected friendship, or the moment you realized you were far more capable than you ever imagined."

08/29/2026

We put a mic on campus with a single prompt: thank someone who helped you get here.

On the first day of classes, Centre students stepped up to thank parents, mentors, coaches and friends who helped them find their way to Centre. 💛

08/28/2026

The rating for everyone's first day of class energy? ☕☕☕☕☕

What a great day to kick off a semester filled with new adventures, new friends and memories that will last a lifetime!

08/28/2026