About Centre College
Preparing students for lives of learning, leadership, and service.
At Centre College, students obtain an extraordinary liberal arts and sciences education, in a supportive community, leading to a meaningful life and career.
Preparing students for lives of learning, leadership, and service.
At Centre College, students obtain an extraordinary liberal arts and sciences education, in a supportive community, leading to a meaningful life and career.
Pursue your interests. Explore beyond your expectations. There’s a place for you at Centre, a place where you’ll learn to make a difference.
Over 200 Years of Higher Education
Centre College opened its doors in 1819 with a single building, a faculty of two, and a student body of five. Today, there are approximately 1,400 students and 150 full-time faculty members dedicated to the mission of preparing those students for lives of learning, leadership, and service.
Where we are. Where we are going. Where we want to be. Achieving the Centre experience together.
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Dr. Mei Li Inouye's DLM 3 class (Asian American Remix: Oral Histories and Cultural Narratives) will host Emily Inouye Huey, YA-children’s book author on April 16. Huey will discuss the research and writing processes behind her debut novel, Beneath the Wide Silk Sky. Awarded the 2023 Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature, her novel examines how a community on Linley Island is altered by the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and how Japanese-Americans prepared for their relocation to the U.S. internment camps of WWII.
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What does a career in engineering look like? Join Centre alumni and experienced engineers, Seth Yocum and Mike Vickers as they discuss their professional experience!
Campus Center 202
This performance features Centre Singers, an auditioned group of highly refined singers, and College Choir, a diverse, large, and talented group of students, staff/faculty, and community members. Both...
Newlin Hall