PELLA, IA — The Central College Commencement ceremony will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, 2023, at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium. Commencement will take place outside, rain or shine.

Heather Burr Isaacson, a 1997 Central graduate and director of programs for the nonprofit By Degrees Foundation, will address the Class of 2023 graduates. She has dedicated her work to helping students graduate from high school and prepare for higher education.

Commencement will be livestreamed on the Central Dutch Network.

The stadium opens at 12:30 p.m. Guest seating in the stadium will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Guests are welcome to sit in the bleachers or may bring chairs and blankets and sit on the field or on the grass around the stadium. In addition, a limited number of folding chairs will be available for those unable to bring seating. Guests with limited mobility may use the golf cart shuttles, which will run from the parking lot to the stadium gate entrance.

In the case of inclement weather, alert information will be available at central.edu, facebook.com/CentralCollege or on KNIA-KRLS 92.1. If severe weather arises during the ceremony, we will delay the program until the weather passes. If it appears that the severe weather will be prolonged, the ceremony will be moved inside the fieldhouse and will be scaled back.