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.
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Why Centre?
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
Values & History
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.
College Policies and Initiatives
Where we are. Where we are going. Where we want to be. Achieving the Centre experience together.
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Administration
Every institution has it, at Centre we make it accessible so you can take care of all the details surrounding your superior education.
Latest News
Odaymar and Oli form Krudxs Cubensi, a duo that blends art with activism, hip-hop with Afro-Cuban beats and powerful inclusive messaging.
A crowd of students and community members gathered Monday at Centre College to hear J.H. Atkins speak, but his first words were not his own. Atkins opened the “Fireside Chat: Standing on the Shoulders...
Pamela Harris is a mathematician, a researcher, a professor, an author and public speaker. She is also a dreamer. Her message to the Centre College community, delivered as part of the Humana Visiting...
Featured Event
We Were Here Exhibition
This historical storytelling project celebrates our area’s rich African American heritage and acknowledges the societal and cultural erasure endured by the Danville and Boyle County African American...
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The Norton Center for the Arts
Featured Event
Humana Lecture: Is Documentary “Truth”?: Modes of Documentary Storytelling
Fueled by the streaming boom, documentaries—once relegated to niche festivals, and formulaic "eat your spinach" educational programming—have become a staple of our media diet. But what is a...
Young 113
Featured Event
SGA Debate 2023
The 2023 Centre College Student Government Association (SGA) Debate is a campus-wide event. Come hear from the candidates for the "top" student offices, as they talk about their visions for a "more...
Vahlkamp Theater