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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President's Office
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
Matt Arnold ’96 thought his fight to transform from a physics major at Centre College to an in-demand Hollywood filmmaker was complete. He had been grinding away in a strange town far from home for...
Centre College welcomes the 2023 class of the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP) to campus, now the 34th year that Centre has hosted the five-week summer program. “We are thrilled to welcome...
Urban renewal erased part of a community. Centre College students helped preserve their memories.
Featured Event
Ampersand Drop In Hours
Speak with an Ampersand Sexual Violence Resource Center crisis counselor/advocate on campus during drop in hours. No appointment necessary.
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Room 104 in the basement of the Grace Doherty Library
Featured Event
STAGES Leadership Training
Are you a student interested in acquiring tools and skills to become a better leader on campus? Come to the Stages leadership training on October 24th from 7pm-8pm in Olin 124. Attendees will receive...
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Olin 124
Featured Event
Environmental Decision-Making: Encouraging Meaningful Public Engagement and Advancing Environmental Justice
Every year, federal and state agencies issue thousands of permits and authorizations in Kentucky, allowing pollutants to be discharged into our rivers and streams, emitted into our air, and disposed...
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