Central Methodist University

Central Methodist University celebrated its Winter 2025 commencement on December 6 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. Business owner and author Rogers Strickland gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated the graduates. Students were recognized for earning degrees at the master's, bachelor's, and associate's levels.

Central Methodist University celebrated its Spring 2025 commencement on May 10 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. CMU alumnus Laurence Tucker '69 gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated the graduates. Students were recognized for earning degrees at the master's, bachelor's, and associate's levels.

Central Methodist University celebrated its Winter 2024 commencement on December 7 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. Former board of trustees member James Kimbell gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated the graduates. Students were recognized for earning degrees at the master's, bachelor's, and associate's levels.

Central Methodist University celebrated its Spring 2024 commencement on May 11 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. CMU alumnus Dr. David Kerr '67 gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff, and other guests celebrated the graduates. Students were recognized for earning degrees at the master's, bachelor's, and associate's levels.

The office of Central Methodist University Provost Rita Gulstad announced recently the students included on the Spring 2025 Dean's List. Nearly 950 students across all campuses and online learning met the requirements for placement, including a grade point average of 3.50 or higher for the semester.

The office of Central Methodist University Provost Rita Gulstad announced recently the students included on the Fall 2024 Dean's List. More than 1,000 students across all campuses and online learning met the requirements for placement, including a grade point average of 3.50 or higher for the semester.

The office of Central Methodist University Provost Rita Gulstad announced recently the students included on the Fall 2023 Dean's List. More than 850 students across all campuses and online learning met the requirements for placement, including a grade point average of 3.50 or higher for the semester.

The first choir concert under the direction of Professor Thomas Clark, new director of choral activities at Central Methodist University, is scheduled for Sunday, September 29. The concert, beginning at 3 p.m. in Linn Memorial United Methodist Church, will feature the voices of the CMU Chorale and Conservatory Singers. The Chorale will perform South Dakota Shadows Suite by composer Jackson Berkey, directed by Clark. A string ensemble will accompany the piece, along with collaborative artists Janet O'Neill on piano and Zachary C. Kierstead on synthesizer. South Dakota Shadows opens with a beautiful love song, setting the scene for this extended choral tone poem. Berkey weaves the words with the music, moving from the Scandinavian choral tradition in Indian Summer and Evening Shadows, to jazz with Mercy Song, country in Turkeys and Badgers, and a powerful choral and piano quintet piece, Requiem for a Pioneer Mother. Also included is a reflective, emotional instrumental highlight, Boxing with Snowflakes. The Conservatory Singers will complete the program with a newly released rendition of Shenandoah. Also featured on the program is Rivers of the Living Water, set to the hymn tune LAQWUIPARLE. This song, known as the "Dakota Hymn," was sung by thirty-eight Dakota prisoners of war as they were led to execution at Mankato, Minnesota, on December 26, 1862. First published in the Dakota Indian Hymnal (1916), the ensemble will be accompanied with instrumentation, including flutes, piccolo, drums, and fiddle. The concert is free and open to the public.

The office of Central Methodist University Provost Rita Gulstad announced recently the students included on the Spring 2024 Dean's List. A total of 900 students across all campuses and online learning met the requirements for placement, including a grade point average of 3.50 or higher for the semester.

The 2023 Fall Concert Program, titled "With a Voice of Singing," is coming up soon, scheduled for 3 p.m., Sunday, October 1 at Linn Memorial United Methodist Church on the Fayette campus of Central Methodist University. The program will feature various genres of music, from early American music to gospel. The concert will feature performances from the Conservatory Singers and Chorale. Dr. Patrick Dill, CMU's director of choral activities and assistant professor of choral music education, will conduct both choirs. Performers will also be joined by Janet O'Neill as an accompanist.

Coach Dave Brown has released the roster for the 2024 Central Methodist University football team. The Eagles will compete this fall against other teams in the Heart of America Athletic Conference within the NAIA.

Coach Coleman Lee has released the roster for the 2024 Central Methodist University volleyball team. The Eagles will compete this fall against other teams in the Heart of America Athletic Conference within the NAIA.

With the start of the new academic year comes new residential life staff on the Fayette campus of Central Methodist University, as residence hall directors and residential assistants begin work in their respective buildings. The staff's work got started in earnest this month with student move-in and the start of the semester. Residence hall directors for the 2024-25 academic year include Jocelyn Woods (St. Louis) in Holt Hall, Patrick Gittemeier (Jacksonville) in Howard-Payne Hall, Gabriella Strehlow (Colorado Springs, Colo.) in Burford Hall, Landon Rothgeb (West Plains) in Woodward Hall, and Bryan Adams (Liberty) in McMurry Hall.

Coach Dan Schmidlin has released the roster for the 2024 Central Methodist University women's soccer team. The Eagles will compete this fall against other teams in the Heart of America Athletic Conference within the NAIA.

Coach Kenny Anderson has released the roster for the 2024 Central Methodist University women's cross country team. The Eagles will compete this fall against other teams in the Heart of America Athletic Conference within the NAIA.

With the start of the new academic year comes new residential life staff on the Fayette campus of Central Methodist University, as residence hall directors and residential assistants begin work in their respective buildings. The staff's work got started in earnest this month with student move-in and the start of the semester. Residence hall directors for the 2022-23 academic year include Maddi Pragman in Holt Hall, Breanna May in Howard-Payne Hall, Patrick Gittemeier in Burford Hall, Michael Morrisette in Woodward Hall, and Bryan Adams in McMurry Hall.

The enrollment management office at Central Methodist University has welcomed a handful of new student ambassadors for the 2022-23 academic year. These students are some of Central's finest, chosen because of their proven leadership skills, devotion to CMU, and their ability to communicate effectively. They guide potential students and their families around the Fayette campus, sharing the buildings, history, and opportunities found here. Ambassadors explain how the campus functions and what students are likely to experience. Ambassadors assist at other CMU events as well.

Nearly 100 Central Methodist University students were included on the program at May commencement for being honored with academic awards. Each department on campus chose and submitted names of award winners and honorees for the 2021-22 academic year.