ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 10, 2025) — Augustana College will host the annual Shockingly Modern Saxophone Festival Feb. 22. The event, featuring the Chicago-based ~Nois saxophone quartet, will be held at Bergendoff Hall, 3701 7th Ave, Rock Island, Illinois. All events are free and open to the public.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 7, 2025) — The Augustana College community will gather February 14 to celebrate and showcase Bold and Boundless, the strategic plan adopted one year ago to prioritize engaged learning, maximizing student success and connecting through partnership with the city of Rock Island.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (January 31, 2025) — Maitreyi Shrikhande, a Biology, Neuroscience major of Davenport, Iowa (52803), was one of fourteen Augustana College juniors selected for the Texas Medical Center Summer Research Internship Program.

Philosophy Professor Dr Heidi Storl said participation in this internship celebrates the achievements of selected students and launches their class-based skills into the world of topnotch labs, clinics, hospitals, and related departments.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (January 31, 2025) — Augustana College announced more than 1,200 students were named to the Dean's List for the 2024-2025 fall semester. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.

Recognized students include:

Aaron Rogers, a Business Administration-Finance, Accounting major, of Moline

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (January 10, 2025) — The Augustana College Department of Music presented Christmas at Augustana on December 7 and December 8, 2024.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (January 9, 2025) — Augustana College's annual celebration of Dr Martin Luther King Jr's life and legacy will take place January 20-24. The theme of the event is "Continuing the Legacy: Service, Justice and Action."

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (January 3, 2025) — Fulbright Scholar Dr Elina Nilsson will teach a course for Augustana College students in the Scandinavian studies program for the spring semester.

Dr Nilsson is a lecturer at the Centre for Gender Research at Uppsala University in Sweden, Augustana’s sister school.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (December 9, 2024) — Ashley Allen will take on an expanded role as executive director of inclusion and intercultural experiences for Augustana College’s newly-restructured Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Allen, who came to Augustana in 2016, will advocate for and develop mentoring, advising, and cultural programming tailored to Augustana’s diverse student body.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (December 6, 2024) — Augustana announces the selection of Dr Erin Kempker to lead the newly-launched Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship. She will start at the college February 3.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (December 4, 2024) — The Augustana College Department of Music presents Christmas at Augustana, December 7 and 8, 2024 in Centennial Hall, 3703 7th Ave, Rock Island.

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