ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 9, 2023) — Can a person – or an organization or college or culture — truly change? That is one of many questions that will be posed at Augustana College’s Fall Symposium Day, Wednesday, October 11. The event includes visiting speakers from across the nation as well as student and faculty presentations on the theme of transformation.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 2, 2023) — A $50,000 grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities will study how the records of the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana College can be better preserved.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 22, 2023) — Augustana College will host Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Dr Corey DB Walker on Monday, October 2. His presentation will begin at 7PM in Wallenberg Hall, located inside Denkmann Memorial Building, 3520 7th Ave, Rock Island.

The lecture is free and open to the public, and will also be livestreamed.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (September 18, 2023) —Augustana College’s John Deere Planetarium and Fryxell Geology Museum invite the public to view the partial eclipse of the sun 11AM-1PM, Saturday, October 14.

The planetarium, located at 820 38th St, Rock Island, will offer indoor and outdoor programs in the planetarium, observatory and geology museum. Admission is free.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 29, 2023) — Augustana College will welcome new students to campus on move-in day Friday, September 1. The Class of 2027 is among the largest and most diverse in the college’s 163-year history, with 800 first-year, transfer and exchange students from thirty states and 35 countries.

Vikings football players talk with a Rock Island resident about the water line inventory project. The project is a partnership between Augustana College and the city of Rock Island

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 25, 2023) — More than 100 Augustana Vikings football players took a break from practice to assist the water line inventory project.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 16, 2023) — College alumni, parents and friends helped Augustana College raise $16.9 million during the 2022-2023 fiscal year. The support comes as the college prepares to enroll one of the college’s largest and most diverse classes this fall, with new Vikings hailing from nearly thirty states and forty countries.

Augustana students, faculty and staff gathered before a day of canvassing Rock Island neighborhoods for the water service lines project

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (August 4, 2023) — Student research assistants were joined by President Andrea Talentino and Dr Dianna Shandy for a morning of knocking on doors in Rock Island to encourage residents to report the material of their water-service lines.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (July 12, 2023) Augustana College announced more than 1,000 students were named to the Dean's List for the 2022-23 spring 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:

Shannon Kenney, a Public Health major from Taylor Ridge, IL (61284)

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 28, 2023) — Augustana College 2023 graduate Peyton Heisch, an environmental studies major from Illinois City, Ill., was nominated to submit a “More Than I Imagined” profile by Dr Michael Reisner, associate professor, environmental studies; director, Upper Mississippi Center.

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