Augustana President Andrea Talentino in July 2022 announces a partnership between the college and the city of Rock Island to identify lead water service-lines

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 22, 2023) — Augustana College student research assistants are assisting with the inventory of water service-lines in the city of Rock Island, Illinois.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 22, 2023) — The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program has announced the winners of the 2023 Audre Lorde Prize and department awards.

The awards are named in honor of Audre Lorde (1934-1992), an intersectional feminist writer and civil rights activist who wrote the foundational text "Sister Outsider" (1984). Awards are given annually.

Augustana College junior Niah Tyler in New Mexico interning this summer on a geophysical research program in New Mexico with RESESS (Research Experiences in Solid Earth Science for Students

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 16, 2023) — Augustana College junior Niah Tyler, a Geology major from Silvis, IL, is interning this summer on a geophysical research program in New Mexico with RESESS (Research Experiences in Solid Earth Science for Students).

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 15, 2023) — The city of Rock Island and Augustana College are seeking to engage Rock Island residents in an inventory of water service-lines in the city. Rock Island residents, both homeowners and renters, are asked to complete an online survey by the end of July.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (June 1, 2023) — Augustana College announces a record-setting first-year enrollment, driven in part by the great success of the Augustana Possible grant, which will go to 183 incoming first-year students who will enroll this fall.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 25, 2023) — Augustana College admitted 29 women to the Brenda Barnes Leadership Academy, a series of leadership experiences and opportunities for networking to engage and uplift future female leaders.

This cohort is the inaugural class of women invited to the program. Participants, all first-year students who will enroll at Augustana this fall, were selected by a committee based on their application and essay.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 24, 2023) — Together with the City of Rock Island, Augustana College has broken ground on a tennis complex at Lincoln Park Wednesday, May 23. College and city administrators dug in with ceremonial shovels to kick off the project that is slated to open for college and community in the fall of 2023.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 22, 2023) — Augustana College will recognize 624 students at the college's 163rd commencement ceremony Saturday, May 27.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 22, 2023) — Augustana College senior Evan Juarez, an International business and French double major from Moline, Illinois, was nominated to submit a “More Than I Imagined” profile by Dr Kiki Kosnick, assistant professor of French.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 16, 2023) — W Kent Barnds has been named executive vice president for strategy and innovation at Augustana College. Barnds, who has served as executive vice president of external relations, will now oversee all enrollment management functions and lead the college in institutional strategic planning efforts.

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