ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 7, 2024) — Augustana College announces the election of two members of the college’s Board of Trustees. Robert Anderson (above) and Ronald Workman (below), both 1980 Augustana graduates, were elected January 27 at the college’s winter retreat, held in Rock Island.

Members of the Central College Mock Trial Team, front row, Hailey Glover, Allyssa Jubeck, Olivia Parsons, and Sam Wolff. Back row left to right: Dante Trinidad-Gomez, Padriac Bozik, Carter Nelsen, North Lindell, and Cole McGriff

PELLA, IOWA (February 7, 2024) — Central College's Mock Trial Team had a successful season competing during the 2023-24 academic year.

Padriac Bozik, Davenport (52804) is an undeclared major in the Class of 2026.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (February 7, 2024) — The Hubbell-Waterman Foundation, a private foundation administered in partnership with the Quad Cities Community Foundation, has granted $1,918,616 to 72 area non-profits to advance its vision of a growing, thriving, inclusive community through investments in innovation and accessibility.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 7, 2024) — Since 2020, River Action has sold 5,600 rain barrels as part of its Retain the Rain Program. River Action will commemorate its fortieth anniversary May 2, 9AM, at the Waterfront Center in Bettendorf with a seminar titled “Unloading and Rolling Out 400 Rain Barrels for a Distribution on Earth Day.”

Rain barrels conserve water and prevent runoff into area streams and the Mississippi River allowing rain to be retained where it falls.