BETTENDORF, IOWA (May 23, 2025) — The Quad Cities Community Foundation is welcoming award-winning author Lois Buntz to lead a workshop on the power of women in philanthropy. The free workshop will be held at the Community Foundation on Thursday, July 17, 5:30-6:30PM.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 23, 2025) — Augustana College will mark a transformational milestone on Tuesday, May 27, with its first in-prison commencement ceremony, honoring graduates of the Augustana Prison Education Program (APEP). Held at East Moline Correctional Center (EMCC), the ceremony will recognize four students receiving their Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, awarded under the same academic standards and faculty instruction as those on the Rock Island campus.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (May 23, 2025) — Please join us at the Rock Island Public Library Foundation’s Food for Thought fundraiser on June 12 at Hauberg’s Carriage House. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres prepared by local chefs, complimentary beer, and cash bar. Bid on silent auction items, try our mystery coffee/tea pull, and catch up with your fellow library lovers!

If you haven't been to the Hauberg Carriage House, you are in for a treat!

Tickets- $50

Thursday, June 12

MONROE, LOUISIANA (May 23, 2025) — Samuel Skarich, a Business Administration major from Davenport, Iowa, was named to the University of Louisiana Monroe's Spring 2025 President's List.

Eligibility for the President's List requires full-time enrollment (minimum of twelve semester hours completed) and the list is calculated based on the following GPA hours and term GPA: an undergraduate student is required to earn at least a 3.9 grade-point average.