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Walton '98 overseeing new state-of-the-art hospital in Haiti

Even before the earthquake in 2010, Haiti's public health care system was perhaps the worst in the Western Hemisphere. Dr. David Walton '98 is overseeing the construction of the National Teaching Hospital in Haiti by the Boston-based group Partners in Health. (more)

Hippler '86 to share experiences in science

Exxon Mobil researcher Dr. Susan Hippler will talk with Augustana's Udden Geology Club Feb. 3 and with students at the Bettendorf Youth Science Expo Feb. 4 to share her experiences in the world of science. She graduated with a B.A. in geology from Augustana in 1986, and received a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Leeds (England) in 1989. (more)

Tracing the secret sounds of Bermuda

Brooke Armstrong remembers waiting for a ferry one summer night in Bermuda about five years ago: "You could just hear all these drums and this wonderful noise coming from across the harbor. I just had to see was going on." (more)

(Percent of seniors who participated in a culminating senior project); 2009 National Survey of Student Engagement)
Siblings find their paths into medicine

Flight surgeon Lt. Sarah Broski Gendernalik ’03, radiologist Stephen Broski ’05, and veterinary school student Scott Broski ’10 credit their Augustana mentors for helping them achieve their goals. (more)

(Percent of seniors who discussed careers often/very often with faculty and advisors; 2009 National Survey of Student Engagement)
Education grad passes it forward

Brian Kett ’08, honored by Chicago’s WGN-TV for teaching excellence, credits his Augustana education teachers for his own success. (more)

(Percent of seniors who discussed careers often/very often with faculty and advisors;; 2009 National Survey of Student Engagement)
Spring Fling: a joy for students and clients

Students majoring in communication sciences and disorders stage an elaborate annual dance for their pre-teen and teenage clients, whose disorders might discourage them from attending their prom or a school dance. (more)

(Percent of seniors who reported doing volunteer work as students; 2009 National Survey of Student Engagement)
Teaching German to see how children learn

Robert Self applied what he learned in his two majors — communication studies and German — to start a thriving foreign-language club for children. (more)

(Percent of seniors often/very often involved in community projects as part of a course; 2009 National Survey of Student Engagement)
Honors capstone: clogging, kids and poetry

Senior English majors Chris and Kim Hedlin used their Honors Capstone project to combine three of their passions — clogging, poetry and working with children — to create "Kinetic Poetics." (more)

(Percent of seniors who reported doing volunteer work as students; 2009 National Survey of Student Engagement)
Three opera careers, one mentor

Molly Clodius ’08 and Rebecca Caliendo ’05, sopranos, and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Lazarz ’04 —all former students of Dr. Sangeetha Rayapati—enjoy successful careers on the operatic stage. (more)

(Percent of seniors who discussed careers often/very often with faculty and advisors;; 2009 National Survey of Student Engagement)