In the fall of 2010, Xuwei Huang came to Augustana College from Chengdu, China, with great ambition but with little practical grasp of the English language. Now two years into his American education, Huang's efforts in and out of the classroom led to the opportunity of a lifetime. (more)
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Five Questions is a series of profiles of people at Augustana. Lynn Jackson, vice president for advancement, talks about the recently completed capital campaign, the art and science of fund-raising, what makes a good day, and going home to the lake.(more) |
Hot on the trail of glacial geology
During his first field trip to the Rockies, Jeremy Hoffman ’11 learned he could study what was under his feet. Four years later, his Senior Inquiry project carried him into the national undergraduate research limelight. (more)
(Percentile scores showing analytical reasoning and critical thinking growth over four years; Collegiate Learning Assessment performance task)
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)
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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)
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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)
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)
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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)
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