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DeGreve '20 brings mental health support to even more schools
Three years after she co-founded Augustana's The Gray Matters Collective —a mental health support and suicide awareness organization — Haley DeGreve continues to spread the message of hope and healing.
Fashion app wins Business Plan Competition
Students won $9,000 in total prize money in Augustana's 2022 Business Plan Competition.
College will host the 'Beyoncé Mass' April 13
Augustana College will welcome “Beyoncé Mass,” a groundbreaking Christian worship service that celebrates the spirituality of Black women, at 7 p.m. April 13 in Centennial Hall on campus.
A Classics case of an award-winning liberal arts experience
Kira Banks '23 came to Augustana to study biology and public health and, as often happens at a liberal arts school, discovered a passion for a seemingly unrelated major — Classics. Read about her recent award.
Augustana Historical Society celebrates release of new book
The Augustana Historical Society will celebrate the release of "An Adventure in Faith" by Dr. Bob Frank at 4 p.m. April 9 at St. James Lutheran Church, 3134 31st Ave., Rock Island.
Swenson Center to celebrate 40th with symposium, dinner
Augustana’s Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center will host a symposium May 7 with rising scholars, an open house and dinner.
Class Notes
Alumni share their news and photos!
'The 39 Steps' zooms onto stage March 10-13
Augustana College will present “The 39 Steps” March 10-13, a Hitchcock masterpiece crossed with a spy novel and a dash of Monty Python.
Creators of musical will explain their process March 12
The writers and a leader actor in the upcoming "Aaron Power!", an Irish-American musical of diversity, will talk about their work at 2 p.m. March 12 at the Brunner Theatre Center on campus.
“ ‘night, Mother' brings crisis to the stage March 3-6
“ ‘night, Mother,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a mother and daughter in crisis, will be presented March 3-6 at Augustana College.
Francisco to compare traditional theatre, Native American dancing
Ira Francisco, an environmental activist and Native American dancer from Chicago, will present "A Comparison of the Pow-Wow Ritual to European Traditional Theatre" at 7 p.m. March 5 at the Brunner Theatre on campus.
Five Questions: Dr. Carolyn Yaschur
The tools and platforms will continue to change. But, as Dr. Carolyn Yaschur explains in this Five Questions interview, journalism students who know how to adapt and tell a story will have their pick of careers.
Teaching tech literacy to change children's lives
2016 grad Nelly Cheboi’s goal for her nonprofit TechLit Africa: expand the digital literacy initiative to 100 more schools and reach an additional 40,000 kids in Kenya in 2022.
Why did an Augustana GIS class learn to fly?
Classwork: fly drones, create maps for Augustana's facilities department, even become a FAA-certified drone pilot.
Music ed students see hard work pay off at conference
An unusual three years as the host school at a state music education conference have given Augustana students some extra opportunities to learn about leadership and making connections.
