A window inside life at Augustana College
It’s a little weird not being in High School anymore. I would be watching TV and suddenly remember that I am not an High School-er, I’m in college now. Now that some of my days are extremely busy and others are extremely boring I have been getting used to this new-found freedom of stupid busy work [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2012 by Vicky
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Summer Connection was a whirlwind of new faces, tons of information and a lot of fun. I met so many people and there is no way I can remember all of their faces or names. Every experience helped me validate that I had indeed made the right decision by choosing Augustana. I am not going [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2012 by jadynderr12
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Hello all! I am so excited to write my first blog post about Augustana! I had summer connection today and it was such a blast! The ice breaker questions that the peer mentors asked were pretty funny and made you think, that’s for sure! I am so glad to have met quite a few of [...]
Posted on June 18th, 2012 by Katie Kampwirth
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You would think, or I least I did, that by leaving high school you leave all the high school issues behind. By that, I mean all the stereotypes or cliques you thought were only in high school. Today, I realized this wasn’t the case. There are all types of people here. Jocks, klutzes, the obnoxiously loud [...]
Posted on June 12th, 2012 by Luke Currie
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First of all, I realize I haven’t blogged in almost exactly four months, but there’s a good reason for that–Augustana took over my life. Not to get all mushy and sentimental, but it seems like it was just yesterday when I was moving into Swanson and hugging my parents goodbye at the Fall Connection kick-off. [...]
Posted on May 9th, 2012 by Ashley LaGrow
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I initially heard of Augustana from my friend, Lydia. She is an alumni and a very respectable woman. We first met when she directed the 2008 Young Leadership Conference, a program put on by the National Hispanic Institute for Latino youth to develop effective communication skills through debate. I didn’t stand out much in the [...]
Posted on March 22nd, 2012 by lesliecarranza11
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Winter break at Augie is literally just that–a break. At most colleges, it’s a time to relax before a fresh new start. At Augie, it’s a short period to briefly relax and procrastinate on the homework you have due right when you return. Although winter break passed a bit too quickly (don’t worry, I still [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2012 by Ashley LaGrow
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I always thought field trips were for only for elementary school, junior high and high school. Certainly not college. I was glad I was wrong. Last Friday, our LC class took a trip to Springfield, IL to see Lincoln’s house, the Lincoln museum and the old state capitol. It was really fun! I love going to museums and [...]
Posted on December 8th, 2011 by aliciaoken09
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Words cannot even express how much I love my learning community “The American presidency in times of crisis: Politics and rhetoric” this term. For those of you who don’t know a learning community, or LC is, it’s two separate classes (that tie into each other) taught by two different professors, with the same students. The great [...]
Posted on November 27th, 2011 by aliciaoken09
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My last post was about one of my biggest enemies, Week 10. This post, however, will ramble a bit about one of my newest and most delightful friends–Week 1. Since Augustana’s on trimesters, we recently started our winter term. Most people are taking four classes; however, I only have to take three thanks to taking [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2011 by Ashley LaGrow
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