Video: Ben Ryan named Academic All-American
No Augustana men's basketball player has started more games than senior Ben Ryan. He's also a biochemistry major with a 3.54 GPA, which helped earn him recognition as the Vikings' 161st Academic All-American.
Video: Bancks' dreams of composition came early
Jacob Bancks, a composer and Augustana assistant professor of music, talks about the roots of his interest in making music. His "Dream Variations" will premiered by the Quad City Symphony Orchestra this weekend.
What's the deal with those adult coloring classes?
Rowen Schussheim, chair of the art department at Augustana College, isn’t surprised by the trend toward adult coloring events, which she says have “exploded” over the past year or so. She uses the books as inspiration in her drawing classes. “We all have a natural craving to be expressive and creative,” she said. “Everyone likes to doodle, but we don’t always have an excuse to do that.”
Learning Community returns from the mountains
Dr. Jason Mahn, an associate professor of religion, talks about the fortifying lifestyle and learning experiences students find at remote Holden Village.
Video: Men's basketball back in NCAA tournament
Coming off their CCIW tournament title, the Vikings return to the NCAA national tournament, where they finished second last year.
Professor brings dinosaur treasures home to campus
The Fryxell Geology Museum is one of the jewels of the Augustana College campus, and it has been carefully polished by Dr. William Hammer, the head of the museum and professor of geology. Visitors are greeted by a 22-foot Cryolophosaurus, a carnivorous dinosaur he discovered in Antarctica in 1991.
2015-16 men's basketball profiles
As the Augustana men's basketball team heads into the postseason, here's a look at the 17 players who have contributed to a school-record 24 victories in the regular season.
'99 grad leads River Bend Wild Land Trust
Eric Anderson has become the first executive director of the River Bend Wildland Trust. It manages the 100-acre Milan Bottoms and is working to restore its wetlands, prairie and river bottom hardwood forest. Anderson has been a volunteer and board member for the trust and was an organizer of the 2013 BioBlitz. He earned a B.A. in geology from Augustana in 1999 and a master's in geography in 2006 from Western Illinois University.
Observer wins 19 ICPA awards
The staff of the Augustana Observer broke its own record last weekend by winning 19 awards from the Illinois College Press Association in Chicago.
Lefstein '55 recalls day in Scalia court
Rock Island attorney Stuart R. Lefstein still remembers the day in 1988 when he came face to face with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.