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Symposium Days

Once a semester, Augustana devotes a full day to an alternative approach for learning and opens the process to the entire campus community.

This multidisciplinary approach to discuss a theme exemplifies the value of liberal learning.

Symposium Days include invited speakers, alumni, advising sessions and opportunities to practice the liberal arts and be involved with the community.

Fall Symposium Day has a rotating theme connected to Augie Reads. Spring Symposium is Celebration of Learning featuring original research and scholarship by Augustana's students and faculty.

2023-24

Fall Symposium Day Oct. 11: Transformation

Transformation manifests in all shapes and forms – from the mutation of genes, to the twists and turns of a person's life and career, to the broadest social and political revolutions. Can a person – or an organization or college or culture – truly change? What is the difference between deep and needed transformations and the many novelties that too often distract us? How do we transform our world, our communities and ourselves? What small transformations can have sizable contributions? How can big transformations result in smaller-scale effects? What transformative experiences can help each of us grow in mind, body and spirit?

Complete schedule and session descriptions