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August  09, 2009

In the news: Cool Beanz

August

  • Annette Zapolis '09 has opened the Cool Beanz Coffeehouse at 1325 30th St., Rock Island.
  • Alumnus Robert Ojeda is profiled in the Arizona Star about his work as an adult literacy volunteer.
  • W. Kent Barnds, vice president of enrollment at Augustana, discusses the attributes of a good admissions counselor and the importance of the job in Inside Higher Ed.
  • Augustana is honored by the Quad City Chapter of the National Association of Women In Construction for the renovation of Evald Carlsson Hall. Winners were selected after judging on structure (building materials, style and level of complexity), aesthetics, harmony with its surrounding environment and the impact of the project on the community.
  • Mark Hansen '00 is interviewed about his life as an artist in Gapers Block. One of his works is featured during Chicago Week.
  • The Vikings football team is ranked third in the CCIW preseason coaches' poll.
  • The college announces the appointment of Dr. Margaret Farrar as associate dean, and that Dr. Kristin Douglas, assistant professor of biology, will be granted tenure and promoted to associate professor this fall.
  • Valerie Bushey '85 is appointed executive director of the Chicago Area Runners Asssociation, the largest running organization in the Midwest and the third largest in the nation.
  • Carolyn Krueger ’07, says no-commission art galleries like hers in the ARTery in Rock Island and Bucktown Center for the Arts in Davenport might be the wave of the future.
  • The "What's Fresh" newsletter, a publication of Buy Fresh Buy Local of the Quad Cities, profiles Augie Acres.
  • Augustana students talk about their experience this summer in the i.network program sponsored by the Young Professionals of the Quad Cities, and why they would consider living here after graduation.
  • A preview of the international conference of the Food Resources Bank, to be held on campus Aug. 5-6.

July


June

  • Lendol Calder explains why debt can be a good thing in this segment from American Public Media's Marketplace.
  • Tom Bengston gives the odds of a mayoral election in Rock Island coming down to one vote
    for WQAD.
  • Jeremy Reed, director of the Augustana Career Center, is interviewed about job prospects for new grads this year.
  • A newspaper columnist trying to find out more about a childhood friend, Signe Chamberlin, finds a contact through Augustana.
  • "If Enron had had an Augie grad for a CEO, they would have never had the problems that they had," says Augustana alumus and trustee Murray Gerber in an interview.
  • Mallory Zimmerman, Augustana junior, is talks about her work this summer at Urbandale's Youth in Parks program that combines community service and recreation. Zimmerman attended the camp as a sixth-grader.
  • Augustana Dining Services director Garry Griffith talks about the Farm to Fork program and other initiatives at the National Value Added Agriculture Conference.
  • Dave Dehnel, political science professor at Augustana, contributes to the discussion of the Supreme Court's recent decision on judicial campaign contributions.
  • Bill Steinhauser, president and CEO of Bethany for Children & Families, gives the Augustana community a public thanks.
  • The Quad City Times and The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus visit Augustana's first Human Anatomy day for high school students in the cadaver lab.
  • The arrival of a new Steinway grand piano is chronicled in an audio slideshow.
  • Dr. Lee Carkner, director of the John Deere Planetarium at Augustana. talks about facility in an article about star-gazing opportunities in the area.
  • Vice President of Communication and Enrollment W. Kent Barnds is interviewed about higher education in the Quad-Cities area and the possible expansion of Western Illinois University.
  • Augie Acres, the college's student garden and farmer's market, is in the news: WQAD and The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus.

(Headlines from December 2008-May 2009)