Augie Choice funding surpasses $1.5 million
July 31, 2012
Augie Choice — which guarantees each student $2,000 for a hands-on learning experience of his or her choice — has surpassed $1.5 million in its third year.
Students are eligible for Augie Choice beginning their junior year. They use their $2,000 to offset the expenses of international study, research or an internship.
“Experiential learning is one of the most powerful ways of learning and Augie Choice provides the opportunity to all Augustana students to participate in this type of learning,” said Dr. Pareena Lawrence, dean and chief academic officer.
Dr. Ellen Hay, professor of communication studies and interim director of Augustana’s Community Engagement Center, added, “We want our graduates to possess the confidence of their beliefs, to interact effectively with others, and to contribute to their chosen fields. While we begin realizing these goals through the courses that students take across the liberal arts, these aspirations cannot truly be achieved until students step outside the classroom to analyze and apply their learning. Augie Choice provides the support for them to do so.”
In Dr. Hay’s words, “We teach students to walk. With Augie Choice, they learn to run."
During this academic year nearly 250 students took advantage of Augie Choice grants; many are using the summer months for their experience.
Among the recent Augie Choices:
Study abroad
Greece (classics), Berlin (history, philosophy), London and Australia (business internships), Nicaragua (medical), Spain (language), Ecuador (language), Paris (music, literature), Japan (language), London and Edinburgh (art history, history, sociology); Brazil (political science, art, history, literature); Vietnam (business, literature, psychology); Wittenburg (language)
Research off-campus
Texas Medical Center; Florida School for the Deaf; Greenwing Field Station (biology), Dixon, Ill.; Duke University; Juneau, Alaska, Icefield Research Program; Christians United for Israel, Washington, D.C.
On-campus research topics with faculty mentors
Breast cancer, psychiatry, chemistry, African history, physics, biochemistry, GIS mapping, optics
Internships
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Acceleration-Get Fast, Chicago Albanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arrowhead Ranch, Coal Valley, Ill. Astra Soccer Academy, Chicago AthletiCo, Wheaton, Ill. Augustana College Business Office, Rock Island, Ill. (accounting) AVG Automation, Bettendorf, Iowa Bethany for Children and Families, Moline, Ill. Bill Albracht Campaign, Moline, Ill. Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Burpee Museum Expedition, Morrison Formation, Utah Camp for All, Burton, Texas Carver Pump, Muscatine, Iowa CCS Internship, Dharmasala, India Center for Neighborhood Tech., Chicago Chengdu University, China (teaching) Circa 21, Rock Island, Ill. Civil Rights Center, Washington D.C. Continental Motors, Deer Park, Ill. (accounting) Country Financial, Denver, Colorado Crate & Barrel, Northbrook, Ill. Davenport Civil Rights Commission, Davenport, Iowa The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus, Moline, Ill. DuPage County ETSB, Naperville, Ill. DuPage Court System, Wheaton, Ill. Olympic Steel, Bettendorf, Iowa (engineering) Euclid Beverage, Aurora, Ill. The District, Rock Island, Ill. (event planning) Family Focus Magazine, Bettendorf, Iowa Family Resources, Davenport, Iowa Field Museum, Chicago Focus Leadership Institute, Denver, Colo. Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, Rock Island, Ill. Global Hunter Securities, Chicago Group O, Milan, Ill. Habitat for Humanity, Davenport, Iowa (accounting) Black Hawk College, Moline, Ill. (human resources) John Deere Harvester, East Moline, Ill. John Deere, Moline, Ill. Junior Achievement of the Heartland, Davenport, Iowa Junior Golf Association, Atlanta, Ga. Klingensmith Healthcare, Pittsburgh, Pa. Kraft Foods, Davenport, Iowa Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance, Alton, Ill. Lutheran Social Services, Rock Island, Ill. The Mad Farmers' Garden, Coal Valley, Ill. |
Mancomm, Davenport, Iowa Merrill Lynch at the Singh Group, Davenport, Iowa Merrill Lynch, Chicago Minooka High School Football Camp, Minooka, Ill. Mississippi Valley Oral Surgery, Davenport, Iowa Nahant Marsh, Davenport, Iowa Niabi Zoo, Coal Valley, Ill. Norma Leah Foundation, Rock Island, Ill. OnMedia, Moline, Ill. Optometrist Dr. Kelly Gardner, Rochelle, Ill. OSF Saint Francis Hospital, Peoria, Ill. Paul Ryan for Congress, Janesville, Wisconsin Peace Village, Chicago Process Automation Concepts, Ltd., Rock Island, Ill. Psychiatric facility, Norway QCAnalytical Services, LLC., LeClaire, Iowa Quad Citians Affirming Diversity, Rock Island, Ill. Quad Cities Autism Center, Moline, Ill. Quad Cities Visitors & Convention Bureau, Moline, Ill. Quad City River Bandits, Davenport, Iowa Quality Repair, Colona, Ill. Race for the Cure, Moline, Ill. RILCO, Rock Island, Ill. Robert Young Community Mental Health Center, Rock Island, Ill. Rock Island Animal Shelter, Rock Island, Ill. Rock Island Police Department, Rock Island, Ill. Scribe America at Genesis Hospital, Davenport, Iowa Short Hills Country Club, East Moline, Ill. SS America LED, Crystal Lake, Ill. St. Louis University, St. Louis State Farm Insurance, Bloomington, Ill. State Farm Insurance, Naperville, Ill. Tanganyika Wildlife Park, Wichita, Kansas TDR Training, Bartlett, Ill. The Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, S.D. Thomas Hammer, CPA, Rock Island, Ill. Trinity Logistics, Davenport, Iowa Trinity Medical Center, Moline, Ill. Twin Rivers Therapy, Moline, Ill. United Stationers, Chicago University of Iowa Department of Microbiology, Iowa City, Iowa Veterinarian Dr. Schifo, Lemont, Ill. Veterinary internship, Belize WGN-TV, Chicago WVIK, Rock Island, Ill. Youth Hope, New Windsor, Ill. |
