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			<title>Bottled water is far from a clear issue; Author of Bottlemania urges Augustana to think twice about their water</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:52:02 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Bottled water is convenient, healthy and socially desirable, but does the casual bottled water drinker really know what he or she is doing? Elizabeth Royte, author of the 2010 Augie Reads selection Bottlemania, will address this question and others at the first academic convocation of the year on Thursday, September 9 at 10:30 a.m. in Centennial Hall (3703 7th Ave.). The lecture is free and open to the public.]]></description>
			
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			<title>In the news: collecting</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:30:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title>80 Augustana students to study in Japan, Taiwan and China</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:51:40 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Five Augustana faculty and 80 students will spend the fall term of 2010 living and learning in East Asia. The term is one of the longest running international programs at the college; nearly 1,000 students have participated in the 12-week program since it began in 1974. The faculty-led term includes traveling to the culturally diverse countries of Japan, Taiwan and China (including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) and concluding in Hawaii.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Augustana hosts Hometown Celebration to mark 150 years in Quad Cities</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:56:30 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Quad-Cities community is invited to celebrate Augustana’s 150th Anniversary Hometown Celebration on Wednesday, September 1, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Schwiebert Riverfront Park (1st Avenue and 20th Street) in Rock Island, recently dedicated in honor of alumnus Mark Schwiebert. The day marks the historic start of Augustana’s first day of academic classes in 1860. The event is free and open to the public.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Fall 2010 convocations highlight North American Indian Art and Illinois Appellate Court</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:18:36 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Augustana will launch the first of five convocations during the fall term of the 2010-11 academic year on Thursday, September 2, at 10:30 a.m. in Centennial Hall (3703 7th Ave.). This fall’s lineup includes a panel of faculty members sharing their Augustana experience; author Elizabeth Royte discussing the bottled water phenomenon; demonstrations by Native American artists represented in the college’s Olson-Brandelle North American Indian Art Collection; author and professor Donna Freitas talking about sex and spirituality on a college campus; and oral arguments of the Illinois Appellate Court. The lectures are free and open to the public.]]></description>
			
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			<title>WVIK marks 30th Anniversary</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:49:10 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[WVIK, Augustana College’s Public Radio Station, will celebrate 30 years of serving listeners in a 75-mile radius over northwest Illinois and eastern Iowa with an open house on Saturday, August 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Victor and Doris Day Broadcast Center (3808 8th Avenue). WVIK listeners are invited to take tours, visit with current and past staff members, and enjoy lunch for a nominal fee. Don Wooten, founder of WVIK, will broadcast live, and The Whoozdads-- featuring Ellis Kell, Tony Hoeppner and Mike Frank-- will provide blues music.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Class of 2014: Augustana’s largest, most diverse in 150 years</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:41:58 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Augustana will welcome 757 first-year students to campus when classes begin August 23. The Class of 2014 is the largest in the college’s history and the most diverse. American multicultural students account for 17 percent of the population, and students come from 19 states and eight countries, including China, Germany, Vietnam and Palestine.]]></description>
			
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			<title>W. Kent Barnds named Vice President of the College</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 4 Aug 2010 13:30:15 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Augustana College is pleased to announce W. Kent Barnds as Vice President of the College. He will begin this new appointment immediately and will be responsible for assisting or conducting the duties of the president in the absence of President of the College Steve Bahls.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Former Deere CEO and alumnus donates $8 million to name Science Building</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:03:39 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Former Deere CEO and 1948 Augustana alumnus Robert Hanson and his wife, Patricia Hanson, have generously given $8 million, the largest single gift in the history of Augustana College, to name the Science Building and the building’s lecture hall wing at Augustana. The building will bear the Hansons’ names and be called the Robert A. and Patricia K. Hanson Hall of Science. The lecture hall wing will be named for their niece, Lisa Wood, a 1982 Augustana alumna and be called the Lisa A. Wood Lecture Hall Wing.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Alumna returns to serve as General Counsel</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:49:05 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Augustana College is pleased to announce the appointment of Sheri Curran to the position of general counsel. She will begin her new duties on August 15.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Students in Spain for sports history</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:49:52 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dr. Allen Bertsche (Spanish) and nine Augustana students had the good fortune to be in Spain during that nation's historic run for the World Cup in July 2010.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Augustana professors promoted, tenured</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:15:36 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Four Augustana assistant professors—Dr. Amanda Baugous, Dr. Jason Koontz, Dr. Wendy Hilton-Morrow and Dr. Jane Simonsen—will be granted tenure and promoted to associate professors in the fall of 2010.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Quad City native and Latino standout to lead Multicultural Services</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:42:57 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Augustana College is pleased to announce Greg Aguilar as the director of Multicultural Services. He will join Augustana on July 12.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Students on medical mission to Nicaragua</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:54:04 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Twenty-two Augustana students will spend two weeks in mid-July administering medical care to impoverished Nicaraguans. The service trip gives students hands-on experience in the medical fields and immerses them in Latin American culture. It is organized through JETS (Joining Education Through Service), a student organization at Augustana. The students will be accompanied by Dr. Darrin Good, professor of biology, and three doctors-two alumni and one the spouse of an alumna.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Alumnus honored for work aiding children</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:03:13 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Dr. Richard Scott Hopf '86 of Evanston, Ill., has received the Amador Award, the highest recognition given to members of Kiwanis clubs.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Augustana dedicates the Donald C. Davis Office</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:41:23 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Augustana President Steven C. Bahls, Communication Sciences and Disorders faculty, staff, students and alumni and friends gathered on May 17, 2010, to honor retired professor and CSD chairperson Dr. Donald C. Davis '47 by dedicating a CSD faculty office in his name. Dr. Davis, accompanied by his son, Dan Davis '77, attended the dedication and reception and expressed his thanks for the honor.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Alumnus uses education in film "Identity"</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:48:39 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A Quad-Cities movie theatre will roll out the red carpet for the independent film Identity thanks to the hard work of an Augustana alum and his wife.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Two Augustana colleges and ELCA to mark founding of Augustana Synod</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 19:23:15 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Representatives of Augustana College in Rock Island, Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D. and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will gather at Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church in Poplar Grove, Ill., on June 5, 2010, at 3 p.m. to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the formation of the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod. The event is free and open to the public.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Augustana students finish religion class in Rome</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 20:35:06 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Thirty-three Augustana students will spend 11 days this summer in Rome, Italy, studying and visiting a variety of sites including St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pantheon and Jewish Quarter. The group will also visit The Vatican and attend an audience or formal meeting with Pope Benedict XVI. The trip to Rome is the final requirement for a class called Faiths in Dialogue, which focuses on both historical and ethical issues within Christianity.]]></description>
			
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			<title>Ten Augustana students to study in Spain's "Golden City"</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 18:40:10 CST</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Ten Augustana students, including several students from the local area, will immerse themselves in the Spanish language and culture as they participate in a month-long international study opportunity in Salamanca, Spain this July. Salamanca is a historical university town located 130 miles west of Madrid, which is nicknamed the “Golden City” for the unique golden color of its stone buildings.]]></description>
			
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