Bold & Boundless Spotlights
The Bold & Boundless Spotlights shine a light on Augustana faculty and staff members whose work embodies the college’s strategic goals and values through research and/or teaching, mentorship and, experiential learning and service.
The spotlights also showcase how Augustana prepares students for dynamic lives and careers, and reinforce the college’s reputation as a private liberal arts college providing innovative preparation for the future.
Spotlight on Dr. Allison Haskill
When preschool students speak, Augustana College students listen and learn. Dr. Allison Haskill and her students analyze language development in children at a Rock Island preschool, and families benefit from their findings.

Spotlight on Dr. Jeff Mettler
What if a lab became a clinic? What if learning to test cardiovascular endurance also helped a community member understand their health for the first time? Dr. Jeff Mettler is asking and answering those questions — transforming Augustana’s Lindberg Center into a site for both education and service.