SLPB Late Night: Zumba Night
Looking for a high-energy workout with a professional trainer? Zumba is a great outlet to groove out your finals stress.
Join us for a high-energy Zumba night, dancing to Latin rhythms and international beats while burning calories and having fun.
Clean River Advisory Spring Tree Planting & Community Cleanup
Join the Clean River Advisory Council and MLK Center in Rock Island as they team up to celebrate 2025 Earth Day by planting trees and cleaning up trash across different Rock Island school sites! Volunteers are encouraged to wear long pants and sleeves, closed-toed shoes, bug spray, sunscreen and a hat. Gloves, trash bags and trash tongs will be provided to volunteers.
Check-in is at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 630 9th St., Rock Island. Registration is requested.
Native Pollinator Workshop
Join Augie Acres and the Student Government Association to learn about the role pollinators play in gardens, and how they can be supported through promoting native vegetation. Participants will make seed bombs to distribute at Augie Acres. Refreshments will be provided.
'Living in Harmony with Nature: The Salish-Kootenai Tradition'
Tom McDonald, chair of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council in Pablo, Mont., will present a lecture on environmental ethics and Indigenous land ethic. A descendant of Scottish fur trader Angus McDonald and his wife Catherine, who was a member of the Nez Perce Tribe, McDonald has been active in promoting conservation programs on the reservation.
The "In the Spirit of Atatice" video documents the role that tribal members played in preserving bison and other species that were native to their lands.
The video will show at 7:15 p.m., and the presentation will follow at 8 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics.
Swap Don't Shop
Organized by the Sierra Club and Campus Closet, this event gives students an opportunity to browse through secondhand clothes to take home for free! Students are also encouraged to bring their own clothes, accessories and shoes that they would like to donate. (Donate clothing and accessories that are in good condition and have been washed prior to donating.)
Swapping clothes with others saves money, avoids waste and reduces the demand for raw materials.
This event will run from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Quad.
Sierra Club Bonfire
Enjoy music, hot dogs, s’mores and conversation about various environmental topics.
Blossom in Diversity
Join OSID and Sierra Club in planting various flora at each of the culture houses. There will be a potting and seeding station so students can take home their own plants.
Udden Geology Club meeting
Udden Geology Club meets weekly for presentations and discussions on a range of topics to help develop student interest in the broader geosciences. This week, three seniors will give their Senior Inquiry presentations. Learn about how these students used geoscience techniques to advance aquatic habitat health!
Get involved! Earth Week events on campus April 22-27
Augustana student groups have teamed up to host hands-on activities and events for Earth Week, April 22-27. All are invited to connect with nature and help make an impact on campus. See schedule of events.
Cotturone ’25 awarded for her research in astronomy, astrophysics
Jessica Cotturone ’25 received the Chambliss Award at the 245th American Astronomical Society meeting. The award recognizes Cotturone's work through the CIERA Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Northwestern University.