Festival Worship
Campus Ministries presents Sunday worship with Pastor Melinda Pupillo.
Festival Worship
Campus Ministries presents Sunday worship with Pastor Melinda Pupillo.
Augustana to celebrate life, legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
This year's theme is "Continuing the Legacy: Service, Justice and Action." Events take place Jan. 20-24, including a keynote panel discussion with community leaders on Jan. 20.
President's open office hour
President Andrea Talentino will have an open office hour from 3-4 p.m. Stop by to spend a few minutes with President Talentino and share your thoughts, ideas, questions and suggestions.
If there is anything you’d like to communicate to President Talentino beforehand, email Kai Swanson.
Yellow pea soup and Swedish pancake dinner
The American Scandinavian Association presents a yellow pea soup (Ärtsoppa) and Swedish pancake supper.
The menu includes yellow pea soup (including a vegetarian version), Swedish mustard, apple red cabbage salad, limpa, cheese, cookies, Swedish pancakes with lingonberries, and decaf coffee.
After dinner, attendees will enjoy a presentation from Dr. Norm Moline, Professor Emeritus, Augustana College, on Vaasa, Finland.
Dinner reservations are due Jan. 17. To reserve your spot, contact Loryann Eis by mail (2037 15th St, Moline, Ill. 61265), email (loryanneis@att.net) or phone (309-762-8303).
About the presentation
Vaasa on the west coast of central Finland across from Umeå, Sweden, has had links with Sweden going back to the 14th Century. In 1606 the city with its good harbor was chartered as Vasa by King Charles IX of Sweden and named after the Royal House of Vasa. Sweden lost control of that part of its realm in 1809. Yet, the Swedish presence in the population and imprint on the landscape has lasted. Also, that region was the source for immigrants to the U.S. who called themselves Swede-Finns.
The city’s name was changed from Vasa to Vaasa in the early 1930s because Finns had become the majority group. The region, called Ostrobothnia (the east side of the narrowest section of the Gulf of Bothnia), is the cultural center of Swede-Finns. It is officially bilingual – Finnish is the main language (65% of the population), but Swedish remains (23%).
Norm and Janet Moline visited this region last summer. They will briefly review the history of the Swedish presence and show some of its cultural landscape.
Augustana welcomes Fulbright Hildeman Scholar Elina Nilsson
Augustana was selected by the Swedish Fulbright Commission to host the 2024-25 Fulbright Hildeman Fellow. Scholar Dr. Elina Nilsson will teach a course for students in the Scandinavian studies program for the spring semester.
Augie's Funniest Videos
The Student Life Programming Board Late Night will host Augie's Funniest Videos (AFV) from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Submissions will be shown in four categories: campus videos, internet videos, campus photos and internet photos.
Cash prizes will be awarded to first, second and third place entries, and one lucky audience member will win $100.
Celebrating a decade of student success
As Augustana College's CORE (Career, Opportunities, Research and Exploration) celebrates its 10th anniversary, its new director Lindsay Adolphs reflects on how the center has helped hundreds of students achieve their dreams and shape their futures.
2024 in review: BESLA program, Augie Choice expansion and more
2024 brought opportunities for engaged learning with an expansion of Augustana's Augie Choice program, a grant supporting the development of a business-liberal arts scholars program and the unveiling of a new state-of-the-art film production facility.
Tribe of Vikings Hall of Fame induction ceremony
The Tribe of Vikings Hall of Fame Class of 2025 will be inducted at a ceremony.
The inductees are:
- Sarahbeth (Jones) Chargois '13, track and field
- Enyo Dewith '76, track and field
- Steve Durian '70, wrestling
- Kenny Harris '86, basketball and track and field
- Chet Jacks '79, basketball and track and field
- Crystal Putman Keller '82, softball
- 1991-92 wrestling team