Apply to be a summer visit day Admissions worker
The Admissions Office is hiring tour guides for this summer's big visits days. Paid training will be offered this spring.
2024 Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies winners
The annual Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies is a competition in which students write or compose in music and art their responses to the Holocaust.
Augustana expands student-engagement initiative Augie Choice
The innovative program, previously only available to juniors and seniors, is now expanded to sophomores so that they too can engage in transformational engaged learning experiences.
Campus master plan update meeting on May 8
The campus community is invited to join the Business Office for a campus master plan update with Jones Architecture and U3 Advisors on Wednesday, May 8. The meeting will recap key findings from the data collection process and introduce various concepts to assist the college in developing a final plan later this summer.
Innovation in the Alps study away info session April 29
Have you always wanted to go to Germany and Switzerland? Have you ever wanted the chance to go paragliding through the Alps? Still need a PH or PA? Then look no further!
Nordic Book Club: 'The Book of Eels'
Join the Swenson Center's monthly book club to discuss books on Nordic topics or by Nordic authors.
In May, the group will read "The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World," by Patrik Svensson, translated by Agnes Broomé. The Swedish-language version won the 2019 August Prize for Nonfiction.
About the book
Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become known as the "eel question": Where do eels come from? What are they? Are they fish or some other kind of creature altogether? Even today, in an age of advanced science, no one has ever seen eels mating or giving birth, and we still don’t understand what drives them, after living for decades in freshwater, to swim great distances back to the ocean at the end of their lives. They remain a mystery.
Blending memoir and nature writing at its best, Svensson’s journey to understand the eel becomes an exploration of the human condition that delves into overarching issues about our roots and destiny, both as humans and as animals, and, ultimately, how to handle the biggest question of all: death. The result is a gripping and slippery narrative that will surprise and enchant.
Swedish-American Genealogy Club: 'Research in Östergötland'
The Swenson Center and Head of Genealogical Services Jill Seaholm invite you to a virtual Swedish-American Genealogy Club meeting. The club will talk about resources available for Östergötland research.
The event is free for Swenson Center members and $10 for non-members.
To receive the Zoom link, please register using the link below. The Zoom link will be sent from Jill's email account 24 hours before the meeting.
Study Away info session: Innovation in the Alps
Have you always wanted to go to Germany and Switzerland? Have you ever wanted the chance to go paragliding through the Alps? Still need a PH or PA? Then look no further!
Join the Office of International and Off-Campus Programs (IOP) for an informational session on the 2025 Innovation in the Alps study away program and learn more about this amazing opportunity. (And yes, there will be chocolate!)
Presentation: 'Would interpreting and translating be good careers for you?'
Angela Chenus, certified judiciary and conference French interpreter, will present on interpreting and translating careers. Learn about career options in these growing fields. Bilingual and multilingual students are especially encouraged to join. Light refreshments will be served.
This event, which runs from 11 a.m. to noon, is open to all campus. Sponsored by the Department of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and the Academic Initiative Fund.
Augustana student wins award at Cedar Rapids Independent Film Fest
Matthew Chezum ’25, from New Windsor, Ill., won the Student Audience Choice Eddy Award in the 2024 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (CRIFF).