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College receives $1.5M from John Deere Foundation for data analytics
Augustana College will receive a $1.5 million grant from the John Deere Foundation to establish the Robert A. Hanson Endowed Chair in Data Analytics. He was a 1948 graduate of Augustana who had a 40-year career with Deere and served as CEO from 1982-1990.
The Learning Commons
The Learning Commons is the place for all academic support needs.
Series VI: General Administrative Files, 1895-1995
Series VI: General Administrative Files from I/O:58 Upsala College (East Orange, N.J.) records.
Academic Research Assistance & Topics
The Swenson Center is happy to assist academic researchers. See this page for some suggested research topics.

2025 MLK Day celebration schedule
Augustana College's annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy will take place Jan. 20-24. The theme of the event is "Continuing the Legacy: Service, Justice and Action."
Subseries 4: Evald Benjamin Lawson
Folder inventory for Subseries 4: Evald Benjamin Lawson, Series I: Presidential Papers from I/O:58 Upsala College (East Orange, N.J.) records.
Alumni remember President Emeritus Dr. Thomas Tredway
Dr. Thomas Tredway ’57, president emeritus of Augustana College, died on April 10. Alumni, staff and friends of the college shared memories of Dr. Tredway.
Signals from the Universe
Students will learn the basics of radioastronomy, a vibrant and expanding area of astronomy that looks for natural radio emission from space. This will be focused toward building a specialized receiver and antenna, which together form a simple radio telescope that will be used to “listen” to the sun.
SAC P:150 Charles August Johnson biographical notes
Charles August Johnson was born in Sweden in 1842 and came to the United States in 1868. Johnson became interest in ornithology after hearing and seeing tropical birds during his early seaman years abroad. He carved and painted hundreds of realistic birds from wood. The collection contains three pages of typewriting biographical notes from various sources titled “Writeups Concerning Mr. Charles August Johnson, Bird Carver: Collection Given Augustana Historical Society.”