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Alumnus gives largest gift in Augustana history – $40 million
Murry Gerber 75 has made a $40 million commitment to provide financial aid and scholarships to high-achieving students from families with lower incomes, many of whom will be the first in their family to attend college.
“I also found a special home in the Augustana Choir these last three years.”Read More
Istad '98 wins Grammy for Mahler choral performance
Robert Istad '98 was amongst a group of musicians who won this year's Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for "Mahler: Symphony No. 8, 'Symphony of a Thousand'."
“After much discussion with mentors, faculty and my closest friends about nursing and medical school, I arrived at a decision of pursing medicine with a more holistic approach.”Read More
Durbin to speak at commencement May 22
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, will deliver the address at the 162nd Commencement Convocation at Augustana College on Sunday, May 22.
Relationship drama 'The Captive' on stage April 7-10
Augustana College will present "The Captive," April 7-10, a 1926 melodrama about a woman who pretends to be with a man but is in love with a woman.
Returning 'Messiah' brings back memories
When Professor Olof Olsson came back to Rock Island from London in 1880, he probably had no idea he was about to create a musical tradition, and generations of memories.