Events Calendar
Women's Basketball vs. Webster
The women's basketball team plays Webster.
Men's Basketball vs. Wheaton
The men's basketball team plays Wheaton.
Swenson Center Julbord Dinner
Enjoy traditional Swedish-American Christmas smörgåsbord fare and support the Swenson Center!
Buffet items include: salads, relishes, fruit, herring, bread, cheese, potatoes, salmon, potato sausage, meatballs, rice pudding and Christmas desserts.
Festival of Sankta Lucia
Augustana's annual celebration of the Festival of Sankta Lucia will commemorate the holiday with traditional Scandinavian Christmas carols, lessons and poetry.
The Sankta Lucia Festival is a cherished tradition of the Advent season in all the Nordic countries. A candlelight procession of singers is led by a young woman robed in white with a crown of candles on her head, to commemorate the martyred St. Lucy (d. 304 AD), whose feast day is Dec. 13.
Augustana Endowment Society meeting
Augustana's Endowment Society encourages all interested persons to gather for the monthly meeting.
This month, Dr. Eric Newell, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities, will present Christmas music from the Augustana Chamber Singers.
Southwest Rock Island Wetlands research presentations
Join Augustana College’s Upper Mississippi Center for an evening of research updates and preliminary findings from the Southwest Rock Island Wetlands Land & Water Reserve study. This presentation is free and open to the public.
Presentations will include:
- Project overview and future research plans
- Groundwater and surface water quality
- Terrestrial mammal surveys
- Bat monitoring surveys
- Bird monitoring surveys
- Vegetation surveys
- Dragonfly surveys
- Environmental DNA (eDNA) for aquatic species
- Community survey and interview findings
- Research maps and spatial findings
Joy of Christmas
2026 is the 55th year for The Joy of Christmas Past and Present, sponsored by Augustana College Campus Ministries and Augustana Lutheran Church, Andover, Ill.
Students and faculty from Augustana College join the community for this beautiful service of worship and music that starts at Augustana Lutheran Church in Andover. The Christmas story will be read in several different languages.
The service concludes with a procession to the Jenny Lind Chapel, which is illuminated by 100 candles, and where Holy Communion will be celebrated to the strains of familiar Christmas carols.
Attendees are advised to dress warm for the weather, as the candle procession is about a 5-minute walk to the chapel.
Sponsored by Campus Ministries and the Augustana Choir.
Jazz Combos Christmas performance
The Augustana Jazz Combos will perform holiday songs at the Brew.
Christmas at Augustana
Celebrate Christmas at Augustana with performances by the Augustana Symphony Orchestra, Augustana Brass Ensemble, Augustana Choir, Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble, Augustana Concert Chorale, and the Augustana Handbell Choir.
Guests of all ages are invited to experience the warmth and excellence of this cherished Augustana tradition.
The performance is 90 minutes with no intermission. The lobby will open at 1 p.m. Guests are asked to be seated no later than 1:55 p.m.
Tickets are available October 1.
See also: Sunday performance