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Pepper launches nonprofit for women's growth
From her days in Campus Ministries to her Civic Engagement project to living in the Quad Cities, Melissa Pepper '09 has always felt called to lead. Using her communication studies and English degree as the Director of Marketing and Client Relations at the law firm Lane & Waterman in Davenport, Iowa, the Augustana grad is preparing to launch her own non-profit: Lead(H)er.
Augustana and Scott County to partner on lead paint projects
Augustana College has selected Scott County, Iowa, as its partner in the second annual Sustainable Working Landscapes Initiative (SWLI). During the 2016-17 partnership, students and faculty will work with Scott County officials and community stakeholders to complete community-identified projects related to the presence of lead paint in homes.
Students paint mural at St. Anthony's
Augustana students produced a colorful, panoramic mural representing the Quad-Cities in the auditorium at St. Anthony's Nursing and Rehabilitation Center near campus. This is the second spring the nontraditional class, "Arts Joined by a River," has been offered. An open house for the mural is planned from noon to 2 p.m. May 17 at St. Anthony's, 767 30th St., Rock Island.
Senior Inquiry culminates in show 'The Scene'
Augustana student Michael J. Currie will direct "The Scene" as part of his Theatre Arts Senior Inquiry project May 13-15. Free performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in the Blackbox Theatre, Bergendoff Hall of Fine Arts.
'Cowboy Classics' explores epic traditions
"Cowboy Classics: The Roots of the American Western in the Epic Tradition," by Augustana's Dr. Kirsten Day, associate professor of Classics, will be published in June.
Taking it outside: Students focus on real life
Nikki Johnson '11 Armstrong, language arts teacher at Bettendorf Middle School, is pushing more than literacy this spring with her 62 seventh-graders. The fourth-year teacher is helping lay the groundwork for project-based learning at the middle school, where students and faculty are set on tackling environmental issues.
Gray '16 at home in batter's box, art studio
The annual event gives students the opportunity to share their scholarly and creative work and be a part of a campus-wide community of learners. Students are invited to submit proposals for presentations, posters, and performances. Here is a closer look at a sampling of student presentations from the 2016 event.
'07 grad recruits students 8,000 miles away
Andrea Heinz ’07 Marrinson always knew she would be an art teacher. But when she began teaching at an Illinois elementary school after graduation, little did she know of the international adventures awaiting her in the cities of Minburi, Dubai and Hanoi.
Ludwig '19 wins Geifman Prize
Katherine Ludwig, a first-year student, has won the 2016 Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies for her essay, "The Scapegoat." The essay discusses the treatment of Jews in Europe around the time of the Holocaust and what may have motivated this treatment.
Alumni in jobs that didn't exist 10-15 years ago
We asked alumni to tell us about their jobs that didn’t exist 10-15 years ago. Here’s what we learned.
WVIK takes home 15 awards for reporting
WVIK 90.3 FM, Quad Cities NPR, won 15 awards in state news contests last weekend. The WVIK newsroom competed in contests held by the Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association and the Iowa Broadcast News Association.
'Sweeney Todd' opens April 29
Augustana will present the musical "Sweeney Todd" as the last mainstage production in Potter Theatre before moving to a new theatre complex this fall. The show will run April 29-May 8. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 1:30 p.m. Sundays.
Bancks composition 'Into the Wild' going to Argentina
A new composition by Augustana's Jacob Bancks will be performed in Argentina this summer by the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies on tour. Bancks wrote the two-movement piece, "Into the Wild," especially for the youth symphony, based in Minneapolis-St. Paul. His talents were requested by Mark Russell Smith, artistic director of the youth symphony and also conductor of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra.
Video: St. Baldrick's 2016
More than $11,000 dollars was raised to aid childhood cancer research at the St. Baldrick's event on April 14. Dozens of students had their heads shaved in a show of support.
