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Augustana students: prepared and energetic

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Augustana is home to about 2,500 students from about 40 countries. Most are undergraduates; our renowned communication sciences and disorders program launched a master’s degree in speech-language pathology in 2020.  

They are, on whole, academically well prepared.

They also are endlessly, energetically and often exhaustingly engaged. We provide, and they fill, 18 musical ensembles, 29 varsity-level athletic teams (14 men’s and 14 women’s NCAA teams, plus varsity-level all-gender esports), 14 Greek life organizations and about 150 student organizations.

We have 100 academic majors, minors and other programs of study. The most populated are in business, biology, psychology and communication studies. More than 20 percent of students major in health- and wellness-related fields. Augustana’s newest undergraduate majors are kinesiology and film, and newest minors are integrative medicine and the humanities, and disability studies.

The curriculum is structured to encourage academic exploration, so more than 50 percent of our students will complete two or more academic programs, often in diverse fields. More than half also will study internationally and most will complete off-campus internships.
A $2,000 Augie Choice grant, available to every student, helps make it all affordable.

Office of Human Resources
639 38th St.
Rock Island, Ill., 61201

humanresources@augustana.edu

Phone: 309-794-7352

Fax: 309-794-8962

Greg Domski, assistant professor of chemistry

For me, the most rewarding aspect of being a faculty member at Augustana has been the opportunity to mentor students as they perform original laboratory research. The Senior Inquiry requirement motivates all students to engage in authentic inquiry and produce a polished final product. In chemistry, this means I get to experience the struggles and triumphs of scientific research anew with each undergraduate collaborator who works in my lab.