Recent graduate outcomes
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99% of the surveyed Augustana Class of 2023 said they were in graduate school or employed within six months of graduation.
Data was collected from students who graduated from Augustana College in Summer 2022, Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. Data was collected through a collaboration between the Offices of Institutional Research and Career Development, and compiled by Laura Kestner-Ricketts, executive director of career and professional development, March 2024.
![Christian Elliott](/files/2024-06/thumb_10_Christian_Elliott_magazine.jpg)
Elliott '20 brings home Webby Awards for NASA
Christian Elliott '20 recently traveled to New York City for the 28th annual Webby Awards to accept honors for "Suiting up for Space," the April 2023 episode he wrote and produced as an intern for the podcast "NASA's Curious Universe."
![Danny Ford in Greece](/files/news/Danny_Ford_Greece_0%5B1%5D.jpeg)
How to start a dream job right after (or before) graduating from Augustana
Three 2024 grads show what can happen with curiosity, internships, good challenges and support from their Augustana success team.
![Ben Castro](/files/news/Castro_Ben%20%281%29.jpg)
Castro ’21 positioned to ‘help be the change in the Illinois Quad Cities’
A project led by Ben Castro ’21 to better understand uneven food access and food insecurities within QC MetroLINK’s service area placed fourth in a national competition. The project is tied to Castro's Senior Inquiry for his geography major.
![Alyssa Motzel](/files/news/Alyssa%203.jpg)
’16 grad combats newborn mortality in rural Kenya
By developing curriculum to teach neonatal resuscitation protocol to medical practitioners in Mutomo, Kenya, Dr. Alyssa Nelson ’16 Motzel was determined to not only teach her peers, but also help them continue to train others.
![Claire Kim](/files/alumni/Claire_Kim_Web_0.jpg)
“I am thankful that I chose to go to a school that had so many different ways for me to get involved and become my own person.”Read More
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“Augustana offers a welcoming yet challenging environment that pushed me outside of my comfort zone.”Read More
![Madeleine Lange](/files/alumni/Lange_Madeleine_Web.jpg)
“I loved being able to expand people's horizons and expose more people to the Chinese language program!”Read More
![Alison Lawrence](/files/alumni/Lawrence_Alison_Web.jpg)
“At MD Anderson Cancer Center, I conducted breast cancer research alongside some of the top physician-scientists in the country.”Read More
![John Le](/files/alumni/Le_John_Web.jpg)
“Augustana's passionate faculty and learning environment really gave me the chance to explore.”Read More
![Tom Liesz](/files/alumni/Liesz_Tom_Web.jpg)
“I was never the best wrestler but being a part of a team so special and being around such motivating and inspiring people is the one thing I will truly miss.”Read More
![Gabbi Loiz](/files/alumni/Loiz_Gabbi_Web.jpg)
“My peak experience was competing in the women's basketball CCIW championships and having the support of all my peers and professors behind us.”Read More
![Margaret Lukas](/files/alumni/Lukas_Margaret_Web.jpg)
“I have achieved everything I wanted and more because of this school.”Read More
![Emily Luming](/files/alumni/Luming_Emily_Web.jpg)
“My peak experience has been working with the Reading/Writing Center and the Augustana Prison Education Program.”Read More
![Magee](/files/alumni/Magee_Michaela_Web_0.jpg)
“I knew at a smaller school the professors would be personal, but I did not expect to the extent they would support and encourage me.”Read More
![Joe Marcucci](/files/alumni/Marcucci_Joe_web.jpg)
“My peak experience was finding out I was admitted to my top law school choice during class.”Read More
![Kate Martino](/files/alumni/Martino_Katie_Web.jpg)
“I used my Augie Choice to fund my summer internship with Amazon Web Services in Washington, D.C.”Read More
![Joseph McCoy](/files/alumni/McCoy_Joe_Web.jpg)
“I have developed close relationships with my professors and will continue to stay in touch years after I graduate.”Read More
![Madelyn McGraw](/files/alumni/McGraw_Madelyn_Web.jpg)
“I will be forever grateful to Dr. Mari Nagase for telling me about a Japanese university's online language exchange program.”Read More
![Annika Murrah](/files/alumni/Murrah_Annika_Web.jpg)
“I have been supported by my professors since my freshman FYI up to my Senior Inquiry.”Read More
![Evelyn Nelson](/files/alumni/Nelson_Evelyn_Web.jpg)
“I had no idea what I wanted to study when I came to Augustana, and now I am graduating as a triple major!”Read More
![Linh Nguyen](/files/alumni/Nguyen_Linh_Web.jpg)
“If I could go back and tell my freshman self that I am now going into a Ph.D. program in neuroscience, she would never believe it.”Read More
![Alison Ogden](/files/alumni/Ogden_Alison_Web.jpg)
“Augustana helped me realize that I could do way more than I ever thought possible.”Read More
![Rachel Pariso](/files/alumni/Pariso_Rachel_Web.jpg)
“I have incredible advisors who encouraged me to major in accounting and finance and so many inspirational professors.”Read More
![Lauren Pillion](/files/alumni/Pillion_Lauren_Web.jpg)
“The professors I've had and the people I've met have made me who I am today.”Read More
![Kylie Radz](/files/alumni/Radz_Kylie_Web1.jpg)
“I knew this school was for me because they value the experience of studying abroad.”Read More