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Campus update: Masking policy change
April 1, 2022
Mandatory masking in classrooms ends Monday
As of Monday, April 4, masking no longer will be required in Augustana College classrooms.
However, for the rest of spring semester, individual faculty members may require masking in their classrooms if they have obtained consent from the Provost's Office to do so.
Masking also may be required if the faculty member believes that the particular classroom activities present higher risk of COVID transmission.
Moving forward, the college will monitor the CDC's COVID risk assessment of Rock Island County. As long as the county remains at the low or medium level and Augustana does not experience a spike in campus cases, masks will be optional on campus.
For people over 50 and those at highest risk for COVID, new guidance on vaccinations was offered by the CDC this week. All community members are encouraged to stay up-to-date on COVID vaccinations to help prevent serious illness from COVID.
You're invited: CORE webinar April 7
Please join President Steve Bahls for a live lunchtime talk about CORE at noon April 7.
He will provide highlights and share how collaboration within CORE (Careers, Opportunities, Research, Exploration) has elevated the way Augustana prepares students for lives of meaning and purpose.
Students, faculty, staff and parents are invited to this Zoom webinar, which should last about 30 minutes.
Sen. Durbin to speak at commencement
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will deliver the address at the 162nd Augustana College Commencement Convocation on Sunday, May 22.
Sen. Durbin, Augustana President Steve Bahls and Dr. Millicent Knight, alumna and trustee, each will receive an honorary degree at the ceremony. → Read more
On a stage near you
Next weekend, April 7-10, you can see "The Captive," a 1926 relationship melodrama, at the Black Box in the Brunner Theatre Center.
On April 8, Aaron Dworkin will perform his spoken word composition, "The American Rhapsody," with the Augustana Symphony Orchestra.
"Rhapsody" is set to Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s "Symphonic Variations on an African Air."
Then on April 13, "Beyoncé Mass," a Christian worship service that celebrates the spirituality of Black women, will be in Centennial Hall.
On a related note, the college has announced that Paraguayan conductor Ernesto Estigarribia will join us this fall as assistant professor and director of orchestral activities.
SHE'S AN ACE: Sophomore Paige Breslin signs her card in the clubhouse after hitting her first hole-in-one on the par-3 12th hole at TPC Deere Run Tuesday. The Vikings were fifth out of 13 teams at the Deere Run Invitational, placing the best of any DIII team. This weekend the team will be in Galesburg for the Charger Invite.