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Campus update: Internship opportunities!
Nov. 4, 2022
How do Augustana students get cool internships? Ask Paige Lundborg ’23, who searched for and studied bees, including the endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, for the Illinois/Iowa U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last summer.
Or Bobby Nwachukwu ’23, who worked in the lab last summer with his biochemistry advisor/professor Dr. Pamela Trotter.
Or Audrey Zettler ’25, who spent hours on the beach last summer — at night, waiting for sea turtles to come ashore to nest. → Read and watch
Block party funds to Rock Island High
President Andrea Talentino delivered a $2,844 check to Rock Island High School, raised by funds generated at the post-inauguration street party.
She presented the check in the high school's Rocky Resource Room, which provides clothing, toiletries and other necessary items to students and families at all grade levels.
There's a holiday celebration for everyone, from Lighting of the Tree on Dec. 1, to Día de la Virgen Dec. 19.
See a holiday event missing from this list? Email your information to campusupdate@augustana.edu.
The Augustana Observer profiles Dr. Michael Zemek, who recently was promoted to division dean of arts and communication, while still teaching music education classes and conducting the Jenny Lind Choir.
Since he first took the position in 2004, Dr. Zemek also has served as a professor, conductor and department co-chair.
Augustana kicks off its new Global Lecture Series with Arun Manilal Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
He will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 in Centennial Hall.
The lecture series coincides with International Education Week and underscores Augustana’s commitment to preparing students to make an impact in a global society.
Announcements
Send good vibes to Viking men's IM flag football champion team! They are headed to the NIRSA Flag Football Regional this weekend at Oklahoma State in Stillwater. The team, composed of 15 varsity baseball players, competed during IMs and won the championship Monday.
• Get your RSVP in for the annual Soul Food Dinner Nov. 11!
• The J-term study abroad program England: Developing British Nationhood will travel to London, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon in June 2023. To get started or get more information, contact Dr. Joseph McDowell. The application deadline is Nov. 30.
• President Andrea Talentino and her family invite senior students to attend a social at the Dahl President's Home on campus. RSVP links will be sent out monthly for this series of events; you can sign up now for November.
Augustana Night is Sunday at the Putnam Museum for the showing of "I Am Able," the documentary of students performing with the Penguin Project. Augie first-year Georgi Feigley writes about her experience with the group in Blogustana.
Bone clues
Geology 201 students in the History of Life class got a behind-the-scenes tour of the dinosaur collection at the Field Museum in Chicago. The 67-million-year-old bones they are examining formed a trail of breadcrumbs leading to the discovery of the famed T-rex, Sue.