Today's update: It's a tragedy

Nov. 10, 2021

Lay on, Macduff!

Roger Pavey is Macduff and Keenan Ellis is Macbeth in Augustana's production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth." You can see this classic tragedy for free at the Brunner: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Today's updates:

• Juniors, if you've been hearing a lot about Texas Medical internship program, that's because it is a life-changing opportunity. Final info meeting and application workshop is this Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Old Main 132.

• Theatre majors have found a home off-campus and internship opportunities at the Spotlight Theatre in Moline. They've got fans!

 The Quad City Botanical Center near campus is hanging lights from 6-8 p.m. today for its annual "Winter Nights Winter Lights" display. If you would like to help, email Kai Swanson ASAP for a ride. Doughnuts, hot cider and hot chocolate at the end for volunteers. 

 The Fryxell Geology Museum is once again open to off-campus visitors!

 Viking women wrestlers make school history in first tournament.

 Senior David Mason III is profiled about his plans to head home to Detroit after his December graduation for an an accounting job in downtown Detroit with Deloitte.

Learn about the people who help support you

Did you know that 6,271 people gave to Augustana last year? 

The Office of Advancement is celebrating their generosity by hosting Impact Week next week. There will be daily events (with refreshments!) for you to learn about how their gifts support your education.

Software and folktales

Dr. Labiba Jahan, our newest computer science faculty, wrote software able to "read" Russian folktales and identify characters as princess, hero or villain. Read her work in "Inducing Stereotypical Character Roles from Plot Structure." It was accepted for publication in the 2021 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing.