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Campus update for Sept. 18, 2020
Sept. 18, 2020
Our virtual Family Week begins with the Good Courage worship service and our new campus chaplain, Rev. Melinda Pupillo on Sunday. (The service is open to the entire campus community; see the Family Week page for the link to join on Sunday.)
There will be sessions for parents on a variety of topics Tuesday-Thursday. And there's a pretty sweet treat-and-T-shirt offer.
Families can share their student’s favorite recipes, and Dining Services will select one recipe to feature nightly during Family Week. Submit your recipe by 4:30 p.m. today.
Congrats to Alison Lawrence, a sophomore from Roscoe, Ill., who is the winner of the 2020 Tredway Library Prize for First-Year Research.
Today's updates:
• Employees are invited to a Bias Response Town Hall at 3 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 22) to learn how the college responds to bias reports. Register to get a link to the webinar.
• Dylan Sortillo '18 has joined the Augustana as an assistant basketball coach. He is the only Viking ever to play in two basketball national championship games.
Tonight: Trivia night, 7 p.m.; Sigma Alpha Iota recruitment 7:30 p.m.
Saturday: Outside the Box auditions 9-11 a.m.; Vike Squad Games 1-3:30 p.m.; Alpha Phi Omega fundraiser 5 p.m. Sunday: Mass 10:30 a.m.
• Groups looking for members:
Ladies of Vital Essence (L.O.V.E.)
Students for Reproductive Freedom
• Dr. Sangeetha Rayapati, professor of music, will be honored at the Race Against Racism sponsored by the Rock Island YWCA Oct 24.
• Brett Biebel, teaching fellow of English, will publish his debut collection of stories, "48 Blitz" in December.
Here's your ride! This Act II van is being used for campus shuttle service, stopping at nine campus locations in a loop from 7 p.m.- 2 a.m. every day.