Photo by Emma Larson ’18, public health and biology, winter term in Australia 2016, Great Barrier Reef.
The world at their feet with Augie Choice
Alumni and students share photos from their journeys
Every year Augustana students pack their bags, bid the campus community farewell and embark on an adventure of a lifetime. From Nicaragua to Switzerland, India and Australia, they travel the world to enhance their academic and professional skills — all while experiencing new countries, cultures and languages. Upon graduation, many of them describe their study abroad experience as one of the most rewarding and pivotal times of their college career.
With Augie Choice, students can receive up to $2,000 for study away, research or an internship. Augustana has invested $9 million during the last decade to assist more than 4,400 students who wanted to pursue an immersive learning experience. More than half of these students used their Augie Choice to study abroad. While each journey is personal, students return with many different stories to tell, oftentimes through the lens of a camera.
Photo by Anthony Steinle ’17, biochemistry and pre-medicine, winter term in Australia 2016,
Sydney Opera House at Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Photo by Sam Paulson ‘20, business administration–finance, international business, Siena term, fall 2018, Vatican in Rome
Photo by Jacqueline Kwasigroch ’19, anthropology, East Asia term, fall 2016, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in the Himalayas, near Lijiang, China
Photo by Marisa Hollems ’17, communication sciences and disorders, Ireland term, spring 2015,
Cahergall Stone Fort, Ring of Kerry, Ireland.
Always up for an adventure, Ivan Starenko ’20 went paragliding over Interlaken, a Swiss town surrounded by the Alps, last spring. Starenko was participating in the Innovation and Invention Learning Community in the Alps with Augustana faculty Dr. Joshua Dyer and Dr. Samantha Keehn.
After studying on campus the history of physics and engineering in Europe and ways in which location, innovation and technology have impacted music in the region, the students toured southern Germany, Bern (Switzerland) and Salzburg, Austria, for three weeks. Starenko used his Augie Choice for this program.
Not to be outdone by his students, Dr. Joshua Dyer also took in the view.
Photo by Kimberly Firganek '19, business administration-marketing; Siena term, fall 2018;seaside village of Corniglia in Italy's Cinque Terre.
Photo by Rachel Lee ’19, biology, West Africa trip winter 2017, Mole National Park, Ghana.
Photo by Sydney Gilbert ’19, art history, London fall term 2017, Neal’s Yard in London.
