Film: 'Here It's a Bed of Roses'
Join us for the North American premiere of "Here It's a Bed of Roses," the feature fiction debut of Çağlar Çetin-Ayşe, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Augustana College. The film was screened at various independent film festivals worldwide and won six awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. The campus community is invited to a special screening on Thursday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. in the Olin auditorium.
A Q&A will follow the screening. This free event is co-organized by the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology and Theatre and Film at Augustana College.
Here It's a Bed of Roses
Director: Çağlar Çetin-Ayşe
Country: Turkey
Year: 2023
Running time: 93 min.
Language: Turkish, with English subtitles
Synopsis: Kağan, who once dreamt of becoming a writer, lives a lonely life as a business professor. He has not written anything for a long time. An unexpected visit from a friend shakes the foundation of his routinized life. Kağan cannot make sense of why Burçin showed up many years later. He feels there is a secret behind his weird silence. Burçin attempts to motivate Kağan to write again. While constantly resisting these attempts, Kağan begins to have dreams about his desire for Burçin. The tension between the two increases when a woman joins them.
Apply to be a Reading/Writing Center tutor
Would you like to get paid for helping your peers improve as readers and writers? To join a diverse community of scholars earning valuable experience for life after Augie? Each year at this time, the Reading/Writing Center (RWC) accepts applications from first-years and sophomores interested in becoming reading/writing tutors.
China J-term 2025 informational meeting
Have you ever imagined yourself visiting China in one three-and-a-half-week term? Travel with POLS-318 China in World Affairs (PS, G) or with HIST-252 Epic China (PP, G) during January 2025.
Dr. Xiaowen Zhang and Dr. Elizabeth Lawrance will tell you how you could spend your January in Hong Kong, Xi'an and Beijing. See the itinerary, look at photos of all three Chinas and learn how you might be able to participate in this special experience.
Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Trinity College of Nursing will visit campus 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. to talk with students about opportunities. Sponsored by CORE.
Pizza and Purpose: Xong Sony Yang, 'Rebelling by Asking Why'
Growing up in a traditional Hmong family and the daughter of refugees, Xong Sony Yang learned to rebel by asking why. She was the first in her family to go to college. Four years later, she was the first to go back to college (on a different career path), and then the first to go to graduate school.
Looking back now, she knows that early experiences serving as an interpreter for her family opened career opportunities, including as the beloved director of Augustana's Office of International Student and Scholar Services, where she teaches students to ask why.
Hear Xong Sony narrate her life's path, which will help you carve your path as well!
Sponsored by Augustana Leaders in Vocational Exploration (ALIVE).
Augustana selects Jonathan Enslin as vice president for college advancement
Jonathan Enslin has been selected to serve as Augustana College’s vice president for college advancement. Enslin, who now serves as vice president for college advancement at St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wis., will join the college Jan. 1.
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UNYK Fall Showcase, 'Barbie is UNYK,' on Nov. 12
The UNYK Multicultural Dance Troupe is proud to present their Fall 2023 Showcase on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m., in Centennial Hall. Over 50 dancers have worked hard for the past two months to put together 14 dances.