Moon Festival
Celebrate the mid-autumn festival, Asian culture and students' hard work on campus with performances (dancing, singing, martial arts), light food and fun activities. The Moon Festival will run from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Lower Quad (rain location: Wallenberg Hall).
Sponsored by the Asian Student Organization. See flyer.
Alumni invited to centennial celebration, ‘Met and Wed’ event
Alumni are invited to mark the 100th anniversary of Ascension Chapel and couples are invited to a "Met and Wed" event.
Study Abroad Fair
The Office of International and Off-Campus Programs will host an informational fair from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. to promote 2024-2025 study away programs and summer language and internship programs.
Concert: ADAAWE
Mixing West African roots, Gospel harmonies and American funk, women-led ensemble ADAAWE brews up a contemporary global fusion. Its dynamic members bring their diverse percussive and harmonic flavors to the stage, with an intoxicating energy that captivates audiences everywhere.
Hailing from Kenya, Morocco, Israel, Panama and across the United States, the talented musicians of ADAAWE embody intercultural understanding and a celebration of music from around the globe. Through their music, they also build community, promote women’s rights and social and environmental justice.
This concert is presented by Quad City Arts and the Office of Student Life and Leadership.
Naturalization ceremony
More than 90 new citizens will take part in a naturalization ceremony hosted by Augustana College at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 20, at Centennial Hall, 3703 7th Ave., Rock Island.
The Honorable Sara Darrow, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central Illinois District, will preside over the event. The ceremony is being held as part of Augustana’s annual observance of Constitution Day, which was Sept. 17, and is noted by colleges and universities across the United States.
Wednesday’s activities include a class taught by Dr. Paul Baumgardner, assistant professor of political science and remarks by Professor of English and Acting Chair of Religion Dr. Umme al-Wazedi, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Augustana to host naturalization ceremony
More than 90 new citizens are expected to take part in the ceremony presided by the Honorable Sara Darrow, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Central Illinois District. The event is part of Augustana's annual observance of Constitution Day, which was Sept. 17
Vote for SGA fall senators by Sept. 20
Voting has begun for the Student Government Association's fall senators. Voting runs from Tuesday, Sept. 19, until Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 11:59 p.m.
Augustana’s John Deere Planetarium to host solar eclipse viewing
The event will feature safe telescope and naked-eye views of the partial eclipse of the sun from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14. Free indoor and outdoor programs in the planetarium, observatory and geology museum are planned.
Poetry reading: Yashika Graham
Award-winning Jamaican poet Yashika Graham will perform a poetry reading. This event is presented by the Augustana Jamaica Program and the Augustana English Department.
About the poet:
Yashika Graham is a Jamaican poet and current resident of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Graham is the winner of the 2019 Mervyn Morris Prize for Poetry, has received a Centrum Writer's Residency and has read at literary festivals, including Dodge Poetry (USA), Bristol (UK), the World Festival of Poetry (Venezuela) and Port Townsend (USA). Her poetry, prose and literary criticism have been published internationally; her debut collection, "Some of Us Can Go Back Home," is forthcoming from Blouse & Skirt Books.
Nursing virtual informational meeting
The Biology Department will host a half-hour virtual informational meeting for all students interested in nursing careers.
First-year students and sophomores will get an overview of the different paths into a nursing career. Juniors will learn how to apply to either the BA-BSN or BA-MSN dual degree programs with Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences this fall. Seniors will find out how to apply to a variety of ABSN and direct-entry MSN programs this fall and winter.