Homecoming and Family Weekend
Augustana College will have a combined celebration for its 103rd Homecoming and annual Family Weekend on Oct. 6-8, 2023. Learn more.
It Begins With A
It Begins with A is a tradition at Augustana. And it's a celebration! It's a day for admitted students to meet others who have chosen Augustana, and those still deciding. Take a campus tour, have lunch in the dining hall and more.
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Academic Scholarship Day
Academic Scholarship Days help prospective students and their families learn more about what Augustana College has to offer.
Participate in an Academic Scholarship Day and you could achieve an extra $1,000 grant a year for four years. More than 30 academic departments from 90 majors and other programs will be your hosts.
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Viking Visit Day
Viking Visit Day help prospective students and their families learn more about what Augustana College has to offer.
Attendees will participate in a campus tour, student opportunities fair and an informational session by Admissions. You'll also hear a special presentation about how CORE (Careers, Opportunities, Research, Exploration) connects students with the ways they can bring their career goals and dreams to life.
Viking Visit Day
Viking Visit Days help prospective students and their families learn more about what Augustana College has to offer.
Attendees will participate in a campus tour, student opportunities fair and an informational session by Admissions. You'll also hear a special presentation about how CORE (Careers, Opportunities, Research, Exploration) connects students with the ways they can bring their career goals and dreams to life.
Fall Visit Day
Fall Visit Day helps prospective students and their families learn more about what Augustana College has to offer.
The day begins with a 9 a.m. check-in at the Carver Center, followed by an academic session in your chosen major led by members of our faculty. You will finish your day with a campus tour and lunch in our main dining hall.
Augustana officials, students canvas neighborhoods for lead drinking water pipes survey
Student research assistants were joined by President Andrea Talentino and Dr. Dianna Shandy for a morning of knocking on doors in Rock Island to encourage residents to report the material of their water service lines.
What to expect your first year at Augustana
A new environment can bring new challenges, but also positive experiences. Here are some things I wish I knew before I came to Augustana College, and how you can prepare yourself before you arrive.
Baseball’s Ozanic wins $10,000 NCAA scholarship
The NCAA honored baseball's Matt Ozanic ’22 with the prestigious $10,000 Postgraduate Scholarship to use for graduate study at a university or professional school.
’16 grad combats newborn mortality in rural Kenya
By developing curriculum to teach neonatal resuscitation protocol to medical practitioners in Mutomo, Kenya, Dr. Alyssa Nelson ’16 Motzel was determined to not only teach her peers, but also help them continue to train others.