Visiting artist: Megan Irwin
Have you ever wondered about the future of archives and the importance of physical objects in a digital world? Come hear one designer’s approach.
Megan Irwin is a practicing designer and professor at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. Irwin's creative practice explores the role of the designer as an archivist and collector. Her work highlights the importance of slower methods of making and less polished pursuits as a means to resist digital predictability in design.
Augustana Oratorio Society to perform ‘Requiem, Op. 9’
The Augustana Oratorio Society, Augustana Choir, Augustana Choral Artists and Augustana Symphony Orchestra are joining together to perform Maurice Duruflé’s “Requiem, Op. 9” and other choral works by French, English and Brazilian composers.
Film: 'CODA'
In recognition of Diversity Week and Better Hearing and Speech Month, the Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASSHA) will present a showing of the 2021 film "CODA."
How Augustana’s music program has impacted me
Deciding to continue in music through my undergraduate studies has led to wonderfully rewarding experiences. I’ve played the violin since age 6; leaving the instrument behind would have been a major change in my life. Participating in music and the orchestra at Augustana has done wonders for my playing ability and connected me with excellent mentorship, outstanding opportunities, and remarkable new peers and friends.
2023 Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award winners announced
Carly Davis's poem "Seattle Song" won the 24th annual Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award at Augustana.
RSVP for Hear Me Out by Wednesday
Join NAMI and The Gray Matters Collective for the second annual Hear Me Out event on April 30. This free event invites students, staff and the community to join together for a fun day of games and activities, petting therapy dogs, a guest panel, local mental health resources, and food and drinks.
Healthy masculinity workshop
This hour-long workshop will advocate for the awareness and expression of healthy masculinity using examples from the film 'Kung Fu Panda' and personal experience. This will be an open event for participants in the campus community to explore their own sense of masculinity and discuss how to embrace vulnerabilities and strengths. Presented by Iota Chi Epsilon.
Vocational presentation from Dezi Primous-Gillon '16
Dezi Primous-Gillon (they/them) is an educator, artist and client services coordinator currently residing on the unceded territories of the Council of Three Fires. After graduating Augustana College in 2016 with a religion and sociology double major, they went on to study liberation theology and sexual ethics at Union Theological Seminary. Their spiritual and political practices are cultivated by eco-womanist and black feminist frameworks and are also situated in the intersection of healing justice, ecology, and womanism.
As an outdoor enthusiast with a deep fondness for sci-fi and fantasy, they believe these genres will help folks unfasten a radical imagination of what is possible. They will be at Augustana presenting "My Post-Graduate Journey Helping People Access Bodily Autonomy and Practical Support," a discussion of their vocational journey and experiences as a youth worker, community organizer and client services provider for abortion seekers.
Sponsored by the departments of public health, sociology and anthropology, and women, gender, and sexuality studies, and the Presidential Center for Faith and Learning. See flyer.
Her Campus presents: Coty Fournier
Her Campus will welcome featured guest speaker Coty Fournier to share her inspirational journey from college graduate to senior executive leadership and entrepreneurial success in a highly-competitive and male-dominated industry.