Augie Acres succulent night
Augie Acres is hosting a free succulent night. In order to receive a free succulent, you must attend three Augie Acres events, such as a meeting or work party.
Conference panel: 'Youth Are Calling for Action'
Jack Hughes, an Augustana College geology major, will be part of a panel, "Youth Are Calling for Action," at the Upper Mississippi River Conference.
The conference runs Oct. 19-20 with a schedule of speakers that includes academics, students, government officials, planners, journalists and conservationists.
Art Cullen, Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of the Storm Lake (Iowa) Times, will speak Wednesday evening.
Pearce retiring from WVIK; reception Oct. 25
Jay Pearce, chief executive officer and general manager of Quad Cities NPR affiliate WVIK, will retire Oct. 28 after 11 years at the station.
DeSimone to lead Viking Club fundraising, engagement
David DeSimone, Augustana College head tennis coach, is adding fundraising and booster engagement to his duties.
Texas Medical Center internships info meeting
An informational session and application workshop will be held for juniors interested in the Texas Medical Center Summer Research Internship Program.
This is a paid full-time, 10-week research internship in Houston., open to all major.
The application deadline for summer 2023 is 6:30 p.m. Dec. 2, 2022.
Texas Medical Center consists of 49 member institutions, employs more than 93,500 people, and serves approximately 6 million patients. It is the largest medical complex in the world. The heart of the program is located at two primary institutions: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor college of Medicine.
Previous Augustana students have been placed at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, one of the world's leading treatment and research centers; Texas Children's Hospital, an international leader in pediatric medicine; as well as Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, and the University of Texas Health Science Center's prestigious Center for Laboratory Animal Medicine and Care.
Internships are available in all majors. Students who have participated in the program have majored in art, business, communications, English and psychology, in addition to science fields.
Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, to speak at Augustana
Arun Gandhi, a socio-political activist, journalist and philanthropist, will share his grandfather’s message of the transformational power of channeling one’s anger into an agent for doing good.
Students kick off inauguration festivities
The celebration of President Andrea Talentino's inauguration started Sunday with an Inauguration Kickoff Student Picnic, a special event just for students.
Pride in Memory reception
Quad Cities Pride in Memory will host a reception in honor of its first display of local LGBTQ historical artifacts.
In collaboration with the Putnam Museum, Augustana College, Sarah Robb and Fourth Wall Films, Pride in Memory will unveil a set of six history panels representing the lives of local LGBTQ+ residents from a variety of perspectives and relevant topics from the 1960s through the 2000s.
The panels were created under the direction of Robb, a local artist.
Augustana students Hannah Weber, Mackenzie Sullivan and Katie Zenisek are taking individual histories for the project, and producing multi-media presentations such as public radio podcasts made available online, a published booklet and more.
The students will be present to answer questions, along with a representative of Moline-based Fourth Wall Films, which is collaborating with Pride in Memory on a full-length documentary film.
SPACES premiere
Tony Oliver, associate professor of music at Augustana, will perform the world premiere of James Romig's "SPACES" composition for solo vibraphone.
Romig is a professor of music composition at Western Illinois University in Macomb. Romig's "STILL," a composition for solo piano, was performed at the Figge Art Museum in 2018 and was recognized as a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize.
During the Figge's world premiere of "SPACES, " audience members may sit or walk in the galleries.
In addition to teaching, Oliver is a clinician and adjudicator for percussion events, and is involved in the New Horizons Music program for older musicians. In addition to performing with the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Oliver is the solo percussionist and timpanist for the Lake Placid Sinfonietta, and various other chamber and solo engagements.
Augustana partners with PEN America to support free expression
On Wednesday, Oct. 12, during Augustana’s Symposium Day: Civil Discourse, PEN America will present a keynote address and workshop on why free expression matters globally, nationally and on college campuses, especially during an election season.