Chipotle Fundraiser
On Saturday October 30, the Augustana College Music Educators will be having a fundraiser at Chipotle in Moline from 4pm to 8pm. To participate, mention Augustana College Music Educators while checking out. If ordering online use code ZV989HZ at checkout.
Augustana Rugby vs. NIU
The Northern Illinois University Huskies with be traveling to Augustana to face the Augustana/St. Ambrose Rugby team in a friendly match on the football field after the football game.
Crafting with COGS
Come join the Chi Omega Gamma sorority on October 28th in the Ken Anderson building for an evening of Halloween crafts. Snacks will be provided. RSVP not required but encouraged.
History of Research and Engineering on the Mississippi River
Dr. Matthew Fockler, Augustana College research associate, will share his project, Two Mississippi, a historical and geographic investigation of the Upper Mississippi River since its greatest human-made alteration, the 9-Foot Channel Project.
Two Mississippi is an invitation to step into and along the Upper Mississippi River and explore its past, present, and future. Fockler uses repeat photography, archival research, GIS mapping, and oral history to examine the dramatic human and ecological landscape changes that have occurred on the Upper Mississippi River.
Dr. Fockler will be introduced by Gabriele Villarini, climate expert and director of the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research (IIHR). He will discuss IIHR’s history of research and engineering on the Mississippi River.
Halloween at House on the Hill
Kai Swanson, special assistant to the president, will present Halloween at House on the Hill.
Participants should dress for the weather, as most of the program will take place outside. A limited number of people will be invited inside, but will need to remain masked and appropriately distanced. In the event of rain, the program will be canceled.
On the 8th of April in 1953 (6:30 a.m. to be precise), Apollonia Weyerhaeuser Davis died in her family home at the age of 89. Not long after, her son Edwin arranged to donate the home and its surrounding 26-acre estate to Augustana College on condition it continue to use the name the family had given it: House on the Hill.
Apollonia spent all but a few years of her remarkable life in House on the Hill, and there are those who contend that her spirit lives on there.
Financial Literacy Workshop
The Student Government Association will host a Financial Literacy Workshop for students. Learn some things and have a Hurtz doughnut.
College applications: how to effectively showcase yourself
Tips on crafting your college application from someone who reviews every accepted Augustana applicant.
Well-being lab: getting unstuck
Join Ann Oakes to learn about acceptance and commitment therapy. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a powerful, evidence-based treatment for clients struggling with depression, anxiety, addiction, eating disorders, and a host of other mental health conditions. It is based in the belief that the road to lasting happiness and well-being begins with accepting our thoughts, rather than trying to change them.
Filipino Salu-Salo
The Filipino Student Organization will celebration Filipino-American Heritage Month with a Salu-Salo (gathering). Students are invited to join in and learn an aspect of Filipino culture by eating, singing, dancing, and playing Filipino street games.
Learn how to dance "tinikling," a unique traditional dance in the Philippines that involves bamboo sticks; team up with friends in a street game called "patintero"; or enjoy a "banana-cue," one of the Philippines' sweet delicacies.