Class Notes June 2021

Alumni share their news and photos!

Mississippi Bend Players summer theatre season on sale

The Mississippi Bend Players returns to live performance in the Brunner Theatre Center on the Augustana College campus this summer.

What to expect your first year at Augustana

No matter how big or small you think your school is, you’re going to get lost at some point. It’ll probably happen right when you move in and are still learning the campus, but it could also be during your junior year looking for a classroom you’ve never been to. Don’t panic if this happens!

Racial healing circle for alumni

Augustana alumni are invited to a conversation to promote dialogue around the dynamics of race.

Michael Rogers '12 and Jack Cullen '13 facilitate the Racial Healing sessions to acknowledge truths about past wrongs created by individuals and systemic racism and address the present consequences. The sessions center on personal experiences.

Augustana College has received funding from the Illinois Department of Human Services in partnership with the Chicago Trust for these conversations.

Masterworks II: Fantasies & Fables

The Quad City Symphony Orchestra will  begin with Engelbert Humperdinck’s prelude to his opera "Hänsel und Gretel." This will be followed by Michael Abels' "Frederick’s Fables," William Grant Still's "Poem for Orchestra" and Tchaikovsky's "Romeo & Juliet, Fantasy-Overture."

Masterworks I: The New World

Audience members at this concert must be masked, regardless of vaccination status.

The Quad City Symphony Orchestra will opens its107th season with Dudley Buck’s "Festival Overture on the American National Air." Pianist Garrick Ohlsson will perform Samuel Barber’s "Piano Concerto."

This program of musical Americana concludes with Antonín Dvořák’s "New World Symphony," inspired by African-American spirituals and Native American songs.

Prairie pottery workshop

Augustana Professor of Art Megan Quinn will lead a half-day pottery workshop. Participants will make and paint pinched pottery inspired by the surrounding prairie at the retreat center.

The workshop will run from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Firing will be completed offsite. The $30 fee includes materials and lunch.

Common myths about the college admission process

A lot of misinformation can swirl around and rumors die hard. How important are extracurriculars, really? And how important are my test scores if I have above a 3.5 GPA? As someone who’s been through the same process you’re getting ready to start, I’ve compiled a list of myths about college applications.

Charters Collection travels to Pennsylvania

Works of Swedish art from Augustana College will be exhibited June 29-Sept. 9 at the Hoyt Art Center, New Castle, Pa.