Welcome Week
Welcome Week for new first-year and transfer students starts with check-in from 9 a.m.-noon. Highlights include Opening Convocation, a "First “A” at Augie photo," Welcome to College Extravaganza, and Office of Student Life After Hours.
See complete schedule for times and locations.
Culture Fest
The Multicultural Programming Board’s annual Cultural Fest offers a chance to learn about new cultures while enjoying food, drinks and music from around the world. The event will run from 1-4 p.m.
Meet the Augustana culture groups, complete fun activities, enjoy delicious dishes from local restaurants, and music and dance by the QC Baile Folklorico.
There will be free T-shirts, tote bags, snow cones, and food. There will also be trivia games with a special prize
and dancing.
Bring your swimsuit for a water balloon fight towards the end of the event.
Safari Bingo
The Student Life Programming Board will host Safari Bingo, one of the most popular events at Augustana. Players have a chance to win $500 cash.
Live on Campus: Clark Beckham
The Student Life Programming Board's Live on Campus committee will host Clark Beckham, singer, songwriter and musician who finished as the runner-up on the 14th season of "American Idol."
Food and beverages will be served.
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.