AUGUSTANA NOW Faculty/Staff Campaign Kick-Off
Augustana faculty and staff are invited to their kick-off of AUGUSTANA NOW . Offices around campuses will close at 3:30 so all can attend.
AUGUSTANA NOW is a $125 million fundraising campaign for the college.
AUGUSTANA NOW Student Kick-Off Celebration
Students are invited to their AUGUSTANA NOW kick-off .
AUGUSTANA NOW is a $125 million fundraising campaign for the college.
Rope Pull and Yell
Greek teams will continue to compete for Homecoming champion with Yell, an event dependent on vocals, and Pull, a rope-pulling competition.
Cardboard Regatta
The last event of Homecoming Week will end with the Cardboard Regatta. Greek life teams will send two champions into their homemade cardboard boat and sail off in the slough. Greek teams will race each other for first place.
Specific rules and details can be found with the Homecoming Committee or with leaders of each sorority or fraternity.
Comedy Club: Arvin Mitchell
Comedian Arvin Mitchell will perform this Saturday. Refreshments will be provided as well as a free dessert bar with a chocolate fountain.
The Office of Student Life will also be raffling off tickets to ComedySportz Quad Cities Comedy Club.
Augustana Endowment Society
Dr. Wendy Hilton-Morrow, vice president of academic affairs and provost, will speak on "Teaching in Uncertain Times at the Augustana Endowment Society monthly meeting.
Founded in 1894, the society is an independent group of friends of the college who contribute to various strategic college initiatives through collection of annual dues and investment in securities. It meets the first Wednesday of each month during the academic year at 1:30 p.m. in the Westerlin Hall lounge.
Memberships are available for $10.
Augustana Endowment Society
The Augustana Endowment Society will meet for a '1st Wednesday ' program and a brief business meeting, followed by light refreshments. Dr. Susan Stone from the Department of Music will enlighten attendees with "Listen and Learn". This will be followed by "International Students at Augustana Today", presented by Danny Kim, Director of the Office of International Student Life.
Founded in 1894, the society is an independent group of friends of the college who contribute to various strategic college initiatives through collection of annual dues and investment in securities. It meets the first Wednesday of each month during the academic year at 1:30 p.m. in the Westerlin Hall lounge.
Memberships are available for $10.
Tredway Library Prize celebration
The judges of the Tredway Library Prize for First-Year Research will honor this year's winner, Devin Oliva-Farrell. Her winning paper is titled "Asexuality: To Include or Not to Include a Slice of 'Cake' in the LGBTQ+ Community."
There will be a reception with light refreshments to honor and congratulate Oliva-Farrell.
The Tredway Library Prize recognizes an outstanding research paper written by a first-year Augustana student for a class in the First Year Inquiry or Honors sequence. The award for first prize is $400.
Handel Oratorio Society spring performance
The Handel Oratorio Society's spring performance will include Bach's "Jesu, meine Freude" by Augustana Choral Artists, and Fauré's "Requiem Op. 48" by the Oratorio Society.
The Augustana Oratorio Society, later renamed the Handel Oratorio Society, was formed in 1880 by Augustana theology Professor Olof Olsson. The ensemble is celebrated for exploring the riches of choral-orchestral literature.
The musicians of the Handel Oratorio Society include Quad Cities community members, Augustana students, the Augustana Choir, the Augustana Symphony Orchestra and invited soloists.
Men's hockey vs. IUPUI
Augustana's men's hockey team will go against Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis at home. Parking and admission are free.