Swenson Center open house and exhibit unveiling
The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center will host an open house and the unveiling of the new permanent exhibit "Swedish Immigration to North America."
The exhibit features a timeline of Swedish immigration, settlement maps of Swedish-American communities, and thematic panels featuring images from the Center's archival collections. Text for the exhibit was written by Dr. Dag Blanck, director of the Center. Funding for this exhibit was provided by the Swedish Council of America.
The open house will take place between 3:30 and 5 pm. Come and go as you are able. Free and open to the public.
Please join us to welcome the arrival of spring in Swedish style!
The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, located in the Denkmann building at Augustana College, is a national library and archives providing resources for the study of Swedish immigration to North America.
Faculty recital: Patricia Weitzel, double bass; composition premieres
Dr. Patricia Weitzel, assistant professor of music, will perform a recital on double bass, premiering four pieces of music written by Augustana student composers John Briggs, Douglas Ganster, Joshua Iyer and Gabriel Lance. Audience members will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite piece.
Dr. Weitzel is a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral performer with the Des Moines and Quad City symphonies.
Program
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Ave Maria (Tanti Anni Prima) Kicho |
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) |
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Elegie |
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889) |
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Taste of Brazil |
Francisca Aquino (1955) & Ricardo Vasconcellos (1956) |
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Theme of a Cloud |
Douglas James Ganster (1996) |
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Clandestine Memorandum |
Gabriel Lance |
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Rock-Climbing |
Joshua Iyer (1996) |
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Madness! |
Johnathan Briggs (1995) |
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Intermission |
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Concerto no. 2 for double bass and piano |
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889) |
Car Club Autocross Event
The Augustana Car Club will be hosting an all-day Autocross event in conjunction with SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) of the Great River Region. The event is for all levels of experience, and especially designed for beginners. Participants will learn the basic rules for autocross, drive a road course, and interact with other car enthusiasts in the Quad City community.
Registration and entry are free and helmets will be provided to those who need one.
Set-up and check-in will be from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m., and the Car Club asks that Augie students ride together to arrive as a group and help set up the course.
To register, contact Gabe Tucker at gabrieltucker14@augustana.edu. Registration ends at midnight on Friday, April 20.
Dinner Chat with VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & the Provost
Dr. Monica Smith, the new Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Dr. Gail Summer, the new provost, will be available to chat over dinner in the Gerber Center from 5:15-6:15. Students are encouraged to stop by their table and learn what the new Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will bring to campus and academics and to ask questions. They will be seated at a table by the Italian dining station Bella Luna.
If you need a meal pass, contact julianefricke@augustana.edu
Earth Week: Aromatherapy for Stress, Studying, and Sleepiness
The Geography Club will be hosting a workshop led by Mary Paoli, the independent business owner of Whoa Nelli Natural Products.
The hands-on workshop will include a lesson on using essential oil blends designed to help with a few of the challenges that can come with college life - namely stress, studying, and sleepiness. Every workshop participant will create their own blend using essential oils and a natural base oil. Roller ball containers will be provided so you can apply the blend to your pulse points.
The workshop will also help to gain a better understanding of aromatherapy by examining the limited availability of scientific research and the ways that people have used aromatherapy over the centuries.
Email madisonvandersee14@augustana.edu to sign up.
Earth Week Events
Monday 4/16: CSL Food Waste Audit
Tuesday 4/17: Trash pick-up walk to Whitey's
Hanson 306 at 5 p.m.
Wednesday 4/18: Aromatherapy Workshop with Mary Paoli
Swenson 210 at 4 p.m.
Thursday 4/19:
Ravine Clean-up
Westerlin 1:30-6 p.m.
Movie - Wasted: The Story of Food Waste
John Deer Planetarium from 7:30-9 p.m.
Friday 4/20:
Seminary Hill Clean-up
8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Two Panel Talks by the Geology Club
Senson 108 from 4-5 p.m.
Saturday 4/21: King Corn Screening
Lower Quad 8:30-10 p.m.
Sunday 4/22: Spring Clean-up & Planting Work Party
Augie Acres 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Bingo: at Relay for Life
This week's Bingo night will be held at the Relay for Life event in PepsiCo.
Everyone will have a chance to win $500 in prizes. Registration for Relay for Life can be found here.
Seniors show their work in art exhibition
The Augustana Teaching Museum of Art is opening its final exhibition of the 2017-2018 academic year, 2018 Senior Show.
College announces $1M beautification fund
President Steve Bahls has pledged $1 million to maintain Augustana's status as one of America's most beautiful college campuses. The three-year campaign, Blue, Gold and Beautiful, was announced Friday.
Lundblad' 66 to lead Ascension Day observance
Campus is invited to celebrate Ascension Day with worship and a sermon by the Rev. Barbara K. Lundblad '66. Ascension of Our Lord is one of the principal festivals of the Christian liturgical year for which Ascension Chapel at Augustana College gets its name.
Ascension Day celebration
Campus is invited to celebrate Ascension Day with worship and a sermon by the Rev. Barbara K. Lundblad, M.Div., D.D.
This will be followed by lunch and conversation with Rev. Lundblad.
Observed each year 40 days after Easter, Ascension of Our Lord is one of the principal festivals of the Christian liturgical year for which Ascension Chapel at Augustana College gets its name.
Barbara Kay Lundblad,' 66 is the Joe R. Engle Professor Emerita of Preaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
She received a B.A. in English from Augustana College, an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School, and a D.D. from Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
An ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, she served 16 years as a parish pastor in New York City, as well as campus pastor at Lehman College and New York University.
She has taught preaching at Yale Divinity School, Princeton Theological Seminary, Hebrew Union College, and in the D.Min. program of the Association of Chicago Theological Schools. In 2007, she served as president of the Academy of Homiletics.
Her teaching interests include preaching in partnership with the congregation, preaching and social transformation, new forms of preaching, and preaching as an integral part of worship.
Rev. Lundblad is the author of “Transforming the Stone: Preaching through Resistance to Change” and “Marking Time: Preaching Biblical Stories in Present Tense.” She has contributed to Lectionary Homiletics, Currents in Theology and Mission, Word & World, The Journal of Preaching and The Living Pulpit.