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Celebration of Learning 2019
Celebration of Learning and Symposium Day on May 1, 2019, celebrates work by students, faculty and staff at Augustana. There will be a full day of art, poster presentations, multimedia interactive sessions and performances.
Swedish Colonization Company (Davenport, IA) records
The Swedish Colonization Company was founded on June 13, 1884. The company’s main business was to “investigate and acquire possession of…agricultural land in the western and southwestern parts of the United States; and to sell them to, and colonize them with Swedish and other Scandinavians…who immigrate here; thereby harboring hopes to be able to protect them against fraud and to assure them good land fit for agriculture, and social and religious benefits suited to their wants." Collection includes one ledger of minutes of stockholders and Board of Directors meetings.
Subseries 1: Comptroller Carl Glans records
Subseries 1: Comptroller Carl Glans records, Series IV: Financial Documents from Upsala College (East Orange, N.J.) records.
“I truly believe I would not have achieved my goal of attending dental school if I had not transferred to Augustana.”Read More
“Learn to think critically and teach someone else how to; you’ll change their perspective, and they’ll change yours.”Read More
Augustana professors lead CommUniversity courses
Augustana's Dr. Heidi Storl will open this year's CommUniversity with the talk "Bio-medical Ethics: Doing the Right Thing at the Right Time" at 1 p.m. Feb. 1 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport. CommUniversity, a series of Sunday classes taught by area experts, will begin its 36th year in February.
Alumni letters welcome new students
Alumni are invited to send a greeting to the Class of 2022 in a short letter. Yes, a real printed letter to give them advice, tell them things they should know or simply send best wishes! The letters will be placed in the students' rooms for them to find when they arrive on campus in August.
Winter Symposium Day 2019
Social justice is the focus of Augustana's Winter Symposium Day, Jan. 16, 2019.