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Augustana receives grants for vocational exploration, servant-leadership
Several organizations have contributed tens-of-thousands of dollars to help fund servant-leader internships. One of the projects associated with these grants is to strengthen the vocational exploration with senior students and recent alumni.
Augustana shows shoe support against climate change
Hanging 108 pairs of shoes on an Augustana College stairway Thursday was a step toward reducing carbon footprints. The college's Global Affect student group led students and professors in tying pairs of shoes on banisters of a tower staircase, to replicate a demonstration tied to a United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris.
“I am surprised that I feel a sense of sadness when I think of graduating, but Augie has really become a home away from home.”Read More
'Trifles' first in series of student-directed plays
A popular 99-year-old play by a famous Davenport native is the first in a series of student-directed plays at Augustana. "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell will be performed Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 1:30 p.m., in the Black Box Theatre, Bergendoff Hall. It's directed by theater and psychology major Jacob Kilburg.
Frieze Lecture: Einstein revolutionized thinking about the universe
Dr. Cecilia Vogel, Augustana professor of physics, discusses how the publishing of Einstein's Theory of Relativity in 1915 revolutionized thinking about the universe. This is the fourth in the 2015 Frieze Lecture Series, an 18-year partnership between the Rock Island Public Library and Augustana College. The series theme this year was "1915 – A Landmark Year."
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Class Notes received in November 2018.
Senior's thesis on state park accepted for presentation
History major Bonnie Thornton's senior history honors thesis has been accepted for presentation at the National Conference of Phi Alpha Theta national history honors society in January. Selection is competitive. Her paper is entitled "The Politics of Collective Morality: Orchestrating the Natural Conservation and Historic Preservation of Blackhawk Watch Tower Park, 1917-1927."