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Merhi earns scholarship, will attend Nobel ceremonies
Abdul Rahman Merhi '15 will mingle with Nobel Laureates this December. He's the latest recipient of the Swedish Council of America's prestigious Seaborg Scholarship, which comes with a trip to the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar. Merhi is one of 25 young scientists from around the world to attend this year's seminar and Nobel ceremonies.
Tiffany '04 finds her mission in tracking Ebola
Amanda Tiffany '04 was profiled in the Winter 2015 issue of Augustana College magazine about her work fighting the dead Ebola outbreak in 2014. This summer she has returned to Africa to continue her work, traveling between Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia to evaluate the impact of safe and dignified burial on controlling the Ebola epidemic.
Augustana one of eight schools to work with AAC&U
Augustana College is one of eight institutions working with the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) on an initiative aimed at integrative learning and preparing students for their capstones and signature work. All Augustana students work on at least one Senior Inquiry project that integrates their learning experiences into a culminating project.
Willaert excited to lead wrestling student-athletes
Meet Tony Willaert, the new Terry & Sandy Shockley Endowed Wrestling Coach. Willaert becomes the 15th wresting head coach at Augustana College.
Berndt follows heart, finds reward in 'study of things'
Sarah Berndt '15 has always known what she wants to study. She wants to study things, extraordinary things, from antiques to old stone churches. In fact, she wants to make a career out of it, and that's exactly what she's about to do.
Fossils
John Oostenryk, assistant curator at Augustana College’s Fryxell Geology Museum, says fossil explorers will find marine and invertebrate fossils in the area from the Sirulian and Devonian geologic periods and also plant fossils, although they are more frail.
A poet is on her way
An interview with Alyssa Froehling ’17: poet, prize-winner and proofreader (for now)
'Myths of the Rune Stone' author to speak
The O. Fritiof Ander Lecture in Immigration History will be presented Oct. 7 by Dr. David Krueger, author of "Myths of the Rune Stone: Viking Martyrs and the Birthplace of America."