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Alumni and families to celebrate Homecoming and Family Weekend
Thousands will gather on campus this weekend, Oct. 4-6, for Augustana’s Homecoming/Family Weekend. Reunion dinners and gatherings; bingo for graduates of the last decade; music recitals and concerts; open houses; a picnic on the Quad; and family programming are planned.
American Studies
If you’re looking for a job called "American Studies Practitioner," you’re unlikely to find one. Instead, this major offers the flexibility that our rapidly changing employment landscape demands, as well as the creative, interdisciplinary thinking necessary to solve the problems facing our nation and world today.
My FIRST Passport
The My FIRST Passport Award is a grant to assist first- and second-year students obtain a passport. Having a passport can open new opportunities for students to explore the world. Students who have a valid passport have an easier time studying abroad, traveling abroad for research, attending professional conferences abroad, and much more.
Presidential Center for Faith and Learning
The Mission of the Presidential Center for Faith and Learning is to lift up and live out Augustana's Five Faith Commitments.
Augustana receives $50,000 to support vocational reflection
In December 2018, Augustana received a $50,000 grant from NetVUE (Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education) to make vocational reflection more intentional in the academic curriculum and connect what’s learned in the classroom to co-curricular activities.
Vocational discernment
Students find vocational reflection infused into the curriculum and co-curricular programming, ranging from the sophomore-year residential life experience to athletic leadership programs and January Term courses on work and Sabbath rest.
Commencement 2019 in photos, video
Six hundred and 17 students became alumni at Augustana's 159th Commencement Convocation May 19. Dr. Eboo Patel, the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based organization with a mission to build the global interfaith movement, delivered the commencement address. → See Dr. Patel's address
Frieze Lectures to examine democracy beginning Oct. 24
This year's Frieze Lectures, a partnership between the Rock Island Public Library and the faculty of Augustana College, will include four presentations related to "Democracy in America." The series will wrap up shortly after the Nov. 5 general election, in which voters will elect the President, 34 U.S. Senators and all 435 Members of Congress.
Augie Alerts and Omnilert app
Augie Alerts is an emergency communication system. This is how the college shares important information and directions in the event of an emergency.