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When Neil Armstrong landed at Augustana
Neil Armstrong was the foremost among several noted figures who were a part of the Seminar on Space Exploration held at Augustana in February 1972. Less than three years earlier, Armstrong had become the first human being to set foot on the moon.
Augustana grads landing tech jobs
New graduates will find out just how well a liberal arts education works in technology fields.
Examination of land use and heritage wins national award
Dr. Lucy Burgchardt, an assistant professor of communication studies at Augustana College, has received a national award for her examination of how lands and their histories in the Southwest are considered and preserved.
Eipers '23 lands All-American honors in weight throw
With a dogged dedication even a pandemic couldn’t deter, Carson Eipers has become the best thrower Augustana has ever seen.
Nwatu '20 lands selective CDC public health fellowship
Public health/neuroscience double major Ruth Nwatu '20 is working alongside public health experts to promote policies that reduce health inequalities.
John Deere Art Collection lands Augustana artist’s “Landrise”
Art professor Rowen Schussheim-Anderson’s tapestry was commissioned by the Quad Cities Cultural Trust as a gift to Deere & Company.
'99 grad leads River Bend Wild Land Trust
Eric Anderson has become the first executive director of the River Bend Wildland Trust. It manages the 100-acre Milan Bottoms and is working to restore its wetlands, prairie and river bottom hardwood forest. Anderson has been a volunteer and board member for the trust and was an organizer of the 2013 BioBlitz. He earned a B.A. in geology from Augustana in 1999 and a master's in geography in 2006 from Western Illinois University.
Newspapers
The Swenson Center has a sizeable collection of Swedish-American and Swedish-Canadian newspapers online, in print, and on microfilm.