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Water polo wins second consecutive conference title
Timothy Wallis April 25, 2024

The women’s water polo team had high expectations for this season after finishing last season with a Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division-III conference championship and a third-place finish...

Track and field athletes fight through long season
Elisabeth Ruggiero April 25, 2024

For some athletes, training never stops. Members of the track and field team know this struggle.  Some members of the track  team also participate in cross country, which only makes training that...

Football team tackles spring practices, looks to improve from last season
Kenna Frank April 25, 2024

After a four-month break, the football team is excited to get back to work and improve gameplay for the upcoming 2024 season. In preparation, the Vikings started their spring practices on April 7. The...

A legendary life: After 45 years at Augustana, Janina Ehrlich honored by faculty, students and a world premiere performance
Gavin Nicoson April 20, 2024

“Legendary” is a word with more than one meaning; notable, exemplary, mythological, rare. It is not often that all of these terms apply at...

Seniors take leadership roles to support student life as they prepare for life after college
Seniors take leadership roles to support student life as they prepare for life after college
Gavin Nicoson April 13, 2024

Have you ever attended Sloughfest? Have you stopped by Gus’ Snack Bar between classes for a quick meal? Maybe you’ve requested information...

Brenda Barnes Leadership Academy provides empowering spaces by and for women at Augustana
Brenda Barnes Leadership Academy provides empowering spaces by and for women at Augustana
Gavin Nicoson March 23, 2024

“A gem of the Quad Cities” might describe any number of local businesses, restaurants, museums and more. But if a diamond is forever, if...

Haki Madhubuti speaks about his experiences as a leading poet, publisher
and educator in the Gavle Room 3 on March 5.
World-renowned poet and publisher speaks to campus
Kayla Palliser March 16, 2024

After a lifetime of breaking boundaries in the fields of poetry, publishing and education, Haki Madhubuti came to Augustana to share his life...

Attendees participate in a fortune-telling game during Quê, the Vietnamese Student Association annual event on April 12 at the Gavle Rooms.
Celebrating Vietnamese Culture at Quê
Morin Windle April 19, 2024

Augustana’s Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) hosted Quê as their annual event for the year, a tradition that goes back to 2017. On April...

Eid: A celebration of unity and breaking the fast
Fatima Martinez Gallegos April 19, 2024

The warmth of the sun peeked through the clouds of a vibrant blue sky on Apr. 10. Muslim students and students from a variety of different backgrounds...

Transforming the Quad Cities with “Moved by Waters”
Morin Windle April 12, 2024

On Thursday, April 4, Augustana hosted Emmy-Award winning directors Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films for a showing of their new film...

Kali Yuga experiments with music through chaos
Rae Barry March 22, 2024

Away from campus under the dim glow of neon signs and orange candles, Augustana’s improvisation ensemble, Kali Yuga, experiments with sound...

Men's volleyball team finishes a successful season
Medin Sehic April 25, 2024

At the beginning of the year, the men’s volleyball team was projected to finish last in the conference but proved everyone wrong. On Wednesday,...

Water polo wins second consecutive conference title
Water polo wins second consecutive conference title
Timothy Wallis April 25, 2024

The women’s water polo team had high expectations for this season after finishing last season with a Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA)...

Curtis Baldwin of Augustana College and Nathaniel Otis of Beloit University leaps over hurdles in the Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles at the Knowlton Outdoor Athletic Complex, April 20.
Track and field athletes fight through long season
Elisabeth Ruggiero April 25, 2024

For some athletes, training never stops. Members of the track and field team know this struggle.  Some members of the track  team also participate...

Football team tackles spring practices, looks to improve from last season
Kenna Frank April 25, 2024

After a four-month break, the football team is excited to get back to work and improve gameplay for the upcoming 2024 season. In preparation,...

Janina Ehrlich celebrates 45 years at Augustana
April 20, 2024

The Augustana Music Department hosted a performance to celebrate Jania Ehrlich’s 45 years at Augustana on April 14. Augustana alum, Dung Pham,...

Lip Sync Battle
April 11, 2024
OBScast - Global Engagement Team
April 18, 2024

Podcast Host, Dippi Sharma, talks with Global Engagement Team’s (GET) Co-president, Americus Mahat Shahi, about GET’s presence on campus....

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