The Augustana student currently facing child pornography charges will remain in jail while awaiting trial.
On Oct. 24, Rock Island County judge Frank Fuhr labeled Kenealy a flight risk, and in accordance...
Augustana College senior Emmeline Kenealy, who works as a community advisor (CA) on campus, was arrested Monday afternoon on pending charges of child pornography, according to records published by the...
Many Augustana students said Friday they feared for their safety following several threats made Thursday against the Augustana campus.
An Augustana alumni posted several potentially threatening TikToks,...
A suspect who made threats to campus Thursday has been apprehended by Rock Island Police.
Augustana police chief Tom Phillis told the Observer he is “confident” that students, staff and faculty...
On Wednesday, April 6 at noon President Steve Bahls announced that the college received a 40 million dollar donation, the largest in school history.
This generous donation came from Murry Gerber,...
The college announced today that starting this Monday, April 4 masks will no longer be required in classrooms. The last time students were unmasked in classrooms was March of 2020. This means that as...
On Tuesday, Dec. 7, Augustana College’s ninth president was announced.
Dr. Andrea Talentino, currently the provost of Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y, will begin her presidency at Augustana on...
Around 9pm on Sunday, Oct. 24 the power went out in some parts of campus, including major residential halls. In response, chaos ensued as students began running around and screaming in their dorm buildings....
A fire broke out on the roof of Westerlin Resident Hall, above the Jenny Linn (J) Wing, around 2:00pm on Monday, May 10, 2021.
The smoke could be seen from the Gerber Center as an AugieAlert went out,...
A power outage in Rock Island impacted parts of campus on Sept. 6. Swanson Commons, 11th Ave Flats, off-campus housing around Swanson and the Gerber Center were some of the buildings affected.
The first...
Yet again, Phi Omega Phi’s (Poobah) actions have been called to attention by the eyes of the entire school. Year after year this group of students proves they don’t know how to respect everyone on...
The Dean of Students Office suspended the fraternity Phi Omega Phi (Poobah) on Friday, Feb. 21 due to violations of Augustana’s code of conduct policy.
The decision to suspend the fraternity resulted...
