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Film student wins Student Audience Choice Eddy Award in the 2024 CRIFF

Film student wins Student Audience Choice Eddy Award in the 2024 CRIFF

Celeaciya Olvera May 10, 2024

Cedar Rapids Film Festival (CRIFF) holds an annual event that allows independent filmmakers to submit their work to be showcased. This year, they had over 100 entries, with 57 selections in multiple categories,...

First-Year DJ Roberts, as Emmanuel Prynne, and Sophomore Noah Johnso, as Elyot Chase, kiss during the run for the comedy Private Lives in the Bruner Black Box on April 24, 2024.

Private Lives shines light on the LGBTQ+ community

Celeaciya Olvera May 3, 2024

The Augustana Theatre Department allows at least one senior per semester to showcase their talent by directing a show in their Black Box theatre. This spring semester’s senior is Grey White, who directed...

Local author tells story by creating “Family Tree”

Celeaciya Olvera April 26, 2024

Local author Shellie Moore Guy wrote “The Family Tree” in 2019 and partnered with the local publishing company Midwest Writing Center to share her family’s story, tied into United States and Quad...

Augie Acres members clean out garden for new growth on March 17, 2024

Augie Acres grows with students

Celeaciya Olvera March 22, 2024

After the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the Quad Cities, Augie Acres is working hard to regrow their garden, as well as their community.   The club gives students opportunities to plant crops, learn...

Augustana theatre student writes original play

Celeaciya Olvera March 15, 2024

For the past two years, an Augustana student has worked to perfect their one act play. Junior Jean Tegtmeyer has finished “The Queen of Greeks” and is thrilled get the opportunity to showcase their...

Junior Anya Giordano, as Sam Hawkins, and Bradley Robert Jensen, as a college professor, act in The Stacks: An Immersive Mystery.

Augustana theatre students immerse into “The Stacks”

Celeaciya Olvera March 8, 2024

At Moline’s Sound Conservatory, an immersive show removed the divide between actor and audience. Offered Feb. 22 to March 2, Director Ben Gougeon’s production of “The Stacks” offered no seating...

Musician Phillip-Michael Scales performs in the Brew for “Live on Campus” hosted by the Office of Student Life on Feb 21.

“Dive Bar Blues”: Singer/Songwriter Phillip-Michael Scales performs at Augustana

Celeaciya Olvera March 1, 2024

The Brew’s usual evening ambiance of chattering students and whirring espresso machines was replaced by the strums of acoustic guitar. On Thursday, Feb. 22, singer and songwriter Phillip-Michael Scales...

Delayed Betrayal takes the stage offering drama and love triangles

Johnay Swayzer October 27, 2023

The Augustana theater department puts “Betrayal” into the spotlight. Written by Harold Pinter, the play is directed by senior Roger Pavey. The show focuses on the lives of three main characters, examining...

Students race to use meal swipes

Celeaciya Olvera May 19, 2023

As it comes to the end of the school year, students are running low on energy and are yearning to get done with classes. In the following week, there are still resources that students need to be taken...

Campus art museum under new management

Celeaciya Olvera May 5, 2023

Augustana College is known as a small liberal arts institution with a wide variety of areas to study from the medical field to the fine arts. Recent construction work at Augustana has caused buzz within...

Spencer Warfield (center), Maya Pagel (left), and Jessa Simon (right) performing at the God of Vengeance rehearsals.

“God of Vengeance” deserves a standing ovation

Celeaciya Olvera April 28, 2023

Content warning: sexual harassment and violence The empathic drama “God of Vengeance” is the second student-directed production led by senior Synth Gonzalez. The show will be performed in the Brunner...

The SVF-Vättern College Choir performs together inside Wallenberg Hall on April 13, 2023.

Vättern College Choir gives Augie a symphony of Swedish culture

Celeaciya Olvera April 20, 2023

As an institution, Augustsana prides itself on giving students and organizations platforms to express their backgrounds and spread information to the Augustana Community. On April 13, the Scandinavian...

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