Relevant to diversity celebration month and Augustana Faith’s commitment to social justice, T.S Banks, a Poet, playwright, and social justice advocate will give a virtue performance and message at Augustana...
The Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has been hosting racial healing circles, which are conversations that students, faculty and staff take part in to share their experiences about common identity.
So...
This story is from the Observer’s Injustice and inequalities inside Augie magazine publication. Print March 2021.
When she was 11 years old, Ashanti Mobley went with her siblings to the corner store...
Ever since the death of George Floyd, people all around the world have been protesting and calling for justice for lives lost at the hands of police. This has sparked outrage among the general public,...
The Bias Response Team had their first virtual meeting of the year for all students on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
The meeting was held to help Augie community members to understand their role in improving the...
For the second year in a row, Augustana is named as a Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award recipient in the week of Sept. 8.
Last year, for the first time, Augustana College was presented...
Graphic above by Phoenix Agyepong.
College students find themselves caught in between youth and adulthood, creating a sense of stasis. Without the power and opportunity to create significant change, students...
During these uncertain times, the Observer has teamed up with Farrah Roberts, director of student well-being and resiliency, to launch the Faces of Resilience project, which spotlights members of the Augustana...
Augustana announced that all classes will switch to Distance Learning for the rest of the spring semester on March 18. Uncertainty surrounded this initial message and left students with many questions....
A group of Augustana students have been preparing to bring real diversity to Greek Life. They are holding meetings to bring national fraternities and sororities to Augustana. We need them to succeed –...
Dr. Monica Smith, the vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, sent out an email to the entire population at Augustana College, announcing the then-newly created Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...
Out of a total of 261 instructional faculty, 29 belong to minority racial and ethnic groups. This lack of diversity among faculty impacts everyone in the Augustana community and plays a large role in shaping...
