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WGSS extends $500 scholarship to students

Lexi Woodcock March 10, 2023

As a growing program on campus, the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program offers a $500 scholarship due March 13 to encourage students to take WGSS courses and to offset the cost of tuition...

Putting college in perspective

May 4, 2016

Being co-editor of the Augustana Observer has taught me so much, primarily that most Augie students don’t care about anything besides themselves, Greek events, alcohol and (usually around week 10) their...

Tea Talk covers cartoons, penis, Freud

December 11, 2015

Animated television shows, blue penises and Freud are the topics of Margret France's Tea Talk, a feminist lecture series. France, director of transfer and transitional student advising, said the television...

Task force announces proposal

May 5, 2015

Augustana’s Task Force on Sexual Assault Prevention delivered its report to President Steven Bahls on May 1, addressing how the college could better promote healthy relationships and informed respect. Task...

Event stresses student safety

April 23, 2015

Students and faculty will be walking across campus Sunday night to raise awareness of sexual violence and other acts of violence as part of the national event, Take Back the Night. The event, organized...

New resolution to promote gender inclusiveness

March 27, 2015

Members of the Augustana faculty constructed a resolution that will allow for more gender inclusiveness on campus on Thursday, with the hope of creating more public discussion and professional development,...

Faculty; GSA help push gay marriage vote

November 22, 2013

Laura Hartman, assistant professor in religion, and her partner, Anne Dickey, helped lobby the vote for the gay marriage equality bill, which Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Illinois...

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