Looking back at Augustana’s 2023 Homecoming last week, one particular change received attention: the decision to eliminate gender in the Homecoming court.
Traditionally, Homecoming ends with a coronation...
Following the departure of Monica Smith at the end of the 2022-2023 school year, Augustana’s Office for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) continues efforts to support student-led events, maintain...
On Wednesday, March 8, the Iowa legislature passed a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender and gender non-conforming children in the state.
If the governor signs the bill into law, the...
Representation is important when it comes to the media we consume. Over the last few years, we have seen an increase in inclusion and diversity in shows such as “First Kill,” “Paper Girls’’ and...
A $10,000 grant has been provided to Augustana College’s Barbara A. Roseman Center for Speech, Language and Hearing. Funded by Mary Lind (‘72), the grant supports the Center’s gender-affirming speech...
Numerous training have begun at Augustana College, to encourage community education on sensitive topics. On Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2022, the first session of the Safe Zone training took place in the Black...
As college campus populations grow more diverse, administrators must strive to make all members of the campus community feel welcome.
Evidenced by the mass shooting at Club Q, sometimes “safe spaces”...
Augustana College has recently added to its existing peer support groups with the creation of a group for LGBTQ+ students. Although newly formed, the group extends across 19 different departments on campus...
The day after Arun Gandhi spoke to the Augustana community about the value of nonviolence, the Office of Student Inclusion and Diversity hosted an event that stressed the damage violence has had on the...
Oral histories are a great way to see and understand what was happening to a person during a specific time period. For many people, oral histories are more personal. For the Quad Cities Pride in Memory...
On Oct. 12, students who couldn’t get a seat crowded on the floor to hear Kyle King and Chloe Baxter present “The Dilemma of Banned Books” for Symposium Day.
King and Baxter addressed the legal...
The dominance of masculinity and femininity in sports culture poses serious challenges to athletes who identify as queer. Athletes are pushed to fit into gender norms, often ignoring athletes that identify...
