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Students work overtime for accommodations

Students work overtime for accommodations

Linh Tran and Molly Sweeney May 10, 2024

In 2019, Augustana College welcomed its first Director of Disability Services, Kam Williams. Since then, Augustana has worked to offer academic accommodations, a person to advocate for students with disabilities...

The Office of Disability Services provides students with accommodations a brand new testing office to take tests by themselves in the learning commons in Olin 320.

Academic accommodations leave students hoping for more

Molly Sweeney May 10, 2024

A new testing accommodations office opened up this academic year, available for students who have accommodations to use for tests. At this time, quiz accommodations are still not available for students,...

From posters to pixels: Augustana’s quest for app adoption

Molly Sweeney April 27, 2024

Vike, an app created by and for Augustana College students, is meant to promote events on campus and allow students to register early for programs.  Transitioning to an app like Vike, instead of relying...

Public safety searches campus for unconfirmed threat

Public safety searches campus for unconfirmed threat

Molly Sweeney March 15, 2024

Public safety officers are warning students to stay aware of their surroundings tonight. That’s according to Jama Schwegman, public safety dispatcher.  According to Schwegman, the office has received...

Augie cuts faculty course load

Molly Sweeney March 6, 2024

Decreased enrollment from 2020-2023 during the COVID-19 pandemic has left Augustana with a deficit of around $7 million, according to Kirk Anderson, chief financial officer and vice president of administration....

The bus after sliding down the hill outside the Swenson Hall of Geosciences on Dec. 5.
Photo sourced from YikYak.

School bus slides down Augie hill

Molly Sweeney December 5, 2023

A school bus that rolled down the hill between the Swenson Hall of Geosciences and the Slough has been safely towed away.  According to Nicole Lauer, Public Relations and Marketing Specialist at Augustana,...

Xong Song Yang (left), Director of the Office of International Student and Scholar Services, Daniel Lee (middle), religions professor, and Anna Badamo (right), TRIO employee, talk at “First Gen Gems.”

First gen gems shine bright celebrating education

Molly Sweeney November 17, 2023

Community, belonging and celebration were at the heart of an event organized by Augustana’s Office of Student Inclusion and Diversity (OSID) and TRIO. On Nov. 8, “First Gen Gems” celebrated National...

1989 (Taylor’s Version) vault songs expand original album

Molly Sweeney November 3, 2023

Nine years after the original release of “1989” by Taylor Swift, “Taylor’s Version” (TV) of the album is out and is a force to be reckoned with. “1989 (TV)” maintains a similar sound to the...

Aftermath of a pipe collapse beneath the Slough’s waters in June 2017.

Photo courtesy of Augustana College.

Slough to be drained over J-term

Molly Sweeney October 25, 2023

A partnership between the City of Rock Island and Augustana College will lead to improvements to the Slough.  Beginning Nov. 11, workers from the city will begin to drain the Slough to locate a pipe...

Chris Woods mows the lawn through the quad.

Biodiversity is under threat

Molly Sweeney May 17, 2023

Invasive plants and animals have changed the biological diversity within Augustana College and the greater Quad Cities area in the last several years, according to Dr. Tierney Brosius, associate professor...

Gallery: Quad Cities area protects against flood devastation

Molly Sweeney and Aubrey Lathrop May 17, 2023

Nearly every spring the Mississippi River floods parts of the Quad Cities due to a mix of snowmelt further north and rainfall. From left to right, top to bottom: Nicole Gleason, the public...

Cheri Bustos wants students to use their vote

Molly Sweeney May 3, 2023

Cheri Bustos, the former representative for Illinois’ 17th district, came to Augustana College late last month.  On Monday, April 24, Bustos spoke to students about her time in Congress, the role...

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