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Senior Art Show paints Augustana’s talent

Morin Windle April 26, 2024

After hours of work and dedication, seniors in graphic design, art studio and art history are now presenting the results of their efforts in the Senior Art Show.  From April 15 to May 12, the art work...

Attendees participate in a fortune-telling game during Quê, the Vietnamese Student Association annual event on April 12 at the Gavle Rooms.

Celebrating Vietnamese Culture at Quê

Morin Windle April 19, 2024

Augustana’s Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) hosted Quê as their annual event for the year, a tradition that goes back to 2017. On April 12, the focus of the evening was the folk culture and cuisine...

Transforming the Quad Cities with “Moved by Waters”

Morin Windle April 12, 2024

On Thursday, April 4, Augustana hosted Emmy-Award winning directors Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films for a showing of their new film “Moved by Waters.”  “Moved by Waters” shows the...

Augie students enjoy their meals at the Community Iftar event hosted by the
Global Engagement Team in Lindberg on March 15, 2024.

Community Iftar provides space for student culture

Morin Windle March 22, 2024

Sitting in rows of tables adorned with tablecloths and vases of white flowers, students gathered together in the Lindberg commons as the sun began to disappear into the night.  Some students patiently...

Professor of Education Mike Egan sings “Redemption Sing” by Bob Marley during the African American Read-In event held at the Brew on Feb 29, 2024.

Giving a voice through Augustana’s African American Read-In

Morin Windle March 8, 2024

The African American Read-In has been an annual event at Augustana since the 1990s but had a few gap years until Lucas Street, the director of the Reading and Writing Center, brought the event back in...

Men Need Love: Augustana celebrates male empowerment

Morin Windle March 1, 2024

Although college often serves as an intersection for a variety of backgrounds and identities to merge together in one institution, most recent data from 2019 show that two-thirds of Augustana students...

Potential members socialize with each other at the Phi Mu Alpha’s Informal Recruitment event in Bergendoff on Feb. 13.

Augustana Greek life offers home to student musicians

Morin Windle February 23, 2024

While hundreds of students have been loaded up on buses to meet Augustana’s social sororities and fraternities, a quieter rushing season is also coming to a close. These two groups, Phi Mu Alpha (PMA)...

First-Year Chloe Brees and First-Year Nguyen Hoang at To He Workshop by Vietnam Student Organization at the Brew on Nov. 30.

Crafting Vietnamese culture in Tò He workshop

Morin Windle December 8, 2023

It was a calm and comforting atmosphere in the Brew on Thursday, Nov. 30, as the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) held its first ever workshop featuring Tò He, a popular and traditional toy from Vietnam....

Educating yourself through International Men’s Week

Morin WIndle November 24, 2023

This year, Sophomore Terrance Jones, liaison with the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention Education (OSAPE) worked hard with Zachary Draves and Jamie Heminway to put on Augustana’s first International...

Sophomore Kaden Micklos (left), Junior Mukupa Lungu (middle) and Senior Rose Klinger (right) perform during the NINE tech rehearsal in the Brunner Theater on Nov. 13.

“Nine” hits the Quad Cities for first time

Morin Windle November 17, 2023

Augustana’s premiere of “Nine” will take the main stage Nov. 16 in a whirlwind of drama, music and love depicting the story of troubled Italian filmmaker Guido Contini.  This musical follows...

Augie students join the Open Dance at Diwali, hosted by the Global Engagement Team in Wallenberg Hall.

Diwali lights shine at Augustana

Morin Windle November 10, 2023

This year, Augustana held its third annual Diwali celebration on Friday, Nov. 3, organized by the Global Engagement Team. The event was open to all students and included raffles, performances, sparklers...

Journey to Jamaica with Yashika Graham

Morin Windle October 27, 2023

On Wednesday, Oct. 18, Augustana welcomed award winning poet Yashika Graham to the stage for a poetry reading featuring works from her upcoming collection “Some of Us Can Go Back Home.”  Yashika...

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