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Vikings esports wraps spring season with two championships
The Augustana College Vikings esports team celebrates a successful spring season.
Celebration of Learning showcases student research
The 2023 Celebration of Learning featured helpful horses, a toolkit to help parents better understand their children’s well-being, machine learning and every subject in between.
Legal scholar Anna Reosti to present 2023 Curtis Lecture May 18
Anna Reosti, a research professor at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, will explore the persistent problems of housing affordability, access, and security in America at the Ellwood F. Curtis Family Lecture in Public Affairs at Augustana College on Thursday, May 18.
Making a difference 4,400 miles from home
Trilinguist Clémence Doumengès, a graduate student from France’s University of Pau, interned with Augustana’s French program this semester. In addition to team-teaching with Dr. Kiki Kosnick, she led or assisted with co-curriculars for all language students, including escape rooms!
Augustana’s Dr. Ann Perreau awarded NIH grant for hyperacusis study
The $316,276 grant awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders will fund the three-year project. Students in Augustana's communication sciences and disorders department will serve as researchers, develop counseling materials, provide sound therapy, as well as collect and analyze data.
Gravelle ’24 wins national physics scholarship for second consecutive year
Junior Amanda Gravelle is one of 11 exemplary physics students to receive the 2023-2024 Rossing Physics Scholarship Awards.
Augie Abroad Photo Contest 2022-2023 winners announced
Jimmy Vercoe '25 was this year's grand prize winner. The contest was open to all Augustana students who went on a study abroad trip or term between summer 2022 and spring break 2023.
Johnson ’23 creates first model of prehistoric creature
When Hannah Johnson ‘23 learned of an opportunity to create the first model of a recently discovered prehistoric creature, she put her art and geology majors to work.
WIU, Augustana pave way for bachelor’s to master’s sport management program
Augustana students who have completed their undergraduate kinesiology degree, plus three bridge courses, can immediately transfer to WIU to complete the master of science degree. This allows students to meet both degree requirements in five years.
Lawrence '23 wins competition with 'Flipped Medicine' research
Competing against 500 students from colleges across the country, Alison Lawrence '23 won a first-place prize at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) for her research on bias in the medical profession.
Environmental justice, AI and neuroethics are top of mind for Hasselmo Award co-winners
Juniors Lucas Fahnoe and Zachary Horve are co-recipients of the $5,500 Nils Hasselmo Award for Academic Pursuit. With majors representing the humanities, social sciences and STEM, both will use their award money to assist them on their way to careers addressing some of the world’s most pressing concerns.
Students recognized for achievements
Congratulations to the following students, who received recognition for their work in the 2022-2023 academic year from off-campus organizations.
Augustana Oratorio Society to perform ‘Requiem, Op. 9’
The Augustana Oratorio Society, Augustana Choir, Augustana Choral Artists and Augustana Symphony Orchestra are joining together to perform Maurice Duruflé’s “Requiem, Op. 9” and other choral works by French, English and Brazilian composers.
2023 Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award winners announced
Carly Davis's poem "Seattle Song" won the 24th annual Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award at Augustana.
