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Softball player Jennica Soliz '24 gets another shot at a senior season
Senior Jennica Soliz, a psychology major from Moline, Ill., remembers her last softball season in high school, which was cut short due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2024 Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies winners
The annual Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies is a competition in which students write or compose in music and art their responses to the Holocaust.
Augustana expands student-engagement initiative Augie Choice
The innovative program, previously only available to juniors and seniors, is now expanded to sophomores so that they too can engage in transformational engaged learning experiences.
Augustana student wins award at Cedar Rapids Independent Film Fest
Matthew Chezum ’25, from New Windsor, Ill., won the Student Audience Choice Eddy Award in the 2024 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (CRIFF).
Juniors selected for Texas Medical Center summer research internship
Selected students will take part in the paid, full-time, 10-week experience at the Texas Medical Center in Houston this summer.
Lisa Durant-Jones named Augustana’s commencement speaker
The May 25 ceremony will be the college's 164th annual convocation.
Augustana celebrates geography department’s 75th anniversary
The public is invited to presentations at the John Deere Planetarium during the anniversary weekend to hear how Augustana alumni are leading and contributing to important work in their chosen fields today.
Rachel Gustafson named South Rock Island Township Resident of the Year
Rachel Zimmerman '92 Gustafson was recognized for her service to youth in the Quad-Cities.
Students hear from Estonian defense minister
The visit was arranged through the German Marshall Fund of the United States, with stops in Illinois and Iowa from April 7-10.
2024 Audre Lorde Prize winners announced
The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program has announced the winners of the 2024 Audre Lorde Prize. The awards are named in honor of Audre Lorde (1934-1992), an intersectional feminist writer and civil rights activist who wrote the foundational text "Sister Outsider" (1984). Awards are given annually.
2024 Ethics Essay Contest winners announced
Claire Martino, a junior from New Berlin, Wis., majoring in applied mathematics and data science, is the winner of the 2024 Ethics Essay Contest for the essay "Artificial Intelligence Could Probably Write This Essay Better than Me."
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Alumnus premieres cello piece in honor of Dr. Ehrlich's 45 years
Grant Estes '21, commemorating Dr. Janina Ehrlich's 45 years of service at Augustana, premiered "The Quarrel Between Winter and Summer," composed by faculty member Dr. Jacob Bancks, on April 14.
Hasselmo Award winners recognized for passions, work ethic
The annual award recognizes students pursuing a career in research or higher education teaching.
