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Pre-optometry grads score 100% placement rate
This fall 12 aspiring optometrists will begin professional school, the largest cohort Augustana has seen since Dr. Dara Wegman-Geedey began keeping track 20 years ago. Find out why students are attracted to this health-care field.
‘A Team’ to sing at festival in China
“The A Team,” a touring ensemble formed of members of the Augustana Chamber Singers, will perform in an international music festival in China this month.
Retiring dinosaur hunter will miss students
Dr. William Hammer, who discovered a new dinosaur and got a mountain named after Augustana, is retiring in May.
Tapis receives Outstanding Educator Award
Dr. Gregory Tapis, nominated by his students, has won the Outstanding Educator Award from the Illinois CPA Society.
Video: Schalk Lecture on 'race whispering'
Dr. Melanye Price delivers the 2017 Schalk Lecture, "Obama's America: Race Whispering, Obama's Presidency, Our Racial Future," May 2 at The Gerber Center for Student Life.
Geology, physics drive Hasselmo winner
Allison Pease is the winner of the Nils Hasselmo Award for Academic Pursuit. The physics and geology plans to use her $5,000 prize money for research.
Wollstonecraft awards announced
Essays on gender roles in athletics, Christianity and protest were the winners of this year's Wollstonecraft Essay Contest.
2017 Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award winners
Anne Mitchell's poem "Trapped" won the 19th annual Vázquez-Valarezo Poetry Award at Augustana.
Candidates for graduation 2017
Augustana’s Commencement ceremony is a celebration of the pride we share in our students’ accomplishments. Names listed here represent candidates for graduation; inclusion does not indicate completion of the degree requirements.
Overview: Celebration of Learning 2017
Augustana held its annual Celebration of Learning on May 3. Here are some highlights from a full and celebratory day of art, research presentations, interactive multimedia events and performances.
Augie Abroad photo winners
Marissa Hollems, a senior from New Lenox, Ill., won the grand prize in this year's Augie Abroad photo contest with a photo at Cahergal Stone Fort, Ring of Kerry, Ireland.
Top five reasons to see "Titanic: the Musical"
“Titanic: the Musical” will be the college’s first musical in the new Kim and Donna Brunner Theatre Center. Do you need more reasons to attend? Here are five.
Geifman prize winners announced
Student winners of the yearly Geifman "Responses to the Holocaust" Prize received their awards Monday at the annual Holocaust remembrance talk at Augustana.
Royal Ball Run funding helps Augustana support those with autism
Augustana College’s Center for Speech, Language, and Hearing received $25,000 from the Royal Ball Run in 2016. These funds help provide the center’s services to those with autism spectrum disorder.
Five Questions: Dr. Ann Perreau
Dr. Ann Perreau, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, talks about challenges and rewards in her two professional roles: professor and audiologist.
