Augustana College

More than 15 Augustana College students will serve as Student Government Association senators for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Augustana College students were selected this year to serve as Student Government Association senators for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Twenty-eight students joined the second cohort of the Brenda Barnes Leadership Academy. The BBLA is a program geared toward providing mentorship and leadership development for high-achieving, first year female students.

Morgan Janes '25, a biology major from Rock Island, Ill., was awarded a nationally competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study away.

Marlene Cabada '26, a graphic design major from Sandwich, Ill., was awarded a nationally competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study away.

Along with geology professors Dr. Michael Wolf and Dr. Jenny Arkle, Augustana seniors conducted baseline video surveys of the reefs to monitor coral disease and decline in Bonaire.

Seventeen Augustana College student research assistants are assisting with the inventory of water service lines in the village of Port Byron, Ill.

Student research assistants were joined by President Andrea Talentino and Dr. Dianna Shandy for a morning of knocking on doors in Rock Island to encourage residents to report the material of their water service lines.

Eighty-one Augustana College students were recognized at the Office of Career Development and Vocation's annual Viking Score Banquet on May 8.

Augustana College announced more than 1,100 students were named to the Dean's List for the 2023-2024 spring semester. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.

Augustana College senior Kara West, a psychology; Spanish; women, gender, and sexuality studies triple major from Grinnell, Iowa, was nominated to submit a 'More Than I Imagined' profile, which recognizes seniors who have achieved remarkable academic or personal growth during their time at the Rock Island college.

Forty-six students at Augustana College recently were inducted into the college's Zeta of Illinois chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. This national academic honor society recognizes scholarly achievement, character, integrity and independence of mind. Members are elected by faculty. Election is less a reward for past success than a recognition of exceptional promise for future growth and achievement.

Forty-eight students at Augustana College, in Rock Island, Ill., recently were inducted nto the college's Phi Beta Kappa chapter. This national academic honor society recognizes scholarly achievement, character, integrity, and independence of mind. Members are elected by faculty. Election is less a reward for past success than a recognition of exceptional promise for future growth and achievement.

Matthew Chezum '25, from New Windsor, Ill., won the Student Audience Choice Eddy Award in the 2024 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (CRIFF), held April 5-7, for his short film "S'mores."

More than 25 Augutsana College students participated Augustana's OperX performance of 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' on Feb. 17 in the Brunner Theatre. OperX vocalists work with instrumentalists, composers, chamber orchestra and other singers to create dynamic performances that combine their diverse energies and talents. "Amahl and the Night Visitors" is a touching one-act opera commissioned for television in 1951. Composer Gian Carlo Menotti felt inspired to write a work that recaptured his childhood and wrote the piece to be kid-friendly. The opera tells the story of Amahl, a boy with a disability who meets the Three Kings on their way to meet the Christ child.

Two Augustana College environmental studies majors presented at the Southeastern Fishes Council conference hosted at the Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute on Nov.16 - Nov.18.

Augustana College student leaders in the water line inventory project presented data from their research at the Nov. 27 Rock Island City Council meeting. Augustana announced a partnership with the city of Rock Island to identify the city's service lines in July 2022. The college's Center for the Advancement of Community Health and Wellness and Upper Mississippi Center assisted in gathering data for the multi-year initiative.

More than 100 Augustana Vikings football players took a break from practice to assist the water line inventory project.

Augustana College announced more than 1,000 students were named to the Dean's List for the 2022-23 spring semester. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.

Augustana College announced more than 1,000 students were named to the Dean's List for the 2021-22 fall semester. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.

Augustana College students were among those who answered the call when United Way Quad Cities launched The QC Caring Assignment.

Ten Augustana College students were recognized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) as Esports Academic Honorees for the Spring 2023 semester.

Augustana College mens' basketball senior Daniel Carr has been named an Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators - one of the highest honors for collegiate student-athletes. He is the 178th Academic All-American in the history of Augustana, which ranks No. 1 in the CCIW and seventh in NCAA Division III in number of Academic All-Americans.

Augustana College recognized 624 students at the college's 163rd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 27. The Class of 2023 is the most diverse class in Augustana's 163-year history, with graduates hailing from 20 countries including the United States and 24 U.S. states.

Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill., held its spring commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 22. 508 students from 19 countries and 18 states participated in the ceremony.