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Founded in 1860, Augustana College is a selective four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences. Augustana is recognized for the innovative program Augie Choice, which provides each student up to $2,000 to pursue a high-impact learning experience such as study abroad, an internship or research with a professor. Current students and alumni include 165 Academic All-Americans, two Nobel laureates, 13 college presidents and other distinguished leaders. The college enrolls 2,500 students and is located along one of the world’s most important waterways, the Mississippi River, in a community that reflects the diversity of the United States. www.augustana.edu

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Founded in 1860, Augustana College is a selective four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences. Augustana is recognized for the innovative program Augie Choice, which provides each student up to $2,000 to pursue a high-impact learning experience such as study abroad, an internship or research with a professor. Current students and alumni include 165 Academic All-Americans, two Nobel laureates, 13 college presidents and other distinguished leaders. The college enrolls 2,500 students and is located along one of the world’s most important waterways, the Mississippi River, in a community that reflects the diversity of the United States. www.augustana.edu

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Vikings football players lend a hand to water line inventory project

More than 100 Augustana Vikings football players took a break from practice to assist the water line inventory project.
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Community Service - Aug 25

Augustana students take part in QC Caring Assignment

Augustana College students were among those who answered the call when United Way Quad Cities launched The QC Caring Assignment.
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Community Service - Feb 27

Senior Alexander Tosetti awarded Sikich Visionary Scholarship

Alexander Tosetti, a senior accounting and business administration major, plans to become a certified public accountant.
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Scholarship - Aug 8

Chicago-native Lucas Simon one of two Illinois recipients of prestigious scholarship

Augustana College senior, Lucas simon (Notre Dame, Chicago, Ill.), was named an inaugural recipient of the James A. Sikich Scholarship. Simon, a three year letter winner on the Vikings basketball team, was one of just two students to receive the award, which was established earlier this year with the Illinois CPA Society. Simon majors in accounting and business management information systems and serves on campus as a career mentor, peer mentor for incoming freshmen, and community advisor. He also was the winner of the ICPA's Mary T. Washington Wylie Scholarship earlier in his career. "It's definitely an honor to receive this scholarship," Simon said. "It really feels nice to have hard work pay off and this is just a testement to that. I'm truly grateful for it." The Sikich Scholarship supports students who apply to the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) Accounting Scholarship Program. Students are selected annually based upon key criteria as established in cooperation with the ICPAS. This includes accounting students who have demonstrated leadership on campus, as well as students who are minoring in computer science or technology. This scholarship is named after James A. Sikich and its stated goal is to support deserving students who apply to the ICPAS Accounting Scholarship Program. These scholarships help make an accounting education accessible and attainable to bright, promising college students.
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Scholarship - 2019 Sep 11

Augustana student research assistants canvas neighborhoods for lead drinking water pipes survey

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.
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Internship - Aug 4

Augustana's Brett Kuras interning in Communication and Marketing

Augustana College senior Brett Kuras is interning this summer with the college's Office of Communication and Marketing Department.
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Internship - Jul 24

Augustana College's fall semester Dean's List

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.
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Dean's List - 2022 Feb 7

Augustana's Madeleine Lange nominated for 'More than I Imagined' series

Augustana College 2023 graduate Madeleine Lange, a sociology and anthropology double major from Cascade, 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.
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Academic Award - Jun 28

Augustana College's spring semester Dean's List

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.
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Dean's List - Jul 12

Augustana's Abigail Larson nominated for 'More than I Imagined' series

Augustana College 2023 graduate Abigail Larson, a religion and multimedia journalism and mass communication double major from Lisbon, 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.
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Academic Award - Jun 28

Augustana students named Esports Academic Honorees

Ten Augustana College students were recognized by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) as Esports Academic Honorees for the Spring 2023 semester.
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Sports - Jun 14

Daniel Carr named Augustana's 178th Academic All-American

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.
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Sports - Mar 15

Students inducted to Augustana's Phi Beta Kappa

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.
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Honor Society - May 31

Augustana College announces 2023 commencement participants

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.
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Graduation - May 30

Augustana College announces 2022 commencement participants

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.
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Graduation - 2022 Jul 20

Augustana College 2023-2024 student government election

Twenty Augustana College students were elected to the college's Student Government Association (SGA) for the 2023-2024 academic year.
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Student Government - May 11

Augustana seniors exhibit work at annual art show

A dozen Augustana College seniors are exhibiting their work at Wallenberg Hall at the Rock Island campus as part of the annual senior inquiry art show.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - May 8

Augustana College's Jimmy Vercoe wins Augie Abroad photo contest

Augustana College junior Jimmy Vercoe, a geology major from Carol Stream, Ill., is the grand prize winner for the 2022-2023 Augie Abroad photo contest.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - May 5

Augustana College Excellence in the Liberal Arts winners named

Eight Augustana students are the recipients of the Excellence in the Liberal Arts Award, which provides students with $400-$4,000 for international study or summer programs in the humanities. The purpose of this award is to reward excellence in the liberal arts, including student academic achievement, amount of scholarly work done in the liberal arts including the humanities, achievement in co-curricular programs, and leadership and service both on and off-campus.
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Achievement (Other) - 2020 Apr 22

New York Times features 2020 Augustana College grad's research

Josh Malone '20 of Chenoa, Ill., never imagined his Senior Inquiry research would one day be featured in The New York Times. Malone theorizes that polished stones he found in Wyoming are gastroliths (stones that animals swallow to help digestion), and that dinosaurs carried them out west from Wisconsin. The theory needs further study, but the analytical technique Malone used in his research "swings the door open for paleontologists to date other gastroliths," according to The New York Times article.
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Research / Grant - 2021 Apr 19

Augustana student leaders selected as inauguration delegates

Augustana College selected 40 students to serve as honored student delegates at the Oct. 15 inauguration ceremony of Andrea Kathryn Talentino. The students, selected from many different organizations and departments across campus for their leadership roles, were chosen by facutly, staff and administrators. The student delegates received special seating during the ceremony that was held on the quad of the Rock Island campus.
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Achievement (Other) - 2022 Oct 25

Augustana's Williams is lone undergrad presenter at American Historical Association

Senior Rob Williams had the distinction of being the only undergraduate accepted by the program committee to present his research at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association. Williams, who is majoring in history education, presented a paper titled "Must They Write?" at the meeting in Chicago on Jan. 6.
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Business/professional - 2019 Jan 11
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