Augustana College

Augustana College recognized 555 students at the college's 165th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 24.

Fourteen Augustana College juniors have been selected for the Texas Medical Center Summer Research Internship Program. The students were selected to take part in the paid, full-time, 10-week experience at the Texas Medical Center in Houston this summer.

The Augustana College Department of Music presented Christmas at Augustana on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8, 2024. More than 200 student musicians took the stage to share their talents in what has become a highlight of the Augustana and Quad-Cities holiday season. Presented by Quad City Bank & Trust, Christmas at Augustana has thrilled audiences since 2008. The performance features the Augustana Brass Ensemble, Augustana Symphony Orchestra, Ascension Ringers, Augustana Choir, Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble and Augustana Concert Chorale.

Augustana College student members of the Augustana Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra performed a fall concert Oct. 12 at Centennial Hall.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Augustana College senior Victoria Bernero, a middle grades English; English education double major from Addison, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Brett David, an accounting, business administration-finance and business administration-management major from Sugar Grove, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Kenaya Allen, a political science and Asian studies major from St. Louis, Mo., 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.

Augustana College senior Madeline Kusar, a German studies and Scandinavian studies double major from Chicago, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Jared Slusher, a history education major from Wheaton, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Molly Garrison, an engineering physics major from Elburn, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Jon Hutton, a history major from Moline, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Hannah Johnson, a psychology and art double major from Elmhurst, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Amanda Gravelle, an environmental studies and engineering physics double major from Bloomington, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Lucas Fahnoe, a philosophy and neuroscience double major from Arlington Heights, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Ellie Reckamp, a French education major from Mount Prospect, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Ashanti Chatman, a pre-medicine and French double major from Wheaton, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Makaia Decker, a public health and women, gender and sexuality studies double major from Ottawa, Ill., 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.

Augustana College senior Roger Pavey Jr., a theatre arts and graphic design major from Le Claire, 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.

Augustana College senior Rachel Nandelenga, a neuroscience and pre-medicine double major from Cary, Ill., 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.