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Andrea Talentino: Striving for ‘thoughtful leadership’

Andrea Talentino equates her job as president of Augustana College in Rock Island to leading a small town. Just like a small town, the president has to deal with security, insurance, food services, housing, residents and much more. “It’s really…

Augustana College plans planetarium, geology museum open house 

Augustana College’s John Deere Planetarium and Fryxell Geology Museum will open their doors to the…

Augustana among U.S. News most innovative institutions

Augustana College in Rock Island has been named one of the nation’s most innovative liberal…

Stone Lecture to explore civil rights and the Jews of Selma, Alabama

The 2025 Stone Lecture in Judaism at Augustana College, “Navigating History: Civil Rights and the…

Augustana’s youth program Kaleidoscope moving to the Figge

Kaleidoscope, Augustana College Art Department’s children’s art program, will soon be moving to the Figge…

Augustana Prison Education Program boosted with $1M grant

The Austin E. Knowlton Foundation is donating a $1 million grant over the next 10…

The Austin E. Knowlton Foundation is donating a $1 million grant over the next 10 years to the Augustana Prison Education Program (APEP).