This is your Augustana viewbook: a quick look in 32 pages. Flip through it for a sense of Augustana, read a few lines or read it all. Start with the fast facts on the next page, or go straight to the big aerial photo and next steps at the end. Most importantly, be inspired to visit campus—because real learning goes beyond books. BACKGROUND STUDENTS AFFORDABILITY: COSTS, WORTH, A selective, private liberal arts 2,500 students from diverse SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID and sciences college founded social, ethnic, religious, cultural The listed 2015-16 tuition and fees, in 1860. and geographic backgrounds, with housing and meals, was just A 115-acre wooded campus representing more than two- above $48,000—but the average in Rock Island, Illinois, on thirds of the United States and cost per student, including financial the Mississippi River in the about 20 countries. aid, was less than $25,000. Quad-Cities metropolitan area More than a third score 27 or Because of our financial aid, the (pop. 400,000), 165 miles west higher on the ACT; more than a cost of an Augustana education is of Chicago. quarter were in the top 10 percent comparable to the costs at large A residential campus: first-year of their high school class. public universities. and sophomore students live 86% of first-year students Compare with the costs of your in residence halls; juniors may continue to the sophomore year; regional universities, and then choose transitional living areas 90% of traditional students consider the value of an Augustana (apartment-style housing on graduate in four years. education. campus); seniors live on campus The learning environment is Augustana is worth more or in the neighborhood. close and collaborative, with a because we can offer more, Academic buildings range from student:faculty ratio of 12:1 financially and academically. Old Main, renovated in 2011-13, and average class size of 22; 98% of students receive financial to The Gerber Center, combining all classes taught by faculty aid; nearly $50 million is awarded the library, dining and student (no graduate teaching assistants). annually from various sources, activities. including Augustana scholarships. ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES ACADEMICS Students awarded scholarships 12 men’s and 11 women’s and financial aid may receive 90 majors and related areas of varsity teams compete in the $8,000–$48,000, depending on study in the arts and sciences College Conference of Illinois many factors. and pre-professional programs, and Wisconsin (CCIW) and NCAA Top academic students qualify leading to the Bachelor of Arts. Division III; many club sports, for the Presidential Scholarship: intramural and recreational Selective Honors Program with $24,000 in 2016-17. For more programs; 200 student groups, choice of one of two tracks: information, go to clubs and activities. Foundations (humanities) or augustana.edu/tuition and

Logos (sciences). ALUMNI SUCCESS augustana.edu/scholarships. Distinguishing features include Senior Inquiry and Augie Choice— 97% of 2014 graduates were To learn more about an Augustana $2,000 to support every employed, in a professional education, flip through this view- student’s internship, research internship or in graduate school book, return the reply card and— with a professor or study abroad. within a year of graduation. most importantly—visit campus.

Want more facts? Just fill out and send in the reply card on the back flap. The Augustana A can mean a lot: Augie Choice or Academic All-America. Advantage. Amazing. Allelujah. All. The Augie A is golden. It’s a peak or pinnacle. It’s a great goal and a great deal. It can stand for anything that matters to you.

2 4 Standout Advantages 4 Majors & Related Programs 6 CHOOSE YOUR FIELD 7 What Employers Want 8 CHOOSE YOUR WORLD 17 The World on Campus 18 The World Outside Class 20 The Viking World 22 The Quad Cities 24 Across the World 26 CHOOSE YOUR FUTURE 29 The World of Alumni 30

CLASS OF 2019 3 AUGIE CHOICE GIVES THE QUAD CITIES ALONG YOU $2,000 TO USE FOR THE MISSISSIPPI GIVES YOU There’s so YOUR RESEARCH, INTERNSHIP RESEARCH AND FIELD SITES, much to do OR INTERNATIONAL STUDY. JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS and be and Choose the BIG LEARNING EXPERIENCE in FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES AND know, but that matters the most to your goals, NON-PROFITS, for hands-on learning in and do it. places urban or rural or right on the river.

QUALITIES STAND OUT

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA YOU WILL STAND OUT TO YOUR

knows Augustana. WE ARE IN THE TOP PROFESSORS AND ADVISORS here, 10 IN THE NATION AND #1 IN ILLINOIS and YOU WILL STAND OUT TO EMPLOYERS for the number of Academic All-Americans, AND GRADUATE SCHOOLS after graduation. students who excel at their studies and Augustana takes advising to a new level with their sport. You’ll find a similar balance CORE (Careers, Opportunities, Research, of what you learn and what you love to do. Exploration)—a network of career professionals, It’s part of the campus culture here. resources and experiences all focused on getting you where you want to go next.

4 5 MAJORS & RELATED PROGRAMS

Accounting Communication– French Education Music Education–Voice Physics Africana Studies Language Arts Geography Music Performance– Physics Education Education Anthropology Geography Education Composition Political Science Communication Sciences Art Geology Music Performance– Psychology and Disorders Instrumental Art Education German Studies Public Health Communication Studies Music Performance– Art History German Education Religion Computer Science Piano Asian Studies–Chinese Graphic Design Scandinavian Studies Creative Writing Music Performance– Asian Studies–Japanese History Pre-Seminary Dentistry Vocal Biochemistry (pre-professional program) History Education Neuroscience Sociology Biology Earth and Space Science International Business Non-Profit Leadership Sociology–Social Welfare Biology Education Education Landscape Architecture Development Spanish Business Economics (coordinated degree program) (certificate program) Spanish for Professional Administration–Finance Education (Elementary Law Nursing Use Business Administration– and Secondary) (pre-professional program) (pre-professional and coordinated Spanish Education degree program) International Business Engineering Pre-Library Science Theatre Arts Occupational Therapy Business Administration– (coordinated degree program) Mathematics Theatre Arts–Musical (pre-professional and coordinated Management Engineering Physics Mathematics–Applied Theatre degree program) Business Administration– English Mathematics Education Optometry Veterinary Medicine Management (pre-professional and coordinated English–Writing Medicine (pre-professional and coordinated Information Systems degree program) English and Language (major and pre-professional degree program) Business Administration– Arts Education program) Pharmacy Women’s and Gender Marketing Studies Entrepreneurial Studies Multimedia Journalism (pre-professional program) Chemistry (certificate program) and Mass Philosophy Chemistry Education Communication Environmental Physical Therapy Or design your own Classics Music “contract” major. Management and (pre-professional program) Forestry Classical Studies–Greek Music–Music Therapy Physician Assistant (coordinated degree program) (pre-professional program) Classical Studies–Latin (pre-professional program) Want more info on majors? Classics–Latin Education Environmental Studies Music Just fill out and send in French Education–Instrumental the reply card at the end of this book.

About 43% of Augustana students have MORE THAN ONE MAJOR, compared with a a national average of about 9%. Why does this matter? With your combination of broad liberal arts background and expertise in more than one field, you will be versatile and valuable in the marketplace. You can successfully take on new challenges in a world that keeps transforming.

8 WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT 5 4 3 2 1 that employers seekare: the top of Colleges andEmployers says from the NationalAssociation The JobOutlook 2014survey 5skills WORK INATEAM SKILLS COMMUNICATION INFORMATION AND PROCESS ABILITY TOOBTAIN VERBAL PRIORITIZE WORK ORGANIZE AND ABILITY TOPLAN, SOLVING SKILLS PROBLEM- ABILITY TO andqualities

of 2013show theextent abilities andskillsthey to whichtheircollege Augustana graduates education promoted now demonstrate to their employers: 1 opinions backgrounds or people ofdifferent relate well with 87.8% leadership role with others ina collaborate well 94.4%

problems solve challenging and solutionsto innovative ideas form creative, 84% understand issues and logically to think analytically 90.6%

independently and skills acquire knowledge 88.7% and inwriting well verbally communicate 89.5%

According to the annual “senior survey,”1 AUGIE GRADS HAVE WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT.

Your career success begins with your liberal arts education and extended network of mentors, from professors in your major(s) to professional advisors in CORE. The career- building resources of CORE—including access to internships and jobs, and Augie Choice funding for hands-on learning—create advantages for Augustana graduates. Skills. Connections. Confidence. You will have it all. Among the Augustana Class of 2014: WHY DOES A LIBERAL ARTS % % % EDUCATION 91 88 39 WORK BEST? said their professors spent of those pursuing graduate of seniors pursuing Most employers agree: a time discussing ideas studies got into one of their employment were hired 21st-century liberal arts and goals outside class, top two choices of graduate even before graduating. education, which develops compared with only 35% schools. broad knowledge, social nationwide.2 responsibility and practical skills such as communication and problem-solving, is the best preparation for success in the global economy.3

1. Recent Alumni Survey, Class of 2013, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment, Augustana College

2. One result from the 2014 National Survey of Student Engagement is compared with one result [of three posted here] from the 2014 Augustana College Senior Survey.

3. The Association of American Colleges and Universities, “It Takes More Than A Major: Employer Priorities for College Learning and Student Success,” online survey by Hart Research Associates, 2013

9 AUGUSTANA AT WORK

Art and FACULTY anthropology major Middle-school AND COACHES Sarah Berndt ’15 received a orchestra teacher Lizzie grant from Augustana’s Freistat Lundine ’15 balanced studies Center to study ancient fieldstone and other things she loved—music 306 churches in Germany. Now she and running—with help from her ARE TEACHERS FIRST, AND THEN has a fully funded fellowship to professors, conductor and coach. She BECOME YOUR MENTORS AND the prestigious Winterthur played in a string quartet, ran cross YOUR FRIENDS. Museum graduate country, and used Augie Choice program. to teach music at a school in Jamaica one spring. S a ra h Be rn dt NEARLY IN Geology major 1 4 Fallon Meyer ’15 STUDENTS JOIN MUSIC traveled to Greenland ENSEMBLES—FROM OPERA with Dr. Jennifer Burnham ’97 TO JAZZ­—EVEN IF THEY DON’T to study biogeography of D

r . MAJOR IN MUSIC. seabird colonies and the S a n g effects of climate change e e th on their habitat. a R ay ap ati Known for Fa llon her talents as a Meyer % vocal coach, Dr. Adam Kaul Dr. Sangeetha Rayapati of the anthropology 60 has been called department researches Irish OF STUDENTS STUDY ABROAD. “a professor of life” AUGUSTANA STUDENTS AND street musicians, and has been by her students. a great mentor for his students FACULTY TRAVEL, STUDY in their own research. He also AND RESEARCH ON SEVEN inspires musically, performing CONTINENTS. with his wife in a popular

local band called D r. A Subatlantic. d am Ka 10 ul

Dr. Kimberly Murphy of the biology

department received Physics/ pre-med major Mark a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation Hoffman ’15 researched to fund her students address- nuclear physics with Dr. Nathan Sprinter and ing real-world scientific Frank in his first year; then interned hurdler David Voland ’15 research questions. with a local engineering firm; then became the college’s 157th researched optics with Dr. James Academic All-American. van Howe; and performed data A mathematics and secondary analysis for the Texas Medical education major, he spent a summer Center as a senior. volunteer teaching in Cuenca, Ecuador. Now he’s training for the Olympic Trials. Students and faculty use the college’s 3 environmental field stations, totaling more than 600 acres, for field research, and traverse the Mississippi In 1990, River with the geography paleontology professor department’s 2 Dr. William Hammer found research boats. the first dinosaur discovered in Antarctica, Cryolophosaurus ellioti.

His students work with fossils in d n a l o the paleo labs at Augustana’s V

id v Fryxell Geology Museum— a D some through paid internships.

About Augustana College in the 65% is in the top 10 nation 88% of Augustana pre-med students —in all divisions—for number of students build career skills are accepted into medical school of Academic All-Americans and grow as citizens through after graduation—compared with among our athletes. (We are volunteering, whether nearby only about 44% nationwide. #1 in Illinois.) or abroad. 11 AUGUSTANA AT WORK Augustana and neighboring Elementary Longfellow Elementary education major THE have a partnership that has Alannah Golden ’13 wrote CITIES created a liberal arts focus and illustrated a children’s at the grade school, and an QUAD book she used to teach students amazing teaching and learn- how the U.S. census works. IS IDEAL FOR HANDS-ON ing laboratory for Augie In 2015 she was awarded LEARNING. FOR EXAMPLE, elementary education Outstanding Beginning Teacher students. EDUCATION MAJORS HAVE from the Ill. Association of MANY OPTIONS FOR STUDENT Local and first- Colleges for Teacher TEACHING EXPERIENCES: generation college Education. INNER-CITY, RURAL, SUBURBAN, student Micaela Terronez ’15 PRIVATE AND PUBLIC. used her history and anthropology majors and an Augustana summer research grant to study the culture of nearby Floreciente neighborhood, taking part in an initiative to WITH STUDENT preserve the Mexican-American NEARLY ORGANIZATIONS Business community of the 200 administration– Quad Cities. INCLUDING CLUB SPORTS, marketing major Seth Davis ’15 was an All-American baseball 25 player at Augie, served on the AUGUSTANA OFFERS A LOT student athletic advisory committee TO DO OUTSIDE CLASS— and joined the Rocky Mountain ALL PART OF THE LEARNING Student Club. Now the left-handed pitcher has been drafted EXPERIENCE. by the New York Mets.

History AUGUSTANA professor IS AMONG THE % Dr. Lendol Calder was awarded Illinois Professor 10 of the Year. One of his OF U.S. COLLEGES AND popular first-year general er UNIVERSITIES WITH A CHAPTER ld education courses is Ca dol OF THE PRESTIGIOUS PHI BETA Dr. Len nicknamed “Love KAPPA HONOR SOCIETY. Shack.” 12 Augustana is one of a few schools privileged to send student interns to the Texas Psychology and Medical Center, a top cancer communication studies research center, for students major Kerry Robbins ’15 majoring in the sciences, business, interned for the Children’s English, psychology, philosophy, Art Project at the Texas communication sciences Medical Center—giving and disorders, art her the edge to become a and more. Adam certified child life Populorum ’15 specialist. studied Chinese, Spanish and international Communication business. He used his skills sciences and during an internship with Pre-occupational disorders majors have Abbott Laboratories, where he therapy majors Mary at least 3 terms of created a marketing strategy Kiolbasa ’15 and Alexandria clinical work with faculty for a new international Roehrenbeck ’15 started the group supervision at Augustana’s product. Viking Pups in 2012, training Center for Speech, service dogs for the disabled. Language, and Hearing Their first pups were named on campus. Augie, Thor and Oden. More than 200 a organizations visit CORE each year s a lb io to recruit students for internships K ry Ma in the Quad Cities, Chicago, 15 states, and about 15 countries around the world. THE AUGUSTANA ADVANTAGE 97% Internships matter. According to of 2014 graduates were a 2014 survey from the National employed, in a professional Association of Colleges and internship or in graduate %- % Employers, organizations offered school within a year of 95 100 full-time employment to more than graduation. of Augie communication sciences and disorders majors enroll in % graduate programs every year. 65 of their interns. 13 AUGUSTANA AT WORK Dr. Jason Peters takes his English IN THE TOP Romantic Poets class across the Atlantic to scenic Grasmere in the U.K., where they visit 40 Wordsworth’s and Coleridge’s U.S. BACCALAUREATE homes and graves, and explore COLLEGES FOR NUMBER the mountains and OF STUDENTS WHO STUDY sheepfolds where ABROAD (NOT INCLUDING they wrote. TRAVEL WITH MUSIC ENSEMBLES OR ATHLETIC TEAMS).

Biology major

$ Emily Trenkamp ’15 5,000,000 first became interested in Gary Miller ’15 AUGIE CHOICE FUNDING public health while volunteer- majored in creative writing and TO SUPPORT STUDENTS’ ing in a clinic during Augustana’s theatre, competed in varsity STUDY ABROAD, INTERNSHIPS health care service-learning trip wrestling and football, was a member to Nicaragua. Now she is at the OR RESEARCH WITH A of Phi Omega Phi, and once started University of Iowa School of PROFESSOR. a campus mud war. He used Augie Public Health. Choice for a summer intensive program at the Atlantic Acting MAJORS School, and is pursuing a Now a student career in comedy. at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 90 art, art history and AND RELATED PROGRAMS, environmental studies graduate INCLUDING NEWER Veronica Smith ’12 cites Augustana’s INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS interdisciplinary and service- THAT COMBINE FIELDS—SUCH oriented approach as the basis AS MUSICAL THEATRE AND for her success in her PUBLIC HEALTH. current studies.

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English major Dental Jeremy Lang ’15 student Jose Rosalez discovered a fascination with ’15 claims every part of his the “thousand regions in the mind liberal arts education prepared Economics and yet undiscovered” (Thoreau) in J o him for dental school— e political science major Dr. Peters’ American literature class. W internships, extracurriculars, oo Joe Wood ’15 used Augie His internship at Goose Island d science courses, and the Choice for the fall term in Brazil, brewery in Chicago led to a full-time classes not related to and also spent a summer learning job, though he plans to go West his major. Arabic in Morocco. Today he’s at some point, or out to sea. an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics in Washington, D.C. Augustana’s Upper Mississippi Center for Sustainable Communities Biology forms year-long partnerships professor Dr. Bob Tallitsch with local cities. Students in various co-wrote Human Anatomy, the fields—from geography to business best-selling anatomy textbook in to environmental studies—work with the United States, and the a community on issues related to best-seller of all books in Italy in the economy, transportation, October 2015. Augustana students land and water use, also learn anatomy hands-on in and more. the college’s human cadaver lab—a rare benefit for undergrads. THE AUGUSTANA ADVANTAGE Augustana students who In 2010, graduate students at Midwestern University’s pursue master’s degrees in School of Health-Related Sciences were sitting in their Augustana public health have had a first day of neuroscience class. The professor asked, is in the top “How many of you have had a course in neuroanatomy or 60 neuroscience?” U.S. small liberal arts % students colleges in the number 100 About 20 raised their hands. The professor then asked, of graduates earning acceptance rate to grad “How many of you are from Augustana College in Illinois?” the Ph.D. schools since 1997. students 5 raised their hands. The professor said, “These are your tutors, because they are better prepared than anyone else.”

15 SOME ACTIVITIES, CLUBS AND ENSEMBLES ACES (free tranport service) Black Squirrel Productions Habitat for Humanity Photography Club And Other Stuff Accounting Association Black Student Union Handel Oratorio Society Physics and Engineering Society Art in the museum Advertising Developers (ADs) Bowling Club Harvest Bible Chapel Pi Mu Epsilon (mathematics) Bald eagles Advocates for International Business Club Heavy Metal Club Politics Club Bell Tower kiss Disease Education (AIDE) Camp Kesem Augustana Heywire! Improv Troupe Pre-Law Club Biking along the Mississippi Alpha Kappa Delta (sociology) Cantilena (women’s ensemble) Hillel (Jewish organization) Psi Chi (psychology) Black squirrels Alpha Phi Omega (service org.) Catholic Student Union History Club Psychology Club Brew by the Slough Alpha Psi Omega (theatre arts) Chamber Singers Homecoming Committee Quidditch Club Carver Crazies at basketball American Chemical Society Christians United for Isreal Interfaith Understanding Relay for Life games American Choral Directors Circle K International International Club Residence Hall Association (RHA) Celebration Belle Riverboat Association (ACDA) Clogustana InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Right-To-Life Cheerleader push-ups American Communications Club Ed Investor’s Club Rotaract Club Christmas at Augustana Organization (ACO) Club Tennis Jazz Ensemble SAGA Art and Literary Magazine Chuckfest American Institute of Graphic Art College Democrats Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble The Salon Comedy Sportz American String Teachers Assoc. College Republicans Kammarkör (mixed ensemble) Scandinavian Club Daytrotter band sessions Amnesty International Colleges Against Cancer Ladies of Vital Essence (L.O.V.E.) Sigma Alpha Iota (music sorority) The District (downtown) Anime Club Collegia Classica Augustana Latinos Unidos Sigma Gamma Epsilon (geology) Glowing rocks in the geology Anthropology Club Collegiate Chorale Lindahl Biology Club Sigma Pi Sigma (physics) museum Aristeia Honor Society Collegiate Music Educators Majestic Gents Sociology Club Green Buckethead party ARTisans National Conference (CMENC) Majestic Hearts Socratic Society of Augustana Homecoming Sing and Yell Ascension Ringers Commuter Club March of Dimes Coll. Council South Asian Student Association Live theatre downtown Ascension Singers Concert Band Martial Arts Club Spanish Club LS first-year classes Asian Student Organization Cooking Club Martini Swingers Dance Group Student Advocates for Awareness Niabi Zoo Association of Information Dance Company Math & Computer Science Club of Refugee & Immigration Olin stairs Technology Professionals Dance Dance Revolution Club Middle Eastern Cultural Issues (SAFARI) Packing the library during finals Augie Bigs Dance Marathon Appreciation Society Student Athletic Advisory Pizza, Quad-Cities style Augie NAMI (mental health Darwin Club Mortar Board National College Committee (SAAC) River view from Schwiebert Park awareness) Debate Union Senior Honor Society Student Athletic Professionals Rozz-Tox Augie TV Deutsch Klub Multicultural Programming Student Government Association Running the Bix 7 race AugiePonics (hydroponics club) The Ecuador Project Board (MPB) Student Investment Fund Shanty Town Augustana Astronomy Club Epsilon Sigma Alpha Muslim Student Association Student Speech-Hearing Sledding in Lincoln Park Augustana Campus Ministries International Service Sorority National Association for Music Association (ASSHA) Sneaking into the Old Main dome Augustana Choir Equestrian Club Educators Student United Way Special Collections in the library Augustana Choral Directors Eta Sigma Phi Chapter (Classics) National Band Association Students for Ethical Global Tuesday Reflection in Ascension Association Fair Trade Augustana Non-Profit Student Leadership Awareness Chapel Augustana College Theatre (ACT) Farm2Fork Association (NSLA) Symphonic Band Walking the Swanie Slough Path Augustana Community Health Fellowship of Christian Athletes Office of Student Life Symphony Orchestra “We’ve got Bahls” T-shirts Outreach Organization French Club Omicron Delta Kappa Udden Geology Club Whitey’s Ice Cream Augustana Observer (newspaper) Gaming Club Opera @ Augustana Unabridged (poetry workshop) Augustana Web Authors Guild Gamma Theta Epsilon The Order of Phoenix UNYK Multicultural Dance Troupe Augustana Sports Medicine (geography) Paintball Club Vegetarian Society Wonder if Augie and Azonto (African culture club) Gay/Straight Alliance (GSA) Pep Band Viking Pups the Quad Cities have Best Buddies Geography Club Phi Alpha Theta (history) WAUG 570 AM your favorite things to do? Beta Beta Beta (biology) Global Affect Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta Chapter World Hunger Team Be sure to fill out that reply Bibliophiles Anonymous Greek Council Executive Board Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (music) WVIK 90.3 FM card at the end, and we can Biology Club Greek Life (14 fraternities and Philosophy Club Young Life help you find out. sororities)

Serious play is serious work. So, CORE developed a CO-CURRICULAR TRANSCRIPT you can use to track involvement outside class. Keep a record of leadership roles, awards, participation in the arts and/or sports, student groups, Greek life, volunteering, study away, internships, etc. It’s all part of your education, and it’s important for competitive jobs and graduate schools.

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THE THE WORLD ON CAMPUS

AUGUSTANA ADVANTAGE the first three years. almost allstudents live oncampus Slough atnight. of TheGerberCenter reflecting inthe privacy—yet still beable to seethelights on theridgeasajunior, you’ll have more And ifyou move into aParkander apartment without your coat. over to thePepsiCo Recreation Center at AugiePlex inyour own building,orhead If you live inWesterlin, you can work out museum. planetarium, thechapelandgeology the heartofcampus, andnearthe If you live inSeminaryHall,you’ll beat LAYOUT OFSWANSONCOMMONS. HISTORIC HOUSEONTHEHILLTOMODERN VARIETY OFPLACESTOLIVEONCAMPUS—FROM MATCHING FIRST-YEARROOMMATES,ANDA AUGUSTANA HASAHIGHSUCCESSRATEFOR Augustana College isresidential— TLAs are great preparation for livingoffcampus asasenior. their mealplans, andAugustana takes care of maintenance andonce-a-week cleaning. to ahouse bigenoughfor 15people. Studentschoose theirhousemates andcustomize apartment buildingsaround theedgeofcampus. TLAsrange from single apartments Transitional LivingAreas (TLAs),including Juniors can live inapartmentscalled

38 houses and 14 suite-style “ Augustana has made me a better community member because it has shown me a deep interconnectivity, and that one’s actions have a rippling effect. I have applied this principle in my off-campus house, being mindful of my actions and how they influence my neighbors— IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO ONE THING:

KINDNESS.”John Le ’16 | chemistry 19 THE AUGUSTANA STUDENTS ARE BUSY. ABOUT 88% VOLUNTEER IN AUGUSTANA ADVANTAGE THE COMMUNITY. NEARLY 50% ARE IN SPORTS, AND ABOUT PLAY PERFORM More than 50 club About 20 music, 25% PERFORM IN MUSIC ENSEMBLES. sports, intramural theatre and dance teams and fitness ensembles They also are well rounded and open-minded. The activities campus ministries program reflects this. While the college is related to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, students come from all faiths. More Catholics than Lutherans are on campus, and the Jewish and Muslim student groups welcome members every year. From Active Minds to Viking Pups, the Office of OUTSIDE CLASS OUTSIDE Student Life and Leadership sponsors nearly 200 interest groups, academic societies, service organizations and other ways to get involved. Students start new groups all the time. See the latest list on page 16.

“ I was drawn to Augustana because of how involved I could be in music without being a music major. The Augustana Choir has been an incredible joy and has THE WORLD WORLD THE literally taken me all over the world. Hands down, the BEST THING ABOUT AUGUSTANA for me is being able to pursue my degree in psychology and social welfare while simultaneously continuing to strengthen my passion for music every day.” Maria Catalano ’16 | psychology and sociology–social welfare

20 PERFORM GOVERN COMMUNICATE EXCEL SERVE SOCIALIZE EXPLORE About 20 music, Student Government Observer award- More than 40 More than 25 service, About 15 social and New and evolving theatre and dance Association and a winning student professional, depart- religious and social cultural organizations, groups explore long- ensembles hall council in each newspaper, SAGA art mental and honors awareness groups plus 14 Greek sorori- time passions and residence hall and literary magazine, organizations ties and fraternities new curiosities, from and WAUG and WVIK immigration issues radio stations to improvisational comedy.

21 THE WAY OF THE VIKING IS TO WIN AT EVERYTHING. THE MEN’S VARSITY SPORTS CLUB SPORTS Baseball Badminton BEAUTY OF DIVISION III IS THAT YOU CAN BE A GREAT Basketball Baseball ATHLETE WITHOUT SACRIFICING STUDIES—AND VICE VERSA. Cross Country Basketball Football Cheerleading Golf Crew A charter member of the College Conference of Lacrosse Dance Company Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), the Vikings have won Soccer Equestrian WORLD Swimming Fencing more than 180 CCIW team championships, won Tennis Flag Football (women’s) four NCAA Division III team championships, and Track & Field Ice Hockey (men’s) Wrestling Lacrosse (women’s) have qualified more than 250 teams for national Martini Swingers competition. WOMEN’S VARSITY SPORTS Paintball Quidditch Basketball Rugby (men’s) Since 2000, more than 20 Augustana varsity teams Cross Country VIKING Soccer have traveled internationally, playing teams in Golf Softball Lacrosse Australia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, France, Swing Club Soccer Table Tennis Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Sweden and Softball Ultimate Frisbee Trinidad and Tobago. On these trips, athletes Swimming THE Vikettes Poms Squad Tennis Volleyball improve their skills and gain global perspective Track & Field Water Polo during an experience they will never forget. Volleyball

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The Vikings are #1in Illinois for Academic All-Americans and in the top10 in the nation, in the company of Alabama, Emory, Nebraska and Nebraska Wesleyan, Notre Dame, MIT, Penn State, Stanford and Washington University.

“Being an athlete at Augustana has made all the difference. I have been able to accomplish things that will last forever— THINGS BIGGER THAN MYSELF. What you have to remember is school comes first. I found that if you use your sport as motivation for school, you can really get a good balance. And the support here is genuine. People really just want to see others succeed. Coach Giovanine told me that if I came here I would be able to do whatever I wanted with my life, and through athletics and academics, that promise is holding true.” Tayvian Johnson ’16 biology/pre-medicine, and starter for the 2015 DIII National Championship game 23 24 THE QUAD CITIES more to explore. market, riverboats, museums… andsomuch sional ballet and symphony, agreat farmers’ River Banditsminorleague baseball,profes- coffee, Jim’s RibHaven, Whitey’s ice cream, recording studios, Boetje’s mustard, Redband The QuadCitiesishometo theDaytrotter right oncampus. and Hearingserve clientsfrom thecommunity Augustana’s Center for Speech,Language, leading heartinstitute. Studentcliniciansin You could intern ataTop 100hospital ora newspaper founded byanAugiegrad. newspapers, andanalternative bi-weekly The QuadCitieshasfour TVstations, two major the Mississippi River. mental organizations have fieldoffices along Army CorpsofEngineers andotherenviron- is here. TheU.S.FishandWildlife Service, John Deere &Companyworld headquarters elementary schooldown thestreet. of allkinds,includingourpartnerliberal arts Student teachers gainexperience inschools to theresources offive distinct citygovernments. You’ll have more access, withless competition, YOU SUCCEED. OUT—AND PROFESSIONALMENTORSTOMAKESURE EXPERIENCES ANDINTERNSHIPSTOMAKEYOUSTAND YOUR COMMUNITYWILLGIVEYOUON-SITELEARNING THE 4th resources cultural ofthese4citiesalong the the many professional, educational and students. You willhave accessAugustana to Area businesses andorganizations want Augustana’s location isanadvantage. in acommunity of As theonly undergraduate liberal artscollege

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“ My career goal is to become a sports broadcaster, so my summer internship with WHBF-TV, the Quad Cities’ CBS affiliate station, will definitely be beneficial to me in the future. Having worked at a big-time PGA event like the John Deere Classic will help with whatever situation I get involved with. It was a lot of work to haul a tripod or camera to every hole, every day—but

IT WAS AN AMAZING ENVIRONMENT and one that I was lucky to be a part of.”

Jake Norcia ’16 multimedia journalism and mass communication major, communication studies minor

25 26 ACROSS THE WORLD and literature ofParis. Greece—and summer, themusic Spring term, study Classics in health care systems ofNorway. investigating theeducation and eternal cityofRome.Spendwinter Fall term, explore history inthe in Berlin. trip to study history andphilosophy activism inIndia,oraspringclass Take aspringbreak tripto witness months inAfrica. Live five weeks intheAndesorfive AND FLEXIBILITYINSTUDYABROAD. AUGUSTANA OFFERSGREATVARIETY

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THERE ARE AND AUGIE CHOICE CAN Augustana College is a leader SO MANY DESTINATIONS. HELP YOU GET THERE. in international study, ranking in the top among the Australia Ghana Norway Exchange Lingnan 40 Austria Greece Peru Programs University nation’s baccalaureate colleges. Botswana Greenland Russia University of in Hong Kong Augie Choice is a distinct Brazil Guatemala South Africa Botswana in Kobe University Cambodia Hong Kong Spain advantage for Augustana Gaborone of Foreign students, providing up to Canada India Sri Lanka Studies in Universities per student China Ireland Sweden Kobe, Japan $2,000 Costa Rica Italy Switzerland of Eichstätt, Passau and Uppsala for travel or living expenses Denmark Jamaica Taiwan while they engage in studies, Regensburg University Ecuador Japan Trinidad & research or an internship in in Germany in Uppsala, England Netherlands Tobago another country. France Nicaragua Vietnam Sweden Germany 27 WHAT ALUMNI DO WITH THEIR MAJORS

ABC News Medical Editor and Coach of high school state Governor of Tennessee Outdoor Christian street ministry ordained minister champion basketball team, (business administration) program founder (history) history teacher Head of Genealogical Services, (philosophy, religion) Associate Director, Field (history) Swenson Swedish Immigration Parasitologist, professor and Operations, National Hispanic College and university presidents Research Center discoverer of new species Institute (dozens of fields of study) (political science, Scandinavian studies) (biology, pre-med) (anthropology, sociology, Spanish, Dean of Natural Sciences, Historic preservation specialist Playwright, librettist and women’s & gender studies) Mathematics and for FEMA children’s book writer Astrophysicist Computer Science (art, art history, photography) (theatre arts) (philosophy, physics) (chemistry) History professors and former President, Genesis Medical Attorney and Native American Director of Enterprise Solutions, Fulbright Scholars (two) Center, Davenport art collector GIS technology, Skygone Inc. (German, history) (business administration, political science) (philosophy, political science) (Asian studies, geography) Hydroelectric power company Project manager, Big Click, Porth, Bilingual language arts teacher Director of Mazda Motorsports architect and physician Wales, U.K. (elementary education) (business administration, marketing, Spanish) (pre-med) (art, graphic design, history) Biological illustrator Elementary school teacher Independent education Quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals (art, biochemistry, biology) in Taiwan management professional (mathematics) Broadway theatre director (elementary education) and poet Research director for Emerging and producer Environmental science officer (creative writing, English) Markets Private Equity Assoc. (communication, theatre arts) with the U.S. Army’s 2nd Maternity photographer and (Asian studies, French, economics, Business owner, Brigade co-founder of the American political science) author and blogger, (biology, education) People Project Seal researcher Posie: Rosy Little Things Executive Director of the Martin (art, biology, environmental studies, geology) (biology, environmental studies) (art, English) Luther King Center, Rock Island Mayors of Bettendorf and Senior producer at NPR’s “A CEO, EQT Corporation (psychology) Rock Island Prairie Home Companion” (geology) Foreign correspondent and (psychology; history) (French, music) CEO, Pepsi-Cola North America, Associate Editor of Minneapolis Nobel Prize-winning physicist Strategic resources consultant, Sara Lee Corp. Star Tribune (mathematics) State Farm (business administration, economics) (English) Noodles & Company restaurant (accounting, business administration, computer science, mathematics) Chamber of Commerce president Founder and Creative Director, founders (economics, geography) Dreaming Tree independent (business marketing, journalism, geography) University dean, Financial Clinical instructor and senior film company Oceanography professor Accounting Standards Board lecturer in communication (theatre arts) (mathematics) member and author (accounting) disorders Fulbright Scholar in archaeology, Opera singers (speech therapy/CSD) Oxford University (music performance) Visual literacy librarian (classics, French) (art history, history)

Your Augustana degree will set you up for success in countless ways, yet you will be here only 4 YEARS—NOT 5 OR 6, which is the norm at big universities. Working with your advisors, you will stay on track to graduate with the same people who helped you form your first AUGIE A (see page 3). We’ll miss you. Come back to campus, when you’re not catching up with college friends across the country and the world.

“ My geology courses prepared me to be a scientist, but AUGUSTANA PREPARED ME TO BE A CEO. No one beats Augustana in providing the foundation for the important balance between heart and mind that is required in U.S. business leadership today.” Murry Gerber ’75 Retired CEO of EQT Corporation, Pittsburgh ALUMNI

“ I always tell young filmmakers to go to college FOR A LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE. You can learn the technical skills in filmmaking, but to tell a story you need a broader knowledge base. You have to have something to say and talk about.”

Estlin Feigley ’93 Director and co-owner of Dreaming Tree Films, Chicago

“ When I started medical school, I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MUCH I KNEW and how well I was prepared…. It felt good to have a solid grasp of the THE WORLD OF OF WORLD THE material in the first semester, especially at a place like Harvard.” David Walton ’98 M.D., M.P.H., Director of Global Health at ThoughtWorks, Inc., New York City; associate physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston; assistant professor, Harvard Medical School

“ I had many discussions with my professors and advisors, each of whom encouraged me to think twice before I accepted the positions I was offered—to think about how my work would relate to my passions. EVERY DAY, I AM LIVING MY DREAM while I continue to build more.” Madushika Lansakara ’05 Program Development Manager, SOLIDAR Suisse/SAH-Swiss Labour 30 Assistance Tayler Mathews ’11 Eddy Mabry Award in Diversity for capstone research paper Black Student Union, Multicultural Orientation Ambassador, trained and certified advocate for victims of abuse psychology, sociology Volunteer at Longfellow Liberal Arts Elementary School and Ph.D. student in the department of political science, Martin Luther King Center Clark Atlanta University

Augustana is in the top 60 U.S. small liberal arts colleges in the number of graduates earning the Ph.D. Page 15. Alicia Oken ’13 Concert Band Augustana Observer, Student Government Association, Club Tennis WAUG Augustana Radio, Sigma Alpha Iota, College communication studies, multimedia Democrats, Mortar Board journalism, political science Internships with Congressman Alcee Hastings, Washington, D.C. and with WGN Radio, Chicago Communications coordinator at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Washington, D.C. 91% have meaningful discussions with professors outside class, compared with 35% nationwide. Page 9. Manisha Kumar ’13 Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble Research assistant for Dr. Tim Muir, Larry B. Jones Endowed Fellow in the Natural Sciences, Augustana College biology/pre-medicine Volunteer with medical mission trip to Nicaragua Augustana Community Health Organization/JETS, Graduate student at the University of Iowa Carver Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society College of Medicine Mortar Board

97% of students are employed, in a professional internship or in graduate school within a year of graduation. Page 13. Matt Osman ’14 Augustana Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combo, Gospel Choir Student researcher with the Juneau Icefield Research Program and the Northern Ecosystems Research for Offered a Fulbright Fellowship (chose MIT, instead) geology Undergraduates program Ph.D. student in glaciology/climatology at MIT – East Asia Term 2013 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Joint Program Udden Geology Club, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Farm2Fork, “Let’s Rock!” Teaching Program

Augustana is in the top 40 U.S. baccalaureate colleges for number of students who study abroad. Page 14. Alexandria Petrassi ’14 Co-editor-in-chief, SAGA art and literary magazine Internship with Cutting Edge Press, London creative writing, English–writing First-prize winner, creative non-fiction and poetry, Suffolk Zeta Phi Kappa County Communty College Creative Writing Festival Editor at Prime Publishing; co-editor of the poetry blog, Floodmark; blogger for the American Writers Museum, Chicago

We are in the Top 10 in the nation and #1 in Illinois for Academic All-Americans. Page 4. Erik Westerberg ’14 Vikings football MVP and team captain, Academic Traveled to France with the football team to play the French mathematics education All-American National Team Math teacher and assistant football coach, Winner of NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship, finalist for Student teacher at United Township High School, East York Community High School Gagliardi Trophy Moline, Illinois

Nearly 40% of the students not pursuing graduate studies are hired for positions before they graduate. Page 9. Andrew Beveroth ’16 Internship with internal audit at John Deere Vice president of Alpha Psi Omega accounting, business Studied history and philosophy in Germany with Augustana Vice chair of the Augustana Honor Council administration–finance, history learning community course Treasurer, Student United Way President of Student Alumni Board and member of the 31 Hired as an accountant at John Deere before graduating Campus Ministries Student Leadership Team Augustana Alumni Board Even though this is the end of your Augustana viewbook, we hope it begins a real conversation. COME VISIT THIS BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS AND TALK WITH US. Interview with an admissions counselor. Get the information you need from the friendly people in financial aid. Meet with a coach, professor, ensemble director, advisor in CORE, or a student with similar interests. You will start to see why Augustana is worth so much more than you have begun to imagine, based on what’s in this viewbook. Call 309-794-7341 or go to augustana.edu/visit. See you here! MODERN WOODMEN BASEBALL FIELD Augustana’s campus was named to the TOP 25 MOST BEAUTIFUL CAMPUSES by Thrillist in 2014. Come see for yourself.

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