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Max Sellers first Viking men¡¯s volleyball All-American

All-American Max Sellers helped lead the Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Viking men's volleyball team to an 18-7 record, the best in program history.

Chef Joseph Yoon

Edible insect ambassador Chef Joseph Yoon to lecture at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø

Chef Joseph Yoon will deliver the Roys Lecture and engage with Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø students in class lectures and at the college's Celebration of Learning.

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Softball player Jennica Soliz '24 gets another shot at a senior season

Senior Jennica Soliz, a psychology major from Moline, Ill., remembers her last softball season in high school, which was cut short due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2024 Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies winners

The annual Geifman Prize in Holocaust Studies is a competition in which students write or compose in music and art their responses to the Holocaust.

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Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø expands student-engagement initiative Augie Choice

The innovative program, previously only available to juniors and seniors, is now expanded to sophomores so that they too can engage in transformational engaged learning experiences. 

Chezum at film fest

Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø student wins award at Cedar Rapids Independent Film Fest

Matthew Chezum ¡¯25, from New Windsor, Ill., won the Student Audience Choice Eddy Award in the 2024 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (CRIFF).

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Juniors selected for Texas Medical Center summer research internship

Selected students will take part in the paid, full-time, 10-week experience at the Texas Medical Center in Houston this summer.

Dr. Lisa Durant-Jones

Lisa Durant-Jones named Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s commencement speaker

The May 25 ceremony will be the college's 164th annual convocation. 

Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Geography anniversary logo

Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø celebrates geography department¡¯s 75th anniversary

The public is invited to presentations at the John Deere Planetarium during the anniversary weekend to hear how Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø alumni are leading and contributing to important work in their chosen fields today.

 

Rachel Gustafson with family and township representatives

Rachel Gustafson named South Rock Island Township Resident of the Year

Rachel Zimmerman '92 Gustafson was recognized for her service to youth in the Quad-Cities.

 Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur with students

Students hear from Estonian defense minister

The visit was arranged through the German Marshall Fund of the United States, with stops in Illinois and Iowa from April 7-10.

2024 Audre Lorde Prize winners announced

The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program has announced the winners of the 2024 Audre Lorde Prize. The awards are named in honor of Audre Lorde (1934-1992), an intersectional feminist writer and civil rights activist who wrote the foundational text "Sister Outsider" (1984). Awards are given annually.

2024 Ethics Essay Contest winners announced

Claire Martino, a junior from New Berlin, Wis., majoring in applied mathematics and data science, is the winner of the 2024 Ethics Essay Contest for the essay "Artificial Intelligence Could Probably Write This Essay Better than Me."

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Class Notes

Alumni share their latest news!

Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø's campus

Why transfer to Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø?

Transfer students know what they want. Better fit, better value. Hear four transfer students' personal experiences, and get some practical information, too.

Career outcomes

Career Outcomes

Class of 2024 outcomes, of those who responded to the survey. Source: Institutional Research at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø; CORE (Careers, Opportunities, Research, Exploration) at Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø



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