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HIST 132 "Problems in US History: WWII to Present
HIST 132 "Problems in US History: WWII to Present" held a last-day-of-class debate over the merits of historians Howard Zinn and William Bennett.
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Teammates rally behind Dana Wojciechowski in a debate on the last day of class in HIST 132.
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Things get heated during a debate on the last day of class in HIST 132.
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While Brandon Smith broadcasts a live feed on Facebook, Evan Sammons explains why Bill Bennett is a better historian than Howard Zinn.
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When are noisemakers a good idea in class? When it's HIST 132 and you're having a House of Commons-style debate over who is the best historian: Howard Zinn or William Bennett?

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Vázquez-Valarezo, Audre Lorde winners announced

The women, gender, and sexuality studies program has announced the winners of this year’s campus-wide contests that recognize excellence in poetry, creative expression and analytical writing.

Hasselmo winners

Splendore '27 and Gawu-Mensah '26 selected for Augustana's Hasselmo Award

Both Gaia Splendore and Leroy Gawu-Mensah were surprised and honored to learn they had won the Nils Hasselmo Award for Academic Pursuit. Inspired by the impact of his own Augustana experience, Dr. Nils Hasselmo '57 created the award to help future educators access professional opportunities.

Dr. Jane Simonsen and Dr. Çağlar Çetin-Ayşe

Augustana faculty secure national funding to explore vocation

Following a competitive national selection process, Dr. Jane Simonsen and Dr. Çağlar Çetin-Ayşe received two of only 17 grants recently awarded to members of NetVUE (Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education) institutions.