Lake Potter
41.493741,-90.601814
AfroFest
The African Students Association will present Afro Fest, with authentic African dishes, dance performances and more. The menu this year will include jollof rice, fried yam, fried plantains, pepper, injera,
Study Away Sneak Peek
CORE will be hosting a sneak peak event for the study away programs that will be offered at next year's fair. Students can come talk with faculty and students who have gone as well as ask questions about financial aid, courses, and destinations.
Open Mic Night
The Office of Student Life will be hosting an Open Mic Night. Songs, poems, monologues and jokes are welcome. Cash prizes will be awarded.
Hennepin Canal Parkway Lock 31
41.460876,-90.593707
Choir joins in massive Bach masterwork
A mighty fortress of sound is guaranteed this weekend as the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, the Augustana Choir and others marshal forces for J.S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion."
Zohra Sarwari presents "No, I Am Not a Terrorist!"
Zohra Sarwari is the author of 14 books and three homeschooling curriculums, as well as an international speaker, entrepreneur, publisher and mother to three children. She has a bachelor's degree in psychology, an MBA and she currently is pursuing
Augustana to host speaker for talks about Islam
Augustana College will host internationally renowned author and speaker Zohra Sarwari for two events on April 19 and 20. She will present “No, I am Not a Terrorist” on Wednesday, April 19 at 7 p.m., and “Are Muslim Women Oppressed” on Thursday, April 20 at 10:30 a.m. Both events, which are free and open to the public, will take place in Wallenberg Hall.
Livingston '86 named president of Lewis University
Dr. David J. Livingston has been appointed as the 10th president of Lewis University, a private Catholic school in Romeoville, Ill. He graduated from Augustana College with a degree in chemistry in 1986.
NPR host to give annual Curtis Lecture
Maria Hinojosa, host of NPR's "Latino USA," will give this year's Ellwood F. Curtis Family Lectureship in Public Affairs at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 21 in Wallenberg Hall on the second floor of the Denkmann Memorial Building (3520 7th Ave., Rock Island). Her lecture is titled, "The case for owning our power and our voice: Now more than ever." Admission is free.