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Overview: Celebration of Learning 2017
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø held its annual Celebration of Learning on May 3. Here are some highlights from a full and celebratory day of art, research presentations, interactive multimedia events and performances.
Augie Abroad photo winners
Marissa Hollems, a senior from New Lenox, Ill., won the grand prize in this year's Augie Abroad photo contest with a photo at Cahergal Stone Fort, Ring of Kerry, Ireland.
Top five reasons to see "Titanic: the Musical"
¡°Titanic: the Musical¡± will be the college¡¯s first musical in the new Kim and Donna Brunner Theatre Center. Do you need more reasons to attend? Here are five.
Geifman prize winners announced
Student winners of the yearly Geifman "Responses to the Holocaust" Prize received their awards Monday at the annual Holocaust remembrance talk at Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø.
Royal Ball Run funding helps Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø support those with autism
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s Center for Speech, Language, and Hearing received $25,000 from the Royal Ball Run in 2016. These funds help provide the center¡¯s services to those with autism spectrum disorder.
Five Questions: Dr. Ann Perreau
Dr. Ann Perreau, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, talks about challenges and rewards in her two professional roles: professor and audiologist.
Students, alumni present Titanic: the Musical
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø will present "Titanic: the Musical" April 28-30 and May 5-7.
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø announces commencement weekend speakers
Dr. Al Bowman '75, president emeritus of Illinois State University, will deliver the address at Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s 157th commencement convocation on May 21. Pastor Paul Bailie '04, pastor at Iglesia Luterana San Lucas in Eagle Pass, Texas, will deliver the sermon at Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s baccalaureate service earlier that day.
Taking research on the road
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø students travel to conferences and annual meetings with their faculty mentors each year. They return tired, inspired and more aware of how they can impact what¡¯s happening in their field.
River Readings video: poet Allison Seay
Poet Allison Seay presents at River Readings
Choir joins in massive Bach masterwork
A mighty fortress of sound is guaranteed this weekend as the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, the Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Choir and others marshal forces for J.S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion."
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø to host speaker for talks about Islam
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø 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 Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø 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.
Student clinicians see approaches to therapy
Many schools, large and small, offer major in Communication and Sciences and Disorders, but it is rare for students to have a campus clinic.
