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Local students named to Augustana College fall term Dean's List
Nearly 900 students have been named to the Dean's List at Augustana College for the 2011 fall term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.
From your area, students who have earned this honor include:
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2012 Jan 26
Local Students Receive Awards on Scholarship Day at Rockford College
Scholarship Day Fall 2011 saw more than 60 scholarships presented to over 80 recipients. These are scholarships for which the college has a working relationship with the donor(s) or sponsoring organizations, or are named scholarships important to the legacy and history of Rockford College.
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2011 Oct 5
Local Students Named Distinguished Scholars at Rockford College
The following students attending Rockford College were named Distinguished Scholars for the spring 2011 semester, earning at least a 3.75 GPA with no grades below "C":
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2011 Aug 2
Local students named to Augustana College spring term Dean's List
884 students have been named to the Dean's List at Augustana College for the 2011 spring term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.
From your area, students who have earned this honor include:
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2011 Jul 12
Local Students Named to Dean's List at Rockford College
The following students attending Rockford College were named to the Dean's List for the fall 2010 semester, earning at least a 3.5 GPA with no grades below "C":
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2011 Mar 7
Students named to Augustana College fall term Dean's List
903 students have been named to the Dean's List at Augustana College for the 2010-11 fall term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.
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2010 Dec 15
Augustana students explore career paths in Australia
Sixty-eight Augustana students will study and work in Sydney, Australia, for the first two months of 2011. The international study program known as "Augustana in Australia" places students in career-relevant positions in Sydney and immerses them in Australian culture.
The students complete a five-week on-campus internship seminar and a class in intercultural communication before leaving for Australia on January 2. In Australia, students will intern four days a week for seven weeks and use their remaining time to experience Australia.
The program exposes students to a new culture, which is very marketable to employers. "Employers are seeking entry-level employees with knowledge and experience of the world's diversity and cross-cultural understanding," said Karen Petersen, Augustana's director of business internships and program director.
The students are looking forward to exploring their career interests. Erin Christian, a senior music and mathematics double major from Aurora, Ill., will intern at ii-A, a finance and insurance firm in downtown Sydney. "This internship is exactly what I need to move forward from Augustana," Christian said. "I hope to find a job as an actuary or in the finance/insurance field so being an intern at a company of this caliber will prepare me for obstacles I might face in the work world."
The students travel together with no faculty from Augustana, which gives them a lot of independence. "Students in the program demonstrate maturity and the ability to depend upon themselves and their peer group to deal with problems and issues as they arise," said Petersen. Students do receive on-site supervision by their organizational sponsor and their internship coordinator, the Centers for Academic Programs Abroad (www.capa.org), and Augustana faculty or staff conducts site-visits about halfway through the internship.
Students will stay at a five-star serviced apartment complex in Sydney, along with Australian and other international students. During their trip, they will visit the ANZ Stadium where the 2000 Olympics were held, the Sydney Opera House and the Blue Mountains just outside of Sydney. They also may travel to New Zealand or areas of Australia including Melbourne, Darwin and Cairns, where they can snorkel or dive the Great Barrier Reef. Students return to Rock Island on March 4.
You can read about students' experiences in Australia by visiting Augustana's Globablog at www.augustana.edu/blogs/international/.
Participating students from your area include:
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2010 Dec 8
Local students named to Augustana College spring term Dean's List
864 students have been named to the Dean's List at Augustana College for the 2009-10 spring term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.
From your area, students who have earned this honor include:
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2010 Jul 19
Local students named to Augustana College winter term Dean's List
827 students have been named to the Dean's List at Augustana College for the 2009-10 winter term. Students who have earned this academic honor have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a four-point scale for courses taken during the term.
From your area, students who have earned this honor include:
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2010 Apr 19
Local students named to Augustana spring term Dean's List
Nine hundred thirty-nine students have been named to the spring term Dean's List at Augustana College for the 2008-2009 academic year. Students receiving this honor have earned a minimum grade point average of 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) for courses taken during the 2009 spring term.
From your area, this includes:
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2009 Jul 1