Augustana is a private, selective college of the liberal arts and sciences, located on 115 wooded acres overlooking the Mississippi River in Rock Island, Illinois, which is part of the Quad Cities metro area. The Handel Oratorio Society, under the direction of Dr. Jon Hurty, will open the Society's 119 th performance season with its production of George Frederic Handel's masterwork, Messiah . Performances are Friday and Saturday, December 10 and 11, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, December 12, at 2 p.m. in Augustana College's Centennial Hall. The Meredith Foundation of Washington, D.C., will provide 650 free tickets to this year's Messiah production for area high school students and their families. The festival begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 14 in Wallenberg Hall, located in the Denkmann Memorial Building.
Admission is free, but reservations are required.
A ugustana faculty, staff and students with campus network log-ins can now access a searchable version of the campus directory. This service currently works only with Microsoft Internet Explorer. The cornerstones of the construction program are the Science Building and the Franklin W. Olin Center for Educational Technology, which were dedicated during homecoming on Saturday, October 31st. There are also plenty of other new buildings around campus including a student recreation center, townhouses, art facilities, student activities center and a radio station. We're glad you stopped by and hope you come to campus for a real visit very soon.