Institute for Leadership and Service renamed to honor retiring President Bahls
An alumnus who created Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø¡¯s Institute for Leadership and Service in 1998 has increased its endowment and renamed it in honor of retiring President Steve Bahls.
Dawson '20 is new executive director of Genesius Guild
Isabel Dawson '20 is the new executive director of Genesius Guild, a Rock Island community group that has offered free summer theatre for 66 years.

Creating a more inclusive space
A life of exploration for physicist Dr. Karen Andeen ¡¯03 has taken her from Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø to Antarctica to beyond the Milky Way ¡ª and into the depths of cultural change for her field.

Blanck ¡¯78 key to new partnership with Sweden¡¯s Uppsala University
Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø has named Dr. Dag Blanck ¡¯78 an honorary professor of Swedish-American studies to formally acknowledge his contributions to the academic field and to Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø.

Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Choir tours Germany, Czech Republic?
Members of the Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Choir shared their love of music in Europe, performing six concerts during a post-graduation tour of Germany and the Czech Republic.

Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø plans new programs in health, film and new media
Three new areas of study are planned: a major in film and new media and two minors in integrative medicine and the humanities, and disability.

First Year Global: People care about their environment
Students find that Ecuadorans care deeply about protecting environment, and most are very knowledgeable about their surroundings.
Men's soccer vs. Illinois Wesleyan
The Vikings men's soccer team will play a home game against Illinois Wesleyan.
Prison Education Program receives $70,900 in grants
The Å·ÖÞ±ÍøÍ¶_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Prison Education Program was awarded $50,900 for a computer lab at the East Moline Correctional Center, and $20,000 to hiring an administrator.