When Liz Nino started working at Augustana College in 2013, the private Rock Island liberal-arts school had just 33 international students, representing less than 1% of the student body. Ten years later, global enrollment has exploded, with 349 international students representing 50 nations around the world and about 16 percent of all Augie students. “It’s […]
Former Augustana College president Steve Bahls and his wife Jane Bahls will establish the Nelly Cheboi Endowed Scholarship, to be awarded to Augustana international students with demonstrated financial need and academic merit. Cheboi, a 2016 Augie graduate who grew up in Mogotio, Kenya, is the co-founder and CEO of TechLit Africa, a nonprofit that redistributes […]