Augustana University and the Center for Western Studies (CWS) announced that the 29th Boe Forum on Public Affairs will feature an evening with Former NATO Supreme Allied Cmdr. James “Jim” Stavridis. His talk, entitled “Geopolitics Beyond the Horizon: 21st Century Global Risk and Opportunity,” will be held at 7:30 p.m., on Thursday, March 26, in the Elmen Center on Augustana’s campus.

Tickets for the 29th Boe Forum are free and available to the public at augie.edu/BoeTickets.

The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery’s biennial “Highlights from the Carl Grupp Permanent Art Collection” is an opportunity to sample some of the 4,000+ artworks that comprise the permanent art collection at Augustana University. The collection will be on display through Thursday, March 19, with a reception on Friday, Feb. 20, from 7-9 p.m. and gallery talk at 7:30 p.m. at Augustana's Center for Visual Arts.

The Augustana Band has endured as one of the university’s most visible and beloved ensembles for more than a century. This year, for its 130th anniversary, the university will celebrate this longstanding tradition in a big way —  inviting its alumni to participate in several events in the spring, as well as a fundraising initiative to raise money for band-related impact scholarships.

To register for the Band 130 Celebration, visit augie.edu/Band130Registration. To support band-related impact scholarships, visit augie.edu/Band130.

For Augustana University alumni Sarah Nohr ‘21 and William Kruse ‘21, what began as a chance reuniting on the university’s campus grew into something much more. The two met in preschool and reconnected in the university's Augie Access Program. They shared their first date in the Morrison Commons, got engaged near the Fryxell Humanities Center and are set to be married in the Chapel of Reconciliation on campus.

Learn more about their love story.