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Augustana College Visits: Campus Access and Nearby Planning

Augustana College in Rock Island offers admissions sessions, student-led tours and customized visits. Here’s how to plan your visit and sort out campus access and parking.

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By Kiara West

Augustana College is a liberal arts college at 639 38th Street in Rock Island, Illinois. For an Augustana College campus visit, you can register for an admissions session and student-led tour or request a customized visit with options such as meeting faculty or a coach and eating in the dining hall.

  • Address: 639 38th Street, Rock Island, Illinois 61201.
  • Standard visit: Admissions Session and student-led campus tour.
  • Registration: Online registration closes two business days before the visit.
  • Parking: Follow the parking instructions for your visit type and display any required pass.

Where is Augustana College?

Where is Augustana College?

Augustana College is at 639 38th Street in Rock Island, Illinois. The motel in Rock Island is about a 13-minute drive from campus.

How do you plan an Augustana College campus visit?

How do you plan an Augustana College campus visit?

Register online for an Admissions Session and student-led campus tour, or request a customized visit built around your interests. Customized options can include meeting with faculty or a coach and eating in the dining hall.

To place the campus in the wider area, use this guide to getting around Rock Island city centre when planning other stops.

Spanish-language campus tours are available; select that option during registration. Online visit registration closes two business days before the visit. If you need to register after that cutoff, call the Admissions Office at 309-794-7341.

For school and community groups with students in grades 6–12, group visits last approximately two hours and include an admissions presentation and campus tour. Organizers should submit a request at least three weeks in advance. High school and college-aged groups must provide advance student registration.

Tours take place outdoors, so wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. If you need to plan an accessible route, the college’s accessibility map identifies parking, ramps, elevators, stairs and wheelchair-accessible entrances, and links to an accessible walking tour route.

What should you know about campus access and visitor parking?

What should you know about campus access and visitor parking?

Parking rules depend on whether you are attending an admissions visit or visiting the general campus. For an admissions visit, the college’s checklist asks you to print your parking pass and display it in the front windshield. Parking is next to the Admissions Office, with overflow parking across the street in WVIK Lot B.

For general campus visits, obtain a visitor parking pass from the Office of Police and Public Safety, located in the basement of Sorensen Hall. College parking lots require a permit. Lot A1 by Seminary Hall is reserved for Admissions visitors at all times.

How do you get from the motel to campus?

How do you get from the motel to campus?

Choose your transport for the trip to campus and check the official site for current visit registration and parking instructions.

If you are arriving by air, the guide to getting from Quad City International Airport to Rock Island covers that leg of the trip.

FAQs

Can you take a Spanish-language tour?

Yes. Spanish-language campus tours are available, and you can select that option when registering.

When does online visit registration close?

Online registration closes two business days before the visit. For later registration, call the Admissions Office at 309-794-7341.

Where can general campus visitors get a parking pass?

Get a visitor parking pass from the Office of Police and Public Safety in the basement of Sorensen Hall. College parking lots require a permit.

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