Civitas 395 Projects
Civitas 395 speaks to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s ideal of vocation, a calling to life that answers both the call of Christ and the call of fellow humans in the real world: “Vocation is responsibility and responsibility is a total response of the whole person to the whole of reality.”
The Civitas 395 individual project represents the culmination of a student’s work in the Civitas program and at Augustana. It indicates the direction a student wants to follow, professionally and personally, upon departure from the College, just as it indicates the responsibility they assumes in answering their calling to life.
Following is a list of 2012 projects completed by graduates of the Civitas 395 program.
| 2012 Graduates | Project Title | Advisor |
| Michael Baedke | The Benefits of Hoover's Humanitarian Efforts and Their Effects on American Policy and Economics in the Post-War Era (1914-1929) | Peg Preston (history) |
| Adam Bockelman | Justice, Freedom, and the Fall of the Roman Republic | Rocki Wentzel (classics) |
| Jared Drenkow | Synthesis of poly (3-alkoxy-4-methylthiophene) for use in DNA optical sensor systems | Barrett Eichler (chemistry) |
| Jared Goplen | Evaluation of Genetic Diversity among 60 Sorghum Lines Selected for a Nested Association Mapping Study | Steven Matzner (biology) |
| Sarah Hanson | Balancing Power: Masculine and Feminine Authority in Spenser's The Fairie Queene | Mitchell Harris (English) |
| Becky Joerger | Transcriptome Analysis of Bacterial Communities Found in Dental Plaque | Paul Egland (biology) |
| Jamie Kingma | Teen Pregnancy in the United States: Current Trends and Lasting Effects | Mary Isaacson (nursing) |
| Margaret Koenig | Refining Religious Conversation Through Screens | Ann Pederson (religion) |
| Isaac Krueger | Housing in Sioux Falls: An Internship with Costello Companies | Jaciel Keltgen (business) |
| Luke Lynass | Understanding the Concerns of NGO Intervention, Foreign Aid and Ministry Involvement in Haiti | Lindsay Twa (art) |
| Lauren Marks | Care for the Dying: The Need for Change in Palliative Care Education for Undergraduate Nursing Education | Mary Isaacson (nursing) |
| Allen Myhra | Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis of Bison Bone from the Mitchell Site (39DV2) | Adrien Hannus (anthropology) |
| Maggie Olson | The Girl Who Was on Fire: The Unique Heroine of Katniss Everdeen | Darcie Rives-East (English) |
| Calie Roggatz | The Effect of United States Aid on Developing Latin American Countries in the 21st Century | Sam Ogdie (Spanish) |
| Ryan Schuetz | Rwanda and Venezuela: Conceptualization of Two 21st-Century Authoritarian Regimes | Joe Dondelinger (government) |
| Rebecca Schieffer | Vibrational Signaling in the Cook Strait Giant Weta (Deinacrida rugosa) | Dan Howard (biology) |
| Bekah Walker | Reaction and Recovery: Jewish Responses to the Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Murray Haar (religion) |
| Katharine Warden | Bonhoeffer?...Naturally! | Jenny Gubbels (biology) |
| Dawn Wille | Uncle Tom's Cabin: Dramatically Different | Debbie Hanson (English) |
