AU Today - On Campus

On campus stories
Sammy Spartan with pom poms.
March 25, 2025

Aurora University will celebrate its first-ever Day of Generosity, a 24-hour period dedicated to the spirit of giving. Day of Generosity is set for Friday, April 4, and will be preceded by several pop-up events earlier in the week focused on the power of giving. Activities include packing lunches...

Alejandra Campoverdi
December 4, 2024

Bestselling author and former White House aide Alejandra Campoverdi met with Aurora University students to talk about the challenges she faced as a first-generation college student who, as she puts it in her memoir, “First Gen,” went “from welfare to the White...

Katsushika Hokusai,
December 3, 2024

Water shapes us, just as it shapes the world around us—constantly moving, connecting, and inspiring. “Everyone has a personal connection to water, but we often don’t think about it, don’t contemplate the meaning of it,” said Natasha Ritsma,...

Nursing students with professor.
November 7, 2024

The Aurora University School of Nursing hosted its first-ever School Nurse Collaborative Skills Day this September, expanding on its partnership with Oswego Community Unit School District 308 by providing local school nurses an opportunity to strengthen their existing healthcare skills. Skills...

José M. Hernández sits on the steps of Tapper Recital Hall stage to talk to audience of AU students
October 25, 2024

José M. Hernández, dressed in a blue NASA flight suit, ignores the podium on the stage of Aurora University's Tapper Hall and instead sits down on the steps facing the first row of seats. He moves seamlessly between English and Spanish as he tells students about...