The Central Mock Trial teams rocked the regional competition at St. Ambrose earlier this week!  The Blue team won the bid to the 2024 Iowa High School Mock Trial Tournament in Des Moines on March 28-30!  Congratulations to our hardworking students, many of whom were recognized as outstanding attorneys or witnesses. This marks their second consecutive year making it to the state level!  Read More

De’Viann Titus-Porter, or ‘TP’ to his many friends, is a graduating senior at St. Ambrose University and football player. TP is also a graduate of North High School! Over the past school year, TP served as a mentor at Wilson Elementary School and today the school threw an event called ‘Bee the Difference’ featuring SAU cheerleaders and football players. The students had a blast playing games, winning prizes, and watching the cheerleaders perform stunts. TP was presented with a ‘Hug Award,’ an ‘Honorary Staff’ t-shirt, and personalized thank... Read More

De Viann Titus-Porter, a St. Ambrose football player and senior who graduated from North High School, has organized an event with St. Ambrose athletics at Wilson Elementary to motivate students. De Viann has been volunteering with Wilson Elementary since February 1st and has volunteered close to 300 hours. His teammates have also joined him, making a massive impact on both the school and its students!  Read More

Classical musician and composer William Campbell will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Galvin Fine Arts Center, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, in support of his new album, “Together We Rise.” Together We Rise is the album release concert for Campbell’s exciting new album that fuses solo piano with synthesizers and electronics. It’s 44 minutes of epic, virtuosic tracks and quiet music for inner growth. Bringing together aspects of his well known film scores and his solo piano music, Campbell weaves these parts together in a unique musical experience. “This music was inspired by my... Read More

William Campbell is the Indiana Jones of Quad-Cities music. By day, he’s a mild-mannered professor at St. Ambrose University. But by night, he takes on far greater adventures. During his nearly two decades behind the desk at St. Ambrose, he’s compiled a stunning resume of work, including two Academy Award Nominations (in 2019, and 2021); an Emmy Nomination (in 2020); an Iowa Motion Picture Association Award for Best Film Score (in 2020); a Kennedy Center American Collegiate Theater Festival Award (in 2019); and an International Luminous Frames Festival Award for Best Original Score (in 2021). He’s... Read More

In partnership with EveryChild, St. Ambrose University hosted a pinwheel garden dedication at the St. Ambrose Children’s Campus at 3:00pm on April 5th. Students from the Children’s Campus at SAU were present to help plant the pinwheels. The garden dedication and planting is part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time when communities nationwide recognize the role everyone plays in keeping kids safe. The pinwheel garden is a symbol of the healthy, happy, and full childhoods every child deserves. “It is a privilege for St. Ambrose University to participate in celebrating this... Read More

Saturday in the Arts is a weekly feature covering a trend, subject, event or personality of local interest. It runs every Saturday morning on your site for the best entertainment and arts coverage in the area, QuadCities.com! If you think the last two years have been crazy (thanks, Covid), the fine folks at WQPT-TV in Moline have endured an unusual past three years – simultaneously a thrilling joyride and a white-knuckled journey of adventure and challenge. The Quad Cities’ PBS station, which will mark 40 years in business in 2023, got a new general manager last month – who’s actually a... Read More

In yet another example of innovative Quad-Cities artists getting creative due to Covid, St. Ambrose University will present a unique filmed theater project tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Galvin Fine Arts Center, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport. Previously released online in three individual episodes, Romeo and Juliet – A Web Series in Shadow will be screened in its entirety for the first time at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 17, at Galvin on the SAU campus. Tickets are $8 and on sale to the public at the door and ShowTix4U. KALA, the public radio station at St. Ambrose, will rebroadcast the performance as... Read More

On June 14, when “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” returned to live audiences at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New Work City, everyone attending had to prove they were fully vaccinated against Covid. Same when Bruce Springsteen returned to Broadway on June 26. More than 500 U.S. colleges and universities also are requiring proof of Covid vaccination for students to return to campus this fall, but that number does not include any school yet in the Quad-Cities. St. Ambrose University in Davenport is strongly recommending that all students, faculty, and staff be vaccinated for the Covid-19 virus,... Read More

The annual Juneteenth festival in the Quad-Cities will be held Saturday, June 19, at TMBC at The Lincoln Center, 318 E. 7th St., Davenport, the former Lincoln Elementary School. Open since Feb. 1, 2021, TMBC stands for “Together Making a Better Community,” and the free Juneteenth event will be 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, including food and retail vendors, history and information booths, fun-filled games and entertainment for the whole family. TMBC is the hub for resources, professional services, programs and events for the African-American community in the Quad-Cities. The Juneteenth festival... Read More