New push on diversity enrollment at Augustana College Augustana says there were 22 percent of students of color and 10 percent of international students during the 2020-2021 school year. Author: Devin Brooks Updated: 10:22 PM CDT July 9, 2021 ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Augustana College is making a new push to increase the minority population on campus and its new admissions director is helping lead the effort. Emma Adebayo started in the position of executive director of admissions at Augustana in July. "As a woman of color, Black woman specifically, it's always important to me to think about communities that are historically excluded from higher education or under resourced how they are supported," Adebayo said.