
2025 Midwest Great Debate was ‘an embodiment of growth, exploration, and community’
Augustana College remains one of the anchor host institutions working with NHI to make its programs possible, and in 2025, it served as home for two programs – including the Midwest Great Debate, bringing close to 75 students from the Midwest U.S. as well as Mexico and Panama for six transformative days, June 28 to […]

Midwest Great Debate encourages 100 students from Mexico and the U.S. to be ‘best versions of themselves’
About 100 students, including a considerable contingent from Mexico, descended on the Quad Cities for the 2024 edition of the Midwest Great Debate, held at Augustana College from July 2-7. Luis Jauregui, Educational Director of the program and an Augustana graduate, noted, “Slowly, as the week progressed, you could slowly start to see them all […]

2022 Midwest Great Debate inspires young leaders from Mexico and U.S. at Augustana
Earlier this month, a tight-knit group of more than 40 rising high school sophomores completed the Midwest Great Debate at the scenic campus of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. Students at the program, running July 3-8 at one of NHI’s core partner universities, represented Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and various parts of Mexico. Founded in […]
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