With Christians around the globe, Augustana University embraces the 500^th anniversary of Luther’s 95 theses as occasion for claiming and strengthening our vocations in learning, reconciliation and celebration.

The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery exhibit "To Reform: Artists Respond to the Reformation" will feature nearly 40 works by 22 artists from across the country. The artwork encompasses a wide range of media, including painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, printmaking, photography, traditional arts, textiles, and an artist book. The exhibit runs from Thursday, Oct. 19, through Saturday, Nov. 18. A gallery reception is set for Friday, Oct. 27.

The next two-day Sanford Institute of Philanthropy at Augustana University is scheduled for Oct. 26-27.

Students present on their various home countries at 3 p.m. on Fridays as part of the Rendezvous Program. The events, which are hosted by the International Program Office and Augustana International Club, are free and open to the public.

The Augustana University Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Peter Folliard, will present a free concert on Sunday, Nov. 5, in honor of Veterans Day. The concert will feature the renowned U.S. Air Force's Heartland of America brass quintet, Offutt Brass.

Augustana Performing and Visual Arts will present Jazz Kaleidoscopes, a concert featuring the Northlanders Jazz Band and the Jazz Combo, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in Kresge Recital Hall.

Augustana Performing & Visual Arts will present a fall concert featuring the Augustana Band, under the direction of Christopher Unger; the Blue and Gold Band, under the direction of Larry Petersen; and the All-City Middle School Honor Band under the direction of Jason Rygg beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Washington Pavilion in downtown Sioux Falls.

The Augustana Performing and Visual Arts will present the Band Festival Grand Finale Concert at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Washington Pavilion. The event is a part of the 60^th Annual Augustana Band Festival, set for Friday–Saturday, Nov. 10-11, in the Humanities Center on Augustana's campus.

This fall's Augustana Academy for Seniors speakers will share updates from the Hiawatha Indian Asylum in Canton, discuss the Lutheran Reformation's 500th anniversary, and present an online Guatemalan craft marketplace.

As part of Christmas at Augustana, Augustana Performing and Visual Arts presents Christmas Vespers 2017, a celebration of the birth of Christ featuring Augustana’s four choirs and the orchestra, Dec. 1-3 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls and on Friday, Dec. 15, at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota.