This month, the world is the classroom for more than 200 Augustana students studying the art, music, history, culture and languages of countries around the globe. These are their experiences. Take a look at J-Term 2015!

South Dakota natives and Augustana alumni Rob and Robyn (Clemensen) Green, both class of 2011, have built a life chasing each other around the planet, from working in grimy third-world operating rooms to guiding in Central American jungles. Their love of travel and adventure led the pair to bring together a group of fellow adventure seekers for an evening of Adventure Stories, an event to raise money for Project Origin, a project aiming to plant one million trees around the world. The event is set for 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 12, at Icon Lounge in downtown Sioux Falls. Admission is free, however donations for Project Origin will be accepted.

Two Augustana professors are among 10 historians and political observers whose essays are included in "Plains Political Tradition: Essays on South Dakota Political Culture, Volume 2," published by the South Dakota State Historical Society Press.

Isak Larson completed a project required to earn his Eagle Scout rank by working at the Archeology Lab at Augustana.

Money magazine has ranked Augustana among the top 25 private colleges nationwide for merit aid.

Augustana College today announced that the following students have been named to the Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2014-2015 academic year.

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Augustana is part of a new program designed to study the intersections between science and theology.

KELO-TV Reporter Perry Groten caught up with students and Dr. Pilar Cabrera (modern foreign languages) and Dr. Danny Gerling (English) who will travel to Cuba for J-Term 2015.

From Cuba to India, to Guatemala, China and Norway, in January the world will be the classroom for 233 Augustana students who will spend the month engaged in hands-on learning, studying the art, music, history and languages of countries around the globe.