Augustana PRSSA (Public Relations Student Society of America) won the Classics Award at the 31st annual Minnesota Public Relations Society of America (MPRSA) awards ceremony.

Rep. Jenifer Loon ('85) was recently featured in the St. Paul Legal Ledger, discussing her past years in Washington, D.C. and her new move to state government in Minnesota.
 

Students were selected on the basis of scholarship, campus/community service, and how well the nominees fit the description of the donors as someone “equipped for life.”

Ranging from publications to rock band competitions, a recent listing of accomplishments by Augustana professors and administrators.

Two Augustana students will present their senior thesis research at the regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature.

The Augustana College Northlanders Jazz Band will perform at the 2009 Sioux Falls Jazz Festival on the main stage at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, July 18 at Yankton Trail Park.

Dr. Bruce Ammann, Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Augustana College, was elected to the Board of Directors of The American Bandmasters Association (ABA) at the organization’s annual convention March 3-7 in College Station, Texas.

Dick Niebuhr, 64, former member of the Augustana Board of Trustees, died Saturday, March 7, in Aberdeen, S.D. The funeral will be Saturday, March 14 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

Augustana College, which offers a major in Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, is hosting the Midwest Conference on Deaf Education, July 19-21.

Three Augustana students have received scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year from The Image Enhancement Committee of the South Dakota CPA Society.