Semester Shutdown is an annual tradition on Augustana’s campus that celebrates the end of a semester and provides stress-relieving activities for students prior to final exams. Coordinated by the Office of Student Affairs, the Saturday, Dec. 11 Semester Shutdown featured more than 20 activities for students to participate in before final exams began.
December 15, 2021
Four New Members Elected to Augustana University’s Board of Trustees
On Dec. 3-4, the Augustana University Board of Trustees installed four new board members. Joining the Board of Trustees for 3-year terms, beginning in January 2022, are Manaal Ali ‘20, Cheryl Collins, Andrea DeGroot-Nesdahl and Dr. Damien Fair ‘98.
December 14, 2021
Augustana FYS Course Creates Gen Z Dictionary to Showcase Evolving Language
Professor of English Dr. Daniel Gerling discovered a new way to get his students engaged in the English language — by collaboratively creating a class dictionary, complete with slang words and phrases and emojis to demonstrate how language changes over time.
December 07, 2021
Augustana University Becomes Avid Learning Partner
When Augustana University launched the School of Music in the spring of 2020, its key initiatives included establishing a new major with the Avid Learning Partner (ALP) program at its core. The new degree program — multimedia entrepreneurship with an emphasis in music — is now combining courses in Pro Tools for music creation, Media Composer for video editing and Sibelius for music composition and arranging, accompanied with a supporting curriculum in music and business.
December 03, 2021
Augustana Alumnus’ Legacy Set in Stone After Unique Donation to Art Department
Fred Lawyer ‘76 completed an 18-hour drive to Augustana’s campus to make a donation. He drove a several hundred-pound stone cross country to donate it to Augustana's art department for printmaking — a limited, irreplaceable resource.
November 24, 2021
Ministry Around the World: AU Alumni Serve Near and Far
Across the country and around the world, Augustana alumni are serving in ministry roles and living out the university's core values of Christian faith and service — from a seminarian in Rome and volunteer in Serbia to a hospital chaplain in Colorado and theatre camp director in Iowa. Alumni have served with organizations such as Athletes in Action, Border Servant Corps, Pan De Vida and Mission to the World.
November 23, 2021
AU Becomes Only College in South Dakota to Earn Holistic Nursing Program Endorsement
Augustana University's nursing program within its School of Health Professions is officially endorsed as a Holistic Nursing Program by the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC) — the only college in South Dakota and one of only 17 schools in the nation to earn this accreditation.