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The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University opens “We are All Weeds: Susan Heggestad,” which will be on view from Friday, Nov. 15, through Thursday, Dec. 12. A gallery reception will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Nov. 15, with a talk by the artist at 7:30 p.m.
In collaboration with the Office of Faith & Spiritual Life, the Augustana School of Music (SoM) invites the public to join the university community for its 2024 Christmas Vespers concert, “Prepare the Way.”
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit augie.edu/vespers.
Thanks to an initial gift and a strong international partnership, six Augustana students and a faculty member spent the 2024 spring semester studying in Costa Rica. With a successful semester under their belts, Augustana and the International Programs Office (IPO) are seeking ways to expand this enriching partnership.
Housed in the Sharon Lust School of Education, Augustana University will begin offering courses for a Master of Social Work (MSW) in Fall 2025 as part of its Harriet Emily Scott Social Work Program. The MSW program at Augustana is one of only two MSW programs in South Dakota. This comes after the university began offering a minor in social work in Fall 2023 and Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) in Fall 2024.
The Prairie Sage Scholarship Endowment benefits from a generous gift that, along with several other recent gifts that it inspired, has tripled the size of the endowment.
Held in early October every year, many faith communities bless their pets and other animals around the feast day of St. Francis. At Augustana, the tradition of the pet blessing goes back at least three decades.
This spring, the university established the Augustana Honorary Alumni Society, inducting 23 individuals into its inaugural class during Viking Days. The honorary alumni society was established to recognize individuals who have shown extraordinary dedication to Augustana’s mission, along with its core values of Christian, liberal arts, excellence, community and service. Through sustained commitment to the university, honorary alumni have demonstrated the gold standard of engagement.
The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree has been gaining interest at Augustana since earning accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) in 2022 and so has one of its emphases: ceramics. The university recently invested approximately $300,000 for improvements in the classroom.
From scouting prospective players and coaching strength exercises to managing programming or crafting policy, Augustana alumni are scoring big by serving professional sports organizations across the country. While their roles differ, a common thread remains — the lessons they learned at Augustana tee’d them up for success.
In Summer 2024, Augustana hosted a bid-to-buy online auction for the treasured Morrison Commons mailbox doors. The auction was a first-class success, with 650 mailboxes sold and $39,430 raised for the AU Scholarship Fund.