The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at Augustana University opened its annual “Augustana High School Invitational,” which will be on view through Feb. 2. A gallery reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 2, from 6-8 p.m., with the awards ceremony taking place at 7:30 p.m. The exhibition and its closing events are free and open to the public.
Augustana University announced the Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year — recognizing 980 students.
While its mission, identity and core values remain the same, Campus Ministry at Augustana University will now be known as the Office of Faith & Spiritual Life — a reflection of the broad scope of work that is already taking place.
Augustana Club Hockey — set to begin in the fall — has its first head coach. Ben Prisbe has been selected to lead the university’s inaugural club hockey program, which will consist of a men’s and women’s team. Students interested in Augustana Women’s Club Hockey should visit augie.edu/WClubHockey. Students interested in Augustana Men’s Club Hockey should visit augie.edu/MClubHockey.
A total of 155 Augustana University students are studying away for January Interim (J-Term) 2024 — a 4-week session between semesters designed to be a time of curricular exploration and enrichment for students. This January, Augustana students, along with 17 faculty members, are traveling to 17 countries.
Augustana University alumna Eleanor Weckwerth ‘23 and Professor of Physics Dr. Eric Wells were part of a research team that was published in “Nature Communications." Weckwerth and Wells joined researchers from Kansas State (KSU) and Michigan State (MSU) Universities to publish “Initial state characterization of hydrogen migration following strong-field double-ionization of ethanol.” The research behind the article began in 2018 using ultrafast laser pulses at the J.R. Macdonald Laboratory at KSU.
Yuletide, as we know it — a celebration of the holiday season with a buffet-style dinner for Augustana faculty, staff, retirees and their families — began in 2017, with the arrival of Herseth Sandlin. Bringing the community together to celebrate Christmas has always been an Augustana tradition.
Augustana University alumna Julia Berg ‘88, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, worked at the National Weather Service (NWS) in South Dakota and Nebraska for nearly 35 years. A long career, which Berg said she owed in part to Augustana.
Augustana understands the value and impact that historically marginalized people have on communities all over the world — recognizing that this university would not be the place it is without these students, faculty and staff. For the month of November — Native American Heritage Month — Augustana is featuring TJ Ashes ‘27.