"Vikings of the South," a recent feature on Lifetouch Media's Life to the Max program, chronicles the Augustana football team's visit to Shriners Hospital for Children and includes vintage footage and interviews with present and former players and coaches.

In honor of Augustana's Sesquicentennial, Christmas Vespers will return to campus for the first time in decades. The musical worship services, featuring the Augustana Choir, faculty and members of the South Dakota Symphony, and Cyprian Consiglio, will be held Dec. 3-4 in the Chapel of Reconciliation.

Oracles and Divination: Segue to the Supernatural features sculptures and masks from the West African coast and the Congo River region and a re-created African hut. The exhibit was curated by students in the Museum Studies course and Dr. L. Adrien Hannus.

Thomas Alexander, a senior communications and physics major from Belview, Minn., was honored with the Augustana Covenant Award for Liberal Arts. The award was presented at the 2010 Boe Forum on Public Affairs, featuring former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

The Department of Nursing saw a record 100 percent first-time pass rate for May 2010 graduates who took the National Council Licensure Examination, the exam for the licensing of registered nurses. Augustana's first-time pass rate is 12 percent above the national average. 

Augustana has honored Gerry Berger Law and Robert S. Law, of Clear Lake, S.D., with the prestigious Tuve Award. Named for Anthony G. Tuve, the College’s president from 1890 to 1916, the Tuve Award honors visionary, forward-thinking, generous individuals.

The Augustana Percussion and Mallet Ensemble, directed by Dr. John Pennington, will pay tribute to all forms of rhythm in “Music for Hands, Voice and Percussion." The concert begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14, in Kresge Recital Hall.

Nick Hayes, professor, writer and commentator for the media, will give a public reading from his latest book, “And One Fine Morning,” a memoir of his father, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11, in room 123 of the Humanities Building. A book signing and opportunity to chat with Hayes will follow.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke before a crowd of thousands last night at the 2010 Boe Forum on Public Affairs, sponsored by the Center for Western Studies at Augustana College. In her address, she stressed the need for political unity.

An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Ridinghood? A Witch, who raps? They're all among the cockeyed characters in the Tony Award-winning fractured fairy tale, Into the Woods, presented by the Augustana Theatre and Music Departments Nov. 17-21.