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The Augustana Magazine: Spring 2014

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Someone once said it’s impossible to think about tomorrow without reflecting on yesterday. As Augustana shares its plans for the future Froiland Science Complex, this issue of the magazine features individuals who have the wisdom to reflect on the past and the present. Among others, we’ll introduce you to Dr. Rayburn Skoglund '59, Dr. Gene Hoyme '72, and Bill Gross '73.

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U.S. News Gives Top Marks to Augustana

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Augustana is ranked No. 3 among the "Best Regional Colleges in the Midwest" according to the latest edition of “Best Colleges 2014” by U.S. News Media Group. Among the regional colleges listed in the publication's “Best Value Schools” study, Augustana is ranked No. 2 in the Midwest.

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Augustana Awarded 2014 Military Friendly Schools Designation

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Augustana has been named to the list of 2014 Military Friendly Schools, a distinction honoring the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members, veterans, and spouses.

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Report: 'Sioux Falls is the Center of the Economic Universe'

Monday, September 9, 2013

While researching for their project "American Futures," a collaborative series led by Kai Ryssdal with American Public Media's "Marketplace" and James Fallows, a writer for The Atlantic, the reporting team met with current and former Augustana students and faculty members on campus.

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College Welcomes New Faculty Members

Monday, September 9, 2013

With the 2013-14 academic year officially underway, Augustana has welcomed new, full-time faculty members in the departments of Mathematics, English, Modern Foreign Languages and Chemistry.

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Augustana Freshmen Make an Impact

Monday, September 9, 2013

In their first week on campus, members of the Class of 2017 worked together to pack 41,000 meals for Kids Against Hunger and joined forces to break into the Guinness Book of World Records by sending 237 students consecutively down the "body slide" within one hour at Wild Water West.

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Dr. Svenningsen to Class of 2017: You Are Known

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

"... be, as Paul wrote in the Scripture, a 'workman.' The world can be a confusing place and there is much to be done — but you, you are now an Augustana Viking and folks, we Vikings ... we who 'Go Viking' ... do not shy away from a challenge — so be a 'workman.'" Read Dr. Russell Svenningsen's remarks to the Class of 2017 from Opening Convocation.

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Travel Author Rick Steves to 'Discuss Travel as a Political Act'

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Author, public television and radio host and producer Rick Steves will discuss “Travel as a Political Act,” at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Tickets for this event, presented by the Augustana Library Associates, are $10 for the public. The event is free for Augustana students however, tickets are required. Tickets are available at www.augietickets.com.

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Gov. Jon Huntsman to Speak at Boe Forum on Public Affairs

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Former governor of Utah, 2012 presidential candidate, and former U.S. ambassador to China and Singapore Gov. Jon Huntsman will discuss the “Geopolitics of China and the U.S.” at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 4, in the Elmen Center. Free tickets are available at www.augietickets.com.

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Class of 2017 Arrives on Campus

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Carrying rolls of carpet, futons and stacks of plastic tubs, members of Augustana's freshman class arrived on campus on Sunday to settle into their new rooms inside Bergsaker and Solberg Residence Halls. The academic year opens with Convocation on Sept. 4; classes begin Sept. 5.

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Campus Commemorates Anniversary of King's 'I Have a Dream' Speech

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, Augustana joined in a nationwide bell-ringing event to mark the exact time Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington.

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