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Worn only by the President, this medallion carries at its heart, the symbol of Augustana College. The bronzed seal is encircled with filigree and hangs from a chain linked with the names of each of Augustana's twenty-three presidents.

President Oliver is the first president to wear this historical medallion.

 

The Augustana Seal

The Augustana seal is composed of a circle representing eternity, a triangle representing the Trinity, and a book which is the Bible. The “cross” running through the book is the Chi Rho (the monogram and symbol formed from the first two letters “X” and “P” of the Greek word for Christ).

The letters VDMA are symbolic of the college motto “VERBUM DEI MANET IN AETERNUM” or “The word of God endures forever.” The letters on either side of the Bible are the Alpha and Omega of the Greek alphabet symbolizing the beginning and the end. The lamp is the Lamp of Knowledge. The three dates represent the founding dates of the college: 1860, the founding of the college in Illinois ; 1889 the founding of the Lutheran Normal School in Sioux Falls; 1918, the merger of the two schools to become Augustana College.

The Augustana Seal was designed by Amo Hovland under the supervision of Professor Palmer Eide and is the official seal of the college.