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Augustana University student Adam Brachman ‘28 has received the 2026 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program Award, which provides American college and university students with the opportunity to study cultures and languages essential to U.S. global engagement. The media production & entrepreneurship and music double major will spend eight weeks in Okayama, Japan, intensively studying the Japanese language and culture.

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin will continue serving Augustana University as president into 2032. With her second 6-year contract set to expire on July 31, 2029, Herseth Sandlin agreed to a 3-year extension ending on July 31, 2032 — approved by the Augustana Board of Trustees (BOT) on Friday, April 24.

Five Augustana University students received Covenant Awards on Thursday, April 30, during a celebration in Hamre Recital Hall. The Covenant Awards lift up those who exemplify Augustana’s core values: Christian, Liberal Arts, Excellence, Community and Service. 

Meet the 2026 Covenant Award winners.

Augustana University has selected Maya Madson ‘27 and Ayden Calvert ‘27 to take part in the 2026 Peace Scholars Program — designed to inspire and engage “students to become full participants in peacemaking efforts around the world.”

The Augustana University Art Department has presented its highest award — the Harold Spitznagel Medal for Achievement in Art — to three graduating Augustana students during the opening reception of “The Augustana Senior Show” at the Eide/Dalrymple Gallery on Friday, May 1. This marks only the second time that three individuals have been honored with the award in one year.

Meet the medal award winners.

Augustana University student Jessalyn Wienk ‘27 is one of 55 college students nationwide to receive the 2026 Truman Scholar Award. Wienk is the 11th Augustana student to win the award in Augustana’s history and the first honored since 2020.