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Flight from COVID-19: Study abroad students return home amid canceled programs

For students studying abroad, COVID-19 means cutting travel plans short and returning home. Fourteen Augustana students were studying in seven different countries — Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Australia and Peru — and four students had traveled to Chicago and Washington, D.C. for off-campus programs, according to Erin Kane,

Conferences cancel championships, spring sports season due to COVID-19 risks

Last Thursday, the perpetual world of sports suddenly stopped. Augustana stopped with it. The arrival and spread of COVID-19 across the U.S. prompted the NCAA to cancel all remaining winter and spring championships, the NSIC to cancel all conference competitions and Augustana to extend spring break and move all

Why did AU go online?

As coronavirus sweeps college classes to online platforms across the nation, Augustana faculty and staff are working to do the same after an extended spring break. On March 23, all classes will continue remotely until April 14, when classes are anticipated to resume in-person, according to a university email. “The

Augustana’s next top model: tenured fashion icons span departments

Styles come and go, but professor fashion remains the same — at least it does at Augustana, where professors find a style they like and never let go. After receiving many suggestions from students on social media, The Augustana Mirror has uncovered campus’s greatest fashion icons. This week, we’ll

Classes to to go online until mid-April due to coronavirus

All Augustana classes will be held online until April 10 following the extended spring break, according to an email sent by university president Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. In-person classes will resume on April 14, following the Easter holiday. The decision follows significant developments over the past 48 hours concerning the coronavirus,

AU extends spring break due to coronavirus

Health and safety concerns caused by the coronavirus mean Augustana students will have an extra week of spring break. While classes were originally scheduled to resume on Mar. 16, the start date has been pushed back to Mar. 23 as university administrators continue to monitor the evolving circumstances surrounding COVID-19,

IPO postpones international spring break trips due to coronavirus

Spring break trips led by Augustana faculty to London, Scotland and Greece have been postponed over “rapidly changing reports regarding the coronavirus,” according to an email sent by Erin Kane, assistant director for the International Programs Office (IPO). Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is a virus that causes a respiratory illness including