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‘I just want to walk across a stage’: Class of 2020 to get in-person graduation at Viking Days

Seniors might have to wait a few extra months, but they’ll still get their cap and gown. Registrar Joni Krueger said an in-person commencement ceremony for the class of 2020 will be held on Oct. 11, 2020 during Viking Days. The announcement was made during a virtual town hall

How do I find a job after the pandemic? 5 tips for graduating seniors

As a fellow terrified college senior, I understand the plight of job hunting during a pandemic and economic recession. “No one is hiring! What is the point?” you may cry. Well, have I got some tips for you (as a result of scouring the internet). Read on to discover five

Nursing students trade clinicals for online simulations amid pandemic

Junior nursing major Morgan Closman drew her first vial of blood while on her second clinical rotation, the first of the spring semester. She held her first baby as a nursing student on the Avera pediatric floor, and sat in on her first-ever angiogram. Closman started to feel like a

Student teaching moves online for education majors

As one of her 24 second graders straightened a ruler along yellow construction paper, Elise Oren bent over their desk to help with the student’s block art, a project that uses squares and rectangles to teach math measurements. Oren, an elementary education major, began student teaching second grade with

Coping with COVID-19: Students grasp for routine without classes, athletics

Waking up at the same early time every day, junior Hailey Nold rolls out of bed in her parents’ Sioux Falls home and begins to arrange the blankets, sheets and pillows. “I have had to be super good about making my bed and keeping that mode of productivity,” Nold said.

Meier: I’m a VA for an almost vacant campus. Here’s what it’s like.

As I sit here typing this, I’m in my dorm room. But the building no longer feels like a dorm. COVID-19 has turned it into a ghost town. I’m a Viking Adviser, or VA, on the southside of campus, and both Bergsaker and Solberg usually have this specific

Augustana’s next top model: Religion professor doubles as shoe connoisseur

As the second week of online classes comes to a close, you may find yourself missing your professors and the impeccable styles they sport. Never fear, as The Augustana Mirror is back with part two of Augustana’s Next Top Model. This week’s fashion spotlight is Richard Bowman and