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Medical humanities and society minor will ‘explore what it means to be human’

Starting in fall 2020, Augustana students will be able to tack on a new medical humanities and society minor. According to religion professor Ann Pederson, the creation of the new interdisciplinary minor has been germinating for three to four years. Biology professor Jennifer Gubbels and history professor Margaret Preston also

Coronavirus interrupts education, preventing some Chinese and domestic students from attending spring semester

When Patrick Chang’s phone dinged with a group chat notification over J-term, he didn’t think anything of it while sitting in his Bejing, China home. But when the Augustana sophomore looked closer, he saw it was a Reuters news article about the coronavirus outbreak, informing him that he

Increasing tuition includes new tech, student activity fees

Over the holiday break, Augustana announced a 4.5% tuition increase, added student fees and a new technology fee, totaling an extra $2,151 for students returning for the 2020-2021 academic year. A university email said the new student costs were unanimously approved during the December Board of Trustees meeting,

Course rating system tested for midterm

Starting last fall, the Academic Affairs Office began testing a new way for Augustana students to evaluate their teachers and classes. Student Ratings of Instruction, also referred to as SRIs, are the forms students fill out at the end of the semester to review their classes. According to Jay Kahl,

Duluth Apartments to become off-campus living community

On June 1, Augie will no longer rent the Duluth Apartments to students On Feb. 6, senior Chloe VanGerpen learned that her apartment would no longer be a part of campus housing starting June 1. She and her fellow Duluth Apartments residents received an email from Michelle Lisack, associate director

Tuition increase means students will pay over $2000 more in fall 2020

A 4.5 percent tuition increase and added fees mean that Augustana University students planning to live on campus in fall 2020 should expect to pay $2150 more than they did during the 2019-2020 academic year. The tuition increase is the first in four years, with the last being a

ASA passes amendment restraining email access

Corey Albrecht, president of Turning Point USA, started sending mass emails to the student body after being strongly encouraged by the Augustana Student Association (ASA) to stop putting flyers in student mailboxes. However, a new ASA constitutional amendment that passed Nov. 21 has Albrecht resorting to flyers, once again. The