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Lost & Found club fosters mental health education on campus

What started as a small Civitas project became Augustana’s new initiative for mental health education. Lost & Found (L&F), a nonprofit social enterprise headquartered in Sioux Falls, now has a club at Augustana. Started by junior Hailey Nold, the club’s goal is to build resilience strategies

Pastor Rohde retires after 18 years on campus

After serving the Augustana community for over 18 years, Pastor Paul Rohde will be retiring at the end of January, according to an email from university President Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. However, his retirement will only be from his post at Augustana, as he will continue to minister at Springdale Lutheran

Fall 2020 admissions down but predicted to catch up soon

Nancy Davidson, vice president for enrollment, said that admission numbers are expected to catch up quickly, despite the university having six percent fewer prospective student applications than at this time last year. Last year, 732 applicants had been offered admission to Augustana by week 11 for fall 2019. The admissions

New test-optional applications prevent students from being ‘defined by one data point’

A new test-optional pilot program could change how students are admitted to Augustana by allowing them to forgo submitting an ACT or SAT test score. Beginning this year, Augustana admissions has added a test-optional application. Students still have to fill out the basic Augustana application and submit their high school

GIS course mapped out for spring semester

Starting next semester, students will be able to take a new geographic information systems (GIS) course that is being offered at an introductory level. GIS can be defined as “data analysis in a geospatial context,” associate mathematics professor Carl Olimb said. In the everyday lives of students, GIS products can

Augustana to offer Master of Business Administration fall 2020

A Master of Business Administration (MBA) program will soon be offered at Augustana, beginning in the fall of 2020. The program was approved at the Nov. 6 faculty meeting and passed with an 81-23 vote. The program was proposed by the business department after they conducted a feasibility study and

Student uses grant to restore 200 square feet of native tallgrass prairie biome

Augustana Sustainability students are creating new projects — including a native prairie garden — to spend its $375,000 grant and make campus more sustainable. David O’Hara, director of sustainability and professor, said that with the grant, Augustana Sustainability has to meet certain goals required by the grantmaker. The outdoor classroom