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Outdoor classroom to host classes by fall 2019

This spring, Augustana University will break ground on a new outdoor classroom between the Froiland Science Complex and the Madsen Center. The project will be completed by fall 2019. David O’Hara, Augustana’s director of sustainability, said that he has been pushing for an outdoor classroom for over a

HAPPY. still searches for annual funding option

Manaal Ali, founder of HAPPY. is requesting new long-term funding to provide free menstrual products on campus. The initiative stems from this fall when Augustana Student Association (ASA) funded only 60 percent of Ali’s $2,000 request to cover the cost of pads, tampons and new display boxes in

Preview: Trampled by Turtles to perform Friday at Pavilion following 4-year hiatus

Life is Good on the Open Road, according to the folk-rock band Trampled by Turtles’ new album. Now, the open road will lead the band to the Washington Pavilion this Friday where it will perform the album with the aforementioned name. “It ended up being a celebration of an unsettled

AU Board of Trustees approves 2030 vision

Tom Davis, chair of the Augustana Board of Trustees, announced the board’s approval of a list of aspirational goals the university hopes to achieve by 2030 through an email to Augustana students, staff and faculty on Thursday, Dec. 19. As listed in the email, these six goals are to:

Closed doors. Big dreams.

ALANA SESOW KELSEY SPROUT agsesow16@ole.augie.edu klsprout16@ole.augie.edu KAATJE WEILAND NOAH WICKS kpweiland16@ole.augie.edu ntwicks17@ole.augie.edu Edit and correction: We originally posted this article stating that 43 Augustana students were racial minorities from America. That is actually the number of black students

Huddle up: Campus Life, Dining Services to renovate The Huddle and Siverson Lounge over J-Term break

CHLOE VANGERPEN GRACE WALLIN crvangerpen16@ole.augie.edu gmwallin17@ole.augie.edu BEAU BORDEWYK JACOB KNUTSON bjbordewyk16@ole.augie.edu jaknutson15@ole.augie.edu Augustana University students can expect a newly remodeled Siverson Lounge and Huddle when they return from interim break on Feb. 5, according to director of Campus

ASA, Registrar discuss more inclusive graduation ceremony

MCKENNA BAUER TABBY MERKLE mmbauer16@ole.augie.edu tjmerkle15@ole.augie.edu ANNA STRITECKY STEPHANIE SANCHEZ abstritecky15@ole.augie.edu sasanchez15@ole.augie.edu Each year, thousands of people gather for Augustana University’s graduation ceremony. This year, students and staff are working to make logistical changes to elements of