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New Reading Day will work to minimize fall semester burnout

New Reading Day will work to minimize fall semester burnout

Morin Windle May 10, 2024

Students of Augustana are constantly encouraged to create change in our communities. However, that is not always easy to do, and change requires a high level of commitment and dedication. In order to create...

College extracurriculars are burnout palooza

College extracurriculars are burnout palooza

Kayla Hobbs April 20, 2024

If I had one piece of advice to give the students on campus, it would be to fill your free time with things you enjoy. This can include a sport, a club or even joining Greek Life. But as a person who is...

Augustana students pet therapy dogs in the Thomas Tredway Library on Dec. 5 during the annual "Woofapalooza."

Students’ struggle as fall semester comes to a close

Caitlin Campbell December 7, 2022

Although finals season is the one that is typically associated with burnout, for students and teachers at Augustana, it is no exception.  Burnout, as defined by Farrah Roberts, the director of student...

Back to burnout: Students struggle with full class load amid pandemic

Hannah Knuth & Nuhamin Wube October 13, 2021

On a cold night in 2013, my brother and I had just finished watching World War Z. The movie is about a lethal virus called Solanum that transforms healthy people into something vicious, thoughtless and...

Semester burnout takes control of the college

Dina Marin November 14, 2019

For the first time, Augustana is experiencing a semester schedule as opposed to a trimester schedule – a shift that has caused both positive and negative feedback from students, faculty and staff. An...

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