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Lindsay Adolphs in her office in CORE.

CORE welcomes new director Adolphs

Jack Brandt April 24, 2024

Careers, opportunities, research and exploration (CORE) has found a new director: Lindsay Adolphs. Adolphs began work on Monday, April 15, and she will lead the department in connecting with students as...

Members of a string orchestra made up of the string sections of the Augustana Symphony
Orchestra practice in Bergendoff Hall.

Augie orchestra hopes for stability with a new conductor

Sylvia Hughes March 13, 2024

Hisham Groover will be Augustana’s next orchestra conductor. Groover was selected by a search committee alongside President Andrea Talentino and Provost Dianna Shandy. The orchestra hopes the new conductor...

Augie cuts faculty course load

Molly Sweeney March 6, 2024

Decreased enrollment from 2020-2023 during the COVID-19 pandemic has left Augustana with a deficit of around $7 million, according to Kirk Anderson, chief financial officer and vice president of administration....

Augustana’s CORE, standing for Careers, Opportunities, Research, Exploration, is in search of an Assistant Vice President.

CORE searches for an assistant vice president

Abbey Mondi March 6, 2024

Augustana’s Career Opportunities Research and Exploration Center (CORE) is currently in the process of hiring a new assistant vice president. A search committee of several Augustana staff members from...

Faculty removes FYI-102 class requirement

Sylvia Hughes October 18, 2023

Beginning next year, Augustana College’s First-Year-inquiry (FYI) program will undergo a curricular change that will remove FYI-102 from the required first-year curriculum.   On Oct. 4, 2023, Augustana...

Students, representatives from different study abroad and internship companies and professors participate in the Study Abroad Fair in Gavle Rooms on Oct. 4.

Study abroad office lacking in leadership

Sylvia Hughes October 11, 2023

Two study abroad staff vacancies have made it challenging for the Augustana College study abroad program to support students.  Former Assistant Director of International and off-campus programs (IOP),...

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There’s a new provost in town!

Kayla Hobbs April 12, 2023

In July 2023, Dr. Dianna Shandy will officially be the new provost on Augustana’s campus. She specialized in anthropology and worked as a former associate provost at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN. Dr....

Augustana announces new provost

Augustana announces new provost

Charlie Roiland March 23, 2023

On March 21, Augustana College sent out an email announcing the selection of its new provost. Dr. Dianna Shandy from Macalester College in St. Paul Minnesota will begin her position as provost later this...

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