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The Mikkelsen Library Task Force presented its final recommendations and proposed timeline to the President’s Council on April 14, outlining a multi‑year plan to add tech‑focused collaborative spaces. The presentation concludes a process that began in November with widespread campus outrage over rumors of
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Fulbright scholar Rowland Kamanga is visiting Augustana from May 6–9, participating in an assortment of events to highlight his research and offer a scholarship experience both new and relevant to the campus community. Kamanga’s visit is significant for a number of reasons, one being that he
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On Wednesday, April 29, four City Council candidates debated in Hamre Hall at a forum organized by seven neighborhood associations from the Central District. The race is for one of the eight seats on the City Council, the body that approves budgets, zoning and laws that regulate daily life for
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As the White House continues to narrow F-1 visa access, many international students find themselves struggling to balance their academic ambitions with home country connections under the pressures of a national immigration crackdown and rising geopolitical uncertainty. Augustana’s Center for Global Engagement (CGE) is looking to adapt
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For the past four years, Assistant Professor of English Emily Roehl has hosted AugieCon to celebrate all things comics and pop culture, featuring student presentations, dioramas, cosplays and more. Students presenting in the past have all been enrolled in Roehl’s Literary Experience: Comics and Graphic Narratives. This year,
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There she stood — a young girl, completely enthralled with the floating ceramic jellyfish and lace tendrils that hung before her. Though she was waiting for her mom to finish talking to a faculty member, she seemed to be perfectly content right where she was. In that moment, only she
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After months of competition across courts, fields and arenas, Augustana athletes came together on May 4 to celebrate the 2025–26 season at the annual Ole’s awards ceremony in Midco Arena. For just one evening, uniforms were swapped for formalwear as student-athletes gathered together from across
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As I sit in my corner spot in the Mirror office writing this letter — surrounded by the fairy lights and numerous lamps, listening to the hum of the ever-running box fan — I am filled with sadness, but I am also beyond proud.  One of the hardest
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When this soapbox is published on the morning of Friday, May 8, I will be in Des Moines with over 150 other students who participate in an ensemble for the School of Music.  This is my second year in the Augustana Choir, and it is impossible for me to
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Augustana’s Humanities division recorded a 6.5% increase in majors this past year, a statistical rebound documented in the 2025 Academic Fact Book that coincided with the largest total student body (2,544) and largest incoming freshman class in Augustana’s history (615). While the university saw
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