Augustana University

Augustana University is a private liberal arts college in South Dakota. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The school is in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. The 100-acre (40 ha) campus makes the school the largest private university in South Dakota. Some people call the college “Augie.”

It was first called "The Lutheran Normal School". It was started for the purpose of educating teachers. In 1918, the college got its current name after joining with Augustana College in Canton. This happened because synod officials worried about having enough money to run two institutions so close together. The schools were only 20 miles (32 km) apart. The college claims its founding as 1860, the same as its sister-school (which shares the same name) in Rock Island, Illinois.Augustana History. Augustana College. Retrieved on July 8, 2009. Augustana gets its name from the Confessio Augustana, the Latin name for the Augsburg Confession of 1530.

Augustana regularly gets high rankings among other Midwestern schools. Publications such as The Princeton Review named Augustana a "Best Midwestern College" and U.S. News & World Report listed Augustana as a "Best Buy" in 2009. U.S. News & World Report has listed the school a top tier baccalaureate college in the Midwest for 13 years in a row, with Augustana placing third as of 2009. It got this ranking again in 2010.Augustana Academics. Augustana College. Retrieved on July 9, 2009.

References

Other websites

 Augustana College, official website
 Augustana Choir 
 Augustana Computer Organization 
 KAUR FM , Minnesota Public Radio's talk radio station (owned in name by Augustana College).
 Augustana Pre-Med Club 
 The Mirror , Augustana's student newspaper
 Augustana College Theatre Company
 Circle K , Circle K International-Augustana chapter
 ACSJ Augustana Coalition for Social Justice Blog
  Mikkelsen Library
 Hillsboro Academy , Historical Society of Montgomery County Illinois

Category:Colleges and universities in South Dakota
Category:Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Category:1860s establishments in Illinois
Category:1900s establishments in South Dakota
Category:1860 establishments in the United States