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Today, AU welcomed some members of the Class of 2030 as part of New Student Registration!

We celebrated with Ole, new student IDs, trips to Ole's Outlet, games, tours of campus, meetings with academic advisors and, of course, a visit from none other than the Augie Doggie.

We can't wait to see your students in the fall as Vikings! 💛💙

Augustana University's Spring 2026 Dean's List includes:

📒 898 full-time students
🔹 from 23 states
🔹 from 29 countries

Congratulations to these students 📋⬇️

Augustana University Spring 2026 Dean’s List Celebrates Nearly 900 Students Augustana University announced students who have been named to the Dean's List for the spring semester of the 2025-26 academic year. This spring, the Dean's List recognizes 898 full-time students hailing from 23 states and 29 countries.View the list.

We're saving your student a seat at Augustana! 💙

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Along with student artwork, an Augustana (SD) Alumni's master's thesis exhibition is taking center stage at the Augustana University Art and Eide/Dalrymple Gallery.

Augustana Instructor of Printmaking Chad Nelson '95's “Fires in the Dark" can be viewed now through June 18, with a gallery reception on Friday, June 5.

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Augustana University’s Eide/Dalrymple Gallery Presents ‘Chad Nelson: Fires in the Dark’ The Augustana University Eide/Dalrymple Gallery presents “Chad Nelson: Fires in the Dark,” a Master of Art Education thesis exhibition — on view through Thursday, June 18. Free and open to the public, a reception for “Fires in the Dark” will take place in the Center for Visual Arts on Frid...

Friendships formed at AU don’t end at graduation — they can last a lifetime.💛💙

When Augustana (SD) Alumni Barbara (Thune) Schommer ‘69 faced her final year battling leukemia, her Augustana Nursing classmate Frances Sittig ‘69 and Swanna Champlin ‘69 surrounded her with love and friendship.

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Augustana Alumnae Rally Around Friend, Classmate in Her Final Year When an alumna was diagnosed with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia, her fellow Augustana classmates didn’t think twice about rallying around her. Two Augustana alumnae — who had never even met — came together to be by their friend’s side.

During commencement on Saturday, Augustana presented Board of Trustee member Dr. H. Eugene Hoyme with the Doctor of Humane Letters — an honorary degree awarded by universities to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to society, humanity or philanthropy.

Hoyme graduated summa cm laude from Augustana in 1972 with a B.A. in biology and chemistry before earning a medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his pediatrics residency and fellowship in medical genetics at the University of California San Diego.

A leader in pediatrics, genetics and genomic medicine, Hoyme served as medical director of the Sanford Children’s Genomic Medicine Consortium and is professor emeritus and former chair of pediatrics at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.

Over 18+ years of service to Sanford Health and the University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Hoyme helped establish Sanford Children’s Hospital, served as its inaugural chief medical officer and played a key role in creating the University of South Dakota Pediatric Residency Program and Augustana University–Sanford Health Genetic Counseling Graduate Program — the first of its kind in the Dakotas.

Internationally-recognized for his research in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and genomic medicine, Hoyme has authored more than 400 scholarly publications.

Hoyme also received an Augustana Alumni Achievement Award in 2002 and Spirit of Augustana Award for Research and Innovation in 2013.

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