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This past September, during Augustana homecoming week, the Campus Learning Center (CLC) invited family and friends of the CLC to help celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The celebration provided an opportunity for those who had a connection to the CLC to reminisce � whether their memories were made at Old Main, OSL or somewhere in between.

In collaboration with the Office of Faith & Spiritual Life, the Augustana School of Music (SoM) invites the public to join the university community for its 88th annual Christmas Vespers concert. This year theme, �O Come Let Us Adore Him." The 2025 Christmas Vespers performances will take place at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. The first performance will be held on Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m. along with two performances on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

To learn more and get tickets, visit augie.edu/vespers.

The Nancy Dickinson Writing Center on the second floor of the Fryxell Humanities Center on campus. Since being established by former instructor and director Nancy Dickinson �79 in 1984, the center has amassed 20 tutors � helping an average of more than 1,600 students per year. The Writing Center is also proud to have renewed its College Learning and Reading Association (CRLA) certification � the only Augustana campus group to have this accreditation.

This past spring, Dr. Austin Schmitt �25 made history as one of the first students to earn three different degrees from ��������. Schmitt earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in exercise science in 2022, Master of Science in athletic training (MSAT) in 2023 and Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) in 2025. The Augustana alumnus now has a full-time fellowship with a team in the NFL.

The �������� School of Music (SoM) has launched The Tiårasang (Norwegian for �10-year song�) Project as part of a bold, decade-long initiative by the Augustana Choir to honor, preserve and reimagine the legacy of Lutheran collegiate choral music.

With the launch of the The Tiårasang Project, the SoM released recordings made by the Augustana Choir in March 2025 at the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at Shattuck-St. Mary School in Faribault, Minnesota, which can be found now on all streaming services.

The Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at �������� is presenting �Shrines and Portals: Darrel Nelson,� an exhibition of assemblage sculptures by one of South Dakota most distinguished sculptors. The exhibit is on view through Thursday, Nov. 6, with a closing reception on Nov. 6 and free public artist talk the same evening at 7:30 p.m.