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Augustana Theatre to showcase alumna’s work
“How can you live in a world when you’re different?” asked junior Henry Thronson, who plays Otto in Augustana University theater’s upcoming play “Straw Boy.”
Written by Augustana alumna Mikennah Oleson ‘26, “Straw Boy” explores themes of love, faith, grief and acceptance in a retelling of “Pinocchio.”
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New program to offer language instruction
A new language program on campus will give international students the opportunity to teach their native languages to the Augustana community.
Language ambassadors will teach lessons in Portuguese and Mandarin to interested students, faculty and staff. Faculty are also considering adding Urdu or Amharic.
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CWS hires Lauck as executive director
The Center for Western Studies (CWS) welcomed a new executive director on Aug. 20: Midwest historian and author Jon Lauck.
For the first 61 years of its existence, the CWS only had three official directors: founder Herbert Krause, Arthur R. Huseboe and the recently retired Harry Thompson.
A Midwest native,