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Music professor first known AU faculty member to experience COVID-19 symptoms

Peter Folliard, music professor and Augustana Orchestra director, hasn’t left his master bedroom in over 12 days. He began self-quarantining after developing symptoms of the coronavirus on Friday, April 3. “All of the sudden I was really achy, sort of like the beginning of the flu almost,” Folliard said.

Trading the stage for stitches: costume shop uses materials to sew masks for AU staffers, community members

The roaring hum of sewing machines fills the costume shop where masks of brown, maroon and floral are being carefully crafted. Sitting at a worktable in the center of the room, Cindy Bakke and two students sit snipping fabric, winding bobbins and threading their machines. One folds pleats into the

ASA elections, campaigns to be held online

The Augustana Student Association (ASA) recently announced its plans for this year’s ASA spring elections, which will look slightly different than previous elections due to COVID-19. The schedule for the election process was announced by senator and Election Commissioner Carly Rahn during ASA’s April 14 meeting. Declarations of

‘I just want to walk across a stage’: Class of 2020 to get in-person graduation at Viking Days

Seniors might have to wait a few extra months, but they’ll still get their cap and gown. Registrar Joni Krueger said an in-person commencement ceremony for the class of 2020 will be held on Oct. 11, 2020 during Viking Days. The announcement was made during a virtual town hall

How do I find a job after the pandemic? 5 tips for graduating seniors

As a fellow terrified college senior, I understand the plight of job hunting during a pandemic and economic recession. “No one is hiring! What is the point?” you may cry. Well, have I got some tips for you (as a result of scouring the internet). Read on to discover five

Nursing students trade clinicals for online simulations amid pandemic

Junior nursing major Morgan Closman drew her first vial of blood while on her second clinical rotation, the first of the spring semester. She held her first baby as a nursing student on the Avera pediatric floor, and sat in on her first-ever angiogram. Closman started to feel like a

Student teaching moves online for education majors

As one of her 24 second graders straightened a ruler along yellow construction paper, Elise Oren bent over their desk to help with the student’s block art, a project that uses squares and rectangles to teach math measurements. Oren, an elementary education major, began student teaching second grade with