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Literary and Theological Institute of the Lutheran Church of the Far West |free_label = Newspaper |free = (The Mirror ) |arts = Band, Choir, Drama |colors = Navy blue and gold |nickname = Vikings |mascot = Ole the Viking |athletics = Baseball, Basketbal, Football, Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, Softball, Golf, Wrestling, Track and Field, Cross Country |affiliations = NSIC |website = (www.augie.edu ) |logo = |footnotes = }} Augustana University is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the school is the largest private university in the state.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Governor's Office of Economic Development )〕 The institution derives its name from the ''Confessio Augustana'', or Augsburg Confession, a foundational document of Lutheranism. Students, alumni, friends, employees, and those who know the college casually refer to it as “Augie.” The university identifies 1860 as the year of its founding, the same as its Rock Island, Illinois sister-school, Augustana College. It celebrated its sesquicentennial during the 2010–2011 academic year. Augustana offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in more than 50 major fields of study, as well as several pre-professional programs, most notably nursing. Students also participate in a variety of extracurricular activities, including musical ensembles and NCAA athletic programs. The college consistently receives high rankings among other Midwestern schools from publications such as ''The Princeton Review'' and ''U.S. News and World Report''. As of September 1, 2015, Augustana College will be known as Augustana University. ==History== The institution traces its origin to 1835 when Scandinavian immigrants established the Hillsboro Academy in Hillsboro, Illinois. In 1846, the Academy became the Literary and Theological Institute of the Lutheran Church of the Far West before moving to Springfield, Illinois under the name Illinois State University. In 1860, after church leaders formed the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod, Professor Lars Paul Esbjörn and a group of followers moved to Chicago to create their own institution. There they established the Augustana College and Seminary, marking the date that the college identifies as the year of its founding.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Augustana History )〕 As the United States expanded westward during and after the American Civil War, pioneers moved the school to Paxton, Illinois in 1863. There, a split occurred: the Norwegian leadership, desiring to create their own school, relocated to Marshall, Wisconsin in 1869,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 A Timeline of Notable Events in Augustana History )〕 while the Swedes later moved to Rock Island, Illinois, establishing Augustana College (Illinois). The school at Marshall moved to Beloit, Iowa in 1881, and then to Canton, South Dakota in 1888.〔 The Lutheran Normal School opened in 1889 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, housed in what is now known as Old Main, with the purpose of educating teachers. City and business leaders lobbied for Augustana to relocate to Sioux Falls, and church leaders in 1918 merged the Lutheran Normal School and Augustana College in Canton under the name Augustana College and Normal School.〔 In 1926, "and Normal School" was dropped from the name and the site in Canton eventually became Augustana Academy.〔 Despite the similarities in name, the Academy was no longer affiliated with the College and ultimately closed in 1971.〔 The 2010–2011 academic year marks Augustana University’s sesquicentennial.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Sesquicentennial Celebration )〕 Augustana draws its name from the origin of the Lutheran Church in the Augsburg Confession, written in 1530 during the Protestant Reformation. "Augustana" stems from the document's Latin name, ''Confessio Augustana''.〔 On August 21, 2015, the school announced that it would change its name from Augustana College and instead be known as Augustana University as of September 1, 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Augustana University )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Augustana University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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