school to Paxton, Illinois, in 1863. There, a split occurred: the Norwegian leadership, desiring to create their school, relocated to Marshall, Wisconsin, in 1869, 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, housed in what is now known as Old Main, to educate 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 Canton site eventually became Augustana Academy. Despite the similarities in name, the academy was no longer affiliated with the college, and closed in 1971. The 2010–11 academic year marked Augustana University's sesquicentennial.
Augustana draws its name from …
SAT EBRW 25%
530
SAT EBRW 75%
640
SAT Math 25th %
545
SAT Math 75th %
650
ACT Composite 25th %
21
ACT Composite 50th %
24
ACT Composite 75th %
27
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