A look back, a look forward

To the members of the community,

It is my pleasure to present to you the 2024 Augustana Report to the Community which features highlights from the past year on campus.

In this year’s report, you’ll find numerous ways that we are engaging with our community...from students working with the City of Camrose to create climate resilience solutions, to bringing internationally acclaimed music to our city, to bringing new programs to campus that address community needs. And, of course, we continue to look for more opportunities to meet community needs through offered programming.

The pages that follow also feature various achievements over the past academic year. Both faculty and students have received noteworthy awards recognizing their teaching, research, athletics achievements and more. Importantly, Augustana has also received in 2024 the largest gift in its history. Additionally, we have been able to welcome two new faculty members and two postdoctoral fellows to campus.

I am immensely proud of what we have been able to do and accomplish on this campus in the 2023/24 academic year. Throughout this report, I hope you will be able to see how the life and work of this campus is strengthened by the work and commitment of so many of you — whether you are students, staff, faculty, alumni, donors or member of the Augustana community at large.

Time passes quickly — not just over this past year but over the course of my term as Augustana’s dean and executive officer, which is coming to a close at the end of June 2024. I am grateful for the opportunity I have been offered to help further the education of our outstanding students, support the work of our excellent staff and faculty, and engage with our wonderful community.

I know that with my successor – John Parkins, PhD – the communities Augustana serves are in good hands. Incoming dean and executive officer Parkins is excited to assume this role and is looking forward to connecting and working with our community members. As for myself, I am looking forward to seeing the ways in which Augustana will continue to grow and thrive as well as the ways in which the campus will continue to work with and benefit our community.

Thank you, and see you around,

Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos
Dean & Executive Officer
Augustana Campus

This letter first appeared in Augustana's 2024 Report to the Community.