Welcome to Augustana College hotels - Serving hotels in Sioux Falls, SD

Welcome to University Hotel Network, your online source to find hotels near Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD. We provide a wide range of services including hotel reservations, car rentals, and other useful travel tools for your trip to Sioux Falls, SD. You can choose your accommodation by price, rating and location, using our local University Hotel Map. Our system will ensure you an easy and secure online booking service, which will provide you with convenient hotel rates and discount fares.

Find your hotel in Sioux Falls, SD, on a map

About Augustana College

Augustana College is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Sioux Falls, which is the largest city in the US state of South Dakota, serving as the county seat of Minnehaha County, having a population estimated at a number of more than 123 000 inhabitants, during the 2000 census.

Augustana College was established in 1860 and it is the largest private university in the state, its campus stretching on approximately 100 acres. Originally named The Lutheran Normal School, it received its current name in 1918, after merging with Augusta College, in Canton, name which derives from the Confessio Augustana, the Latin name for the Augsburg Confession of 1530.

Athletics

Augustana's sports teams are known as the Vikings, and they compete in NCAA Division II, in NSIC, in several sports, dedicated for both men and women, including in football, in which Augustana is one of the premier Division II Colleges in the area, in terms of facilities. Their distinctive colors are navy blue and gold, and their mascot is Ole the Viking.

Notable Alumni

Among Augustana's noteworthy alumni, there are: John Hamre - CEO of Center for Strategic and International Studies, Nancy Erickson - Secretary of the US Senate, David Soul - actor, Starsky and Hutch, Fred Ward - notable actor Tremors, Corbin Lacina - former NFL offensive lineman, plus others.