| CH-50657-09 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | Augustana University | Strengthening the Endowment of Augustana College's Center for Western Studies | 12/1/2006 - 7/31/2013 | $300,000.00 | Harry | F. | Thompson | | | | Augustana University | Sioux Falls | SD | 57197-0001 | USA | 2008 | History, General | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 300000 | 0 | 300000 | To Support: augmentation of the college's endowment for the support of the Center for Western Studies
Augustana College, a Christian liberal arts institution affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America seeks a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to strengthen the Center for Western Studies' endowment. The Center is a department of the College with the mission of preserving and interpreting the history and cultures of the Northern Plains. As an archives, museum, academic publisher, and provider of educational programming and internships for the students and the campus, as well as the region, Augustana is seeking a $300,000 challenge grant matched by the College on a four-to-one basis for a total endowment campaign of $1,500,000. A successful campaign will increase the Center's endowment and provide dollars to support, enhance, and expand the Center's main program areas which include the Archives and Library Program, the Dakota Conference on Northern Plains, Educational Exhibits, the Publications Program, and the Building Fund. |