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Fifteen years ago, while being interviewed for the presidency of Augustana College, I was asked what it meant to be a college that is related to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Then, if you had asked 20 different people that question, you’d have gotten 20 different answers.

For those of us in the business of being a 21st century liberal arts college – business and liberal arts not being an oxymoron in this instance – the question of how to remain true to the humanities is forever at top of mind.

When much of the country was reeling from the Great Recession of 2008, Augustana was no different. A dip in enrollment had come with a commensurate drop in net revenue. With not only the college but our students, their families, and the community at large hurting, we knew we had to respond decisively as well as creatively.

The Augustana Center for the Study of Ethics was established to enrich the teaching-learning experiences for students.

Peter S. Nelson immigrated to Illinois from Sweden in 1853. He worked in timber and raising cattle and made several trips back to Sweden. He married Nellie Gibson and had 6 children. The collection consists of 33 diaries dated from 1860 to 1916. These diaries document Nelson's everyday life and personal finances. His diary entries are in the Swedish language up to 1869. Included is also one diary kept by his son Charles Nelson and a poem entitled "Vid min hembygd i Blekinge 1895."