New Mixed Grade, Living/Learning Wagoner Hall at Augustana University
South Dakota’s largest private university, Augustana University, has made the shift to mixed-grade housing for the 2022-2023 school year with the recent completion of Wagoner Hall designed by St. Louis-based KWK Architects. The growing campus also welcomed its largest first-year student class since 1970 with more than 550 full-time undergraduate students, according to the university’s student newspaper The Augustana Mirror.
The new $16.75 million Wagoner Hall opened in August to students from any grade, as was the case for other residence halls on campus. Freshmen occupy the first floor of new Wagoner Hall and upper class students are on the remaining two floors.