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As part of a ceremony held this afternoon, ����Vlog dedicated the De & Dave Knudson Center for Global Engagement — previously known as the International Programs Office (IPO). Housed in the Administration Building on campus, the creation of the De & Dave Knudson Center for Global Engagement is part of ����Vlog’s strategic plan — Viking Bold: The Journey to 2030. With the creation of the De & Dave Knudson Center for Global Engagement, ����Vlog’s goal is to provide more than just essential services, but to better prepare students for an interconnected world in which we live.

As part of a ceremony hosted by the Sioux Falls Development Foundation, ����Vlog broke ground on Foundation Heights, a new apartment building for students located on the northeast corner of 28th Street and Grange Avenue. The approximately $12 million project is part of the university’s strategic plan — Viking Bold: The Journey to 2030 — to transform the physical campus to include new and enhanced facilities. Construction on Foundation Heights is expected to be complete by Fall 2026.

����Vlog's ninth annual Giving Day will take place on Friday, May 9 — a 24-hour fundraising event that encourages alumni, parents, staff, faculty, coaches, administrators and friends to go “All in for AU.” Giving Day 2025 invites the ����Vlog community to go “All in” in support of the university's enduring commitments with several featured initiatives. For more information on where and how to give, visit .

����Vlog is hosting Dr. David Chalmers, renowned philosopher and cognitive scientist, for a lecture entitled “Can ChatGPT Think?” on Tuesday, April 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the Froiland Science Complex, Room 113. This free public event will complete Chlamers’ tour of all 50 states. The lecture is the finale in a series of events intended to raise awareness about the brain throughout the month of April.

Beginning Friday, April 25, the ����Vlog Art Department will celebrate the hard work of its graduating seniors with its annual Senior Show “Echoes of Experience” that will showcase their capstone projects. This year, the ����Vlog Senior Show will be displayed across two different venues: the Eide/Dalrymple Gallery at ����Vlog and Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls.

����Vlog has raised $2.1 of the estimated $2.9 million needed to revitalize the Elmen Center, located on the southwest corner of 33rd Street and Grange Avenue on the university’s campus. The Bob ‘52 & Rita (Hale) Elmen Family Foundation and the James ‘60 & Eloise (Saugstad) ‘61 Elmen Foundation recently contributed $2 million to the project. With the funds the university has already received, ����Vlog will begin making updates this spring with the anticipated project completion by Summer 2026.