Archives for December 30, 2021

CD1613-01 – The Holy Land: Its People, Places and Prayers This course was canceled and a new elective will be offered January 31-February 4 by Professor Skinner. 

NT1250-01 – The Acts of the Apostles will be offered as a hybrid course open to all students with some pre- and post-work required. Students can attend in person or by Zoom. Because of the late listing and the pre-work involved, students can register for NT1250-01 (only) through 6 p.m. Central January 17, 2022. All other registration for Winter Term courses closes at 6 p.m. Central January 4, 2022. 

We have updated (as of December 29) a brief summary of some of the upcoming courses available to take via Zoom or in a hybrid situation for Winter and Spring terms.  As always, please see the course schedules on MyLutherNet for the most up to date information about any upcoming course. The course descriptions in particular include information about modality (in-person, synchronous online, asynchronous online, or hybrid) and whether a course meets residency requirements.

Because Luther Seminary is closed from December 23-January 2, only critical or COVID-19-related issues will be handled over the holiday break when campus is closed. All other concerns will be responded to starting January 3, 2022. 

We have one on-campus student who has tested positive for COVID-19. That student is in isolation and is being supported by Student Affairs.

Reported cases only include students and employees who have been on campus within a period of time during which they may have been contagious. According to the CDC this includes two days prior to the onset of symptoms or a positive test.

If you have recently tested positive for COVID-19, or if you are an unvaccinated individual who has been in close contact with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 (close contact is defined as being within 6 feet of that person for 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period), please report that to the appropriate person. For employees, that person is Michael Morrow (mmorrow001@luthersem.edu). Students should contact David Fenrick; email deanofstudents@luthersem.edu, or text 651-300-3537.

Contact Tracing Protocol

When an on-campus case of COVID-19 is reported, that person is first asked to stay off-campus and quarantine in accordance with CDC guidelines. In addition, the seminary takes two steps for contact tracing:

1. The Minnesota Department of Health is notified, per guidelines for institutions of higher education

2. The person reporting the case is asked to identify “close contacts”; the close contacts identified are notified of the exposure and asked to follow CDC guidelines for testing and quarantining (quarantine applies only to close contacts who are unvaccinated).