Virtual Pubs and Profs with Professor Karoline Lewis
7 p.m. Central Tuesday, May 3 (TOMORROW)
Topic: Pandemic Preaching: How Preaching Is Changing As We Speak
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Archives for May 2, 2022
You Are Invited to an MDivX Conversation and Lunch
The MDivX Learning Team is writing an interpretative essay on the most important contributors to student success in the MDivX program. The team looks forward to hosting this third session of information sharing and conversation. Please pick up your community meal on Wednesday, May 4, and then join us for lunch in Dining Room C at noon. If you aren’t on campus we invite you to join us online. The Zoom link will be included in the community announcements email.
Memorial Service for Lowell Erdahl
A memorial service for Lowell Erdahl, a former bishop of the St. Paul Area Synod of the ELCA who taught at Luther from 1968 until 1973, will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7, in the Chapel of the Incarnation. A reception will follow the service.
Counseling and Spiritual Direction Reimbursements
Each degree-seeking student may request reimbursement towards payment of a licensed counselor and/or spiritual director for up to $300 per academic year. Please see the Emotional Well Being Guide for more information. Please reach out (with confidentiality) to sempastor@luthersem.edu with any questions.
When you have receipts, please submit them in a timely manner through this form.
COVID-19 Dashboard for April 25-29
Reported employee cases: 0
Reported student cases: 1
Students in quarantine or isolation: 0
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 Leon Rodrigues (deanofstudents@luthersem.edu).
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).