Archives for May 15, 2023

In today’s devotion, Cheryl Szabo ’99 M.Div. reminds us that God always hears our questions, our joys, and our concerns. Read today’s devotion.

Last year the New Student Engagement Team developed New Student Peers as a program to help incoming students become more acclimated to Luther before their first semester began.

As a New Student Peer, you get to build relationships with 4-6 new students before they step foot on campus or begin their coursework by checking in with them 1-2 times a month for Fall Semester. Training and peer-matching will begin in mid-July

Please indicate your interest below:
https://forms.gle/gndt1N4PAksfqTPm6

Agony Siwela, Ph.D. Candidate
Monday, May 15, 2023 | 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Gullixson Hall, Room 104

The oral examination is a public event open to faculty, students, and staff; however, other than the candidate, only faculty members have speaking privileges.

What is a Ph.D. oral defense? The oral defense is the final step before graduation for Ph.D. degree candidates. The student has finished all research and is presenting a thesis that is an original contribution to the field of scholarship. A copy of the completed thesis is available prior to the defense for those in the Luther Seminary community.

Read “A Neo-Babylonian Captivity of the Church: An ELCZ Reading of Luther’s Sacramental Theology from a 21st Century Ubuntu Lens” https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NGEppyCQJK2zH74LrSSFtsEHkxFta1uo/view?usp=sharing

Academic Affairs and Academic Advising are offering curriculum refresh
webinars. The agenda for each session will consist of a review of the
curriculum requirements for the refresh followed by an opportunity for
questions. Each session will last for an hour and all will be held on Zoom,
except the 5/11 session in OCC. Zoom links will be available in the Community
Announcements email.

The curriculum overview information will be recorded and available for those
who cannot attend on the specified date.

Curriculum Refresh Webinars will be held on the following dates:

• Monday, May 15th at 1 p.m. CT: M.A. Bible, Justice & Reconciliation,
  Systematic Theology, History of Christianity
• Tuesday, May 16th at 4:30 p.m. CT: M.A. Lutheran Ministries Chaplain & Deacon
  Track
• Wednesday, May 17th at 2:30 p.m. CT: M.Div. General (ecumenical students)
• Thursday, May 18th at 12 p.m. CT: Open Advising
• Friday, May 19th at 11:30 a.m. CT: ELCA Candidacy Questions
• Tuesday, May 23rd at 4:30 p.m. CT: Open Advising
• Friday, May 26th at 9:30 a.m. CT: Open Advising

Questions can be sent to advising@luthersem.edu

Join us every Monday at 12 p.m. CST for ONLINE yoga with Ashley Wheeler. Wear some comfortable clothes and join us for 30 minutes of relaxation & stretching. No experience is needed! Zoom link is in the Community Announcements email.

In the spirit of a Beloved Community all are welcome to attend a coffee hour gathering at Luther OCC Coffee Area on May 16, 2023, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. The purpose is to provide a safe space for fellowship with community members who will also participate in table talk discussion, image reflection, conversation, and light refreshments.

A beloved community is a welcoming community that is filled with compassion, acceptance, and freedom. “Put on therefore, as God’s elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering; 13 forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as [a]the Lord forgave you, so also do ye” (Colossians 3:12-13).

For more information or ways to get involved please contact Alum – Nicole Fernandez, at nfernandez002@luthersem.edu