Archives for August 2024

Admissions Team staff members will be taking several individual and overlapping days off between August 26-30 and will have limited time in the office and low access to email and in-person assistance during that week. During the following week of September 3-6, the Admissions Team will be working from home due to high-noise construction in the Olson Campus Center scheduled for the same week but will plan to attend already-scheduled in-person meetings. Thank you for your patience and advanced notice of your needs as we take vacation time and navigate building construction. Questions? Email Jessi at jleclearvachta002@luthersem.edu.

In this devotion, Merle L. Brockhoff ’85 M.Div., prays for wisdom to recognize the belovedness of individuals in a world that struggles for power. Read today’s God Pause.

The Admissions team is hosting a Young Adult Immersion Retreat from August 19-21. A small group of young adults will be residing in Bockman Hall for this retreat, and we will facilitate several group activities for them throughout their time here. Please feel free to give them a warm welcome if you see them. Questions? Email welcome@luthersem.edu.

The major repair project to the area around the west entrance of Olson Campus Center began last week. Our partners at G5 moved equipment into the building, installed temporary enclosures, and prepared other aspects of the project. This week they began several significant tasks: 

• Removing masonry and windows prior to ramp demolition
• Removing masonry in the tunnel to expose damaged support beams
• Testing brick and masonry replacement to ensure color matching for replaced brick

This week includes work that is at times noisy and will produce some dust. We appreciate your patience and flexibility in utilizing (or not) the areas of OCC not directly related to the construction work.

For reminders about safety, project impacts, and communication, see my introductory message about the project.

As always, thank you for your support of our operations team and their work,
Rob Verke
Director of Operations
Luther Seminary

In this devotion, Merle L. Brockhoff ’85 M.Div., notes that, while life can be a puzzle, God’s presence is a constant. Read today’s God Pause.

Facilities will have contractor staff on-site midday today—Tuesday, August 20—to elevate the outside concrete slabs for the elevator entrance at Bockman hall. This work is to minimize trip hazards and snow removal difficulties. The work will take approximately 2 hours. Once the work commences, please use any other available entrances through Wednesday morning if possible. Related to this work, we will be blocking off 4 parking spaces for contractor use. Thank you.