A reminder that Syllabus Day is today—Monday, September 9. Please check the Fall 2024 Syllabus Day schedule for times and Zoom links for your class. Syllabus Day is the start of the semester and a required part of class. If you can’t attend, please contact your instructor.
Archives for 2024
Kudoboard for Jacob Fredrikson
As you know, Jacob Fredrikson has moved to Oregon and will be ending his employment with Luther Seminary this this fall. The good news is that he will be working remotely for a period of time and will be on campus for RFS later this month. In the meantime, if you’d like to share a message with Jacob, we’ve set up a Kudoboard for that purpose.
God Pause for September 6: Mark 7
In this devotion, Steve Molin ‘75 M.A., ‘82 M.Div., discusses Jesus’ example of praying for and also feeding those in need. Read today’s God Pause.
OCC Repairs Weekly Update: September 2-6
Repairs to the area around the west entrance of Olson Campus Center continued this week. Our partners at G5 Construction have now replaced and rebuilt much of the masonry along the outer wall of the chapel and in the tunnel, leaving space around steel support and cross beams for on-going remediation. Delivery of much of the replacement/remediation steel is delayed by a few days, but work to secure steel structures should commence soon.
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 VerkeDirector of Operations
Luther Seminary







Faith+Lead Staffing Change
Nicholas Gibson has resigned as marketing project manager effective September 5. Nicholas is following his long-term dream of going into the field of aviation. During his time with us, Nicholas helped manage marketing and web development projects, build systems and processes to advance and scale the work of Faith+Lead’s marketing team. We are incredibly grateful for his wonderful service and wish him all the best in his new endeavors. Questions? Contact Alicia Granholm, senior director of Faith+Lead, agranholm001@luthersem.edu.
How well do you know Johann Sebastian Bach?
J.S. Bach’s spiritual warmth and devotion were part of his musical genius. He was also a theologically-informed and dedicated churchman in the Lutheran tradition. Here’s a brief bibliography from the Luther Seminary Library.