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Archives for 2025
God Pause for December 19: Matthew 1
In this devotion, Steve Thomason ’15 Ph.D., reminds us that God’s working of renaming can turn despair into salvation. Read today’s God Pause.
Registrar Office Closure: December 23–January 1
The Registrar’s Office will be closed from Tuesday, December 23, 2025, through Thursday, January 1, 2026 for the Christmas and New Year’s holiday break. During this time, we will be focused on our family and holiday times. We will not be processing any registrations for winter or spring, transcript requests, loan deferments, transfer work, petition forms, or cross registration for other institutions. To ensure your items are processed before the closure, please note the following deadlines:
• All registration, transcript and petition requests must be submitted to the Registrar’s Office by 4 p.m. CT on Thursday, December 18.
• Any requests submitted after this deadline will not be processed until the week of January 5, 2026.
• Online registration will remain open on MyLutherNet for students to adjust their registration as needed. Students needing assistance will need to wait until Monday, January 5 for a response.
We encourage everyone to plan ahead and submit materials early. Thank you for your cooperation as we work to ensure a smooth transition before and after the break.
Library Resources on William Brown for Upcoming Lecture on Faith and Creation
Anticipating the January 13 Rutlen Lecture, “Be-Wilded by Wonder: Just Creation in the Book of Job,” the Luther Seminary Library has posted a brief bibliography on our speaker William Brown.
Students, Get Your ID Card During Winter RFS
If you would like to have a student ID card made for RFS, please send your full name and headshot to Peter Susag, Operations Coordinator, at psusag001@luthersem.edu by Tuesday, January 6. ID cards requested by this date will be available for pick up from the Operations Desk in the OCC during RFS. Requests made after this date will be handled as we have capacity. Contact Peter with any questions (psusag001@luthersem.edu).
Archives Survey – Students, Faculty, and Staff
The Office of Institutional Research is partnering with the Office of Archives and Arts and the Archives Working Group on a survey to help understand how the archives might better serve the community of Luther Seminary. As we discern the future direction of the archives, we want to make sure we are building an archives program that is relevant, accessible, and effective. Your feedback will help us make sure that the archives is a useful resource for your learning, work, or general curiosity. This survey will remain open through December 22. If you have questions or want to provide more feedback, please reach out to Caleb Rollins at crollins002@luthersem.edu. Thank you for your time and for all that you do to help make this a memorable place. Take the survey here.