Archives for May 2025

In this devotion, Luther Wayne Kendrick ’72 M.Div., reminds us that we are the living witnesses to Jesus Christ and to God’s love for this world. Read today’s God Pause.

On Tuesday, June 3 we’re excited to welcome seasonal summer staff from seven ELCA Bible camps to Luther Seminary for a day of training and community building. Workshops and worship will be in the chapel and lunch in the dining rooms and on the patio. We hope you will join us for lunch at 12:15 p.m. CT and worship at 3:25 p.m.

Competent. Caring. Consistent. These are only a few of the many words to describe our wonderful colleague Patty Horazdovsky, who has served in the Admissions Office for eight years. After thoughtful discernment, Patty has decided to retire and is excited to spend more time with her family and to serve her local church and community in a variety of capacities. Patty’s contributions and professionalism cannot be understated, and she will be missed dearly by her colleagues and the hundreds of applicants and students she has accompanied throughout the years. With patience, humility, and an unmatched work ethic, Patty has faithfully dedicated herself to the work of customer service, database management, application processing, and documentation. Above all, Patty has been a gentle but fierce advocate for applicants, going above and beyond to work behind the scenes to help applicants complete their applications in time and have the best chance at success. Please join the Admissions Office in giving thanks for our colleague and friend! If you would like to share a blessing or gratitude for Patty, you can send your cards and notes to Jessi by hand to OCC 100 or by email, jleclearvachta002@luthersem.edu, who will collect them for Patty—please send or deliver these by June 11. Patty’s last day will be Monday, June 23.

As part of our continued efforts to improve account security, the Office of Technology will be disabling support for older Duo Mobile passcode methods on June 1. Specifically, the older HOTP (HMAC-based One-Time Password) passcode method—still available on Duo Mobile versions 4.48 and earlier—is less secure and more vulnerable to malicious activity. These versions will no longer be supported after June 1.
What You Need to Do. If you’re using Duo Mobile version 4.48 or earlier, please update to the latest version before June 1 to avoid disruptions to your Seminary account login. The current version is 4.87.
How to Check Your Version:

• Open the Duo Mobile app.
• Tap the menu icon (☰) in the top-left corner.
• Your current app version is listed at the bottom of the sidebar.

Already on version 4.49 or newer? You’re all set! Push notifications and TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password) passcodes will continue working as expected. If you have any questions or need help updating your app, please contact the Help Desk at helpdesk@luthersem.edu.

In this devotion, Luther Wayne Kendrick ’72 M.Div., suggests we more often use those words that point to Jesus Christ. Read today’s God Pause.

Students, staff, and faculty—we would love your help to freshen up the campus before our graduates and their families come to celebrate Baccalaureate on 5/31. Here is when you can help clean up campus this week:
– Thursday, May 29 —anytime you have from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., pizza provided @ 11:45 a.m.
Anyone is invited to join us. Wear comfortable clothes and help us rake and plant some flowers. Facilities will have rakes and gloves (if you can bring some from home, that’s great too).