Announcements

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.

Join the Admissions team and some young adults for Donut Church on August 20 at 9:30 a.m. Central in the OCC Dining Hall! Come for donuts and a discussion led by Ashley Wheeler. We look forward to seeing members of the Luther Seminary community joining us and interacting with the young adults here on retreat. This is an in-person event and will not be available on Zoom.

In this devotion, Merle L. Brockhoff ’85 M.Div., prays for a sense of humility as we proclaim the gospel. Read today’s God Pause.

The Faculty Standing Committee on Academic Integrity has been tasked with educating students and faculty on best practices for the use of artificial intelligence in a seminary setting. To do this as effectively as possible, we would like to hear from you! Please complete this survey, which asks questions about your knowledge and use of generative AI. Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can generate text, images, and other kinds of information using machine learning algorithms in response to user prompts. A team of faculty and academic staff is working with the Office of Institutional Research to conduct this survey. All responses are completely anonymous and confidential. We ask no identifying questions, and email addresses are not connected to the survey link. Please answer honestly and completely. Contact Dr. Cameron Howard with questions about the committee or the project: choward002@luthersem.edu. If you have issues with the survey, contact the Office of Institutional Research, research@luthersem.edu. Take the survey today!