Announcements

Welcome new and returning students to our 2025-26 academic year! Operations is hiring, and we invite students to apply for the service positions we have available. Operations teams support most daily activities within the seminary buildings—service desk, grounds maintenance, custodial maintenance, facility maintenance, and events such as RFS. Apply online on the Student Employment page and join a group of dedicated peers supporting and maintaining the learning and working environment for all.

Isaac Villegas, author of Migrant God—the ABIDE summer book read—will join the seminary community via Zoom on Monday, September 8 at 12 p.m. CT. Whether or not you are in an ABIDE book group, you are welcome to join in person in OCC 10 (bring your own lunch) or via Zoom (link in email). We hope you’ll join in this important discussion of current immigration concerns in light of Christian faith praxis.

Want to share something in an upcoming edition of Inside Luther News, the seminary’s internal e-newsletter? Send your announcement to communic@luthersem.edu. Submit items for the October edition by September 17. Inside Luther News helps keep students, staff, and faculty connected to our mission, people, and stories. Content in the e-newsletter is meant to be somewhat broader in scope—seasonal announcements, monthly reminders, stories about recent events or news of upcoming projects—than the daily Community Announcements posts and emails.

In this devotion, Janice Bornhoft ’84 M.Div., prays that Jesus take our hand and keep our eyes focused on the cross rather than remaining shielded from the horrible stuff happening in the world. Read today’s God Pause.

In mid-September, eligible students will receive an invitation to complete an application to graduate. As part of the application, you will be asked to enter a completion plan. In preparation for completing the application, please review your degree audit and make sure you have a plan to complete each of your remaining requirements. If you have any questions, this is a great time to connect with your advisor and/or the contextual education office. In order to run a degree audit, log in to MyLutherNet, chose the ‘Degree’ tab, and click on degree audit toward the top right of your screen.

Students interested in taking LG4525 Ministry with Latinos/as/xs in the spring with Jenny Pietz must demonstrate intermediate competence in Spanish prior to registration. Our colleagues at Augsburg University will be providing an assessment exam, organized through the Office of the Registrar. If you plan to take the course, complete the following steps:

1. Email ceriksen001@luthersem.edu with the subject line “SPRING SPANISH” by September 26. In the email, indicate if you want to take the course pass/fail or letter grade.
2. You will receive instructions from Augsburg University to complete the assessment online.
3. Complete the assessment by the end of October.
4. The Office of the Registrar will complete registration for all students who meet the competence requirement.
5. Students will not be able to self-register for this course.