Announcements

Are you a candidate for Word and Service in the ELCA? Please plan to join an informal coffee hour at 11 a.m. Central Monday, September 14 via Zoom. It will be a time to talk about the Word and Service roster, ask questions, and meet others on a similar candidacy pathway.

We will be joined by Sister Krista Anderson, program director for the support of rostered ministers and Region 3 candidacy leadership manager.

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/YzV4ad5nwBkAsLbZ7

You can direct questions to Ashley Wheeler, awheeler002@luthersem.edu.

• Should you use the serial comma?
• When do you refer to someone as Rev. or Dr.?
• Is the seminary/Seminary supposed to be capitalized?
• When do you use an ampersand—if at all?

Take the guesswork out of your writing. Refer to Luther Seminary’s official editorial style guide to keep all institutional communication clear, consistent, and understandable for the audiences we reach.

View the editorial style guide at https://inside.luthersem.edu/campus-services/marketing.

Account Charges, Scholarships, Grants, Stipend and Loan Fund Applications
(D.Min. students have a different academic calendar; therefore this notice does not apply to D.Min. students.)

Dates for Fall Semester 2020:

• 10/12: Fall Tuition will be posted. – No payment is due.
• 10/06-10/13: Internal Processing (scholarships, loans posted to accounts)*
• 10/13: All scholarships, grants, stipends and loans finalized*
• 10/14: Requests for funds may be emailed to Business Office.**
• 10/27: Account balance due
• 11/1: Review your account balance online.
– You will receive an email reminding you to view account.
– Emails will continue each month.
– Statements will be sent if 30 days past due.

*Students receiving loans will be notified via email when the loan has been applied to your account and your money is available. You can request your money after the date of the email but do not contact the Business Office before the listed date.

** If there is a balance on your account and you have received federal loans, we must disburse yours to you within 14 days. If this applies to you and the business office does not hear from you to request funds, the balance will be sent out at 11 days.

Contact the Financial Aid Office with questions at finaid@luthersem.edu.
Contact the Business Office to set up a payment plan or to request refund checks at busoffice@luthersem.edu.

Financial holds will be placed on student accounts if there is an outstanding balance. Holds prevent you from registering for classes.

Want a brief overview of personal finance? Interested in improving your financial wellness? “The Index Card” weekly online book group is for you! It will take about an hour or so per week for reading/reflection, with optional activities to take you deeper if you want to.

Hang in with the book group to the end, and you’ll get a $50 Amazon gift card as a contribution to your financial well-being. The first session opens today, Wednesday, September 2, and if you stay on schedule, you should be polishing it off before Halloween.

Register for the book group here. https://moodle.luthersem.edu/course/view.php?id=1647. Use the enrollment code: Fall2020.

Order the book now! You can catch up when you get it! https://www.amazon.com/Index-Card-Personal-Finance-Complicated/dp/1591847680

Questions? Email Catherine at cmalotky001@luthersem.edu

This book group is sponsored by the Stewardship Leaders Program and paid for by a grant from the Lilly Foundation.

The Qualtrics User Group will meet tomorrow on Zoom. Faculty and staff members are invited to join us on the first Thursday of each month to learn about using this tool for data collection, analysis, surveys, assessments, and more. Bring your questions and get help with your current data projects. All are welcome.

Qualtrics User Group
12 p.m. Central Thursday, September 3
Online via Zoom

Contact Tessa Pinkstaff at tpinkstaff001@luthersem.edu with questions or to be added to the monthly user group meeting invitation (which includes the Zoom link).

The Food Shelf will be open Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 2 to 4 p.m. in Bockman 249.

The Google form is still active for students to order the items they need in advance and have them ready for no-contact pickup outside of our door. You can access it here: https://forms.gle/4zmgVDN8bC41JE6C9.

If you are unable to pick up during these hours, please email us at communitylife@luthersem.edu so we can arrange an alternate time for you. Thank you!