Announcements

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And, &, or +?

Those may seem like small differences, but what about others like:

• How do we abbreviate graduate degrees?
• Where are commas, colons, and exclamation points appropriate?
• What’s an en dash and an em dash, and how are those used differently than hyphens?
• What terms do we use instead of “freshman,” “chairman,” and “very”?

The marketing department created a tool to help staff and faculty who regularly post, publish, and print written communication. The Augsburg University and Luther Seminary Editorial Style Guide is a collection of best practices to keep communication clear and consistent. Because Augsburg and Luther marketing and communication staff work together through a shared services agreement, this style guide is designed for use at both institutions.

Bookmark the marketing webpage to refer to the style guide when you write on behalf of the seminary.

 Instead of having an Open Mic Night, we will be having Happy Hour. Join us Friday, January 11th at 6pm in the OCC for tacos, non-alcoholic drinks, beer, and wine! Take an hour to unwind from your intensives this past week and prepare for the week to come. See y’all there.

Head on down to Station 280 Thursday night for Student Council’s Eat & Greet. Take a break from assignments and grab some free appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages while you connect with your Student Council representatives.

Saturday, January 12th, Emmaus invites the Luther Seminary community to join us for a free SOGIE (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression) training. If you want to create a welcoming environment for LGBTQIA+ people, but you just aren’t sure where to start, this is the training for you.

Thanks to Aubrey, from ReconcilingWorks, who will be coming out to lead this training.

There will be pizza at 12:30 pm, followed by the training at 1 pm.
If you can’t make it to this training because of Internship Orientation or a travel class, no worries. If it goes well, we will schedule another training during the Spring semester or June intensives.

Open Mic Night is scheduled for Friday, January 11th, 6-8pm. We currently only have one person signed up to share their talents. If you want to sign up to perform, please do so by Wednesday night. If we do not have at least a few people signed up by then, we will simply change the event to a social hour. There will still be tacos, beer, and wine for all on Friday night.

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 The MDivX application deadline is coming up on January 15. In the next weeks, a group of 30-40 candidates will be selected to be brought to campus for interviews on February 11-12. Following those interviews, the first cohort of students will be admitted and will enroll on June 1.

A great deal of work has been done over the past six months. This work has included building a course sequence; working out how CPE, internship, and candidacy will be handled in this holy experiment; and building both internal capacity and external relationships.

We are especially grateful for the excellent work done by

• Jody Nyenhuis, MDivX Program Coordinator jnyenhuis001@luthersem.edu
• Karen Gieseke, Associate Director of Contextual Learning kgieseke002@luthersem.edu 
• Catrina Ciccone Contextual Learning Coordinator for the MDivX Project cciccone002@luthersem.edu 
• Ashley Wheeler, Candidacy Coordinator awheeler002@luthersem.edu
• Patty Horazdovsky, Enrollment Management Specialist phorazdovsky001@luthersem.edu 
• Tim Shroeder, Admissions Counselor tschroeder002@luthersem.edu

The MDivX Guiding Team is continuing to meet and we are also grateful for the ongoing diligence from the MDIvX Guiding Team. This team has been meeting weekly since August. Members include: Heidi Albers, Laurel Forsgren, Gerri Stepanek, Leslie Ortiz, Karen Gieseke, Tim Shroeder, Catrina Ciccone, Ashley Wheeler, Jody Nyenhuis, Dirk Lange, Dwight Zscheile, and Rolf Jacobson.

Getting questions about MDivX? Check out the FAQs you can answer or pass along, or direct them to Jody Nyenhuis jnyenhuis001@luthersem.edu or 651-641-3429.

Thanks for all your support! Rolf Jacobson, MDivX Project Director