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Safety & Support

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Care Team

Purpose of Care Team

  • Provides prayer, support, advocacy, and accompaniment for Luther Seminary students, staff, and faculty.
  • Tends holistically to the whole student and the Luther Community.
  • Emphasis on Student Support.
  • Seeks to cultivate spiritual, emotional, physical, social, financial, vocational, and intellectual well-being.
  • Meets regularly to collaborate in our shared goal to journey faithfully with the community, amid challenges and joys, for the sake of empowering student success and a healthy learning environment. 

The Care Team consists of the Dean of the Chapel, the Dean of Students, the Director of Student Affairs, the Director of International Student and Scholar Affairs, the Director of Contextual Learning, the Director of Inclusion and Belonging and the Senior Manager of Academic Affairs. Anyone in the Luther Seminary community can reach out to the Care Team members with concerns for self and/or others. Additional information is available on the Chapel and Spiritual Life webpage.

Counseling & Spiritual Direction Resources

A variety of counseling and spiritual direction resources are available to you as a student. Your faculty mentor, your academic advisor, the Student Affairs team, and the Dean of the Chapel are available for conversations and consultations.

Additional counseling resources are also available to you through the professional services of counselors in the Twin Cities or in your area. Please click the “Resource Guide” button below. We encourage you to make use of such professionals when you are ready to address more complicated issues in your life as a seminarian. Tending to our health and wholeness as real human beings is a necessary asset for ministry.

If you need assistance in selecting a counselor or spiritual director, please contact the Office of Student Affairs or a member of the Care Team. Each degree-seeking student may request reimbursement towards payment of a licensed counselor and/or spiritual director for up to $400 per academic year (July 1-June 30). All requests for reimbursements or invoices must be made in a timely fashion prior to the end of the fiscal year.

RESOURCE GUIDE
REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST

Disability Support Services

It is Luther Seminary’s policy to ensure that no qualified student with a disability is denied the benefits of, excluded from participation in or subjected to discrimination in any seminary program, service or activity. The seminary provides reasonable accommodations to students with disabilities.

If students wish to request accommodations, please contact Peter Susag, the Disability Services Liaison for documentation and information about available reasonable accommodations at 651-641-3465 or psusag001@luthersem.edu.

Operations Desk

Have a non-emergency security concern? Call the Operations Desk at 651-641-3456. For emergencies, dial 911 immediately.

Campus Alerts

Luther Seminary has a campus alert system for urgent communications regarding campus safety, including weather-related closings or cancellations. This service is available to anyone with a Luther Seminary account. Sign up by following the link below.

SIGN UP FOR ALERTS

Campus Safety

Luther Seminary is located in the small St. Anthony Park neighborhood of St. Paul. One of the many benefits of our location is being part of a safe community. But as in any community, there are security risks. If you have experienced a security-related incident, please report it.

REPORT AN INCIDENT

Title IX (Sex Discrimination and Sex-based Harassment) Policy

Luther Seminary believes that all members of the campus community are entitled to an environment that enables them to develop and contribute in their full capacity. When sexual misconduct occurs, the standards of the institution are violated, and the environment is disrupted. Sexual misconduct is prohibited by law, as well as by institutional policy at Luther Seminary. It will not be tolerated.

Any victim of sexual misconduct should consider seeking immediate medical and emotional assistance.

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Annual Security Report

The Luther Seminary Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is published every September by the Luther Seminary Operations Department. This is the compliance document to the Federal Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act of 1990, also known as the Clery Act, with Higher Education Amendments. 

You can also request a physical copy of the report to be mailed to you by sending a request to operationsdesk@luthersem.edu; please include your name and a valid mailing address in your request.

Access the crime statistics and fire statistics reported to the U.S. Department of Education online (search “Luther Seminary” or “OPE ID: 00235700”).

Missing Student Policy

Download Luther Seminary’s Missing Student Policy.

Luther Seminary Clery Act Timely Notification Policy

Download Luther Seminary Clery Act Timely Notification Policy.