Student Council is a student-elected body of representatives who advocate for high-quality community, academic and student life at the seminary. Student Council meets monthly as a full council and typically one other time a month in smaller action teams.
Meetings are open to all who care to join, and each officially recognized student group is allowed to have one member as a representative to the council to join in voting on important decisions. Main council duties include empowering students by giving them a voice and offering support to student groups.
The Student Council meets (on Zoom) at 12:00 PM CST on the first Friday of every month; meetings are open to the student body.
Minutes for 2024-25
- Minutes from previous meetings are in a shared Google folder as are recordings of the meetings; you must be logged into your Luther Seminary g-mail account to access it.
Student Council Representatives
for 2024-25
Executive Committee:
- President – Linda Davies, M.Div.
- Vice President – Erik Nelson, M.Div.
- Secretary – Katie Weiland, M.Div.
- Treasurer – Brent Seewald-Marquardt, M.Div.
Elected Representatives (tbd)
- MDiv Representative – currently vacant
- MA Representative – currently vacant
- Advanced Degree Representative – Ruth Ibrahim
- Other Program Representative – currently vacant
- Distributed Learning Representative x 2 – Kari Takahashi and Kaylee Vance
- Residential Representative – Jack Hendricks
- Commuter Representative – Lauren Mildahl
- International Student Representative – Vincent Jabbie Momoh
- Ecumenical Student Representative (non-ELCA) – Saleem Akhtar
- BIPOC Student Representative – Karren Lawson-Hancock
- LGBTQIA+ Student Representative – Jacob Mansfield
Guiding document
On May 13, 2020, an updated Student Council Constitution was approved by the student body via Referendum and adopted via motion by the Student Council. You must be logged into your Luther Seminary g-mail account to access it.
Student Organizations
Funding Requests
All students/student groups can request Student Council funds for events and activities throughout the academic year via this form. Contact the Student Council Treasurer at studentcouncil@luthersem.edu with questions.