{"id":351,"date":"2019-01-10T21:48:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T21:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/students\/?page_id=351"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:11:10","slug":"student-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.luthersem.edu\/students\/student-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Student Council is a student-elected body of&nbsp;representatives who advocate for high-quality community, academic and student life at the seminary. Student Council meets online monthly as a full council and typically one other time a month in smaller action teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meetings are held monthly during the academic year via Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minutes for 2025-26<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minutes from previous meetings are in a <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1iCiipAq6eALb8-RIYlGgr7QdyST86slE\">shared Google folder<\/a>; you must be logged into your Luther Seminary g-mail account to access it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Council Representatives <br>for 2026-27<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Executive Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>President &#8211; Gladson Ishaya, PHD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vice President &#8211; Eric Nelson, MDiv<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Secretary &#8211; Adedamola Adesiji, MA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Treasurer &#8211; Vamsi Ratnam Kagitha, MA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Elected Representatives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Academic Programs&nbsp;(Certificate, MA, THM, and PHD) Representative &#8211; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MDiv&nbsp;Representative &#8211; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distributed Learning and Commuter Representative &#8211; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Residential&nbsp;Representative &#8211; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Student&nbsp;Representative &#8211; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ecumenical Student Representative&nbsp;(non-ELCA) &#8211; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BIPOC Student&nbsp;Representative &#8211; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LGBTQIA+ Student&nbsp;Representative &#8211; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guiding document<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 13, 2020, an updated Student Council Constitution was approved\u200c \u200cby\u200c \u200cthe\u200c \u200cstudent\u200c body\u200c \u200cvia\u200c \u200cReferendum\u200c \u200cand\u200c \u200cadopted\u200c \u200cvia\u200c \u200cmotion\u200c \u200cby\u200c \u200cthe\u200c \u200cStudent\u200c \u200cCouncil\u200c. You must be logged into your Luther Seminary g-mail account to access it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-maroon-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1doJuOZAqe8PFWzsNFtWk7-GJoMCO9TiEnfpKb4XIFgw\/edit\">Official Student Council Constitution<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Organizations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-maroon-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSceQilA-P6QOeNZKNj1NZkzngyKXZzc-xOazp9GTToK4PN5nw\/viewform\">Student Organization Registration Request<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding Requests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All students\/student groups can request Student Council funds for events and activities throughout the academic year via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeriADBOc_Ox2XpDCwEINmkmuFV929eD4VXubQ0kcwXyWKCpA\/viewform\">this form<\/a>. Contact the Student Council Treasurer at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:%20studentcouncil@luthersem.edu\">studentcouncil@luthersem.edu<\/a>&nbsp;with questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Council is a student-elected body of&nbsp;representatives who advocate for high-quality community, academic and student life at the seminary. Student Council meets online monthly as a full council and typically one other time a month in smaller action teams. 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