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Luther Events Calendar August 2015 Quick Links Note from the editor September 1: Luther Soccer Parent Portal Information at St. Olaf Anna Madrigal '17 Campus Performances The Luther women's Changes abound at Luther Parent Resources and men's soccer teams will play College! In preparation for at St. Olaf College in Northfield, students to arrive, the campus Decorah Information . The games start at 1 has been transformed over the p.m. for women and 3 p.m. for - - su-mmer-new faculty and staff Sports Schedule men. are settling in, the installation Music Events of solar panels on the roof of September 3: Opening Preus Library is finishing up, Student Blogs and library lawn is beginning to resemble a green oasis, -Conv- oca-tion- Cristina courtesy of the summer grounds crew. Perhaps the biggest Henríquez change of all will be faced by the class of 2019 as they soon Luther College's Opening move in and adjust to life at Luther. But if their experience is Convocation Speaker, Cristina anything like mine, it will be chock-full of incredible friends Henrí​quez, will speak about and memories! identity and address common narratives about immigration. There's one more change. To make our newsletter easier to Henríquez is the author of The read on your mobile-device, the Parent Newsletter will get a Book of Unknown new look next month! We will deliver the same content, just in Americans, one of the New York a new format. Times' Notable Books of 2014. Convocation, held in the If you have questions, comments, or concerns about this Center for Faith and Life Main month's Parent Newsletter, I encourage you to contact us at Hall, starts at 9:40 a.m.. [email protected].

September 12: Science Message from Corey Landstrom, vice Exploration Day & president and dean for student life Environmental Studies Visit Day Thirty years ago at about this time, I was These two visit events are preparing to begin my first year of college. I designed for students with was the first in my family to attend a four- interest in biology, chemistry, year institution, and while I was computer science, intellectually curious, I had no basis to environmental studies, fully understand what I was about to mathematics, nursing, physics, experience. Some of my high school or psychology. The day will friends were heading off to places like St. include opportunities to interact Olaf, Carleton, Carnegie Mellon, and with professors and students, Case Western, but I was staying put. I had Alumni Choir and hands-on experiences in decided to attend college in my hometown Concert 2015 many of our science-related of Duluth, Minnesota, after strong consideration of Gustavus fields, including environmental Adolphus College. I attended the of Minnesota, studies. Duluth (UMD) and lived at home. Gustavus and UMD were the only schools to which I applied-a narrow search compared to Luther News See full events what some students do today. Some of my closest friends also applied to few schools and chose to stay home and attend UMD. Luther senior develops calendar Our social network remained mostly the same as we program to turn unused transitioned from high school to college. We hung out together dining dollars into food during breaks in our schedule, car-pooled, and socialized Luther College senior Blaise together. READ MORE... Schaeffer offered fellow Luther students an alternative to losing Spotlight On: their end-of-the-year surplus Student Activities Council meal money by pairing Luther's Dining Services with Decorah The Student Activities First Lutheran Church Food Council (SAC) is Pantry. The Decorah High dedicated to enriching life School graduate worked on a on the Luther College "Change Project" for his work campus by providing with Launching Luther Leaders quality programming to to help get that leftover money students and the Decorah turned into food for those who community. SAC's various need it. committees encourage student input and Minnesota Public Radio participation in planning musical performances, cultural highlights the life of Weston cooking classes, comedy, leadership and motivational speakers, movies, and a variety of other alcohol-free events. Noble '43 Caf to Community Food Through SAC, students will develop leadership, program Weston Noble, Luther College Donation management, social responsibility, and interpersonal skills. class of 1943, and 57-year Since our funds come from student money, SAC makes it a faculty member and conductor at priority to organize events both appealing to students and Luther, is the subject of Career Center Update diverse in nature. an article and audio segments on Classical MPR. Look for more updates Multimedia Feature Luther College from the Career Center welcomes Nebraska at the start of the fall Summe-r Re-sea-rch- Composing Music Wesleyan to semester. Composer-in-residence Brooke Joyce guides student composer Pablo Estevez Gomez in writing a piano suite to accompany a Conference children's story. Luther College is pleased to To learn more about the welcome Nebraska Wesleyan services offered, visit University to the Iowa the Career Center's Intercollegiate Athletic website. Conference, as the conference expands to nine member institutions. In a press conference Monday, July 20, IIAC officials announced that Nebraska accepted an invitation to join the conference beginning the 2016- 17 academic year.

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The Financial Aid Office will be open on Saturday, August 29th, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for New Student Move-In. Remind your students to give you financial access to their my.luther.edu account. On this site you can view your student's financial aid award, check for missing documents, and see any balance due. Please ask your students if they have turned in all of their financial aid documents for the upcoming year. If your student receives an email from our office asking them to review the "My Documents" section of my.luther.edu, it means that we still need at least one form. To avoid additional late fees, remember that you can Iowa Private College Week still apply for federal parent or private student loans. Please ask the Financial Aid Office for assistance. You can also fill out the Work Credit Plan to apply student Comment Box work earnings to tuition or set up a monthly payment plan with the Office for Financial Services. If this is the first time your student will be working on Comments? Questions? Luther's campus, please make sure they bring Contact Luther College Parent ORIGINAL documents to fill out the Federal I-9 form. Newsletter at You may go to the finaid.luther.edu website and to the [email protected] forms page to see a list of acceptable documents.

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