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Your Final Issue of the Year!
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Remember dropping your student off and getting your parent tour last August? Time has flown, and your students have grown!
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Our goal for MLC ParentsPage is to provide information and guidance to all MLC parents, especially first-year parents as they send their son or daughter off to college for the first time. So we're wondering . . .
- How did we do?
- What was most helpful to you?
- What would you like to see more of?
If you have any comments or suggestions about the ParentsPage, please feel free to contact Laurie Gauger, MLC ParentsPage Writer/Editor.
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Commencement and Call Day!
On Saturday, May 17, 2014, Martin Luther College awarded degrees to 143 graduates. MLC President Mark Zarling told the graduates: "Your labor in the Lord is never in vain. To quote a veteran pastor, 'Gospel ministry is truly the only occupation that makes a difference the day after eternity dawns.' Rejoice in the victory God has given you. Rejoice in the labors a loving Father has prepared for you. Step onto the next campus, or step onto that foreign land, or step into your first call, or step forward into a new stage in your pilgrimage. Do so with confidence, for you do not walk alone. You walk always and ever with Jesus, for resurrection reality changes everything."
Graduation by the numbers:
- 24 Preseminary
- 87 Education
- 1 Staff Minister
- 12 Educational Studies
- 1 Theological Studies
- 18 Master's Degrees
Congratulations to all our graduates!
Check out the May 2014 assignments here.
Check out commencements recap and videos here.
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Parents, Be Proud!
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Senior award winners 2014
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Our students - your children! - work hard, using their God-given gifts to prepare themselves for service to the church. Several have been recognized for their hard work, and we congratulate them:
(Back row)
Justin Eternick (Lakeside): Knight Award
Rebecca Engelbrecht (Shoreland): Knight Award
Kimberly Schmill (Manitowoc): Education Leading Scholar Award
Noah Willitz (MLS): Preseminary Leading Scholar Award and Brooks Scholarship
(Front row)
Micah Plocher (MLS): UMAC Scholar Athlete Award and Brooks Scholarship
Bethany Schultz (LPS): UMAC Scholar Athlete Award and Knight Award
Peter Plagenz (WLA): Fine Arts Award
Russell Scoggins (Anderson-Shiro, Austin TX): Service Award and Student Senate President
Katrina Buchholz (ALA): Via Veritas Vita Award
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Final Details
They've Got Mail:
All first-class mail will be forwarded to students' home addresses over the summer. Magazines will not be forwarded.
Sending Next Year's Books to Campus:
We ask that you send no packages to your student's MLC address prior to August 1. Packages received at MLC prior to August 1 will either be "Returned to Sender" or forwarded to the student's home address.
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In Case You Missed It
See your electronic version of the spring MLC InFocus. Read features on our new urban education minor and the important need to recruit new pastors. The issue also profiles12 outstanding MLC students. Check it out!
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Summer for MLC Students
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This summer might be just like last summer for your student - work, play, family time. But as they get older, more ministry-training opportunities will present themselves.
For instance, many junior and senior Spanish students go on an immersion trip in the summer. About 100 students participate in Daylight USA at congregations all over the country, where they plan and run VBS, lead Bible/sports camps, canvass neighborhoods, and more. Many students also assist in their home congregations.
Whatever opportunities arise, encourage your student to think of summer as prime time for additional training.
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Picture Gallery
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Swine Sizzler
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Check out these new photos
Spring music recitals
Swine Sizzler - year-end picnic
Please check in to the Picture Gallery over the next couple weeks to see photos of the Commencement Concert, Commencement Service, Call Service, Alumni Banquet, and much more!
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Mark the Date
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First-year parents, remember August 2013 when you and your students first arrived? You're veterans now! See you next year!
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Aug 25: First day of classes
Sep 26-28: Homecoming and Parents' Day
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