Press Releases
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LSTC Feature: Erik Boss strives to be “exceedingly patient through understanding”
LSTC Feature: Erik Boss strives to be “exceedingly patient through understanding” November 20, 2020 Erik (they/them/their, pictured with wife, L), a first-year MDiv student, is on a spiritual journey and glad to be continuing that journey at LSTC. Erik comes to seminary from Colorado and Wyoming, graduating from MSU Denver with a double major in…
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LSTC Feature: Liz Kuster is “glad to be on this journey within this community”
LSTC Feature: Liz Kuster is “glad to be on this journey within this community” November 13, 2020 Liz Kuster comes to LSTC from Bettendorf, Iowa, right on the Mississippi River in Eastern Iowa. A member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, she was drawn to LSTC by the sense of community. “Even in difficult…
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LSTC community mourns, remembers Rev. Dr. Cheryl Stewart Pero
LSTC community mourns, remembers Rev. Dr. Cheryl Stewart Pero November 6, 2020 Cheryl Stewart Pero, 69, known by so many alumni of LSTC as “Mama Cheryl,” died Oct. 28 after becoming ill and hospitalized on Oct. 14. She was surrounded by family and friends at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., when she…
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David Martinez keynote speaker for Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium
David Martinez keynote speaker for Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium October 30, 2020 The first night of the Vine Deloria Jr. Theological Symposium at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) features a keynote address by Dr. David Martinez (Akimel O’odham/Hia Ced O’odham/Mexican). The lecture takes place live Nov. 17, 7-8:30 p.m. Central time…
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LSTC invites extended community to Kristallnacht commemoration service
LSTC invites extended community to Kristallnacht commemoration service October 29, 2020 Annually, the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago commits to the denunciation of anti-Semitism now and in the history of our tradition, and seeks to join together people of all faiths in the work of the world’s mending and the healing of the nations.…
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Clarence Atwood Jr. to receive LSTC Distinguished Service Award
Clarence Atwood Jr. to receive LSTC Distinguished Service Award October 27, 2020 Clarence Atwood Jr. will receive the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) 2020 Distinguished Service Award November 11 at 4 p.m. during the fall Board of Directors meeting held via Zoom. Kristi Ferguson, chairperson of the Board of Directors, said, “Clarence is…
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LSTC forms Antiracism Transformation Team
LSTC forms Antiracism Transformation Team October 20, 2020 The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Antiracism Transformation Team (ATT) held its first team building meeting via Zoom in September. The 29-member team includes students, alumni, faculty, administrators, staff, and representatives from two Chicago area seminaries. It was formed to ensure that 51% of its members…
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Karl Anliker’s Hein-Fry presentation Oct. 28
Karl Anliker’s Hein-Fry presentation Oct. 28 October 13, 2020 Karl Anliker, a senior MDiv student, represents LSTC in the annual Hein-Fry lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 2:30 p.m. Central time. Each year, one student from each ELCA-affiliated seminary is invited to create a class, encounter, or series for people steeped in biblical texts, as…
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LSTC collaborates to offer panel on the future of Latinx Lutheran leadership
LSTC collaborates to offer panel on the future of Latinx Lutheran leadership October 8, 2020 English In honor of Latinx Heritage Month (Sept. 15 – Oct. 15), the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Asociación de Ministerios Latinos de la ELCA, and Domestic Mission – Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have partnered together to offer…
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Chris Huang joins LSTC as director of institutional effectiveness and registrar
Chris Huang joins LSTC as director of institutional effectiveness and registrar October 2, 2020 Chris Huang joined the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago on August 24 as Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Registrar. He brings 14 years of experience serving as a registrar, overseeing student records, registration, course scheduling, and catalog production. Using and…
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LSTC, Augsburg University form partnership for five-year BA/MDiv degrees
LSTC, Augsburg University form partnership for five-year BA/MDiv degrees September 22, 2020 The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) and Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minn., are launching a five-year BA/MDiv degree called the Public Church Scholars. Students in this program will complete two degrees in five years: a bachelor of arts in Theology and…
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Colleagues remember Paul Landahl’s influence on LSTC
Colleagues remember Paul Landahl’s influence on LSTC September 4, 2020 The community of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), and the wider church, mourn the death of the Reverend Paul Landahl, 82, who died Monday morning, Aug. 31, surrounded by his family. Chris Honig, his pastor at Ascension Lutheran Church in Riverside, Ill.,…