Distributive Learning
by Anonymous
Yikes! By the look of this blog, you'd think we've boarded up the windows and left town!
It's officially summer, but campus is still bustling.
Students in the Distributive Learning Program are currently taking classes on campus, coming together for a few weeks to learn more about each other and to share contextual experiences. This group is already well acquainted, although they do not spend a majority of their learning time on campus.
It is common for commuter students to bond over the miles traveled and the homes away from campus. It also makes sense that so many residential students become close after years of sharing hallways and bathrooms, parking lots and PO Boxes. This relatively new dynamic in our Luther community, distributive learning, is bringing a unique business and excitement to campus in June.
For years Luther Seminary has been hearing near students regretfully decline the opportunity to study and discern call through full-time or local study. Moving to St. Paul, uprooting the family or leaving careers that provide financial stability can be significant roadblocks that make the decision for them. The Distributive Learning Program is made of students actively involved as Christian public leaders in their home congregations and communities, allowing them to learn in cohorts online and through periodic and intensive visits to campus on-campus learning without moving to St. Paul or leaving their jobs.
It's exciting to think about what this means for their hometowns, families and financial stability. It's good to know that this program will help create more quality leaders for the future of the church. I'm fortunate to be working on campus this summer, running into these students in the bookstore, chapel and the dining room. They're motivated and passionate about what they're studying and about the servant God is calling them to be. No wonder summer doesn't feel 'lazy' quite yet!
It's officially summer, but campus is still bustling.
Students in the Distributive Learning Program are currently taking classes on campus, coming together for a few weeks to learn more about each other and to share contextual experiences. This group is already well acquainted, although they do not spend a majority of their learning time on campus.
It is common for commuter students to bond over the miles traveled and the homes away from campus. It also makes sense that so many residential students become close after years of sharing hallways and bathrooms, parking lots and PO Boxes. This relatively new dynamic in our Luther community, distributive learning, is bringing a unique business and excitement to campus in June.
For years Luther Seminary has been hearing near students regretfully decline the opportunity to study and discern call through full-time or local study. Moving to St. Paul, uprooting the family or leaving careers that provide financial stability can be significant roadblocks that make the decision for them. The Distributive Learning Program is made of students actively involved as Christian public leaders in their home congregations and communities, allowing them to learn in cohorts online and through periodic and intensive visits to campus on-campus learning without moving to St. Paul or leaving their jobs.
It's exciting to think about what this means for their hometowns, families and financial stability. It's good to know that this program will help create more quality leaders for the future of the church. I'm fortunate to be working on campus this summer, running into these students in the bookstore, chapel and the dining room. They're motivated and passionate about what they're studying and about the servant God is calling them to be. No wonder summer doesn't feel 'lazy' quite yet!
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