MLC’s new strategic plan, Equipped to Do God’s Will, can now be viewed on the MLC website. This plan recognizes God’s amazing activity in our midst. We do all this in a spirit of thanksgiving and trust that our Savior God will keep his promises, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.”
Martin Luther College volleyball team, headed by Coach Becky Cox, earned the Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
The Knights finished among the top 25 of teams in NCAA Division III in the honor.
A total of 150 teams in NCAA Division III earned the honor, which goes to teams that finished the academic year with a team grade point average (GPA) of 3.3 or higher.
During the fall semester, the Knights finished with the highest team GPA among all UMAC volleyball teams at 3.71.
You can see the full release from the AVCA if you click here.
We join them in thanking God for their gifts and abilities and for using them faithfully and humbly. May he continue to bless them in the season ahead!
NEW ULM, Minn. – The Martin Luther College baseball team was awarded the Team Academic Excellence Award by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).
The award is given to high school and college teams that finish the school year with a team grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher.
MLC was one of 217 total high school and college programs across the country to earn the honor, and was one of just 57 in NCAA DIvision III.
The Knights finished with the highest team GPA (3.076) in the UMAC during the 2017 season.
To see the full release from the ABCA, click here.
Financial Literacy Coordinator JoElyn Krohn earned Honorable Mention in a national Financial Educator of the Year Contest. This year Mrs. Krohn met with 279 first-years, transfers, and seniors, assisting them with budgeting, loans, credit cards, and debt management.
One senior wrote: “The budget plan JoElyn created was a great tool. Although I know I have a lot more to learn, this was most beneficial in preparing for my financial future with my husband and in taking the necessary and appropriate steps for healthy financial living.”
Congratulations to Rebecca Wendland for her winning essay and image entitled “A Place of Honor”
Rebecca Wendland ’96 helps her husband, Pastor Robert Wendland WLS ’98, serve the Lutheran Church of Central Africa (LCCA) in Malawi. Rebecca designated half of her $1000
prize to the LCCA. This is the eleventh annual Thalassa Prize.
