Ambassadors – The Face of MLC
If you visit MLC, you might wonder, “Who are those snazzy students walking around in khakis and red pullovers?” It’ll only take the moment one of them says “hello” for you to realize that those friendly faces are MLC’s student ambassadors.
These 12 representatives have responsibilities that include giving tours, doing office work, finding students to host high schoolers, and going on admissions trips. Ambassador Leah Nass says, “I like telling kids about MLC because I really enjoy it here. It’s fun sharing that with other people!”
“I like interacting with high schoolers that come to visit because when I came for a Focus trip, I looked up to the student ambassadors,” adds Jacob Roecker, “and it’s cool that now I’m able to be in that position.”
With their servant attitude and constant encouragement to the next generation of public ministers, the MLC ambassadors are truly an important part of the campus family.
Back row: Eric Dorn (ILHS / Trinity-Crete IL), Luke Rothe (LPS / St. Matthew’s-Oconomowoc WI), Leah Nass (Manitowoc LHS / St. Paul-Howards Grove WI). Middle: Monica Pappenfuss (LPS / St. Mark’s-Watertown WI), Katie Zietlow (LPS / St. John-Montello WI), Aaron Markgraf (WLA / Beautiful Savior-Cincinnati), Jacob Roecker (WISCO / Trinity-Waukesha WI), Gina Radue (WISCO / Mt. Calvary-Waukesha WI), Stephanie Rockhoff (Shoreland / Friedens-Kenosha WI), Morgan Shevey (LPS / St. Paul-Muskego WI). Front: Megan Lemke (Shoreland / St. John-Jefferson WI), Hannah Paustian (MVL / St. Paul-New Ulm MN).
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ST. PAUL – The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) released its academic honors from the fall semester, and 84 Martin Luther College student-athletes were named Academic All-UMAC. Those 84 honorees were the most of any school in the conference.
MLC Day will be a day of celebration for our college and all who support our ministry. With an emphasis on communication through social media, MLC Day will allow supporters across the globe to follow our activities online, share our message with friends, pray for our work of service, and give to support that work. Pray, Share, Give will be the focus of our second annual event held on May 4. That focus will also be a part of messages shared with MLC online ambassadors—social media followers of MLC interested in spreading the good news of the gospel and the good news of MLC’s role in that proclamation. Watch for more information!
With your support through congregational mission offerings, the establishment of endowments, estate designations, and many direct gifts, Martin Luther College is able to keep educational costs for our students to a reasonable level. In fact, the student costs at MLC are low enough to attract the attention of Money magazine, Washington Monthly, and most recently USA Today. USA Today reported: “. . . the costs of getting that [college] education increase every year, far surpassing the college savings of many families. . . . Martin Luther College keeps costs low, with the average yearly cost of the school being $18,000. [Our total cost this year is actually $18,920.] Students graduate in an average of 4.4 years bringing the total degree cost to $78,600. This makes Martin Luther College very underpriced when compared to schools of similar quality.” What USA Today doesn’t realize is that our ranking is only possible through the support of WELS and our faithful donors. Thank you!
The Lord has blessed MLC with stable opening enrollments over the last seven years. Our official fall opening enrollment for 2015-2016 was 723 students on campus. We are grateful for continued recruitment efforts, which brought over 500 high school students to our campus for the Focus on Ministry weekends and over 300 students for our third annual Tip-off Tournament. Our mid-year commencement service was held on December 17 where 22 students received degrees. From that pool of graduates, five temporary calls were issued: four education and one staff ministry. Our official second semester opening enrollment is 685 full-time students on campus.
The MLC governing board met Saturday, December 5 in teleconference, and guided by the Holy Spirit, issued three calls. Please ask the Good Shepherd to bless their prayerful deliberations for the overall good of his Kingdom.
