The Board of Regents and President of Luther College recognize that our ability to best understand the opportunities and challenges facing the College requires us to understand perspectives from across the Luther College communities. To that end, together we have begun a comprehensive assessment process that will seek candid thoughts and perspectives from a cross-section of individuals selected to represent constituencies from both within and outside of the Luther College campus. This comprehensive assessment is a best practice for higher education institutions that occurs every three to five years and is a requirement to maintain the standards of regional accreditation.

To ensure both transparency and candor, the Board of Regents engaged an independent, experienced higher education consultancy to conduct this comprehensive assessment confidentially using best practices as defined by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). We expect the output from this process will be a rich, diverse, and nuanced set of perspectives that will be presented to the Board of Regents in October. The Board of Regents and President will share a summary of the strategic priorities from this assessment with the broader Luther community following the October Board of Regents meeting.

These are bold and exciting times for Luther College, and we are grateful for the many voices who continue to enrich Luther's health and vitality.

Minh Nguyen ’24, has been named a Rossing Physics Scholar for the 2022-23 academic year. He will receive the top award amount of $10,000 from the Thomas D. Rossing Fund for Physics Education. Each year, the foundation makes a limited number of scholarships available to exemplary students in physics.