Few colleges have brought as many students to Luther Seminary as Gustavus Adolphus College. For the past 12 years, that well-trod path from Gustavus to Luther seemed to make one essential stop: Old Main office 304H.

From the classroom to the Huffington Post, a popular Internet newspaper, Luther Seminary professors are broadening their academic reach. In past months David Lose, Marbury E. Anderson Associate Professor of Biblical Preaching; Matthew Skinner, associate professor of New Testament; and Andrew Root, Carrie Olson Baalson Associate Professor of Children, Youth and Family Ministry, have published articles in the Religion and Divorce sections covering myriad topics.

In June 2006, Paul Westermeyer, professor of church music, sat among fellow seminary worship faculty at an Evangelical Lutheran Worship hymnal introduction training event. During a question-and-answer session, Westermeyer asked, “Will there be a hymnal companion?”

Liturgical music for the small, rural church. Good Friday monologues. And a young-adult study that involves “Battlestar Galactica?” These church resources may not seem to have much in common. And, up until a few years ago, they would have never been available to churches in one place—or for free.

In the memories of many of his former students, Wendell Frerichs was an exceptional professor of Old Testament at Luther Seminary. But, in his mind, Frerichs is better at working than retirement.

“I began in 1958, retired in 1995 and continued to teach a couple of courses until 2003,” Frerichs said. “Then I went into retirement, which I have flunked. But I’m very glad for that.”

If your boss called you into her office, would you be nervous? For Lynea Geinert, ’11, a private word with her boss turned out to be the opportunity of a lifetime: she was to be the production coordinator for a CBS News documentary about her own job.