{"id":7798,"date":"2024-05-16T18:55:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/?p=7798"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:28:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T20:28:56","slug":"new-admissions-website-makes-referrals-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/16\/new-admissions-website-makes-referrals-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"New admissions website makes referrals easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luther Seminary\u2019s Admissions Office updated their website in Fall 2023 to better support students in discerning a call to seminary.<\/p>\n<p>The website includes a new live chat where prospective students can interact with trained admissions ambassadors, as well as a new referral form.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMentors can refer an individual for whom they see gifts for ministry by completing a simple form that sends a one-time email to the individual with invitations to connect with Luther Seminary,\u201d said <strong>Jessi<\/strong> <strong>LeClear Vachta<\/strong>, senior director of enrollment services.<\/p>\n<p>The updated website is a response to a November 2022 survey managed by the Association of Theological Schools, in which nearly 80% of incoming Luther Seminary students indicated the school\u2019s website was an important source of information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the data, we decided to rehaul the website to better tell an accurate and visually appealing narrative of the admissions experience including starting an application, visiting campus online or in person, attending an event, and learning more about our full-tuition scholarships and flexible program offerings,\u201d LeClear Vachta said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGraduate recruitment is more challenging than ever before,\u201d she added, \u201cand we need your help to tell the story of Luther Seminary and its amazing access to a variety of high- quality theological education offerings. Not sure where to start? Send a link to the new admissions website and refer a student today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: solid 5px #9D2235; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 15px;\">The new website is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/luthersem.edu\/admissions\"><strong>luthersem.edu\/admissions<\/strong><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: solid 5px #CEDC00; padding: 5px; margin-top: 25px;\">\n<h2>Read more from Summer 2024<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/surprising-vocations\/\">Surprising vocations<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/theological-education-for-a-new-kind-of-leader\/\">Theological education for a new kind of leader<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/wonderful-delightful-complicated-surprising\/\">\u2018Wonderful, delightful, complicated, surprising\u2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/a-faithful-legacy\/\">A faithful legacy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/shaping-the-global-communion\/\">Shaping the global communion<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/summer-2024-faculty-and-staff-notes\/\">Faculty and staff notes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/summer-2024-alumni-news\/\">Alumni news\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/how-is-your-congregation-innovating\/\">How is your congregation innovating?\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/annual-lecture-series-return-to-campus\/\">Annual lecture series return to campus<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/explore-your-next-faithful-step-with-faithlead-membership\/\">Explore your next faithful step with Faith+Lead Membership<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/21\/discernment-retreat-creates-space-for-questions\/\">Discernment retreat creates space for questions<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2024\/05\/16\/new-admissions-website-makes-referrals-easier\/\">New admissions website makes referrals easier<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luther Seminary\u2019s Admissions Office updated their website in Fall 2023 to better support students in discerning a call to seminary. 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