December 8, 2025

MARCH 9, 2026

The MLC College Choir is on the road for their spring tour!

Over the weekend, the choir shared God’s Word in song at congregations in Arizona and sang the national anthem for a Diamondbacks game versus the Brewers!

Join the choir in Utah, Nevada, or Arizona, or for the Homecoming Concert at MLC. Then look for pictures following the tour in our photo gallery!

Upcoming concerts and services:

• Mar 10, 7:00 pm - Prince of Peace-Salt Lake City
• Mar 12, 7:00 pm - Shepherd of the Hills-Las Vegas
• Mar 13, 4:00 pm - Christ-Prescott Valley AZ
• Mar 14, 3:00 pm - Peace-Cottonwood AZ
• Mar 15, 9:30 am - Mt. Calvary-Flagstaff AZ (service)
• Mar 22, 3:00 pm - MLC Homecoming Concert

With plenty of prizes and over 400 students playing, BINGO Night 2026 was a huge success – made possible by the MLC Auxiliary.

Auxiliary volunteers handed out donors’ generous gifts of snacks, homemade treats, 188 blankets and quilts, and more than $3,000 in gift cards and cash prizes!

“One of the best nights of the year,” said one student.

“I love all that you do for our campus!” said another. “Thank you for hosting an amazing night!”

Learn more about the MLC Auxiliary.

Barb Leopold DMLC '74 has been named the UMAC’s inaugural recipient of the Jim Unke Legacy Award.

This annual award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions to the UMAC and honors longtime MLC AD Jim Unke’s lifelong commitment to service.The award celebrates those who embody that same spirit of leadership, service, and dedication.

Barb spent all 40 years of her ministry at (D)MLC, coaching softball, cross country, women’s basketball, and volleyball and serving as assistant AD for 35 years. She also served as UMAC secretary and treasurer from 1996 to 2008.

Barb is perhaps best known for her 37 years as head softball coach, finishing with 419 career wins and earning UMAC Coach of the Year honors three times. She retired in 2014.

Read the full article from the UMAC.

From Valentine’s Day messages to dinner theater, our students are loving life at MLC. Check out a few highlights below, and see even more in our photo gallery.

Students showed love to family and friends at home with special Valentine’s Day messages!

Forum welcomed audiences aboard the Orient Express in a thrilling adaptation of Agatha Christie’s famous mystery novel.

Before Murder on the Orient Express, more than 40 guests enjoyed a 1930s-train-car-themed murder mystery dinner.

A special Ash Wednesday service provided students an opportunity to prayerfully reflect on Christ’s sacrifice for our sins.

The MLC Wind Symphony presented their concert “The Lord, My Foundation,” a musical reflection on the themes of Lent.

Students celebrated Black History Month in the CEC with a mosaic craft night inspired by Harlem Renaissance artist Alma Thomas.

MLC is accepting submissions for the 20th annual Thalassa Prize until April 30, 2026!

This award is given to recognize an MLC student or graduate who expresses clearly and beautifully, in image and word, a personal reflection on a WELS/CELC ministry experience overseas.

The winner of the 2025 Thalassa contest was Madeline Liebert MLC ’24 with her submission, “He Knows My Name” (pictured).

In January 2023, Madeline served in workers’ camps outside Cuernavaca, Mexico, teaching a VBS for the mothers and children there.

MLC’s Cultural Engagement Center awarded her $1,000, half of which she designated to Mission for the Children–Mexico.

See past winners and submission guidelines.

Congratulations to the Knights who earned All-Conference honors this winter!

Men’s Indoor Track and Field

Isaiah Durkee (St. Andrew-Middleton WI)        

Eliott Heiderich (Good News-Lehi UT)

Martin Raasch (St. John-Princeton WI)            

RJ Perry (Our Savior-Brookings SD, pictured)    

Samuel Plocher (Holy Trinity-Des Moines WA)            

Arthur Robinson (St. Paul-New Ulm MN)        

Ryan Schmidt (Shepherd of the Hills-Tucson AZ)       

Jeremiah Stanton (Redemption-Milwaukee)  

Micah Vanderhoof (Pilgrim-Menomonee Falls WI)     

Stephen Wietzke (Crown of Life-Pueblo West CO)    

See more stories at MLC athletics.

Women’s Indoor Track and Field

Jemimah Habben (Mt. Calvary-Flagstaff AZ) 

Elise Nolte (Riverview-Appleton WI)    

Hannah Rodmyre (Holy Trinity-Des Moines WA)         

Madelinn Romsdahl (Emmaus-Phoenix)      

Women’s Basketball

Wilhelmina Wenz

(Apostles-Billings MT, pictured) 1st Team

Anna Kieselhorst

(St. John-Watertown WI)  Honorable Mention

Men’s Basketball       

Adam Loberger

(Mount Olive-Appleton WI) 2nd Team

Benjamin Pearson

(St. Paul-New Ulm MN) Honorable Mention

On this special day, we invite all the friends of Martin Luther College to celebrate and support the Knights — the men and women training to become your pastors, teachers, and staff ministers!

Your gifts that day support the matching fund of the Congregational Partner Grant Program — an incredibly successful program that will contribute $1.9 million to student tuition accounts in 2025-2026.

We’re so thankful for your support, which is helping ensure the blessings of ministerial training this year and for generations to come. mlcday.com

Has a called worker made a difference in your life? Nominate them for the Shepherd Society!

Anyone may nominate a pastor, teacher, or staff minister for the Shepherd Society by filling out an easy form and sending it to Martin Luther College along with a gift of gratitude ($250 minimum). 

This is a way for donors to support the training of future called workers at MLC while also expressing their gratitude to Jesus, the Good Shepherd, and to the called worker who has shepherded them in a special way.

The called workers nominated for the Shepherd Society receive a commemorative plaque and a personal letter from the MLC president. 

Visit our website to submit a nomination and see the full list of Shepherd Society members.

Watch our Early Field Experience 1 video to see what MLC students learn and do during this first taste of the teaching ministry.

And check out our photo gallery for more glimpses into this experience!

Winter Carnival was a blast!

Watch our video of all the fun activities under the theme “If You Give a Knight a Cookie.”

See even more in our photo gallery.

Calls Extended:

• Mr. Ryan Hulse (Manitowoc LHS) was called to MLC to serve as athletic director.
• Professor Andrew Naumann (Michigan Lutheran Seminary) was called to MLC to serve as director of the Admissions Office and an admissions counselor.
• Admissions Counselor MacKenzie Holzbauer was called to MLC to continue serving as an admissions counselor.

Calls Received:

• Professor Matt Pearson (education) received a call to serve Winnebago Lutheran Academy as a teacher and coach.
• Professor Greg Holzhueter (basketball coach, Academic Success Center director) received a two-year call to serve Saint Mark-Mankato MN as a half-time manager of ministry.
• ECLC Director Melissa Berg returned a call to serve St. Paul LES-New Ulm as a lower grade teacher.

May 15 | 4:30–7:30 pm (dinner at 5:15)

Turner Hall-New Ulm

$20 per person*

• Reconnect with classmates during a social hour
• Enjoy a dinner of house-made salad, roast beef, honey-glazed carrots, and herb-roasted baby red potatoes
• Listen to an address from President Rich Gurgel
• Hear stories from the authors of the upcoming MLC 25-year history book
• Attend the Commencement Concert at 7:30 pm in the MLC Auditorium.

Information and Registration

*The MLC Alumni Relations Office is subsidizing a portion of the dinner cost,

which allows us to keep the registration fee at a low $20 per person.