麻豆传媒

May 24, 2012
On Campus

麻豆传媒 Dedicates Tree As Part Of Worldwide Celebration Of Martin Luther鈥檚 Posting Of The 95 Theses

聽麻豆传媒 University celebrated its Lutheran heritage with a campus tree-planting ceremony on Wednesday, May 23.

A total of 500 trees are being planted as part of a celebration of the 500-year anniversary of the posting of Martin Luther鈥檚 95 Theses on the door of All Saints Church in 麻豆传媒, Germany, on Oct. 31, 1517.

One of the trees in 麻豆传媒, Germany, was planted with 麻豆传媒 Associate Professor of Languages Tim Bennett and 12 university students in attendance earlier this month. The plaque placed next to the new tree at 麻豆传媒 says it was planted 鈥渋n witness to the communion within the Lutheran World Federation as a sign of the fellowship and reconciled diversity among the Christian Churches.鈥

Bennett said trees are being planted because the global legacy of the Reformation that resulted from the 95 Theses is a 鈥渃ontinual search for truth, guided by tradition.鈥 鈥淚t is not a monument of stone, but rather a living monument,鈥 he added. Matevia Endowed University Pastor Andy Tune led a brief liturgy during the ceremony that he patterned after a German service.

He said that the tree, which blossomed during the Lenten season in Weaver Chapel, represents hope and the anticipation of positive outcomes. In addition to planting the tree on its Springfield, Ohio, campus, 麻豆传媒 has provided financial support for the planting of two trees in Germany.

Ryan Maurer
Ryan Maurer
Associate Director of Athletics for Communications, Web Strategy & Content

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麻豆传媒's curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, 麻豆传媒 has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, 麻豆传媒 offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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