CALENDAR ALERT: Meyer Honored as Speaker for Poehler Lecture Series at Concordia University, St. Paul

ST. PAUL, MINN. (03/05/2010)(readMedia)-- WHAT: Poehler Lecture Series on Faith and Learning

WHEN: Tuesday, March 23

TIME: 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Buenger Education Center, Concordia University, St. Paul

200 Syndicate Street N. St. Paul, MN 55104

COST: Free and open to the public.

Summary: Professor emeritus of Education Dr. Loma Meyer will be the honored speaker for the ninth annual Poehler Lecture Series on Faith and Learning. Meyer, who also previously served as vice president for Academic Affairs and chair of the Concordia University Board of Regents, will present on Tuesday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m., in the Buenger Education Center. The event is free and open to the public. The Poehler Lecture Series is an annual event designed to explore how Concordia faculty have connected their Christian faith with their academic discipline. Speakers are selected based on excellence in their academic discipline and maturity in their Christian faith. The series was initially made possible by a gift from Robert and Elisabeth Trembath and is named in honor of The Rev. Dr. Willy August Poehler, Concordia's president from 1946 to1970 and the father of Elisabeth Trembath.

Roseville resident Loma Meyer's contributions to higher education in the church and the wider academy are singular and extraordinary. Educated at the University of Minnesota and Oklahoma State University, with doctorates from both the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Minnesota, she was certified for the church's teaching ministry by colloquy. Her arrival at Concordia University in 1967 marked the beginning of a career in higher education as an award-winning professor, director of instruction, dean of the faculty, vice president for academic affairs, and executive vice president, holding several of these positions simultaneously.