Lake Superior College News Releases

(Duluth, Minn.) — Lake Superior College will receive $250,000 a year for the next five years in the form of a federal grant for LSC’s Upward Bound program. Upward Bound is an academic support program for high school students funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Upward Bound is designed to provide assistance to high school students whose goal is to complete a postsecondary education.

The LSC grant was funded for five years instead of the usual four years because the college’s application scored within the top 10 percent of nearly 1000 eligible applications in the country. The funding amount for the next year will be $250,000 even though the grant will not go into effect until September 1, 2008. The grant will end August 31, 2013. “We serve an average of 50 high school students each year through Upward Bound,”? said Jeannette Turchi, LSC program director. “We’re grateful for the extended funding.”?

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,500 students enrolled this spring semester, LSC is Northeastern Minnesota’s largest two-year college. LSC provides a wide range of programs and services, including liberal arts and science courses for transfer, technical programs intended to provide occupational skills, continuing education, and customized training for business and industry. LSC is also the leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.

(Duluth, Minn.) — Dr. Kathleen Nelson, president of Lake Superior College, has been elected chair of the Board of Trustees of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). Nelson is completing her fourth year as a trustee, a position to which she was elected by her fellow higher education CEOs across the Commission’s 19 states in 2003.

Nelson served for two years as the HLC’s Board Development Committee chair and has just completed a year as the Board’s vice chair/chair elect.

The HLC is the accrediting body for more than 1,100 public and private higher education institutions and serves as the policy and decision-making organization for these colleges’ and universities’ accreditation activities.

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,500 students enrolled this spring semester, LSC is Northeastern Minnesota’s largest two-year college. LSC provides a wide range of programs and services, including liberal arts and science courses for transfer, technical programs intended to provide occupational skills, continuing education, and customized training for business and industry. LSC is also the leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.