Lake Superior College News Releases

(Duluth, Minn.) — Lake Superior College has named Hanna Erpestad Interim Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She will administer and lead the college’s Liberal Arts and Science Division, supervising more than 100 full and part-time faculty members. She will serve in that role as LSC conducts a national search to fill the position.

Erpestad, an English instructor at Lake Superior College, also served as Faculty Chair of the Liberal Arts and Science Division prior to her appointment. She has been a member of the LSC faculty since 1999 and has received several awards for teaching, including Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Faculty Award of Excellence (2006), and the Teaching Excellence Award (Runner-up) for Lake Superior College Online (2007).

Erpestad holds an associate in arts degree from Lake Superior College and bachelor and master degrees in English from the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She has also completed graduate courses in humanities and educational leadership at Hamline and Bemidji State University respectively, and is a 2006 graduate of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Luoma Leadership Academy.

Erpestad will be on a leave of absence from her teaching duties while serving in the interim position.

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,000 students enrolled this fall 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.) — Barry Dahl, Lake Superior College’s vice president of technology, and the Virtual Campus, (below left) traveled to China during June to finalize an agreement with Nankai University Binhai College. The arrangement calls for the higher education partners to exchange faculty and students. Initially, the parties will exchange employee groups for the purpose of negotiating and implementing academic exchanges and other cooperative ventures. The institutions have also agreed to appoint staff to facilitate communication and coordinate activities.

President Whenhueng Wang (far right) represented Nankai University Binhai College at a special signing ceremony on June 6, 2007. Dahl, representing LSC President Kathleen Nelson, signed for Lake Superior College.

Located in Dagang province, Binhai College is a campus of Nankai University, one of China’s most respected universities. The Binhai campus was established in 2003 as a joint venture of the University and the Dagang district government.

The agreement became official in June and will continue for a year. It can be renewed annually.

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.) — Learn to order an espresso, barter over a gondola ride, or converse with locals in Italian. A “Beginning Italian” language class is designed for students with no prior experience in Italian language. The “Beyond Beginning” language class is designed for students who have basic Italian language skills. Offered through Continuing Education as non-credit courses, evening classes start in early September and run to mid-December. A for-credit, “Beginning Italian” day class is also offered.
The classes will be taught by Tommaso Foroseti, a native Italian who makes his home in Florence. Foroseti is the Italian Department Coordinator and an instructor for CAPA (Center for Academic Programs Abroad) in Florence.

For more information on the classes, go to www.lsc.edu.

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.