Lake Superior College News Releases

Dave Stark of Stark Enterprises, LLC will present “How Big is your Eco-Footprint?”

(Duluth, Minn.) – Lake Superior College will present the second of three Green 101 lectures with “How Big is Your Eco-Footprint” on Tuesday, May 5.

Dave Stark, owner of environmental consulting firm Stark Enterprises, will talk about how to assess your ecological footprint and evaluate your environmental choices.

Stark’s presentation will go over current global resource issues and help to show the audience how to quantify their ecological footprint, along with evaluating their choices in relation to environmental impact.  Also included in the discussion will be a basic approach to impact analysis focusing on water, waste and energy.  Conservation and efficiency will be also discussed as important components of reducing impacts and as a pre-requisite to renewable energy integration, along with solutions on reducing carbon emissions to begin to address global warming.

The lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m. and go until approximately 8:30 p.m. It will take place at LSC in room S1981.

With more than 6,000 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.)  — The Lake Superior College Auto Club will hold its third annual Car Show and Alumni Event from 11 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 16.  This event will take place in the lower west parking lot of the college’s Trinity Road campus and in the Automotive Program area.

Activities include a car corral, swap meet, door prizes, music and auto service and auto body demonstrations.  A number of high-end race cars will be on display inside the building.  Plaques will be awarded in 20 different classes and a trophy will also be awarded to the most eco-friendly vehicle entered.

The car show is free and open to the public.  Swap meet and car corral spots are also free.  Donations for local food shelves will be collected.  Vehicle registration is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and awards will be presented at 3:45 p.m. Refreshments will be available for purchase.

To reserve a car corral, swap meet or race/specialty spot or for more information, contact Dennis Godfrey at (218) 733-7602/733-2033 or d.godfrey@lsc.edu.  Limited indoor display space is available for race and specialty vehicles.

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 6,000 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 a leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.

(Duluth, Minn.) — Lake Superior College recently recognized art instructor Victoria Hutson for her leadership as an online instructor.  She has been selected to receive LSC’s Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology.

Hutson teaches popular online courses in digital drawing/painting and digital photography via LSC’s Connect e-Campus, as well as web-enhanced drawing courses.  She was recognized for her innovative use of technology online and in the classroom.

Because of her selection, Hutson was also advanced as LSC’s nominee for a prestigious national award.  She was recognized on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at the 20th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in Jacksonville, FL.

“Congratulations to Victoria,” said Barry Dahl, LSC’s vice president of technology and the Connect e-Campus.  “She has worked long and hard to utilize technology to advance learning.  Her students experience great teaching and are exposed to applications of emerging technologies in her art classes.”

The LSC award was established in 2006.

With more than 2,200 students enrolled and 166 course sections offered during the current semester, the Lake Superior College Connect e-Campus has a full-time equivalent enrollment of 897, making it larger in total enrollment than four of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities campuses and the largest two-year online learning program in that system.

(Duluth, Minn.)  – The public is invited to attend Lake Superior College’s spring choir concert on Tuesday, May 5 at 7 p.m. in the college’s Atrium. Admission is free.

Directed by Carolyn Rynex, the program will feature songs about singing including works by Thomas Morley, Gerald Finzi, David Dickau, and the Beatles. Special guest artists, the Arrowhead Chorale directed by Stanley Wold, will give audience members a taste of their own upcoming concert and then join the Concert Choir to perform a few pieces, including the “Alleluia” from Paul Basler’s Songs of Faith.

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,800 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 a leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.

LSC presents “Expression Through Clay: A Workshop”

(Duluth, Minn.) – If you’ve ever sat at a spinning wheel and fashioned a piece of art with clay, you know it takes a soft touch and a lot of concentration. Many say it can be therapeutic.

The therapeutic part is the idea behind the upcoming “Expression Through Clay” workshop on Thursday, April 23 at 5:15 p.m. at Lake Superior College.

“Clay is a vehicle that records feelings and experience,” said LSC Art Instructor Dorian Beaulieu. “The art of creation will draw happy, sad or whichever emotions but those expressions of feelings will each be unique to the artist.”

The event, which is sponsored by the LSC Art Department, Diversity Committee, Campus Parents Club and United Students, is designed to bring awareness to domestic and relationship violence and how to stop the cycle of violence. Liz Dolph and Jeremy Nevilles-Sorell of “Mending the Sacred Hoop” a Native American non-profit social change agency that works to eliminate violence against women, will be the featured speakers for the event.

The event kicks off at 5:15 p.m. with a presentation from Dolph and Nevilles-Sorell. A clay demonstration by Beaulieu, along with a pizza reception, will begin around 6:30 p.m. The entire event will take place at the LSC Art Building, located on the far west end of the campus.

For more information on this event, contact Nancy Schumacher at 733-5985 or n.schumacher@lsc.edu.

With more than 6,000 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.)  – It is now possible to earn an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in Network Administration through Lake Superior College’s Connect e-Campus. Recent advances in technology make it possible to deliver, in an online format, programs that require access to advanced technology. Effective fall semester, students can take all technical and general education courses required for LSC’s IT Specialist: Network Administration AAS degree in an online delivery mode.

Students will take courses in Cisco Networking, Microsoft client and server administration, Linux administration, security, database administration, and more – all in an online environment. Students will also be offered practical experience through capstone projects and internships.

Courses will be delivered with online lectures and exams.  Virtual server technology will enable students, regardless of their location, to work with advanced servers and networks. All that will be needed is a computer with a high-speed connection to the Internet and a desire to learn.

“New technology, available through LSC’s Connect e-Campus, will make it possible for anyone, regardless of their location and schedule, to access these courses and earn their degree,” explained Tom Tonkin, LSC’s dean of business and industry.

According to Thomas Gustafson, an LSC faculty member who has been developing courses for the new online program, “Virtual server technology is rapidly being adopted throughout business and industry.  Exposure to this emerging technology will greatly benefit students enrolled in the courses.”

The classes are being offered through LSC’s Lake Superior Connect e-Campus, www.lsc.edu/connect.  For more information, contact LSC student services at 218-733-7601 or enroll@lsc.edu.

Lake Superior Connect is Lake Superior College’s e-Campus.  With more than 2,200 students enrolled and 166 course sections offered during the current semester, the Connect e-Campus has a full-time equivalent enrollment of 897, making it larger in total enrollment than four of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities campuses and the largest two-year online learning program in that system.

(Duluth, Minn.)  — Everybody is welcome to celebrate Earth Day at LSC on April 22 by attending any of the following events. Enjoy popcorn, free Earth bags, prize drawings and free T-shirts (while they last).

10-11 a.m.   Internet Cafe/Guest speaker Dr. Ken Gilbertson, University of Minnesota Duluth, “Sustainability of Green Space”
Dr. Ken Gilbertson, Director of the Center for Environmental Education at the University of Minnesota Duluth, has traveled and done research in New Zealand, Costa Rica, Finland, and the United States on the importance of greenspace and how these countries are focusing on it.  Dr. Gilbertson will speak on approaches in these countries to the management and protection of natural areas, outdoor education, tourism, and recreation.

11 a.m.-1 p.m./East Entrance Patio

• Automotive presentation with veggie cars
• Garbage pick-up contest
• Band
• BBQ lunch
• Volleyball
• Earth picture booth

11 a.m.- 1 p.m.  Lower Concourse/Vendors and environmental organizations’ booths
Noon/ East Entrance Patio/Creation Station Choir Performance
2-3 p.m.   East Entrance Patio/Trail walk with Glenn Merrick

1-2 p.m.    Internet Cafe/Guest speaker/polar explorer and environmental educator John Stetson, “Polar Melt Down” 100,000 miles of sled dog travel and two decades of polar exploration with Will Steger and other explorers has made Stetson an “eyewitness” to the ongoing deterioration of the polar ice caps by global warming.  He will share stunning photographs and insights from his expeditions. His dramatic presentation, while demonstrating the critical issues, will bring a message of hope and empowerment.

LSC is also offering a “Green 101” free, three-session lecture series that discusses what it means to be “sustainably green.”

The series begins on Tuesday, April 21 with “Grass Roots of Green.”  In this session, presenter Tracy Meisterheim, the Early Adopter Project Coordinator with Sustainable Twin Ports, will outline the Natural Step framework she uses to guide local organizations toward becoming sustainable in their business practices. The program will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. in room S1981 on the Lake Superior College Campus, at 2101 Trinity Road in Duluth.

Other lectures include: “How Big is Your Eco-Footprint?” on Tuesday, May 5, 6:30-8 p.m. and “Local Green Design and Building: Past, Present and Future” on Tuesday, May 19 from 6:30-8 p.m.  All sessions are free and open to the public.

More information is available at www.lsc.edu/workforce/.  “Green 101” is presented by Lake Superior College’s Workforce and Community Development.

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,800 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 a leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.

(Duluth, Minn.)  — J.Clark Laundergan has been appointed coordinator of the Tri-Campus Coalition on Student Drinking.  Laundergan will be responsible for organizing, guiding, and administering the work of the coalition toward its objective of promoting the responsible use of alcohol by students at three participating institutions:  the College of St. Scholastica, the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), and Lake Superior College.  As coordinator, Laundergan will serve as a liaison with the community, interacting with organized citizen groups, law enforcement, and other government agencies.

Laundergan holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Iowa State University, a master’s degree in sociology from Iowa State University and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Laundergan taught at the University of Minnesota Duluth from 1966– 2008, most recently as a professor of sociology in the Sociology-Anthropology Department.

He also served as head of UMD’s Sociology-Anthropology Department from 1971–1976 and also directed UMD’s Center for Addiction Studies from 1991–2007.  He has published numerous studies on alcohol consumption in college populations.

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,800 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 a leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.

(Duluth, Minn.)  – The third annual Lake Superior College “Thrill on the Hill” Fund Run for runners and walkers will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 2.

The “Thrill on the Hill” walk/run traverses a beautiful course through the neighborhoods surrounding Lake Superior College and showcases vistas of the Duluth Harbor and St. Louis Bay.  The racecourse includes parts of the LSC campus, Trinity and Hutchinson Roads, and the Piedmont Ski Trails.

The event includes a 5k run/walk and a 10k hybrid run which features a half road/half trail run.  A Husky Dash kid’s race is free for kids ages ten and under and starts at 11:30 a.m.  The  race is organized by the Lake Superior College Foundation and the LSC Alumni Association.

The early registration fee is $20; Race day registration is $25; the Kids Race is free.  The first 250 entrants will receive a “Thrill on the Hill” T-shirt. Race packets will be available from 8-9 a.m. in the Lake Superior College main concourse.  A free post-race meal for participants will be provided by Upper Lakes Foods.  All race proceeds will benefit the Lake Superior College Foundation’s general scholarship fund.

Register online at www.midwestevents.com or mail in registration form with payment.  Visit www.lsc.edu/ThrillOnTheHill for more information.

The Lake Superior College Foundation exists to facilitate active involvement in the development of Lake Superior College.  Its mission is to support the educational, cultural, and service goals of Lake Superior College by acting as its designated friend and fund-raiser.

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,800 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 a leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.

(Duluth, Minn.)  — What is “green” and “sustainable?”  How do we reduce carbon emissions to address global warming?  How will the green economy affect me?  If you are looking for the answer to these and other questions, attend “Green 101” at Lake Superior College.

“Green 101” is a free, three-session lecture series that discusses what it means to be “sustainably green.”

The series begins on Tuesday, April 21 with “Grass Roots of Green.”  In this session, presenter Tracy Meisterheim, the Early Adopter Project Coordinator with Sustainable Twin Ports, will outline the Natural Step framework she uses to guide local organizations toward becoming sustainable in their business practices. The program will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. in room S1981 on the Lake Superior College Campus, at 2101 Trinity Road in Duluth.

Future sessions are “How Big is Your Eco-Footprint?” on Tuesday, May 5, 6:30-8 p.m. and “Local Green Design and Building: Past, Present and Future” on Tuesday, May 19 from 6:30-8 p.m.  All sessions are free and open to the public.

More information is available at www.lsc.edu/workforce/.  “Green 101” is presented by Lake Superior College’s Workforce and Community Development.

LSC is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. With more than 4,800 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 a leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.