Lake Superior College News Releases

(Duluth, Minn.) — Lake Superior College’s Center for Advanced Aviation will host an open house for its professional pilot program Saturday, May 30 from 1 to 5 p.m.  The event will take place at LSC’s Flight School located near the Duluth International Airport.  Tours, refreshments and demonstrations will be offered.

The Cirrus SR20 is one of several aircraft in the LSC fleet.

LSC’s professional pilot program offers both fixed-wing and helicopter flight training.  For more information and directions, call (218) 733-7700.

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 is hosting a special free career development event for unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers.  The four-day “Train for Change” event will provide two days of career information and training sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 19 and 20, 2009, followed by two days of LSC college information and service sessions on Thursday and Friday, May 21 and 22.

The event is being offered in partnership with the City of Duluth – Workforce Development, the Northeast Minnesota Office of Job Training and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development – Job Service.  It will feature presentations, training sessions and an information fair focused on career assessment, job-seeking skills, training opportunities and services available to job seekers.

“We believe that it’s especially important to organize and present employment information right now,” said Steve Wagner, Lake Superior College’s vice president of workforce and community development and one of the event’s organizers.  “With the current economic downturn, people need to develop strategies to return to the workplace as soon as possible.”

The Tuesday and Wednesday sessions will include a Keynote presentation from Drew Digby, Regional Labor Market Analyst for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.  He will discuss workforce trends in the region.

More information, including a schedule of sessions and activities, is available online at www.lsc.edu/trainforchange.cfm.

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 (LSC) will recognize this year’s graduating class at commencement exercises at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC) on Monday, May 18.  More than 1,000 degrees, diplomas, and certificates will be awarded to the class of 2009.

The event is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. in the DECC Auditorium.  A reception for students, friends, and families will be held at 5 p.m. in the Harbor Side Ballroom.

“Commencement is a day of celebration for our students,” said Dr. Kathleen Nelson, LSC’s president. “It recognizes their educational accomplishments and signals the beginning of life’s next adventure. Whether the next step is the start of a career or the pursuit of more education, we know that the time and effort students spent at Lake Superior College will be remembered and valued. We wish the class of 2009 well.”

Colonel Penny J. Dieryck will be the featured keynote speaker.  She is the Mission Support Group Commander for the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota National Guard.  Her civilian position as a military technician with the Minnesota Air National Guard is Support Officer.

In her nearly 30-year career with the Air National Guard, Dieryck moved up through the ranks, most recently as Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Commander in 2004. She moved to Joint Force Headquarters in May 2007 and accepted her current assignment as the Mission Support Group Commander in June 2008.

Colonel Dieryck has worked in the civilian world for the City of Duluth Police Department and City of Duluth Parks and Recreation Department.  She currently is an adjunct instructor for the College of St. Scholastica and Concordia University-St. Paul.

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.

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.)  – 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.

(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.)  – 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.) – Graduating from high school and thinking about college?  Looking to change your career path? Think green and invest in your future by attending Lake Superior College’s spring open house on Friday, April 17 from 3 to 6 p.m.

More than 60 booths will feature information and demonstrations from various departments.  There will also be free chair massages, refreshments, door prizes and a drawing for six free credits.  Information sessions include:

3:30 p.m.      Allied Health and Nursing Programs
3:30 p.m.      Completing your Associate of Arts Degree
3:30 p.m.      How to Apply
4:00 p.m.      Preparing for the Placement Test
4:00 p.m.      Disability Services at LSC4:00 p.m. Unemployed or Under-employed?  Get help from the Workforce Investment Act
4:30 p.m.      Turning Your Work Experience into College Credit
5:00 p.m.      Understanding Financial Aid

LSC offers an Associate in Arts, an Associate of Fine Arts, and an Associate of Science degree, which allow students to complete the first two years of a bachelor’s degree prior to transfer to a four-year university or college.  LSC also offers more than 90 certificate, diploma, and degree programs in career/technical fields.

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.)  – BiomassVia2009, a conference that will focus on underutilized logging resources, will take place Wednesday, March 4 through Thursday, March 5 at Lake Superior College in room S1981.

Companies, individuals and groups with a need for a supply of biomass for smaller firing requirements are meeting to develop a resource base of new fuel. Loggers/harvesters, representatives from energy intensive businesses, natural resource professionals and landowners are expected to attend.

Currently, cull wood, commercial thinning, and brush land harvest are items which have a very small market. A range of presenters will discuss various topics regarding solutions to expand markets for these by-products, including an overview of biomass, and the economic feasibility of using biomass for energy

For more information on the conference, including speakers, times and how to register, visit sites.google.com/site/biomassvia2009/BioMass-Home or contact Mary Roe at duluthbiomassconference@charter.net.

Lake Superior College 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 a leader in Internet-delivered courses and programs in Minnesota.