Li Ming, President of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA), visited Lake Superior College on Thursday, June 28, as part of his tour of the United States. LSC was selected as part of his travel agenda because of the ongoing relationship the two higher education institutions have developed. GAFA and LSC... more »

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... more »

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees has approved the system’s capital bonding request for the 2008 legislative session. Lake Superior College’s $11 million proposal for a new health and science center was ranked #15 on a list of 37 projects that the system is requesting. The facility will house... more »

Students will pay an average of $146 more a year in tuition to attend Minnesota State Colleges and Universities this fall and 22 institutions will charge the same tuition rate for resident and non-resident students under a budget approved Wednesday by the system’s Board of Trustees. The increases bring the average tuition to $5,399 for... more »

Chancellor James H. McCormick may serve until July 31, 2011, under 12-month contract extension approved Wednesday by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees. “Once again this year, the information gathered from trustees and constituency groups concerning the chancellor’s performance was overwhelmingly positive,” said Trustee Cheryl Dickson, who chaired the committee that evaluated... more »

Visit Duluth (VISD) recognized Tess Dandrea of LSC’s Custom Training and Roger Reinert, adjunct faculty, as “Volunteers of the Year.” Dandrea was recognized for her membership committee work and Reinert was recognized for his facilitation work. more »

Fifty-eight Lake Superior College volunteers passed out runner sweat bags for the full and half marathon on Sat., June 16 for Grandma’s Marathon. Lake Superior College’s Virtual Campus has been both a sponsor of the event and has provided an online PE class incorporating the marathon for several years. (Pictured: Sue Stenerson,... more »

Celeste Zuniga has been hired as the new Assistant Foundation and Alumni Director. She will work in the Foundation Office in the Academic Unit. Zuniga is a College of St. Scholastica graduate with a double major in English and the humanities. more »

Congratulations to Dr. Kathleen Nelson, LSC’s president. She 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... more »

The June edition of The Review, the Office of the Chancellor’s monthly newsletter, is now available. Highlights from this issue: Governor signs Higher Education bill Energizing our front-line network 2007 Student Affairs legal issues seminar Two-year colleges spring marketing conference Read the review at www.thereview.mnscu.edu. more »