The Lake Superior College Foundation has received a $120,000 grant from Duluth-based Ordean Foundation. The gift will provide grants to students enrolled at Lake Superior College during the 2008-09 academic year. The funding is available to Duluth area students enrolled in LSC’s nursing and allied health programs and women enrolled in building construction and commercial and residential wiring.

The Ordean gift continues a long-standing tradition.  According to Paul Damberg, LSC Foundation’s executive director, the grant program was established in 1985 when the Duluth Area Technical Institute, one of two institutions that later merged to create LSC, received its first $22,700 gift from the Ordean Foundation to fund student grants.  During the 2007-08 academic year, a $120,000 gift provided grants to more than 140 students enrolled in career-oriented programs and classes.

“The Ordean Foundation’s financial commitment to provide need-based funding to Duluth area students who are pursuing higher education has had a lasting impact,” Damberg said.  “Throughout the years, literally thousands of students have been able to complete their educations, thanks to these generous annual
gifts.”

“The Ordean Foundation appreciates the partnership we have with Lake Superior College Foundation because it enables us to prepare people for careers that will support their families,” said Joe Everett, Ordean Foundation program director.

For more information about LSC’s Ordean Foundation grant program, including eligibility guidelines and application forms, visit www.lsc.edu/FinancialAid/ordean.cfm.

The Ordean Foundation was established as a result of provisions of the Last Will and Testament of Albert LeGrand Ordean, a leading Duluth business man and philanthropic visionary who lived in Duluth from 1882 to 1928.  Ordean recognized the many unmet needs in the community and sought to use his fortune to provide for food, shelter, clothing, mental and physical health care, and recreation and education needs.

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