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LSC Students Compete at Winter World University Games

Lake Superior College students Jessica Schultz and Chris Plys are attending the Winter World University Games in Torino, Italy as members of Team USA. Schultz is a member of the women’s curling team and Plys is a member of the men’s curling team.

Schultz is returning to Torinio, where she competed in the last Winter Olympics. She is the skip on the team. She has earned numerous honors including a siver medal as a member of the U.S. team at the 2005 World Championships.

Plys has competed at the state, U.S. and World Junior Championships. He has been on U.S. Junior National Championship teams in 2006 and 2003.

The curling teams include members from other regional colleges, including UMD, Hibbing Community College and Bemidji State University.

Profiles of Schultz and Plys are available at:
http://www.usacurl.org/athletes/biographies/jessica_schultz05.html
http://www.usacurl.org/athletes/biographies/chris_plys06.html

Fire Instructor Honored by City

Dan Lattner has been named a recipient of a Clarence Maddy award. The award, which is given by the City of Duluth, recognizes outstanding performance. Individuals are nominated by their peers or supervisors. He received the honor at the State of the City activities on Monday, January 8. Lattner teaches in the Fire Tech and Fire Hourly programs.

Oberstar Meets with Two-Year Colleges

Rep. Jim Oberstar met with 8th Congressional District MnSCU community college presidents and representatives at Lake Superior College in late December to discuss the priorities of the incoming Congress. Discussion centered on the higher education bill and legislation relating to job training and education in transportation, including aviation, and homeland security. Oberstar, a 16th term incumbent, is Minnesota’s longest serving member in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The committee has jurisdiction over America’s surface transportation; freight and passenger rail; the inland waterway system, including the St. Lawrence Seaway; international maritime commerce; the Economic Development Administration; the U.S. Corps of Engineers’ support of the nation’s water resources; and the federal clean water program.

Front row, left to right, Patrick Johns, President, Anoka- Ramsey Community College, Cambridge and Coon Rapids; Kathleen Nelson, President, Lake Superior College, Duluth; Rep. Jim Oberstar; Joe Sertich, President, Northeast Higher Educational District Back row, left to right: Joe Opatz, interim vice president, Central Lakes College, Brainerd, Don Day, president, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Robert Musgrove, President, Pine Technical College

 

“Get Ready, Get Credit” Program Provides Free College Credit Testing for High School Students

Qualified junior and senior high school students can now test for college credits free. The Minnesota State Legislature has funded the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams for high school students through June 30, 2007. Up to six exam fees ($60 each) are covered regardless of the score if students are referred by a high school counselor.

CLEP testing includes 34 introductory college-level exams in general education subjects that are usually part of the first two years of college. Many high school students take CLEP exams in subject areas they are excelling at, including precalculus, algebra, sciences, social sciences and history, humanities and business.

Lake Superior College’s Center for Lifelong Learning offers CLEP testing. An administrative fee of $20 per test will be charged but the $60 test fee is waived.

“We encourage high school juniors and seniors to take advantage of this great opportunity,” said Marie Carter Brooks, Center director. “Students can check with their high school counselors and contact us.” A CLEP exam sampler is available online at www.collegeboard.com/clep

Contact Marie Carter Brooks, LSC Center for Lifelong Learning, at m.brooks@lsc.edu or 733-5944.

LSC’s Virtual Campus Offers Grandma’s Marathon Course; Olympic Hopeful Katie Koski to Teach Course

Lake Superior College is offering the chance to train for and run Grandma’s Marathon or the Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon for college credit while working with a world-class athlete. More than 17,000 runners and 50,000 race fans from around the world are expected to participate in June 15, 2007 Grandma’s Marathon weekend.

This year, native Duluthian Katie Koski will teach the online physical education course. Koski is a champion runner who is in training for the Beijing Olympics team trials. She was asked to teach the online course for Lake Superior College because of her experience training for and completing Grandma’s Marathon. “I have run Grandma’s eight times finishing 6th, 7th and 10th respectively with a 2:42 best,” said Koski. “I feel very connected to the Duluth running community and Grandma’s Marathon.”

Koski was named to the 2007? World Cup 100k Team based on her performance at the Edmund Fitzgerald Race in 2005. Although she is only thirty-three years old, this is her twentieth year of competitive running.

“The beauty of running for me is its simplicity,” explained Koski. “One only needs a decent pair of shoes, a path and a vision even if the vision is simply to get from here to there. She continued, “I like to compete and do well in races, but more importantly I find beauty in the movement itself and the people running has brought into my life. Running is a great teacher, and I have learned much about myself by lacing up shoes each day and heading down some path.”

Koski’s goal is to achieve the Olympic Trails Standard at Grandma’s this June. This will enable her to compete in the Women’s Olympic Trials in Boston April of 2008. If she runs the standard, sub 2:47, she will begin to prepare for her third U.S. Women’s Olympic Trials.

Lake Superior College’s Virtual Campus PE courses incorporate regional sporting events. The courses include Grandma’s Marathon held in Duluth, Minnesota every June, the American Birkebeiner cross-country ski race held in February in Hayward, Wisconsin, and the NorthShore Inline Marathon held on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior in September. The courses provide race training and nutritional information in addition to history, etiquette and basic skills.

The registration deadline to sign up for the Grandma’s Marathon course is March 20, 2007. For more information visit or contact Christine Torma, (218) 733-2030, c.torma@lsc.edu

Deb Johnson Hired as Lake Superior College Foundation Director

Deb Johnson has been hired as the foundation director for Lake Superior College. She will be responsible for managing all the Foundation activities, including fundraising, scholarship endowments and foundation special event planning.

Johnson comes to Lake Superior College from Schering Plough where she worked to promote cardiovascular drug therapy. Her fundraising background includes working with the Junior League of Duluth, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwa, the South Mississippi Humane Society and the Lyn Meadows Discovery Center.

The LSC Foundation’s mission is to support the educational, cultural, and service goals of Lake Superior College by acting as its designated friend and fund-raiser. The Lake Superior College Foundation is the center for creatively developing business, community, and college resources, supporting student needs, and promoting excellence in teaching and learning.

Custom Fire Apparatus Donates Truck to Firefighting Program

Custom Fire Apparatus of Osceola, Wisconsin has donated a used fire engine to LSC's Emergency Response Training Center. The 9000 Series Ford chassis built by General Fire Apparatus served the Duluth Fire Department since it was built. Custom Fire won the bid to replace an existing fire engine and they donated this vehicle to LSC after taking it in trade from the city.

Acclaimed Chinese Artist to Teach at Lake Superior College

Wenzhi Zhang, one of the most acclaimed artists in China will be teaching four Art classes at Lake Superior College this spring. Wenzhi (pronounced Wen-gee) will be teaching two ceramics classes and two sculpture courses in the semester that starts Wednesday, January 17. A faculty member at Guangzhow Academy of Fine Art, she previously taught courses at LSC during the spring semester of 2005.

Professor Wenzhi Zhang is shown in front of the ceramic mural that she created for the Ceramics Museum in Foshan. The mural covers several walls in the courtyard outside the museum. A great deal of her artwork is on display at the museum, including many pieces created for the sole purpose of demonstrating techniques of Chinese artists from many centuries ago.

She will teach the following courses:

Ceramics I (ART 1138-70) Saturdays 11:00AM - 3:50PM
Ceramics I (ART 1138-90) Mondays 5:00PM - 9:50PM
Sculpture I (ART 2100-01) Tue-Thu 2:00PM - 4:20PM
Chinese Sculpture (ART 2999-90) Tuesdays 5:00PM - 9:50PM

Photo taken by LSC Vice President of Technology and the Virtual Campus Barry Dahl.

James Berg Editor of "Isherwood on Writing"

James Berg, dean of liberal arts and sciences at Lake Superior College, is the editor of the newly published “Isherwood on Writing.” Published by the University of Minnesota Press, the collection of lectures covers the period in Christopher Isherwood’s life in the 1960s when he gave a series of lectures at California universities on the theme, “A Writer and His World.” Isherwood (1904-1986) was a major figure in twentieth-century fiction and the gay rights movement.

Susan Brashaw Recognized with Online Faculty Excellence Award

Susan Brashaw has won the first annual Faculty Excellence Award for LSC Online for FY07. This award is tied to the annual Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning & Technology given at the annual International Conference on College Teaching and Learning hosted by Florida Community College at Jacksonville. Susan will make a presentation in April at the conference and receive her award. Accompanying Susan to the conference will be the two runners-up for the award: Victoria Hutson and Hanna Erpestad. Also nominated for the award were Theresa Hornstein, Cherie Hamilton, and Lawrance Bernabo.

LSC Hockey Happenings

LSC student Joe Atol organized a LSC hockey team this fall. The remainder of the season includes a Jan. 7, 9 p.m. DECC Arena game playing the Gilbys/ACES/Sammys team; a Jan. 14, 10:15 p.m.DECC Arena game playing the Greenmill/Slumberland team; Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m. DECC Arena playing the T-BONZ team and Jan. 28, 7:45 p.m. in Pioneer Hall playing the ACES/Grizzlys team.

LSC Student Life is sponsoring two teams of LSC students to play in the U.S. Pond Hockey games held at Barker's Island in Superior, Wisconsin on Jan. 26-28. (Above photo from Minnesota Historical Society) For more information on pond hockey, check out www.uspondhockey.com

For more information on the LSC hockey team, contact Joe Atol at 218/390-5284 or 525-3075.