Lake Superior College and Cirrus Aircraft partnered to invite anyone interested in a career at Cirrus Aircraft to an informal LSC Open House and Cirrus Career Fair last Friday at LSC's Center for Advanced Aviation. The event was sponsored by Cirrus, and more events are being planned as well. There are great training opportunities through LSC, scholarship and grant opportunities through the LSC Foundation, and great career opportunities at Cirrus Aircraft.

It was a successful first event and we look forward to continuing to partner with Cirrus, and many other employers, to help recruit, train and retain a pipeline of workforce talent in our community. For more information about programs, careers and grant opportunities, please visit lsc.edu/cirrus.

Check out the media coverage on Fox21 and WDIO.

Lake Superior College will be well represented at the 25th Annual Duluth & St. Louis County Days at the Capitol next week. LSC will join several other higher education institutions and organizations throughout the Northland to advocate for legislative priorities for the region, including LSC's bonding request to expand, enhance and relocate the manufacturing program from its current downtown location back to main campus. This project will allow LSC to continue to increase efforts to recruit, train and retain a pipeline of manufacturing talent for employers throughout the region and ensure LSC and Duluth remains the premier manufacturing training destination in our region. For more information about the request and to see other proposals/projects in our region, please check out the Duluth Chamber's recently released 2022 Regional Legislative Priorities Booklet.

Speaking of Duluth Chamber publications, LSC's Vice President of Advancement and External Relations Daniel Fanning is featured in the latest edition of the Duluthian magazine. Lake Superior College has several mentions throughout the magazine, including a nice shout-out to LSC's online network administration and cybersecurity AAS degree which was ranked among the Top 10 Online Cyber Security Degrees in the Nation.

Safety remains our highest priority. Masks/face coverings continue to be required inside all public spaces on all Lake Superior College campus locations, regardless of vaccination status. Even though the City of Duluth's Mask Mandate has expired, the Minnesota State system - under the guidance of the Minnesota Department of Health - is still requiring face masks at colleges and universities that are in counties with substantial or high transmission rates, according to the CDC COVID Data Tracker: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#county-view. Since the rate in St. Louis County still remains substantial, masks will continue to be required on all Lake Superior College campuses at this time. Lake Superior College will have the opportunity to remove the mask mandate when St. Louis County has 7 consecutive days of low or moderate transmission rates, and/or when or if Minnesota State changes their guidance. There have been some conversations at the system level of ending the mandate in the coming weeks or months. In fact Minnesota State Chancellor, Devinder Malhotra, put out a memo yesterday, March 1, signaling the start of changes to that guidance. While it doesn't directly change anything at LSC just yet, it at least signals some light at the end of the tunnel. Case numbers will continue to be evaluated - especially after Spring Break. Any changes to campus mask requirements will be communicated via email, social media and on the LSC website. Please stay tuned, but for now the mask mandate remains in place. To view that memo (Update from March 1, 2022), for more information and to continue to stay up to date on the latest COVID-19 related info, visit: lsc.edu/coronavirus.

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