Great Lake State Weekend is Only Two Weeks Away! Register Today! | |
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Registration is officially open! Get ready to connect with your Laker family during this year’s Great Lake State Weekend (GLSW), on October 13 and 14. GLSW is a campus-wide celebration welcoming the LSSU community, alumni and friends for fun-filled events the whole family will enjoy!
Weekend Festivities Include :
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Laker Hockey vs Alaska Anchorage - Tickets can be purchased online HERE
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GLSW 5k Fun Run – Register Here
- CFRE Discovery Center – Barch Center for Freshwater Research and Education
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Camp Seamore (ages 6-14) – To register, please click here.
- Enjoy food, games, and family-friendly entertainment at the Pre-Game Tailgate
- Movie on Ice! – Immediately following Saturday Night's Hockey Game!
To view a list of all the weekend events, click here!
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Be sure to check out the Summer 2023 Laker Log which was released earlier this month!
With more than 34,000 alumni strong from LSSU, LSSC, and the Sault Branch of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, the Laker Log makes it easy to stay connected. This edition features alumni updates, including class notes, family updates, friends we'll miss, featured news stories, and more!
Submit your update to be included in the next issue of the Laker Log.
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We are full swing into our 2023-24 Laker Club campaign in support of Laker Athletics. The LSSU Laker Club is the principal fundraising initiative for athletics at Lake Superior State University. Our aim is to ensure a financially stable and highly competitive program for all our men's and women's teams. Gifts to Laker Club can be designated towards a specific sport, or you can choose to support athletics as a whole.
We have seen a tremendous increase in support over the last few years, and are looking to build on that momentum.
If you have yet to do so, you can click below to renew your Laker Club membership, or join for the first time for the 2023-24 campaign.
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Lake Superior State University (LSSU) is proud to announce its outstanding performance in the prestigious 2024 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges rankings for Regional Colleges in the U.S. They earned top honors by being recognized as the #1 Top Public School in the Regional Colleges Midwest category, solidifying their position as a leading institution of higher education. LSSU is known for its commitment to quality teaching and hands-on learning experiences that prepare students for rewarding careers.
The U.S. News and World Report rankings, released on September 18, 2023, are based upon factors such as graduation and retention rates, social mobility, reputation, faculty resources, financial resources per student, and graduate indebtedness. The U.S. is divided into four regions and the Midwest region includes 12 states. To be classified as a regional college among the rankings, the college or university must focus on undergraduate education and award fewer than half of the degrees in liberal arts disciplines. Read More.
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Lake Superior State University’s Bachelor’s degree programs in Electrical Engineering Technology and Manufacturing Engineering Technology have been re-accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. This re-accreditation underscores LSSU’s continued commitment to preparing tomorrow’s engineering leaders.
ABET accreditation assures that programs meet standards to produce graduates ready to enter critical technical fields that are leading the way in innovation and emerging technologies, and anticipating the welfare and safety needs of the public.
“ABET re-accreditation is external validation by peer evaluators of the high quality of our Engineering Technology programs,” stated LSSU’s Interim President, Dr. Lynn Gillette. “This re-accreditation affirms the excellent quality of our engineering faculty, curriculum, and facilities, and it demonstrates why we are able to provide our engineering students with an extraordinary education.” Read More.
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Lake Superior State University’s College of Science and the Environment Receives Second Consecutive Six-Figure National Science Foundation-Major Research Instrumentation Grant | |
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Lake Superior State University’s College of Science and the Environment received a second consecutive six-figure National Science Foundation (NSF)-Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant.
Principal Investigator (PI) and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Lake State Dr. Mark Zierden and Co-PIs Drs. Stephen Kolomyjec, associate professor of biology at Lake State; Ronald Zalesny, supervisory research plant geneticist at the North Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service; and Heng-Hsuan Chu, assistant professor of plant biology at Northern Michigan University, were awarded a $384,660 NSF-MRI grant for fiscal year 2024 to purchase a micro X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to support multidisciplinary research and education in the upper Midwest. This will be the only such equipment in Michigan and Northern Ontario, Canada.
“This NSF-MRI grant, like our earlier one, literally embodies LSSU’s mission by equipping our graduates with the practical skills to craft a life of meaningful employment while enhancing the quality of life of the Great Lakes region and beyond,” said Dr. Steven Johnson, Dean of the College of Science and the Environment. Read More.
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Lake Superior State University and LSSU Office of Advancement Launch a New Fundraising Initiative | |
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Lake Superior State University Athletics and the LSSU Advancement Office are excited to partner with CUE to launch “Pledge Per” on campus this fall as an additional way to support LSSU Laker Club and LSSU Club Sports. “Pledge Per” is a new fundraising program that will help support Men’s D1 Hockey, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, and both Men’s and Women’s ACHA hockey at LSSU.
True to its name, fans and supporters can pledge as little as $0.50, and as much as $10 per goal and assist for Laker Hockey (D1 and ACHA), and 3-pointers for Men’s and Women’s Basketball. For Men’s and Women’s basketball, as little as $0.05, and up to $5 can be pledged per rebound.
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President's Office
Spotted cheering on the Laker Volleyball Team was Interim President Dr. Gillette and Provost Dr. Muller. The Lakers walked away with a win after a thrilling 5-set match against the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals during their first home game!
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Lake Superior State Athletics
On September 17th, the Lake Superior State Athletics Department hosted a Family Fun Day for the Sault community and families to enjoy. The day consisted of fun for the whole family including carnival-style games, bounce houses, and raffles!
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LSSU College of Science and the Enivornment
Nyla Rechtzygiel, a LSSU Geology student, embarked on an incredible journey in the Pilbara region of northwest Australia, collecting gravity data and rock samples for her senior thesis project.
Her research focuses on unraveling the origins of Earth's crust and identifying the tectonic activities that shaped our planet in its early history. Nyla will present the results of her research at the national meeting of the Geological Society of America in October!
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Morgan Earle '04, was recently hired by the State Univeristy of New York (SUNY) Orange to coordinate the Hudson Valley Education + Workforce Consortium's (HVE+WC) Cannabis Workforce Program.
The consortium was awarded a three-year, $1 million grant by the State University of New York last year to support the emerging cannabis industry by providing project management, industry/business development, curriculum development, education and training, student supportive services, and outreach and marketing.
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Rick Comley '71, was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, September 14, 2023. He was welcomed alongside the other 2023 inductees before a sellout crowd in Detroit. Comley played hockey at Lake Superior State and later coached the Lakers. He continued his career at Northern Michigan University in 1976 to establish and coach the school’s first hockey team and over the next quarter century created a winning tradition including an NCAA Championship. | |
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The Lake Superior State (LSSU) women's golf team competed at the 2023 Lady Bulldog Fall Invite at Katke Golf Course, hosted by Ferris State.The Lakers return to action on Sunday, Oct. 1 for the first day of the Flyer Intercollegiate Tournament, hosted by Lewis University at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club. Read More. | |
Allison Todd has been promoted to Associate Head Coach of the Lake Superior State women's basketball program, as announced by Head Coach Brandon Lokken. Read More. | |
The Lake Superior State hockey program has named Harrison Roy and Artyom Borshyov as co-captains for the 2023-24 season, marking the first time that two Lakers have worn a C in the same season since Max Humitz and Collin Saccoman did so in 2019-20, as announced by Head Coach Damon Whitten on Tuesday, September 13. Dawson Tritt and Grant Hindman were named as assistant captains. Read More. | |
The Lake Superior State volleyball team completed the comeback from down 2 sets to 1 in a thrilling five-set victory over the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals in their home-opener in Bud Cooper Gymnasium on Saturday, September 16, behind a historic day defensively with a total of 112 LSSU digs (9th most in a match in program history). Read More. | |
LSSU men's and women's cross country programs competed at the Northwood Invite with the men's team placing second overall as a team while the women's team placed fourth overall. Read More. | |
The Lake Superior State hockey program has been selected to finish eighth in the 2023 Central Collegiate Hockey Association Preseason Coaches' Poll with 29 points, as voted on by the league's head coaches. Read More. | |
Lake Superior State senior setter Emily Kalinowski has been named the GLIAC Setter of the Week after coming away with an impressive 93 assists in two matches. Kalinowski helped to lead the Lakers to their first GLIAC victory of the season in a thrilling five-set match against Saginaw Valley in which she broke her career-high for assists by 14 when she set up 58 putaways on the day, marking the most assists in a match by any GLIAC player so far this season. Read More. | |
Join fellow teammates, coaches and Laker fans back at the Cooper Gym for the 2023 Volleyball Alumni Reunion Weekend! Cheer on the LSSU Volleyball Team as they go head to head against Davenport. Following the game, there will be a post-game social at the Bird's Eye. For more information, contact Coach Rambo at 906-635-2143, or email [email protected]. | |
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Save the Date! Laker Join your fellow Lakers as we cheer on the Laker Hockey team while they face off against Michigan State Spartans on October 7th and 8th, 2023! Puck drop will be at 4pm both nights. You won’t want to miss out on this excitement for the start of the 2023-24 hockey season!
Follow the link below to purchase your tickets today! Use Promo Code : LSSUALUMNI so that you're in the LSSU Alumni Section!
The pre-game social will take place at the Jolly Pumpkin located at 218 Albert St, East Lansing, MI 48823 at 2pm. Register for the event below!
We can't wait to see you there!
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Save the Date! Great Lake State Weekend will be held on October 13 and 14. Registration is now open! | |
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We are excited to invite MyMichigan Medical Center Sault providers and staff, and LSSU Nursing Alumni to a Nursing Simulation Center Open House at Lake Superior State University during Great Lake State Weekend on October 13, from 3pm to 6pm.
Join us for light refreshments, a cash bar, and tours of the Simulation Center conducted by the SIM Center Staff, Nursing faculty and students.
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Save the Date! Join us for a Pre-Game Social on December 1, 2023 at Aubree's in Ypsilanti before the Lakers go head to head against Eastern Michigan University. The event will take place from 5 to 6:30 pm and tip off at 7pm! Tickets for the game are only $10 and when you purchase through our link, you will be in the Lakers section 108. Purchase your tickets today! | |
Save the Date! Lake State Night is coming to Grand Rapids! Join us as we cheer on the Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday, December 15. Ticket sales will be announced as we get closer to the event. | |
Save the Date! The Alumni Office is excited to announce LSSU Night at the Detroit Red Wings on February 10th, 2024! Stay tuned for more details and ticketing information. | |
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September's Photo of the Month features a reunion of LSSU Classes of 1977 and 1978. The group met on September 7 along the beautiful shores of Lake Huron in Black River, MI. Several people were unable to attend but those that did are pictured above. Plans are underway for the 50th graduation reunion in 2027.
Starting at the top row left to right are Mark '78 and Kathleen '77 (Hein) Blazejewski, Dennis Crain '77, Bruce Mclnally '77, Joe Knauf '77, Tony Bellhorn '77, Dave '77 and Karen '77 (Sullivan) Bird, Jim Wolf '77, and Chris Oberly '78.
Front row left to right are Karen '77 (McEnroe) Wolf, Tim '77 and Jan '76 (Krupitzer) Sapak, and Gwynn '77 (Beougher) Oberly.
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