February 23, 2022
Lake Superior College Partners With Regional Employers To Help Address Workforce Needs
Lake Superior College and the LSC Foundation are partnering with several area employers to address workforce needs by helping recruit, train and retain talent in our area. One of several current marketing campaigns features digital ads, as well as TV commercials and radio commercials running on regional stations. There continue to be strong, and growing, workforce needs in a variety of career fields including manufacturing, healthcare, firefighting, aviation, and many more.

One of many examples of this is happening this Friday: Lake Superior College and Cirrus Aircraft are partnering to invite anyone interested in a career at Cirrus Aircraft to an informal LSC Open House and Cirrus Career Fair this Friday, February 25, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at LSC's Center for Advanced Aviation. There are great training opportunities through LSC, scholarship and grant opportunities through the LSC Foundation, and great career opportunities at Cirrus Aircraft. For more information and to RSVP, visit lsc.edu/cirrus.
Aggressive Outreach to Prospective Students Continues at Area High Schools
LSC's Admissions Team and the LSC Foundation continue to visit area high schools to promote the 90+ programs and scholarship opportunities available at Lake Superior College.

Pictured here: (Top row) Last week Kayti Stolp, LSC’s Admissions Director, and Daniel Fanning, VP of Advancement & External Relations, visited Duluth Denfeld to discuss scholarship opportunities. (Bottom row) Today, LSC is well represented at Superior High School for the first annual Manufacturing Career Fair. Instructors Matt Farchmin and Nate Zobel are there showing students how to use the virtual welder, 3D printer and the new tabletop mill. 
COVID-19 Related Updates
Please keep masking up, IceHawks!

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 14 consecutive days of low or moderate transmission rates, and/or when or if Minnesota State changes their guidance. There has been some conversations at the system level of ending the mandate in the coming weeks or months. 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.

As a reminder, please do not come to campus if you're feeling sick, symptomatic and/or had exposure to COVID-19. This includes those mandated under Policy 1446 to complete weekly testing on campus. If you are feeling sick or feel you may have been exposed to COVID-19, please contact your healthcare provider and/or use community testing sites rather than coming to campus for testing, as we are not set up like a community testing site. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

The most effective way we can reduce the spread of COVID-19 and avoid further restrictions is to get vaccinated. For more information and how to find a vaccine location, please visit mn.gov/covid19/.

For more information and to continue to stay up to date on the latest COVID-19 related info, please visit: lsc.edu/coronavirus.

Upcoming Events and
Campus Updates


  • The Lake Superior College Foundation will be awarding over $150,000 in scholarships for students planning on attending Lake Superior College for Fall Semester 2022. The LSC Foundation scholarship application window will be open until Monday, March 14. Current and prospective students planning on attending LSC for Fall Semester 2022 are encouraged to apply. The application process is completely online. Please contact foundation@lsc.edu with any questions or for assistance.

  • February is Black History Month, an opportunity to understand Black histories and to spotlight Black achievement. LSC’s Erickson Library, in partnership with LSC’s Center for Equity and Inclusion and Student Life, will host a Black History Month Film Festival. You’re invited to bring your lunch to the Erickson Library at noon each Wednesday in February to watch the week’s featured documentary.

  • Student Life will host Virtual Game Night on Wednesday, February 23. Join the fun via Zoom for a chance to win prizes. The link to join is available at lsc.edu/Student Life.

  • Lake Superior College and Cirrus Aircraft are partnering to invite anyone interested in a career at Cirrus Aircraft to an informal LSC Open House and Cirrus Career Fair on Friday, February 25, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at LSC's Center for Advanced Aviation. For more information and to RSVP, visit lsc.edu/cirrus.

  • In honor of Black History Month, you are invited to Lisa McNair: Healing and Reconciliation Through Historical Trauma and Tragedy on Friday, February 25, 10:45 a.m. via Zoom. Lisa S. McNair is the younger sister of Carol Denise McNair, one of the four girls killed in the 1963 church bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Lisa S. McNair travels throughout America promoting love and educating on the power of racial harmony. She humbly requests that we never forget her sister Carol Denise McNair. Register at century.edu/healing-reconciliation. 

  • Applications are being accepted for the Practical Nursing Diploma to start Fall Semester 2022. The application is open until filled. Apply at lsc.edu/ApplyToNursing.

  • Applications are being accepted for the Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT) program to start Fall Semester 2022. There is a critical personnel shortage for medical laboratory technicians, with significant sign-on bonuses being offered locally and regionally. The application is open until filled. Apply at www.lsc.edu/ApplyToMLT. 

  • Applications for the the Commercial and Residential Wiring program are being accepted now until 4:30 p.m. on Monday, February 28, 2022. Apply at www.lsc.edu/crw.

  • Physical Therapy Assistant applications are open for Fall 2022 and priority is given to applicants who apply by March 1. Apply online at lsc.edu/ApplyToPTA. 

  • Applications for the Respiratory Therapy program to start Fall Semester 2022 are being accepted now until filled. Apply at lsc.edu/RespiratoryTherapy.

  • Applications for the Surgical Technology program to start Fall Semester 2022 are being accepted. Priority will be given to students who have prerequisites completed and apply by March 1. The application is open until filled. For more information and to apply, visit lsc.edu/surgtech.
  • Spring and Summer Graduates, apply to graduate by March 31, 2022. There is no fee to apply. lsc.edu/graduate

  • The Wonder of Wolves exhibit is on display now at Lake Superior College’s Erickson Library. Professional mother-daughter creative team Stephanie Johnson and Angie Arden celebrate and emphasize the importance of wolf education through art and poetry by showcasing Wolf Ambassadors from The International Wolf Center in Ely, MN and The Wildlife Science Center in Stacy, MN. The artists hope to raise awareness for our natural environments and encourage protection for threatened species like the wolf. The exhibit runs through May 2022.

  • The Lake Superior College Annual Dinner and Community Celebration is scheduled for Thursday, April 7, 2022, at Clyde Iron Works Malting Building. For details and tickets, visit lsc.edu/AnnualDinner.

As always, if you have story ideas, pics/videos you'd like us to share and/or any other updates/promotions or student/alumni/employee success stories, please submit a marketing request (employees) or email marketing@lsc.edu (non-employees) so we can include it in the newsplash, on LSC's website and on our social media. Thanks for helping promote all the positive things happening in #IceHawkNation!

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