Lake Superior College Foundation

Heads up current (returning in Spring ‘23) IceHawks: the LSC Foundation will soon be awarding $50,000 in Workforce Development Scholarships for Spring. The application window will open on Tuesday, October 4.

The Minnesota Legislature has provided funding for dozens of $2,500 scholarships at all of the Minnesota State community and technical colleges in several high-demand fields. Current students (returning Spring ’23) who meet the eligibility requirements are encouraged to apply if they are: enrolled in a high-demand occupation within an eligible program (Advanced Manufacturing, Agriculture, Health Care Services, Information Technology, Early Childhood Education, Transportation); taking 9 credits per term; have a 2.0 GPA; and are a Minnesota resident.

The online application will be open October 4-24. Current and prospective students interested in applying for the scholarship can apply through midnight on October 24, 2022. More at www.lsc.edu/foundation.

Thank you for helping make fiscal year 2022 the most successful year in the history of the Lake Superior College Foundation, both in terms of funds raised and funds distributed to students at Lake Superior College!

Thank you to our outstanding LSC Foundation Board of Directors! We held a Board Social this summer to thank three Board members whose terms were coming to an end. Diane Rauschenfels and Andy Reierson have both served on the Board for ELEVEN years, including staying on two extra years during the pandemic to help bring stability and leadership during an unusual time. Tom Reiner has served six years, including as Board Chair. Thank you Diane, Andy and Tom!

We also thanked outgoing Board Chair Terese Tomanek, who served as Board Chair for the past two years and will remain on the Board for another year as past chair, and welcomed incoming Board Chair Carl Crawford. Thank you for your leadership Terese and Carl!

We are excited to welcome our newest Board members: Brian Forcier (Titanium Partners), LeAnn Littlewolf (American Indian Community Housing Organization) and Jon Birkeland (Bell Bank)! Welcome and thank you for stepping up to serve.

We would also like to thank our Executive Director for the past nearly six years, Daniel Fanning, who will soon be moving on to a new role in the community. Thank you to Dan and his team (especially Ellen, Leah and Mike) for their tireless work and leadership, which has helped the LSC Foundation continue to grow and help even more students.

Lastly, thank you to everyone who helps support our students at LSC through their generous contributions to the LSC Foundation. Your support helps support student success and our community’s future workforce. From industry and community partakes, to employees, to alumni and many others, THANK YOU for helping support the dreams of our students. Your generosity truly helps make a positive difference in their lives, and helps their dreams come true while helping them to get on a successful career path. They are grateful, and so are we. Thank you! Here’s to continuing the momentum and impact into the new academic year and helping even more students be successful!

Congratulations to returning Lake Superior College student and Cirrus Aircraft employee Sean Hastings for being awarded a Cirrus Workforce Grant from the Lake Superior College Foundation. Sean is in his 3rd semester of the Industrial Controls programs at LSC, and has enjoyed working at Cirrus since 2019. He plans to continue to work at Cirrus and advance his aviation career after graduating LSC this May.

Congratulations, Mitchell Gustafson! The returning second year aviation maintenance student at Lake Superior College has been awarded a Cirrus Workforce Grant from Lake Superior College Foundation. He has been enjoying working at Cirrus Aircraft since the spring, appreciates the flexibility to be able to work and attend classes, and plans to remain at Cirrus and advance his aviation career after he graduates LSC in May.

These grants are made possible thanks to the generous support from Cirrus and their partnership with LSC and the LSC Foundation. Together, we are working to continue to recruit, train and retain aviation workforce talent in our region.

Lake Superior College business student Joseph McGee has been selected as one of 207 Phi Theta Kappa members throughout the country named a 2022 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship.

Joseph has also received an additional $500 scholarship from the Lake Superior College Foundation. The 2022 graduate of Duluth East High School is currently in his first semester at Lake Superior College, majoring in Business Administration and Accounting. Congratulations, Joe! We’re of you and wish you continued success!
https://www.lsc.edu/news/article/lake-superior-college-s-joseph-mcgee-named-2022-coca-cola-leaders-of-promise-scholar/

Congratulations to Lake Superior College CNC Machining student Erick Haynes, awarded the inaugural Nexen Group Manufacturing Scholarship from the Lake Superior College Foundation!

Erick is from Shell Lake (WI), works at Nexen in Webster (WI) and is proud to be attending LSC in Duluth (MN) to help advance his manufacturing career. We’re of you, Erick, and wish you continued success.

Thank you Nexen for your support and partnership! Nexen is a great, regional employer seeking to hire even more trained machinist in the months and years ahead. They like working with LSC because they know our graduates are well trained and come out of our program fully prepared to enter the workforce.

Pictured are (left to right) Erick Haynes, LSC manufacturing student; Dan Meier, third shift supervisor at Nexen; Nathan Zobel, CNC Machining instructor at LSC; Daniel Fanning, VP of Advancement & External Relations at LSC/Executive Director of LSC Foundation.

Thank you Moline Machinery for your partnership with Lake Superior College and generous contributions to the LSC Foundation! We appreciate your ongoing support of our manufacturing programs and students!

Welcome back students!

Thanks to the support of our community, industry partners and donors, more students than ever before are benefiting from a scholarship and/or grant from the LSC Foundation. Thank you for helping support our students!

Happy National Aviation Day! To help celebrate, the Lake Superior College Foundation awarded LSC aviation maintenance student Lucas Goth a Cirrus Aircraft Workforce Development Grant to help support his studies and advance his aviation career. Lucas has enjoyed working at Cirrus this past summer and will continue to work there part time while he begins the AMT program at Lake Superior College next week. Congratulations and welcome, Lucas!

Cirrus is a strong community partner with LSC and the LSC Foundation, and helps fund workforce development opportunities like this through their generous contributions to the LSC Foundation. We are grateful for their support and partnership! There are great training opportunities available at Lake Superior College, and great career opportunities available at Cirrus Aircraft - right next door to LSC’s aviation campus the Lake Superior College Center for Advanced Aviation. Learn more at lsc.edu/cirrus.