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The Fund for LSSU uses annual gifts to LSSU to address the university’s areas of greatest need and opportunity. The annual fund campaign allows donors to make a difference at LSSU. Gifts to the Fund for LSSU help underwrite projects that support or enhance education and the student experience.

Through a grant process, students and full-time faculty and staff can apply to use funds from the Fund for LSSU for projects that support or enhance student education and the student experience at LSSU. The projects must fall under one of the four pillars: philanthropy, infrastructure, enrollment, and student professional development.

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Tank Rack Systems — Recent LSSU fisheries and wildlife graduate and researcher Trevor Gronda monitors the feeding behavior and preferences of muskies and northern pike, thanks to the support of the Fund for LSSU grants program.

Belize2 — Dr. Ashley Moerke’s Marine Biology course studying abroad in Belize

Electro Suite 1 — Fund for LSSU grants have also purchased materials and equipment for various chemistry classes. Electrophoresis equipment is currently being used extensively for undergraduate research.

Reindeer Lichens photo 1 — Dr. Stephen Kolomyjec and student researcher Ian Mangold set out to explore the population genetics of one of our regions ubiquitous lichen species - the grey reindeer lichen.

2017 Grant Recipients

USITT Conference

Jamie Nathan

Technical Director, LSSU Arts Center

This year I went to USITT in St. Louis, MO to research lighting and sound equipment that would improve the health of our technical theatre system and allow us to have higher quality tours come to Sault Ste. Marie.

First, the soundboard. I was lucky enough to get a spot in a beginning sound technician workshop where we worked on actual soundboards. The board we were using was the one that Scott and I have been looking at for the theatre, so it was a great test drive. It is a digital board with 32 channels. It is smaller and lighter than the analog board we currently utilize. It is intuitive and easy for beginners to learn. There are about three different ways to do the same function, so depending on your learning style, this board probably has a function that will work well with your brain. It is the same brand as the smaller mixer we use for movies.

I also spoke with ETC lighting. They referred me to Lighthouse in Green Bay, which would be our ‘local’ lighting dealer. They would like to do an assessment of our space and create a plan for moving us toward ETC lighting. This would help with tours that want to bring their ION boards with them and plug into our system. It would also help with some lighting challenges we’ve been having. The last big piece of information I have is that I spoke with OSHA. They have a program where they send someone out to evaluate our theatre and tell us all the safety regulations we need in place. This is done without the threat of being fined. As I understand, we would need to lop Wendy Beach into this process.

The rest of my time at the conference was spent in sessions discussing challenges of technical direction, learning more about sound mixing, and lighting for dance. I also made some contacts with other women TDs at small programs who I can troubleshoot our challenges with, and see how they grew their programs.

All of which will benefit the Arts Center at Lake Superior State University. We are moving toward a healthier technical system, I have learned some new skills that will be of great use with upcoming events, and I have started creating a support system that will help me create a quality technical theatre program for our students.