Student Life Banquet Winners

Amanda Smith, Staff Reporter
April 25, 2013
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Even though it was formal dress at the Student Life Banquet, the atmosphere was casual and lively. Nate Dehne, vice president of student development, got everyone laughing right away with his slide show presentation. Kaye Martin, director of student activities, kept everyone laughing when she took pictures... Read more »

Autism Awareness Month

Leah Ulatowski, Copy Editor
April 25, 2013
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Shoppers have scratched their heads at Home Depot’s sale of blue light bulbs, Americans have found themselves questioning what the emblem of a single puzzle piece signifies, and Facebook users have wondered why their friends chose to color their profile pictures blue—the answer is autism awareness. Today,... Read more »

Historical archives relocated to new home

Amy Kumrow, Staff Reporter
April 25, 2013
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There sits an old clock in the president’s house on Lakeland’s campus. Everything has a history, and the clock is no exception. From a visitor’s angle, the grandfather clock looked pristine, but hidden from sight was a charred wooden panel. By the late 1960’s, Lakeland’s campus had started... Read more »

John Stossel to deliver Lakeland College’s Kohler Business Lecture

Lakeland College Press Release
April 22, 2013
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Emmy Award-winning consumer reporter, investigative journalist, author and libertarian commentator John Stossel will deliver Lakeland College’s 12th annual Charlotte and Walter Kohler Distinguished Business Lecture on April 25 in the college’s Bradley Theatre. Stossel’s lecture, “Prosperity... Read more »

New housing option available for students

Amy Kumrow, Staff Reporter
March 28, 2013
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Three different themed housing options will be offered fall of 2013 along with other additional options with enough requests. “This year we will be asking on the housing application if students have an interest in potentially going into one of these themed housing options,” Nate Dehne, vice president... Read more »

FBI agent encourages exciting career paths

Michelle Fromm, Managing Editor
March 28, 2013
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Special Agent Parker Shipley, a bomb technician from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, spoke to students about his experiences in a career that most people only see in movies. Shipley came from the Milwaukee FBI field office where he has worked for 14 years, and is an Air Force Academy graduate.... Read more »

Four professors secure tenure and promotion

Leah Ulatowski, Copy Editor
March 28, 2013
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In the midst of major leadership transitions at the institution, the announcement that four faculty members recently achieved tenure ascertains that a few people from Lakeland College are not going anywhere anytime soon. Assistant Professor of Writing Nate Lowe, Assistant Professor of History Rick... Read more »

Explosion of HIV treatment possibilities

Josh Meronek, Staff Reporter
March 28, 2013
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In the past month there has been an explosion of HIV treatment success, resulting in a total of 15 people being effectively able to control this debilitating virus. While the disease is not completely removed from the body, it is diminished to such a point that it is effectively considered “cured.” This... Read more »

Snow day policies questioned by student commuters

Brittany Beckmann, Web Manger
March 28, 2013
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Wisconsin weather has not been kind to Lakeland College’s faculty, staff, and commuter students this winter. On more than one occasion, grumbling could be heard from the students and others about the icy road conditions, raising the question: what is the process involved in announcing snow days? Vice... Read more »

Lakeland College’s administrators address leadership transitions

Leah Ulatowski , Copy Editor
March 21, 2013
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The Lakeland College community received the sudden news of President Michael A. Grandillo’s resignation on Tuesday, March 12, while the institution was undergoing its annual week-long Spring Break. Former Sr. Vice President Dan Eck will serve indefinitely as Interim President of the college. Now the... Read more »