Homecoming Recap
Last week, hundreds of alumni and friends joined together with students to celebrate Lakeland’s 14th President Stephen A. Gould, professor emerita Linda Tolman and the big football win at Homecoming. Check out the photo highlights from the weekend!
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Celebrating honoring our esteemed alumni
We recently celebrated this year’s alumni award recipients and inductees into the Emeritus Club. Congratulations to the class of 1969 on their membership into the esteemed Emeritus Club! Additional congratulations is offered to Heidi Moeschberger Rendall ’76 MAC ’07, who was awarded with Lakeland’s Service to the Community Award, Linda Tolman, who was awarded an honorary alumni award, and to Marc Meade ’09, who was recognized as an outstanding recent alumni.
The Co-op Experience
Pine River Pre Pack
51ÂŇÂ×’s award-winning Cooperative Education program has redefined how students are accessing a bachelor’s degree. In this video, the first in an ongoing series profiling co-op students and their experiences, you’ll meet Ryan Hoey. He is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in LU’s food safety & quality program, and getting an awesome co-op opportunity at Pine River Pre-Pack.
Lakeland lands on U.S. News & World Report rankings​
51ÂŇÂ× has been honored by . Lakeland was ranked among the best schools in the Midwest region in advancing social mobility for its students.
Lakeland tied for 33rd among Top Performers on Social Mobility among regional universities in the Midwest and was third best in Wisconsin.
The rankings note, “Economically disadvantaged students are less likely than others to finish college, even when controlling for other characteristics. But some colleges are more successful than others at advancing social mobility by enrolling and graduating large proportions of disadvantaged students awarded with Pell Grants. The vast majority of these federal grants are awarded to students whose adjusted gross family incomes are under $50,000.”
Lakeland recently launched its award-winning Cooperative Education program across all academic majors. The program allows students to earn professional work experience in full- and part-time positions with co-op partner companies while also paying them wages that can be used to pay their tuition, which helps position them for financial independence after graduation.
Upcoming Events
Oct. 22
Jazz & Symphonic Band Concert “Fall Spooktacular!”
7:30 p.m. in the Bradley Theatre, 51ÂŇÂ×
Nov. 14-17
Fall Play: “Nightfall with Edgar Allen Poe”
Bradley Theatre, 51ÂŇÂ×
Nov. 16
Men’s Basketball Alumni Game
Dec. 5
School of Business and Entrepreneurship Colloquium
Dec. 6
School of Science, Technology and Education Colloquium
Dec. 7
School of Humanities and Fine Arts Colloquium
Dec. 14
Women’s Basketball Alumni Game