Back to School

Wow! July and August are a blur in the rear view mirror.  We were extremely busy with hiring staff. At the back-to-school breakfast, we introduced 29 faculty and staff in new positions. Many staff just changed seats on the LRSC bus, but we did have quite a few new faces. We also recognized staff with service awards. Special thanks to Dan Johnson with 45 years of service to LRSC  and Jay Olson for 35 years of outstanding service.  What an exciting start to the school year. The hallways are busy with eager new students, ready to begin the next phase of their lives.  We have lots of new student athletes for volleyball, baseball, golf, and fast pitch softball on campus.

The volleyball team is off to a great 8-2 start. The team is exciting to watch and has been drawing great crowds to the DL Sports Center.

Our baseball and fast pitch softball teams have their first games this week in Bottineau and Williston. We are excited to have theses sports back on campus. The golf team has been in several golf tourneys and has another tourney in Bismarck next week.  

The Community College Foundation board held it's kick off meeting last week at the "north campus" Dakota Precision Ag Center. Everyone was impressed with the center and the technology they are using to train our Ag students, Ag industry employees and Ag producers. The CCF board meets on Thursday at noon this week.

We received approval from NDUS Chancellor Skogen to proceed with the Erlandson expansion and renovation. Our Construction Manager will be advertising for bids this week and we hope to break ground in October with plans to be competed next August.  With careful planning and hard work we should be able to meet this aggressive schedule.