Inaugural Thering-Hedrick Lecture Series a huge success
Faculty, staff, students and community members filled Old Main’s Thorpe Langley Auditorium on Wednesday, September 21, for the inaugural Thering- Hedrick Lecture Series. Funded with a generous endowment gift by former faculty members Lydia Thering and Joan Hedrick, the goal of the lecture series is to enhance the visibility of the institution with areas of focus being health, wellness and community relevant topics for the enrichment of the campus community and greater Twin Ports region. Mental health awareness and education was selected by the Thering-Hedrick Lecture Advisory Committee to be the focus for the first few lectures – which brought WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Chamique Holdsclaw and former NHL goaltender and coach Clint Malarchuk, both mental health advocates, to campus to share their personal journeys.
The Lake Superior Research Institute (LSRI) recently received a five-year cooperative agreement and funding for the first year at a level of $7,965,000 from the United States Department of Transportation Maritime Administration. The funding is intended to further current efforts that address curtailment of aquatic nuisance species within the Great Lakes related to ballast water operations and other aquatic nuisance species issues associated with commercial shipping. The agreement supports the continuation of the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the LSRI Great Waters Research Collaborative’s (GWRC) work on the EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan and the seven-year research effort, the Great Lakes Ballast Water Research and Development Plan, which is being implemented to support the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA) and Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Invasive Species Program (GLLCISP) goals. “LSRI’s GWRC is a program devoted to objective, third-party research to support sustainable industrial, commercial and public use of the nation’s Great Waters, particularly via green shipping,” said Matt TenEyck, LSRI director. “The primary focus of the GWRC is on preventing new ballast water introductions of invasive species in the Great Lakes and other Great Waters.” Lake Superior Research Institute receives nearly $8 million in funding
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