A Message from the President

Learning, teaching, supporting – these activities have all been more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our team has remained strong throughout this journey by adapting, adjusting, and moving forward to safely meet the needs of our students and those depending on us to prepare and train our future and current workforce. I am extremely proud of how our team and students overcame the challenges and continue to persevere. Our commitment to students has resulted in educating 10,000+ students since March 2020, the majority safely in person. How did we do it?

Community Support

We are grateful to our community leaders for all their efforts to educate and protect us, and for their support of our need to safely continue preparing and training workers. Our business leaders worked diligently with our community and business partners so students could complete their education in person, graduate, and join the workforce.

Learning Options

We have been offering programs and courses in person, online, and through our iFlex® mode for several years. We converted 691 program courses to online so students could learn safely in spring 2020. Knowing the majority of our students prefer in-person learning, we gave them the choice to learn online or in person for summer 2020 and going forward. Our Workforce Solutions division also offered online and in-person seminars so employers could safely continue developing their workforce. We continue offering choices to students so they can learn in the manner that suits them best.

Incident Management Team

Efforts to safely continue operations during a pandemic began years ago. We had an active, well-trained Incident Management Team with procedures in place, giving us a solid foundation to build upon. The collaboration amongst the team helped us safely move forward each day. We look back through this report and share highlights from the accomplishments we achieved by accepting the challenges to adapt, adjust, and move forward. Looking ahead, we sincerely welcome the bright, fresh start a new academic year always offers.

Paul Carlsen, Ph.D. President of Lakeshore Technical College