Category: Outreach Series
Join us for our very first Conversation Café: “Living Versus Thriving in the EUP” Wednesday, – October 6 @ 7pm – Library Learning Commons
LSSU Library will host its first Conversation Café with the topic of “Living Versus Thriving in the EUP”; we invite you to join us for an engaging evening of conversation in a format that that allows even strangers to quickly get into deep, compassionate discussion.
Creating Hope Through Action – September 10th, 7 PM – LSSU Library QPR Talk & Cycle the Globe
Dr. Kristin Larsen, PhD, LMSW, ACSW, will share information about QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Suicide Prevention Training. Following Dr. Larsen’s presentation, attendees will meet at Pleger Commons for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of lost love ones and for the survivors of suicide. Afterwards we will kick off the Cycle the Globe Campaign to raise awareness for suicide prevention efforts around the world.
NEA Big Read Kickoff Event, Thursday, September 24th @ 4 pm. Coffee and delicious refreshments will be served by LSSU Catering! Don’t miss our phenomenal guests Chairman Bryan Newland, Chief Judge Jocelyn Fabry, & Executive Director Betsy Huggett. Free to the public! More below…
We would like to invite you to join us for the National Endowment for the Arts sponsored Big Read kickoff event at Lake Superior State University Library. The campus and local community are reading The Round House by Louise Erdrich, a story set on the Ojibwe reservation of North Dakota.
We are honored to have Bryan Newland, Chairman of the Bay Mills Indian Community as our keynote speaker for this evening’s event.
Following Chairman Newland’s address, we will watch a short documentary, “This River” which offers an indigenous perspective on the tragic experience of searching for the many missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Joining us for a panel discussion on these issues along with Bryan Newland, will be Chief Judge Jocelyn Fabry of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, and the Executive Director of the Diane Peppler Center, Betsy Huggett.
Afternoon coffee and delicious treats will be served by LSSU Catering.
Masks and social distancing are required.