News for Community Happenings
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
The Duluth International Airport is reminding passengers of the full details regarding Sun Country Airlines’ new seasonal air service:
Sun Country will offer seasonal air service direct from Duluth to Phoenix, Arizona and Fort Myers, Florida.Tickets for this new, seasonal air service are on-sale now.Flights begin on December 17, 2021 and continue through April 25th, 2022.Flights operate twice
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Categories: General, Tourism, Community Happenings, M 2 M
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
In an effort to better maintain the Safe-Routes-to-School and improve neighborhood connectivity, the City of Superior will begin a new program this winter to aid in clearing snow from sidewalks. This route will be limited to specific streets, and specific sides of streets, which are connected to the Safe-Routes-to-School and will only be cleared when there is more than 2 inches of snowfall.
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Categories: Community Happenings, General
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
The University of Wisconsin-Superior Visual Arts Department will host visiting artist Shannon Cousino for an exhibit in the Project Gallery located in the Holden Fine Arts Center.
“The emotional act of creating an artwork is further emphasized through the physical act of working in woodcut,” said Cousino. “Spilling my guts on paper, redrawing it on the surface of the wood, carving into the spaces
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Categories: Community Happenings, Events, Education
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
The University of Wisconsin-Superior will host Haunted Wisconsin with Chad Lewis on Saturday, October 23, at 7 p.m. in the Yellowjacket Union Great Room. This event is free and open to the community.
This presentation will take the audience on a ghostly journey to some of the scariest places in the Northwoods. It covers the entire region from a blood-dripping cemetery in Duluth and a haunted
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Categories: Community Happenings, Events, Education
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Financial aid experts from the University of Wisconsin-Superior and other institutions will help college-bound students apply for financial aid as part of College Goal Wisconsin on Tuesday, October 26, at 6 p.m. in Swenson Hall on the UW-Superior Campus.
College Goal Wisconsin is part of a nationwide effort by financial aid professionals to help prospective college students of all ages fill out
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Categories: Community Happenings, General, Education
Monday, October 04, 2021
UW-Superior welcomed 11 new full-time assistant professors and lecturers to campus this fall. The group represents seven academic departments: Communicating Arts; Department of Education; Music; Health and Human Performance; Human Behavior, Justice & Diversity; Social Inquiry; and Writing, Languages, and Literature. Each new faculty member brings their disciplinary expertise and student-centered
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Categories: Education, Community Happenings, General
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Gallery Talk on Friday, October 22 at noon and opening reception on Thursday, October 28, at 5:30 p.m.The University of Wisconsin-Superior Visual Arts Department will host visiting artists for “Remnants” art exhibition.Amy Varsek, John Sager, Matt Kania and Erin Endsley explore the idea that art can be a marker for the artist’s interpretation of their observations of reality. It can be an index to
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Categories: Community Happenings, Events, Education, General
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
The University of Wisconsin-Superior will host many of the best high school jazz musicians from throughout the Northland for the Tri-State Jazz Festival on Thursday, Oct. 14.
“It’s a really fun event, and it’s not just me saying that,” said Greg Kehl Moore, professor of music and jazz program director. “Everyone involved feels the students grow a lot from the experience at the festival and have a
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Categories: Community Happenings, Education, Events, General
Monday, September 27, 2021
The University of Wisconsin-Superior will hold a celebration for Indigenous Peoples Day on Monday, October 11, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Maawanji’idiwin – “The Place Where We Come Together” Medicine Wheel and Community Gathering Area located in the courtyard near the Yellowjacket Union. In the event of inclement weather, this celebration will move indoors to the Yellowjacket Union Shippar
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Categories: Community Happenings, Events, Education, General
Thursday, September 23, 2021
KBJR Television Incorporated recently made the decision to promote one of their newsroom leaders, Jessie Slater to Assistant News Director. Briggs LeSavage, News Director of KBJR 6/CBS 3 along with VP/General Manager, Todd Wentworth acknowledged the importance of promoting from within and how it helps their organization better serve the communities throughout the Northland.
Slater graduated from
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Categories: Community Happenings, General
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
After a challenging enrollment year due to the pandemic, the University of Wisconsin-Superior is reporting a noteworthy rebound as one of only three UW System schools projecting an increase in total enrollment for fall 2021 over last year based on first day of class enrollment figures.
Fifth day of class enrollment figures show UW-Superior at a total headcount of 2,622. That is a three-percent
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Categories: Education, Community Happenings, General
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
The University of Wisconsin-Superior Foundation has received a $400,000 contribution from an anonymous alumnus. These funds will support the Northern Wisconsin Outreach Campaign to expanding partnerships in schools, businesses and communities in several counties in northern Wisconsin.UW-Superior’s Link Center, which serves as a central point of access for community partnerships between the
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Categories: Community Happenings, General, Education
Thursday, September 23, 2021KBJR Television Incorporated recently made the decision to promote one of their newsroom leaders, Jessie Slater to Assistant News Director. Briggs LeSavage, News Director of KBJR 6/CBS 3 along with VP/General Manager, Todd Wentworth acknowledged the importance of promoting from within and how it helps their organization better serve the communities throughout the Northland. Slater graduated from ...read moreCategories: Community Happenings, GeneralWednesday, September 22, 2021After a challenging enrollment year due to the pandemic, the University of Wisconsin-Superior is reporting a noteworthy rebound as one of only three UW System schools projecting an increase in total enrollment for fall 2021 over last year based on first day of class enrollment figures. Fifth day of class enrollment figures show UW-Superior at a total headcount of 2,622. That is a three-percent ...read moreCategories: Education, Community Happenings, GeneralWednesday, September 22, 2021The University of Wisconsin-Superior Foundation has received a $400,000 contribution from an anonymous alumnus. These funds will support the Northern Wisconsin Outreach Campaign to expanding partnerships in schools, businesses and communities in several counties in northern Wisconsin.UW-Superior’s Link Center, which serves as a central point of access for community partnerships between the ...read moreCategories: Community Happenings, General, Education
