Lake State has more for adult learners this spring

NEWS RELEASE

LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY

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SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Lake Superior State University’s Lukenda School of Business will be offering additional evening classes this spring to help educate more adult learners who seek to start school or perhaps pick up where they left off some years ago.

LSSU is offering several introductory classes in the evenings this spring, including “Introduction to Business,” “Business Communications,” “Marketing Principles/Strategy,” and “Principles of Accounting I.”

Classes from the common professional component (core) for all business students are also being offered during the evening, including “Management Information Systems,” “Operations/Business Analytics,” “Principles of Accounting II,” and “Business Policy.”

Two specialty courses will also be offered in the evenings: “Organizational Behavior” and “Investments.”

“In addition, a new degree, a bachelor of science degree in business administration specifically designed for returning adult learners, was launched this fall on the LSSU campus in Sault Ste. Marie,” according to Dr. David Finley, dean of the Lukenda School of Business. “To earn this degree, students complete the university's general education requirement, the business school's common professional component, and a business minor of their choosing.”

By offering these evening classes in Sault Ste. Marie, Finley said LSSU wants to provide opportunities akin to what it has been offering for adult or “non-traditional” learners at its Petoskey and Escanaba regional centers for many years.

“We want to make this opportunity available to more students in the Eastern Upper Peninsula and Northern Ontario, as well,” he said.

Pending demand, LSSU will explore offering weekend classes in the future. Also, more online courses are planned for this summer.

To apply for grants and loans, students should complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and enroll at least half-time, which is six credits.

A portion of LSSU financial aid is available for part-time students.

For more information, please contact LSSU Admissions at admissions@lssu.edu or 906-635-2231 or contact Marcia Jenkins Ball at the Lukenda School of Business atmjenkinsball@lssu.edu or 906-635-2426.

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