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At the 2nd Annual Pheasant Run Airport & Museum (PRAM) Field Day on April 18, 2018, students in ET 402 “New Venture Practicum and Entrepreneurship Experience” presented their year-long pursuits of PRAM preservation and vineyard Read More

The Lake Erie College Department of Athletics has reached a five-year agreement with Nike through BSN SPORTS.  The exclusive partnership will supply the department and the 17 Storm athletic programs with apparel, uniforms, footwear and Read More

Lake Erie College will celebrate its 163rd commencement on Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. The event will take place in the Jerome T. Osborne Family Athletic & Wellness Center. Graduates and their families will be addressed by Michael A Read More

For over 40 years, the Lyric Theater reigned the weekend ‘moving picture’ scene in tiny Fairport Harbor, Ohio. It shut down in 1962 and fell into disrepair, joining the village’s many empty storefronts. As theatre director at Read More

Lake Erie College’s Spring Musical Arts Concert on Sunday, April 22, 2018 will feature the LEC Chorus directed by Mary Crow, vocal students directed by Lauren Feola ’04, piano students directed by Sanni Tenkku Kearns, and LEC Read More

On Monday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 18, 2018, the LEC Spanish department will hold conversations on relationship-building with Painesville’s Spanish-speaking community. Last fall, Spanish students at Lake Erie College spent time Read More

Three faculty members from the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences presented recently at the Popular Culture Association (PCA) 48th National Conference, which took place March 28-31, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Drs. Jennifer Read More

For 50 years, the annual Jumper Prix de Villes of North America (or ‘Prize of the Cities’) has attracted superb equestrians to Lake Erie College. Spectators, dignitaries and riders will soon converge upon the George M. Humphrey Read More

The Lake Erie College Veteran Education and Transition Support (VETS) Program will host a Claims Clinic offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Benefits Administration on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 2 Read More

Lake Erie College announced today that The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) has voted to reaffirm the College’s institutional accreditation. This decision, made at the HLC’s Institutional Actions Council (IAC) meeting on March 26-27, Read More

Assistant Professor of English Adam Stier, PhD, and Associate Professor of Special Education Katie Krammer, PhD, will judge the Morley Library Poetry Slam on Thursday, April 26, 2018 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in support of Northeast Ohio’s Read More

As the opioid epidemic continues to take its toll across the country, two local organizations are taking a stand. Lake Erie College and the Lake County Crime Laboratory have partnered to present Opioid Outreach & Education Evenings, a series of Read More

The Lake Erie College Department of Athletics has announced the hiring of Brooklyn Kohlheim as the new women’s basketball head coach.   Director of Athletics Kelley Kish said, “After an extensive national search, we are thrilled to Read More

Lake Erie College will host its annual spring Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) student showcase and multimedia student exhibition from Thursday, April 12, 2018 through Friday, May 13, 2018 in B.K. Smith Gallery in Royce Hall for the Fine and Performing Read More

Coaches and special guests from local schools and organizations will flock together for an annual tradition, once again facing the Broadmoor Bobcats in a game of basketball in the Mentor High School gymnasium on Monday, March 26, 2018. Broadmoor Read More

Lake Erie College is pleased to present the Fourth Annual Tibby Awards, a red carpet celebration to honor the College’s student-athletes, its athletics teams and an outstanding year of accomplishments. Proceeds from this major fundraising Read More

At Lake Erie College, education students in EDE 308 Community Service are putting their lessons into action. Titled “Bridge the Word Gap,” the students are launching a project meant to put new and gently used books into the hands and Read More

The critically-acclaimed Joe Augustine Trio will perform a concert on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. in C.K. Rickel Theater of the Royce Hall for the Fine and Performing Arts. Master jazz pianist and composer, Steinway artist and LEC Read More

The Lake Erie College Department of Theatre will present its spring production, “Sexual Perversity in Chicago” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet, beginning April 12 and ending April 15, 2018 in the C.K. Rickel Theater in Read More

Lake Erie College has initiated a Mentorship Program between Lake Erie College athletics and Harvey High School.  The program is a vision from Lake Erie College's president Brian Posler.  President Posler said, "I am delighted to see Read More

Christina Baker Kline, author of the bestselling novel “Orphan Train,” will serve as keynote speaker for the inaugural Northcoast Writers’ Showcase Saturday, April 28, 2018 at Lake Erie College. Kline’s keynote will cap a Read More

Lake Erie College is pleased to announce a Master Class lecture by internationally acclaimed jazz pianist and LEC Artist-in-Residence Joe Augustine will take place at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. A leading exemplar of jazz piano, Mr. Read More

LEC Sport Management and Sport Studies senior seminar students will present “Kick It for Kids,” a charity kickball tournament to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Ohio, on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at Riverside High Read More

Thriving graduates from LEC’s School of Equine Studies are opening current students’ eyes to what lies ahead – via real-time virtual career forums on Google Meet. The student-led Equine Leadership Council has arranged for a Read More

The Department of Theatre presents an evening with primetime television actor and co-creator of “Celebrity Deathmatch” Sean Lynch as well as “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) contributing writer Mark Riccadonna. LEC will welcome Read More

Associate Professor of Special Education Dr. Katie Krammer is well known in Northeast Ohio as an expert and advocate for the special needs community. Thanks to a unique project through Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., her expertise is now Read More

Next month, Lake Erie College will hold alumni receptions in Dallas, Texas and Berkeley, California to reconnect and give in-person updates. First, Debra Blanchard Remington ’74, director of alumni relations, will host a brunch for San Read More

On Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, 90 Lake Erie College students visited Painesville Baptist Church to volunteer as prom dates for “Night to Shine,” a special event offering a complete prom experience to individuals with special needs ages 14 and Read More

In a move to best meet the needs of the next generation of educators, Lake Erie College’s School of Education and Professional Studies will soon offer a 4+1 degree track for reading endorsements. Through this offering, students pursuing Read More

Lake Erie College’s Department of Music will present a Skinner organ concert by internationally renowned organist Todd Wilson, LEC’s organist-in-residence. Wilson will perform on the restored 1927 E.M. Skinner pipe organ, Opus 647, in Read More

Amanda Murdock ’17 formed meaningful bonds with her mentors at Lake Erie College. Now she will join the incoming fall class at the School of Veterinary Medicine at University of California – Davis, the highest ranked veterinary college Read More

The Lake Erie College cross country and track & field teams are pleased to present the third annual Spring Storm 10K Trail Run along with a 5K Fun Hike. The event will take place Sunday, March 25 at Girdled Road Reservation in Concord Township Read More

Beginning in the fall of 2018, students will not need to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree to continue their musical training at Lake Erie College. “Lake Erie College is delighted to offer a new minor in music,” said Dr. Jennifer Read More

A new major in visual communication and graphic design (VCGD) will soon be available through Lake Erie College’s School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Many graphic design programs only lead to a Bachelor of Arts degree, but VCGD Read More

Auditions will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12 and Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 for roles in the Lake Erie College Department of Theatre’s upcoming spring production of “Sexual Perversity in Chicago,” a play by David Read More

Lake Erie College officials announced today that Scott R. Schulick of the wealth management and investment banking firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co, Inc. will be joining the College’s Board of Directors. Schulick serves as Read More

The Lake Erie College community is sad to report the death of Ms. Tracy Harrington Dickinson ’78 who passed away the evening of Jan. 30, 2018. The daughter of Fairleigh Dickinson, Jr. and Betty Harrington Dickinson and granddaughter of Read More

Using the bedrock skills she learned as an equestrian facility management major, alumna Caitlin Koski ’15 will live and work in Tanzania to promote sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. She will depart from her native Read More

Dean of LEC’s School of Education and Professional Studies Katharine Delavan, Ph.D, has been selected to participate in the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Women in Education Leadership institute taking place March 4-6, 2018 at Read More

Expert child psychologist, New York Times-bestselling author and director of Cleveland’s Family Achievement Clinic Dr. Sylvia Rimm will speak about “Underachievement Syndrome: An Educational Epidemic” on Thursday, April 5 at 6:30 Read More

A Reiki clinic will be open for weekly, 30-minute Reiki sessions conducted by Dr. Katharine Delavan, dean of the School of Education and Professional Studies, and Dr. John Spiesman, director of the Student Success Center at LEC, beginning Wednesday, Read More

On International Darwin Day, Lake Erie College’s School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will present a single screening of “FOOD EVOLUTION,” a 2016 documentary film that digs into the relevant controversy, science and history Read More

Thanks to a unique internship opportunity with the Lake County Crime Lab, LEC’s Haley Roniger ’17 has made waves exploring the world of forensic chemistry in the era of designer drugs. Originally from Painesville, Roniger graduated Read More

To help fund a new $3.5 million research hub at the The Nature Conservancy’s (TNC) Grand River Conservation Campus, the Lake Erie College School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will hold the inaugural “Run for the Swamp” 5K Read More

On February 12, scientists and members of the public alike will recognize International Darwin Day, an annual event honoring the life and work of the man whose ideas on science and origins shook the world. To celebrate, Lake Erie College’s Read More

The Lake County Branch NAACP will shepherd a Day of Service and Celebration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 15, 2018 at 6 p.m. in the Helen Rockwell Morley Memorial Music Building. Themed “Renewing a Spirit of Read More

Do you live in North Carolina? LEC President Brian D. Posler, PhD has asked alumni and friends to join him and Trustee Doris Roach Bray ’59 for a cocktail reception and institutional update at the Greensboro Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. Read More

Home-schooled, first-year transfer student Kiersten Pratt came to Lake Erie College from Arlington, Ill. Now, her talent and tenacity are fetching major honors: gold medals at the United States Hunter Jumper Association Horsemanship Quiz Challenge Read More

This semester, the Lake Erie College Sustainability Committee (LECSC) will present its second free, public Speaker Series, featuring three nature experts from government agencies and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Each lecture will take Read More

Equine entrepreneurship major Madeline Anderson ’19 is living her dream through the School of Equine Studies’ international exchange program – with no hesitation. From Newark, Ohio, one of Lake Erie College’s most diversely Read More