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Elaina Marinik

My education at Lake State taught me not only the basics of exercise science and health and wellness but prepared me for my future research career. I became involved in national organizations, improved my networking skills to create working relationships, and ended up with an amazing paid internship that turned into a 3-year research professional position at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA. Now in graduate school pursuing a doctorate degree at Virginia Tech, I rely on the knowledge I acquired at Lake State and put it to practice daily while discussing health-related topics in class or conducting obesity and inflammation research in our laboratory.

Elaina Marinik
Exercise Science Alum,
Graduate Student,
Virginia Tech.

Office of Advising and Retention

Early Alert Referral System for Faculty and Advisors

The Early Alert Referral Form is part of LSSU's comprehensive Early Alert System, designed to identify students who may be at risk of academic difficulty or failure. This form allows faculty (full- and part-time) and advisors to alert the Office of Advising and Retention of any student who is not making satisfactory progress and/or is exhibiting behaviors that may lead to academic difficulty (i.e. non-attendance). Once a student is identified via the form below, the Office of Advising and Retention and/or appropriate support service personnel will attempt to contact and work with the student in an effort to improve the student’s academic performance and opportunity for success at LSSU. Simply complete the information below and submit online.

General Information:

Faculty/Staff Name:
Faculty/Staff Email
Student's Name
Student's Campus ID Number:
Student's Phone Number (if known):
*Is this concern related to a specific course?
If yes, enter course number:
*Have you discussed the situation with the student?
If not, have you tried to contact the student to discuss the situation?

Areas of Concern

Please select he area(s) of concern and provide details on the selected item(s) in the box below:

Class attendance
Classroom behavior
Low test/quiz scores
Incomplete/missing assignments
Poor/underdeveloped study skills or time management
Personal issues affecting student
Other

Please provide more detail on the selected item(s) in the space provided (up to 500 characters):

Please submit referral online. If you prefer, you may print this form and send/deliver it to Karen Johnston, Office of Advising and Retention, LBR107. Phone: 635-2269

Robotics...

Dereck Wonnacutt
Robotics and Computer Science

"Lake Superior State is the only robotics program of its kind in the country. I can work up any research or senior project idea with a professor or my advisor. I studied for a year in Japan through LSSU's connection with the Japan Center for Michigan Universities, and became fluent in Japanese. A Japanese company called Fanuc makes most of the robots in our lab. I'd like to roll my senior research project into a career with Fanuc that bridges the two countries and cultures."