EDF Photo Contest

Do you have any photos of your favorite place to relax or eat lunch at Lansing Community College? How about an artsy shot of the Shigematsu Memorial Garden? Or any great shots from East or West campus?

It's time for our annual EDF Calendar Photo Contest! Each year, the Employee Development Fund (EDF) puts together a calendar of academic dates, holidays, and EDF events. This year the contest is open to all EDF Members and to all LCC Photography students!

The winner of the selected photo will receive $100 as a prize, recognition by name below the photo on the printed calendar, and a Campus Communication announcement of the winning photographer!

All photos must be 4x6 prints. Up to three different photos may be submitted and all must be printed copies. Both black & white and color photos are welcome. If you wish your photos returned, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope and include your name on the back of each photo.

All entries must be received in the Foundation office by THIS TUESDAY November 9, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

Please submit printed photo(s) to:

Mailing Address:
Lansing Community College
8021-Foundation
PO Box 40010
Lansing, MI 48901-7210

OR

Hand Deliver to:
Lansing Community College Foundation
Rogers Carrier House
528 N. Capitol Ave.
Lansing, MI 48933

Can't wait to see all your great photos of LCC!

Scholarship Awards Breakfast 2010

This year's Scholarship Awards Breakfast was our biggest and best yet. Each year we invite our scholarship recipients and donors to a special recognition breakfast to showcase student success. As of 9/30/2010, the Foundation had awarded 297 scholarships, amounting to over $340,000 for the 2010-2011 academic year and approximately 350 people attended the breakfast. At this event, many of the recipients and donors were able to meet, which builds a special relationship for everyone involved. Since last year's breakfast, we have added 31 new scholarship funds, because so many people care about our students futures! These scholarships make it possible for students to afford college and get the skills and training they need to enhance our community.

This year we had several wonderful speakers including Timothy Salisbury, Regional President of PNC Bank, speaking on behalf of the PNC scholarship that was established in 2010; Mark Edick, a former Foundation Scholarship recipient who is now a published author; Hannah Martin, the 2010-2011 LAFCU Scholarship Recipient; Bob Anderson, Treasurer of the LCC Foundation Board of Directors and founder of the Robert and Alana Anderson Healthcare Scholarship; Frank Bernier, founder of the Francis and Sandra Bernier Endowed Scholarship. Timothy, Bob, and Frank outlined their decision to donate to the Foundation to make student success possible. Our two student speakers, Mark and Hannah, spoke of the impact the scholarship award has made toward the pursuit of higher education.

We strive to highlight speakers from a variety of areas in order to effectively illustrate the impact of scholarships on student education. We enjoy being able to show the recipients how much their community cares about their success, as well as being able to show our donors the great impact they have on our students.

Aside from live speakers, we also had the premier of our 2010 Recipient Testimonials video. This video shares the stories of four Lansing Community College students and the impact our scholarships have made in their lives. If you would like to hear their story for yourself, check out the video at http://www.youtube.com/LCC1957#p/u/0/qkmFoK5plBQ .

We are so glad that this year has been so successful already! Thank you to everyone who has donated and volunteered their time with the LCC Foundation. Every scholarship opens one more door for a student. We hope each year brings even bigger and better awards than the year before. See you at next year's 2011 Scholarship Awards Breakfast!

YOU MAKE IT POSSIBLE!!