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Madelyn Swanson
SAULT STE. MARIE Lake Superior State University junior business administration major and U.S. Coast Guard reservist Madelyn Swanson has received the 2020-21 Amy Ignatowski Memorial Award from LSSU.
The $500 award is bestowed annually to an LSSU student who is an active Coast Guard member or reservist or the dependent of one stationed at the Sault Ste. Marie sector. The recipient is chosen on the recommendation of a selection committee that includes Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie senior command, a member of the Ignatowski family, and a representative from the LSSU Foundation Office.
“I am very honored to receive this award,” said Swanson, the daughter of LSSU alumni Tom ’97 and Stacey Swanson ’95. “Being able to attend school while being in the Coast Guard has opened doors to different opportunities for me. Like Amy Ignatowski, I was drawn to the Coast Guard’s life-saving mission. It is an honor to receive an award that is dedicated to someone w
Jan 22, 2021
A rendering of the forthcoming Richard and Theresa Barch Center for Freshwater Research and Education Building and the site of the St. Marys River Green Stormwater Demonstration Project is shown. (Rendering courtesy of LSSU)
SAULT STE. MARIE Lake Superior State University will implement the St. Marys River Green Stormwater Demonstration Project in 2021, which will create the first green stormwater demonstration project along the St. Marys River and do so at a former industrial brownfield site.
The $250,000 project will be located adjacent to LSSU’s Center for Freshwater Research and Education and the city of Sault Ste. Marie’s Alford Park.