Library Events

Dr. Reinhardt and Ms. Moses share insights from their participation in several research projects, including the Decolonizing Diet Project, exploring traditional ecological knowledge, treaty food provisions, and ongoing efforts toward tribal food sovereignty and Indigenous relationships with food.  

LSSU Accessibility Services invited LSSU alum Susan Drockton to speak on  “The Evolving Role of Accommodations: From Student to Professional” on April 3, 2025. When Susan started college as a person with learning and physical disabilities, she hoped to outgrow her accommodations but instead found that they had to grow with her. Now a speech-language...

LSSU Library Scholar Series presents “Solving Mysteries of the Renaissance: Leonardo, Michelangelo & Brunelleschi” with Professor Ted Walker.  Thursday, September 19, 2024. The most dynamic intellectuals of Renaissance Florence often clashed with civil authorities and church prelates who resented their progressive ideas. Leonardo avoided conflict by working in secrecy, carefully re...

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On Christmas Eve 1913, over 70 people were crushed to death when they scrambled to flee a party for Union families on the second floor of the Italian Hall in Calumet, MI. Author and attorney Steve Lehto wades through conflicting news reports, transcripts and other documentation to finally set the record straight about this tragedy.

The Campus Read book for the 2022-2023 academic year is Will Allen’s “Good Food Revolution.”  This talk features the author himself sharing stories about sustainable and urban agriculture, featuring photographs of many of the projects he has worked on over the years.  Mr. Allen was a 2008 John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow...

This talk also includes the first reading of LSSU’s Land Acknowledgement as read by President Rodney S. Hanley Click here to download a copy of the PowerPoint Slides

LSSU Library Poetry Series Presents Voices Through the Burial Grounds: Discovering Contemporary Indigenous Women’s Poetics on Turtle Island with Lesley Belleau

Professor Barb Evans talks about population growth, the impact of food production, global warming and a myriad of other interesting topics.  Possible solutions are discussed as well as potential pitfalls. Click here to watch this video in a new window Click here to download the transcripts for this video      

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