Registration is officially open! Get ready to connect with your Laker family during this year’s Great Lake State Weekend (GLSW), on October 24 and 25. GLSW is a campus-wide celebration welcoming the LSSU community, alumni and friends for fun-filled events the whole family will enjoy! Also new this year are events for LSSU Students starting Sunday, October 19th and throughout Great Lake State Week!
Some of the weekend festivities are:
- Laker Hockey vs Bowling Green BOTH Friday and Saturday Nights
- Dr. Christopher Merrett ’86, our 2025 Shouldice Award recipient, will present Planning for Sustainable Community Economic Development in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula on Thursday, October 23rd at 6:00pm in the Kenneth Shouldice Library.
- Alumni Awards and Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony is Saturday, October 25th. This year’s Alumni Award recipients are: Marisa Berlinger, Christopher Merrett, and Richard Gray MD; and our Athletic Hall of Fame inductees are: Kord Cernich, Jerry Cheynet, 1972-73 Wrestling Team, and Lee Ann (Huffman) Wise. This event will sell out, so reserve your tickets today!
- Campus Open House for Prospective Students
- CFRE Discovery Center Tours
- SET/Robotics Open House
- Arts Center Open House, 5K Fun Run, Oozeball, Family Swim in the Pool just to name a few!
- Enjoy food, games, and family friendly entertainment (including LSSU’s own BEERBONI) at the Laker Pre-game Tailgate on Saturday, from 4-6pm!
Plan to stop at our ‘Welcome Table’ on Saturday, October 25th from 9am-11am in the LSSU Arts Center Lobby to chat with fellow alums and pick up a copy of the schedule of events.
And … Check back with this page often for updated information as it becomes available!
See the full GLSW Schedule below:
- Sunday, October 198pm – 10pm Canoe Battleship Tournament – (LSSU Students) Norris Center – Pool
- Monday, October 208pm – 10pm Broomball Tournament – (LSSU Students) Taffy Abel Arena
- Tuesday, October 213:00pm Dr. Martin Reinhardt – Shouldice Library
8pm – 10pm Laker Olympics – (LSSU Students) Pleger Commons
- Wednesday, October 225pm – 7pm Lake State After Hours – location TBD
8pm – 10pm Cards & More Game Night – (LSSU Students) Cisler Center – Galley
- Thursday, October 233pm – 6pm Career Fair – Cisler Center – Superior Room
5pm – 6pm Bedlam at the Cooper – Bud Cooper Gym – Norris Center
6:00pm Dr. Chris Merrett Speaking Event – Shouldice Library
TBD Laker Men’s Basketball Reverse Raffle & Dinner – Cisler Center
6pm – 8pm School of Engineering & Technology Open House – (CAS Rooms 124-125)
7:30pm Battle of the Bands – LSSU Arts Center
- Friday, October 2412pm – 4pm Laker Treasure Trek – LSSU Campus
3pm – 5pm Arts Center Turns 21 Open House – LSSU Arts Center
5pm – 7pm Parking Lot Pre-Gamer – TBD
7:00pm Laker Hockey vs Bowling Green – Taffy Abel Arena
9:30pm – 12am Dance in the Cooper Gym – Norris Center – Bud Cooper Gym
- Saturday, October 259:00am GLSW 5k Fun Run – Norris Center
9am – 1pm CFRE Discovery Center – Barch Center for Freshwater Research & Education
9am – 11am GLSW Welcome Table – LSSU Arts Center Lobby
10am – 1pm Open House for Prospective Students – LSSU Arts Center
10am – 1pm School of Engineering & Technology/Robotics Lab Tours CASET – (CAS Rooms 124-125)
11:30am Alumni Awards and Hall of Fame Ceremony – Cisler Center – Superior Room
2pm – 4pm Family Swim! – Norris Center – Pool
4pm – 6pm LSSU Board of Trustees Pre-Game Tailgate – Student Activity Center (SAC) – Norris Center
4pm – 6pm Oozeball (Volleyball in the mud) – Cooper Field (outside the SAC)
6:00 pm Laker Hockey vs Bowling Green – Taffy Abel Arena
9:00 pm Rock the Rink Concert – Bud Cooper Gym
Reunite with College Friends
Want to get your group together for a reunion during Homecoming? How about roommates who lived in Brady Hall or maybe alumni from a certain era or academic department? Whatever and whenever you want to make something happen, give us a call. We have the addresses and contacts that will make your program a success.
See past LSSU Alumni Mini-Reunions.
Great Lake State Weekend
Great Lake State Weekend (GLSW) began in 1995 and is LSSU’s Homecoming Weekend for students, alumni, families and the Sault Ste. Marie community.
LSSU Students: Nominate your parents for the Bud & Mary Mansfield Parents of the Year Award
Every year, LSSU students nominate their Parents for this award. Honorees will receive:
- Free hotel room (Friday & Saturday) during Great Lake State Weekend
- Free tickets to Alumni Awards Banquet, award presented by LSSU President
- Free hockey tickets for Friday & Saturday games
- Free GLSW package including t-shirts and discounts
See GLSW photos from previous years