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Chuck last attended Lake Superior State College in 1985 earning an Associate Degree in Natural Resources. After working in the land surveying industry for fourteen years he started his own cartography and GIS consulting business in 2004. In the fall of 2008 Chuck returned to LSSU to pursue a BS degree in the newly created Applied Geographic Information program. Chuck’s senior research project was a geospatial distribution analysis of applicants to LSSU. This study will help the university better understand its potential student market and lays the foundation for further research into how place influences the conversion of university applicants into students. Chuck plans to continue to grow his consulting business, No Boundaries Maps and Graphics, and resides in Sault Ste. Marie with his wife Bev and daughter Theresa.

Chuck McCready
2010 Oustanding Graduate
Applied Geographic Information Science

(Master of Arts) Curriculum and Instruction

Alumni

Graduates of our program are qualified for the following careers:

Teacher
School Administrator
Curriculum Director
Educational Consultant
Educational or Curriculum
Specialist for Intermediate School
District or Regional Educational
Service Area

Shelley Wooley was the graduate student respondent at the 2008 commencement ceremonies. Shelley has been an active member of the campus community since she came to LSSU via Brazil, where she was Community Liaison Officer for the U.S. Embassy and president of the American School of Brasilia School Board, and her husband, John, was Deputy Attaché for Homeland Security to Brazil and Bolivia at the U.S. Embassy. Greeting the class and audience in six different languages, Wooley emphasized the international flavor to LSSU, which she said is taken for granted and is "a special attribute of this campus."

Failing Infiltrator Chamber Septic Systems in Chippewa County

Jordan Lechowicz

The Chippewa County Health Department has been having an issue with chamber system septic drainage systems failing prematurely. These chambers serve the same purpose as the traditional pipe and stone drainage system but take up less space and don’t require the installation of stone, making them attractive to homeowners. To help find out why these chambers have been failing prematurely, homeowners were asked to take a survey outlining their basic water quality and usages. Homeowners were also asked to submit a tap water sample to be analyzed for ion concentration using ion chromatography. The survey results showed no negligence on the homeowner’s septic care, but the sample size may be too small for the survey to reveal any useful patterns. Ion analysis found that of the ions tested, all were found to be within the limits set by the health department for satisfactory water quality. More ions and a larger sample size are needed to better understand the problem faced by the Chippewa County Health Department.

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