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La Lumiere Senior Awarded Northwest Indiana Partners for Clean Air Scholarship
La Lumiere Senior Awarded Northwest Indiana Partners for Clean Air Scholarship

La Lumiere senior Quentin Funderburg ‘21 was awarded one of the three Northwest Indiana Partners for Clean Air scholarships. Over his time at La Lumiere, the campus setting has had an impact on him: “The campus of La Lumiere is in a forest, and this helps me connect with the environment,” Quentin said.

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The La Lumiere Arboretum: Promoting Place-Based Learning at La Lumiere
The La Lumiere Arboretum: Promoting Place-Based Learning at La Lumiere

La Lumiere has a unique set of climatological and topographical features, which greatly increase biodiversity on our 190-acre campus. “Due to the historic usage of the land at La Lumiere, there are many opportunities to observe ecological succession on campus. The dammed lake, the CCC pines, and the previously harvested oaks have each affected biodiversity in a myriad of ways,” Brett Balhoff, the Chair of the Science Department, said.

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