Newsletter

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Greetings Duluth Section, 
Our next luncheon is on Feb 18th at noon up at UMD held in conjunction with the Student Chapter. UMD grad student, Jensen Rice, will be speaking on developing non-proprietary ultra-high performance concrete containing Portland limestone cement. Please use the collaborate link (watch your email this week) to RSVP so we can be sure to have UMD prepared and so we can plan an accurate lunch head count. If you are unable to use collaborate, please send me a message. The cost of this event is $25 if you register before 5 pm on February 14 and $30 at the door for professionals.  

We did get a date selected for the Toothpick Bridge competition for high school students at UMD and it is on March 25. If you would like to volunteer as a judge, 
please let me or one of our board members know. 

Our Younger Member Group continues to host happy hours, and the next one will be at Tavern on the Hill on February 13th at 3 pm. Please see the newsletter for 
more info.  

Also, the YMG group will be having a curling event in Superior on February 15th starting at 12:30 pm and the cost is $10 to attend the event. See more details on this event in the newsletter.  

Please see our scholarship application for the 2025-2026 school year which is in this newsletter. We are continuing to provide 3 Scholarships this year. Please 
forward or send to any applicable students. Applications need to be sent to Alex Popp, our secretary, by March 10th.  

Sponsorship request letters have gone out to firms asking to sponsor for this year. Please check with your firm and make sure you received a letter and get this paid. These sponsorships are important for our association mainly to help fund end of the year scholarships for students and also help with other expenses we have throughout the year. 

Our annual year end appreciation dinner will be held on May 21st at a venue in Duluth that will be decided soon. I would love to see all of you there to recognize 
our scholarship winners and enjoy a dinner and networking with fellow engineers and students.  

Hope to see you on the 18th for our monthly luncheon and please don’t forget to RSVP. 

Ryan Swanson  
Duluth Section President