Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
GOGEBIC COMMUNITY College staff member Sue Ahonen, left, scans a textbook for freshman Shayla Oksa, of Mellen, Wis., at the GCC bookstore on the first day of school Monday.
IRONWOOD - Gogebic Community College was filled with sounds and sights of students, faculty and staff on campus Monday for the first day of classes of the fall semester.
The first day of school is "the highlight of the year," GCC president James Lorenson said.
"The colleges exists because of our students," he said. "This looks like a great class of freshmen and we have a good number of returning students."
Welcome signs featuring the school's forest green logo greeted students around campus and in downtown Ironwood.
In the Lindquist Student Center, sophomore Lauren Vinopal, of Hurley, was hang...
