 Marie is home to Lake Superior State University (LSSU), founded in 1946 as an extension campus of Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University); the campus was originally Fort Brady.LSSU is home to the LSSU Lakers (D1 Hockey (WCHA), D2 all other sports (GLIAC).LSSU has around 2500 students, making it Michigan's smallest public university.